Ohio State did it last year. Once they fired Chris Holtmann, they went on a mini-run at the end of the year and ended up hiring the assistant.
Curry Hicks Sage is a handle for a Twitter/X account based in New Jersey. Lifelong UMass fan. He's made a lot of contacts in the last few years and has become an authority on coaching searches. I think he gets a lot of the same info as Trilly Donovan. He's a college basketball sicko that'll tell you more about some jobs and situations than you'll ever want to know. His Spaces calls are interesting.
Not sure how plugged in this guy is considering he said on the pod that we had a new facility we're about to move in to, but I do think he hears scuttlebutt. He loves him some Hodge, which I would endorse. The guy is straight from the McCasland mold. Has UNT at 19-6 and 10-3 in conference a year after a nice NIT run with a beat up roster. Makes me think he's the kind of coach that has a chip on his shoulder and would embrace the "do more with less" mantra that seems to be the sum of our program right now. With all the openings about to come on board it would be smart for Joe C. to jump the shark on a guy like Hodge.
Sad that even Chris holtmann is a better coach than pm..
Man. Ross hodge would be a huge gamble. Idk if i could do it on 2 year's worth of resume.. i think we could get better options. Taking everything out of the OU job except for the fact that it is a 3-4ish million a year job, i think you can get a lot better options with better resumes elsewhere (will wade)
Went everywhere and nowhere at the same time.
They got drilled, and nothing.
I am way more plugged in with basketball but I can promise you the JJF/SL promotion was 100% Brent's recommendation.
I have no insiders in either program but judging by Brent's history of wanting to hire/promote OU guys and/or people he has worked with, I have always seen it this way. I know different people have different sources and I don't mean to imply that anyone on the board is making stuff up, but Seth absolutely seems like a Brent guy through and through.
That's not what I heard from my friend's money guy. I've heard that BV has been pissed about some of the things he was promised before taking the job that have not come to fruition and that Joe C made him hire SL to keep "continuity"
His agent Jimmy Sexton is the best in the business for maximizing contracts. [see tweet below]. He handles most of the big name coaches in CFB & CBB (Sark, Mike Norvell, Kalen DeBoer, Kiffin just to name a few) .
Maybe so, but do is the fact that our AD has a bad history of giving long-term extensions at very bad times. Not one thing in the last 5 years has inspired much confidence in Joe, for me.
We could be worse.. osu is still paying like 3 or so bball head coaches lol
That’s code words for he wanted to play for a better coach.
