Do we take a chance on

[DC_Area_Panther]

A name coach who will require a big guaranteed contract and who will be difficult and expensive to get rid of if he fails (like the KS situation) to recruit well?

OR

Take a chance on an up and comer who will agree to a performance incentivized contract with a low buy out if he fails?

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

A name coach who will require a big guaranteed contract and who will be difficult and expensive to get rid of if he fails (like the KS situation) to recruit well?

OR

Take a chance on an up and comer who will agree to a performance incentivized contract with a low buy out if he fails?

This fanbase needs the juice. Overpay, overcorrect. Bring in a name.

 

[ScrantonicityIII]

This fanbase needs the juice. Overpay, overcorrect. Bring in a name.

OJ's on TV right now. He's out you know. Very big name.

 

[TD_6082]

A name coach who will require a big guaranteed contract and who will be difficult and expensive to get rid of if he fails (like the KS situation) to recruit well?

OR

Take a chance on an up and comer who will agree to a performance incentivized contract with a low buy out if he fails?

Those are not two realistic options. No up and comer will agree to that type of contract. They will sit tight at their current job until they find a school that will pay.

 

[bschulter]

I'll take a chance with Earl Grant from a non power school. If not we need a established power coach, Cooley, Hurley etc.

 

[Fredact]

Pitino would fill the Pete, and put Pitt back on the map. Sure he'd only be here a few years, (he's 65) but the spark and national attention from his hire, would put the program back where it should be, and make replacing him easy.

 

[TD_6082]

Pitino would fill the Pete, and put Pitt back on the map. Sure he'd only be here a few years, (he's 65) but the spark and national attention from his hire, would put the program back where it should be, and make replacing him easy.

Has the NCAA wrapped things up with Louisville? If not, he's likely going to receive a show cause.

 

[DC_Area_Panther]

Those are not two realistic options. No up and comer will agree to that type of contract. They will sit tight at their current job until they find a school that will pay.

Not totally disagreeing. Your opinion on this may be correct. However, if the incentive reward side is high enough to offset the downside of a low buyout for failure--who knows? It is certainly something that could be discussed in negotiations. Clearly it wouldn't work if you are hiring a big time experienced guy; but then the risk of failure should, hypothetically at least, be lower in that scenario--vs hiring an up and comer who is more of a crap shoot.

 

[4Mark_Marty]

A name coach who will require a big guaranteed contract and who will be difficult and expensive to get rid of if he fails (like the KS situation) to recruit well?

OR

Take a chance on an up and comer who will agree to a performance incentivized contract with a low buy out if he fails?

Eff the buyout. Hire the best candidate you can and concerns about buyouts will take care of themselves. See, Barnes didn’t hire the best candidate that he could, therefore everything gets effed up.