🏀 Next Basketball Head Coach Speculation Thread

Mr.E.Recruit · February 3, 2025, 11:59pm

How do you get Carlisle’s age wrong?

AdventiveQuasar · February 4, 2025, 12:03am

Transpose his birth year with his age.

Miraclemaker11 · February 4, 2025, 12:20am

Carlisle is at the top of my list.

Gna2r · February 4, 2025, 12:55am

The first half of this Pitt Game is why I would never hire Jeff Capel…as he is losing to a team like us .

But seriously I didn’t see any kind of adjustment to us in the first half (not to say they won’t win), but I don’t want someone that cannot inject urgency into his team in such a paramount game. In other words, when Capel is good then he can be very good. When he’s bad it’s just a lower ceiling from Tony, ie: what we’ve grown accustomed to.

Atleast as an experienced coach, which both Capel and TB are, TB”s floor, still got us to the NCAA tournament.

JBHoo · February 4, 2025, 12:57am

Jeff Capel. Jason is his brother and an assistant coach. I did the same thing writing the preview

memgym · February 4, 2025, 1:24am

superhelix · February 4, 2025, 1:31am

I’m surprised Sampson would go on record as to whom should replace Sanchez honestly.

But yeah, Carlisle and Odom. Makes sense.

DFresh11 · February 4, 2025, 1:36am

Teammates. Makes sense

BillyHoyle · February 4, 2025, 1:39am

Me watching Capel’s UVA dreams go up in flames:

SGHoo · February 4, 2025, 1:41am

I’m not opposed to Carlisle if he has some good recruiters on staff. Just don’t see how the timing would work at all though.

EmbracePaceUVA · February 4, 2025, 2:04am

Carlisle is probably my top guy but agreed I don’t think the timing works unless he quits before the end of the season. Given the Pacers are somewhat in contention (even if they’re not gonna win a championship) it’s hard to see that happening.

Jwhelan33 · February 4, 2025, 2:13am

Close the thread. Next coach is Ron MFing Sanchez!

BillyHoyle · February 4, 2025, 3:22am

Hooandtrue · February 4, 2025, 5:02am

Hooandtrue · February 4, 2025, 5:20am

I’ve seen Pitt fans and some wannabe “insider” mention Calhoun for Pitt…

tonyburnertt · February 4, 2025, 12:43pm

Calhoun feels like he’s a year or two away from a P5 job, but there may be enough interest that he just skips the line now. I think he ends up with a P5 job this cycle.

Wouldn’t mind it being with us!

AdventiveQuasar · February 4, 2025, 12:45pm

I was thinking about this more, I think I realized why I hate zone as a primary defense. I think a zone defense gives the opponent’s offense too much control of what happens in the game. This can be good, because a team without the requisite personnel and tactical nous can falter against the zone without the defense having to do anything special, but it can be bad, as a team with the answers to the test just solves it, and the zone isn’t as capable of being responsive (see 2019 UVA-Cuse 2nd half). Whereas man-to-man keeps it more like a 50-50 with the offense for control.

Fitz-Hoo · February 4, 2025, 1:19pm

Please don’t ever use this phrase on this board again! Will always be too soon.

Raleigh_Hoo · February 4, 2025, 1:59pm

Serious question.

If Ron gets this team to play like last night the rest of the way, we finish something like 16-15(17-14) and then win a couple of games in the ACC tournament.

IF he is able to retain most of the roster, (no clue if they would know that soon after the season ends). Would most be in favor of one more year to see what he can does with a full offseason and most of the team returning after a favorable finish? He probably would get a 3 year contract though or something.

I DO no think this scenario will happen, but after last night, I do consider it a possibility.

DFresh11 · February 4, 2025, 2:01pm

Just give the keys to Dai Dai and ride…