Zero U to hire Virginia Commonwealth coach?

[Skip Towne]

I just heard on Tulsa TV that OU is about to hire Jeff Capel (who?) of VCU as head basketball coach. I know,

[Ultra Peanut]

He's a good coach. Nice hire.

[nmt1]

Originally Posted by Skip Towne

I just heard on Tulsa TV that OU is about to hire Jeff Capel (who?) of VCU as head basketball coach. I know,

VCU is my alma mater and Capel is a good coach.

[Saulbadguy]

Meh.

[ROYC75]

Played ball in the ACC, I think, can't remember which team.

[Skip Towne]

Originally Posted by ROYC75

Played ball in the ACC, I think, can't remember which team.

Duke

[Ultra Peanut]

By the way, to prevent Skip from PMing me and asking my thoughts about it, the Cal situation is basically due to AD R.C. Johnson being a complete ****up, which will end up costing us either hundreds of thousands of dollars per year or one of the best coaches in school history, and possibly -- or rather, hopefully -- R.C. his job.

Long story short, R.C. futzed around on offering Cal the extension (when he SHOULD have had one ready by the time we reached the Sweet 16), and then when he did get it together, he offered a pathetic $50k/yr raise for Cal and unsatisfactory increases for the assistants at first (apparently, there's still some resentment over strength coach Ray Oliver having to take a job with the Bengals rather than stay at Memphis a couple of years ago, due to salary issues). This caused Cal to take the NCSU offer more seriously, and word is that he's doing this to, at the very least, embarrass and screw with R.C. -- a difficult thing for fans to go through, but honestly, R.C. deserves it.

He's probably a big part of why we were excluded from the BE, and he's made a habit of doing the idiotic thing far too frequently.

In the end, I expect Cal to take a ~$1.7 mil/yr base and stay in Memphis, but without R.C.'s negligence and incompetence, none of this would have happened.

The sooner we get rid of him and hire a capable AD, the better.

[ROYC75]

Originally Posted by Ultra Peanut

By the way, to prevent Skip from PMing me and asking my thoughts about it, the Cal situation is basically due to AD R.C. Johnson being a complete ****up, which will end up costing us either hundreds of thousands of dollars per year or one of the best coaches in school history, and possibly -- or rather, hopefully -- R.C. his job.

Long story short, R.C. futzed around on offering Cal the extension (when he SHOULD have had one ready by the time we reached the Sweet 16), and then when he did get it together, he offered a pathetic $50k/yr raise for Cal and unsatisfactory increases for the assistants at first (apparently, there's still some resentment over strength coach Ray Oliver having to take a job with the Bengals rather than stay at Memphis a couple of years ago, due to salary issues). This caused Cal to take the NCSU offer more seriously, and word is that he's doing this to, at the very least, embarrass and screw with R.C. -- a difficult thing for fans to go through, but honestly, R.C. deserves it.

He's probably a big part of why we were excluded from the BE, and he's made a habit of doing the idiotic thing far too frequently.

In the end, I expect Cal to take a ~$1.7 mil/yr base and stay in Memphis, but without R.C.'s negligence and incompetence, none of this would have happened.

The sooner we get rid of him and hire a capable AD, the better.

Seems as thou the AD is low baling Cali....... He may just bolt off to a higher payday.

[Saulbadguy]

Calipari to NC State. Maybe.

[Ultra Peanut]

Originally Posted by ROYC75

Seems as thou the AD is low baling Cali....... He may just bolt off to a higher payday.

In the end, we'll pay him what he wants, it's just that the number is now higher thanks to R.C.'s incompetence. If he'd taken care of things a few weeks ago, like he should have, it wouldn't be an issue.

The great Spook Murphy made the biggest mistake of his career when he lowballed Gene Bartow after he took us to the NCAA title game in 1973. What did Clean Gene do? He bolted for a much worse Illinois job, which he left after one year for UCLA.

Those who don't learn from history, are doomed to be it.

[Skip Towne]

I hear Calipari is close to going to NC State. I'd better PM Psi to see what he thinks of it.

[Saulbadguy]

hehe

[ROYC75]

Originally Posted by Skip Towne

I hear Calipari is close to going to NC State. I'd better PM Psi to see what he thinks of it.

ESPN claimed Cali is furious over Memphis's offer .........

[Ultra Peanut]

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[Ultra Peanut]

Calipari watch

John Calipari has a decision to make, and the money is roughly the same whether he coaches N.C. State or stays at Memphis for the 2006-07 college basketball season.

The Tigers' coach on Monday was offered a salary increase from a potential $1.5 million annually to about $1.9 million, which is close to the package being floated by the Wolfpack.

State's offer is in the $2 million annual range for the next five or six seasons.

There is no deadline for Calipari to make a decision, but both sides expect an answer before the end of the week.

The big question for Wolfpack fans is if not Calipari, then who?

That's really the biggest unknown on the wide screen. Among State's hierarchy, there is a decent degree of sentiment for Louisiana State's John Brady, but it's hardly overwhelming.

If Calipari says no, the search could go almost anywhere.

— Caulton Tudor

Also worth considering on the financial end is that there's no income tax in TN, and Cal will receive a $2.5 million annuity if he stays through his tenth season at Memphis, which basically adds $625,000 to each of the next four years of his contract.