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Rank the current SEC basketball coaches if you had to hire one tomorrow
Posted on 4/1/25 at 2:15 pm
Posted on 4/1/25 at 2:15 pm
For the next 5-7 years
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Posted on 4/1/25 at 2:16 pm to Temple of the Dog
15. McMahon
Posted on 4/1/25 at 2:19 pm to Temple of the Dog
1. Oats,way younger than Pearl and Barnes. and just better than the rest.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 2:22 pm to Temple of the Dog
1. Nate Oats (only cause he is so young)
2. Bruce Pearl (most accomplished but he's 65 and doesn't look healthy)
3. Todd Golden (he's young and successful)
4. Chris Beard
Who cares after those 4, honestly? Rick Barnes is a great coach, but he's 71 and year to year on retirement. You can't go wrong if you only want to win with any of the top 3. If you want to win and have a good university spokesman then Pearl is your guy.
2. Bruce Pearl (most accomplished but he's 65 and doesn't look healthy)
3. Todd Golden (he's young and successful)
4. Chris Beard
Who cares after those 4, honestly? Rick Barnes is a great coach, but he's 71 and year to year on retirement. You can't go wrong if you only want to win with any of the top 3. If you want to win and have a good university spokesman then Pearl is your guy.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 2:22 pm to Temple of the Dog
Would probably rank in terms of national championships so
1) Calipari
Huge Gap
2) Pearl
3) Barnes
4) Oats
5) Florida Coach whose name escapes me
6) Beard
15) a tie between A&M and South Carolina's coach at a given time.
1) Calipari
Huge Gap
2) Pearl
3) Barnes
4) Oats
5) Florida Coach whose name escapes me
6) Beard
15) a tie between A&M and South Carolina's coach at a given time.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 2:22 pm to Temple of the Dog
Beard or Pearl.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 2:22 pm to TT9
1. Pearl
2. Oats
3. Golden (only behind Oats because of shorter resume)
4. Beard (could easily be #2 if not for baggage)
5. Barnes (age hurts)
6. Pope
7. Cal
8. Miller
9. Gates
10. Byington
11. Jans
12. White
13. Moser
14. Paris
15. McMahon
2. Oats
3. Golden (only behind Oats because of shorter resume)
4. Beard (could easily be #2 if not for baggage)
5. Barnes (age hurts)
6. Pope
7. Cal
8. Miller
9. Gates
10. Byington
11. Jans
12. White
13. Moser
14. Paris
15. McMahon
This post was edited on 4/1/25 at 2:25 pm
Posted on 4/1/25 at 2:24 pm to TriStateAreaFootball
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Would probably rank in terms of national championships so
1) Calipari
Huge Gap
2) Pearl
3) Barnes
4) Oats
5) Florida Coach whose name escapes me
6) Beard
15) a tie between A&M and South Carolina's coach at a given time.
If you had all the SEC coaches available to hire tomorrow your pick would be Calipari?
Posted on 4/1/25 at 2:25 pm to Temple of the Dog
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If you had all the SEC coaches available to hire tomorrow your pick would be Calipari?
Talent acquisition is the name of the game in the NIL era.
Are you insinuating that you would pick someone other than Cal for that assignment?
Posted on 4/1/25 at 2:25 pm to Temple of the Dog
Not If he has a brain
Posted on 4/1/25 at 2:26 pm to TriStateAreaFootball
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Talent acquisition is the name of the game in the NIL era.
Are you insinuating that you would pick someone other than Cal for that assignment?
I would absolutely pick 4-5 people ahead of Cal, yes.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 2:29 pm to Temple of the Dog
Oats or Golden, probably Golden. Oats has a longer tenure, but I also think Oats is the better candidate to have some sort of crash and burn unraveling.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 2:29 pm to Pettifogger
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Oats or Golden, probably Golden. Oats has a longer tenure, but I also think Oats is the better candidate to have some sort of crash and burn unraveling.
I dunno Golden came pretty close this year
Posted on 4/1/25 at 2:31 pm to Temple of the Dog
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I would absolutely pick 4-5 people ahead of Cal, yes.
Well I guess if you want me to make the case...
Cal took over a roster with one player on it an took them to the Sweet Sixteen in 11 months.
It took Rick Barnes 4 years and Pearl 5 years to the same at their current schools.
Calipari has won 835 college games and a national championship. Has finished runner-up twice at two different schools.
I mean, there are plenty of good basketball coaches in this conference, but some of you started following SEC basketball this year and it shows.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 2:33 pm to Temple of the Dog
You chose Pope over Calipari in your list above, which makes no sense.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 2:33 pm to TriStateAreaFootball
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Cal took over a roster with one player on it an took them to the Sweet Sixteen in 11 months.
Pope took over a roster with 0 players and did the same thing
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It took Rick Barnes 4 years and Pearl 5 years to the same at their current schools.
Both pre-transfer portal, a massive difference. And Pearl did it at Auburn. At Tennessee in year 1 he won the league.
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Calipari has won 835 college games and a national championship. Has finished runner-up twice at two different schools.
He hasn't been past the Sweet 16 in the last 6 seasons.
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some of you started following SEC basketball this year and it shows.
Some of you seem to want to pretend it's 2016
This post was edited on 4/1/25 at 2:36 pm
Posted on 4/1/25 at 2:34 pm to Lord of the Hogs
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You chose Pope over Calipari in your list above, which makes no sense.
Why not? Pope has already proven he consistently makes tournaments, made a sweet 16 this year with a brand new roster and has another excellent roster (including a couple of elite high school kids) coming in next year.
Pope and Cal could be switched, but Pope is younger.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 2:37 pm to TriStateAreaFootball
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Talent acquisition is the name of the game in the NIL era.
Partially, but not completely true. One and done NBA talent straight from high school is not the way. Compiling experienced mid major pieces that have the right chemistry, and sprinkled in with some “almost good enough for NBA” talent out of high school that you grow for 3-4 years is the sweet spot.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 2:38 pm to Temple of the Dog
Arguably Nate did too recently with the shooting stuff and his tone deaf handling. He just strikes me as emotionally immature which comes with risk. CBB tends to create these dudes, and I think age or burnout is often the only thing that really weeds out the recklessness (Bruce will go unhinged but I think he knows the limits and usually only crosses them intentionally).
Obviously Hurley is the ultimately example of a sociopath.
Musselman would have been in both conversations until recently (highly ranked as potential hire, highly immature with decent chance of significant career meltdown).
Obviously Hurley is the ultimately example of a sociopath.
Musselman would have been in both conversations until recently (highly ranked as potential hire, highly immature with decent chance of significant career meltdown).
Posted on 4/1/25 at 2:39 pm to Pettifogger
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Arguably Nate did too recently with the shooting stuff and his tone deaf handling. He just strikes me as emotionally immature which comes with risk. CBB tends to create these dudes, and I think age or burnout is often the only thing that really weeds out the recklessness (Bruce will go unhinged but I think he knows the limits and usually only crosses them intentionally).
I think lack of experience in big programs has a lot to do with that for guys early on. It's a different world with different big issues and microscopes. Some figure it out and some don't. Bruce had some of that at Tennessee, even though he'd been in big programs years earlier. Chip on the shoulder also ties in to that.
This post was edited on 4/1/25 at 2:42 pm
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