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VolCalls said:
He went back to Butler. I suppose history could repeat itself.

There could be no shortage of big jobs open: Ohio State, Louisville, Indiana, Vandy, Michigan, USC, which would cause a ripple effect.
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Eh don't think Indiana fires Woodson, actually believe Enfield keeps his job at USC.
Howard ends up as an assistant in NBA again.

Jett would've committed to Tennessee if his asshat of a dad wasn't HC at Michigan last year .
 
#18,006
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VolCalls said:
It’s an SEC job - unless you’re Gonzaga or Memphis, anything in the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Big East, SEC, or Pac 12 (for now) is a major program.
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Vanderbilt may be in the SEC but they are not a big job. They are only in the SEC due to being a founding member. Everyone considers Vanderbilt to be a G5 school outside of being an SEC member. They don’t take athletics seriously so why should anyone else take them seriously?
 
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VolPack22 said:
Vanderbilt may be in the SEC but they are not a big job. They are only in the SEC due to being a founding member. Everyone considers Vanderbilt to be a G5 school outside of being an SEC member. They don’t take athletics seriously so why should anyone else take them seriously?
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You can’t see past orange-tinted glasses, but that’s fine. We’ll agree to disagree.
 
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VolPack22 said:
Vanderbilt may be in the SEC but they are not a big job. They are only in the SEC due to being a founding member. Everyone considers Vanderbilt to be a G5 school outside of being an SEC member. They don’t take athletics seriously so why should anyone else take them seriously?
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They’re paying their coach $3million plus a year - seems like a pretty BIG job to me? But
 
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VolPack22 said:
Their last 2 coaches have won like 45% of their games combined. Yeah that’s a big job 🤣
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Your analogy makes no sense. Our last 4 football coaches way underperformed - doesn’t mean UT’s football coach isn’t still a big job? Name a college basketball coach besides Vandy getting paid $3 million plus that’s not a big job. The more the pay the bigger the job.
 
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Being in the SEC is like having a professional sports franchise. Yeah, you may not spend the as much money as your rivals but it's still a big time job. Just about anybody can potentially win at basketball. All you have to do is get the right coach. It only takes three or four good players with a few role guys to win.
 
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VolCalls said:
Louisville’s last two coaches have won 20% of their games. Is that a big job?

Georgetown’s last two coaches have won 40% of their games. Is that a big job?

I’ll hang up and listen.
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Interesting debate but in my opinion the Louisville job will always be better than the Georgetown job. The groundwork is there for UofL to return to being a power, I'm not as confident in Gtown.
 
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Hoosier_Vol said:
Interesting debate but in my opinion the Louisville job will always be better than the Georgetown job. The groundwork is there for UofL to return to being a power, I'm not as confident in Gtown.
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I was being facetious to the original poster, who said Vandy wasn’t a big job because their last two coaches had only won 45% of their games.

As to your take, I agree. Ed Cooley will have Georgetown back in the NCAA Tournament soon enough and Louisville is closing in on hiring Scott Drew after the season.
 
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walkenvol said:
Your analogy makes no sense. Our last 4 football coaches way underperformed - doesn’t mean UT’s football coach isn’t still a big job? Name a college basketball coach besides Vandy getting paid $3 million plus that’s not a big job. The more the pay the bigger the job.
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Just because you get paid well doesn’t mean it is a big time job. They are about to be 7 straight years without a NCAAT appearance and they have top talent transferring out of the program on an annual basis. That is not the definition of a big time program. A big time program stays inside the top 25 and makes the NCAAT on a consistent basis. Vanderbilt is not that 😂
 
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VolPack22 said:
Vandy a big job 🤭
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It's in a Power 5 or soon to be 4 conference.
So yes to some it's a big time job, only due to conference association.
Mid Major coaches would slobber over Vandy.
They're sitting on edge of their seat waiting on the next Kevin Stallings to take the job.

But some also believe UCONN isn't a Blue blood even though they're tied for 4th all time in NCAA Championships.
 
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VolCalls said:
Louisville’s last two coaches have won 20% of their games. Is that a big job?

Georgetown’s last two coaches have won 40% of their games. Is that a big job?

I’ll hang up and listen.
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Rick Pitino put Louisville on the map for modern basketball. So no I would not consider them a big time program. There is a reason Chris Mack left. If they are such a big program then why did he leave? Oh yeah, UCLA was an actual big time job so he left.

Georgetown has been awful for several years now. Once again, they are not a big time program. The bare minimum should be to make the tournament every three years. They can’t even do that. The last time they legitimately made a tournament without the help of an automatic bid was 2014-15. No that isn’t a big time job currently.
 
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knoxvol52 said:
It's in a Power 5 or soon to be 4 conference.
So yes to some it's a big time job, only due to conference association.
Mid Major coaches would slobber over Vandy.
They're sitting on edge of their seat waiting on the next Kevin Stallings to take the job.

But some also believe UCONN isn't a Blue blood even though they're tied for 4th all time in NCAA Championships.
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*only due to conference affiliation. If Vanderbilt were in another conference they would literally be nothing. Would you rather be the worst team in the SEC or the best team in the AAC? Pretty simple answer there.
 
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VolPack22 said:
*only due to conference affiliation. If Vanderbilt were in another conference they would literally be nothing. Would you rather be the worst team in the SEC or the best team in the AAC? Pretty simple answer there.
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I would rather coach the best team in the NEC than coach at Vanderbilt.😜
 
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VolPack22 said:
Rick Pitino put Louisville on the map for modern basketball. So no I would not consider them a big time program. There is a reason Chris Mack left. If they are such a big program then why did he leave? Oh yeah, UCLA was an actual big time job so he left.

Georgetown has been awful for several years now. Once again, they are not a big time program. The bare minimum should be to make the tournament every three years. They can’t even do that. The last time they legitimately made a tournament without the help of an automatic bid was 2014-15. No that isn’t a big time job currently.
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This is laughable. Louisville has ten Final Fours, three national titles, the sixth most tournament appearances of all time, and had two HOF coaches from 1971-2017, but they aren’t a big job.

I also have no idea what Chris Mack and UCLA have to do with this, but that shows me the depth, or lack thereof, of your basketball knowledge.
 
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VolPack22 said:
Rick Pitino put Louisville on the map for modern basketball. So no I would not consider them a big time program. There is a reason Chris Mack left. If they are such a big program then why did he leave? Oh yeah, UCLA was an actual big time job so he left.

Georgetown has been awful for several years now. Once again, they are not a big time program. The bare minimum should be to make the tournament every three years. They can’t even do that. The last time they legitimately made a tournament without the help of an automatic bid was 2014-15. No that isn’t a big time job currently.
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Chris Mack was fired at Louisville.
 
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Hoosier_Vol said:
Ohio State opening

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I can’t see Coach MCDermott leaving to accept for the Ohio State job mainly because he’s very happy at Creighton , and because the no National titles flaw.

Creighton is another Gonzaga which is a team that has an illustrious winning history, usually they get to the March Madness tournament except the same disappointment because they haven’t won any National Titles.
 
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VolCalls said:
This is laughable. Louisville has ten Final Fours, three national titles, the sixth most tournament appearances of all time, and had two HOF coaches from 1971-2017, but they aren’t a big job.

I also have no idea what Chris Mack and UCLA have to do with this, but that shows me the depth, or lack thereof, of your basketball knowledge.
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They are on pace for their 2nd consecutive 20-loss season. They are not a destination spot currently. If you want to live in the past and consider them a big time spot then so be it. I’m not considering a program with 25 wins over 3 seasons to be a big time job right now. Sorry but those are the facts.
 
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