Coaching Rumors and Changes that Affect VCU

RamStrut said:
Word on the street is Wade is no longer an option for NC State. The scoop is he wants a bigger job (I assume Texas).
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I would not be surprised with this. State is a hard job. Not VA Tech hard, but certainly not Duke, UNC or even UVA either.

The more I think about it, if Odom wants to move on, UVA is likely more appealing (sorry Wolfpack Ram).
 
SteveMM said:
If that happens, it would be a failure of scheduling and not so much a failure of coaching, which ultimately may push him out the door because he may decide he just can't get a good schedule here. Odom has had this team playing at a level we haven't seen for a while. Unfortunately, Seton Hall was unexpectedly crappy and we lost to them. Unfortunately, Miami and Boston College (to a lesser extent) were unexpectedly crappy and our wins over them don't mean anything. Colorado State is just shy of being a really nice win, but is just a good Q2 instead. And, the A10 as a whole was rather mediocre this year.
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To me it would be more of a failure of tenure. If a coach can get hired away after 2 good but not great seasons and no NCAA tournament then we are kinda screwed. I am sure that our non conference schedule could have been at least a tick better. The A10 is now in a position where a coach can win games and get noticed but it is also a 1 or 2 bid league. Of course Odom is our first head coach in quite some time that has already been to the NCAA tournament prior to coming here so his resume was pretty solid coming in.
 
N Mollen said:
Maybe, but the ACC he wanted into doesn't exist any more
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Yeah, but UVA will probably be part of the Big 10 in 2030. Given his ties to the region, given the number of seniors on the team, and given how hard it is now to make the tournament as a mid-major, I have no hope that he stays. I just hope he's able to put all that out of his mind and focus on the job at hand. I'll always be convinced that Wade was thinking about LSU more than coaching in the tournament his last year here. Compare his energy and body language in that game vs. the year before against Oklahoma and I think you'll see what I mean.
 
Havoc City said:
I'll always be convinced that Wade was thinking about LSU more than coaching in the tournament his last year here. Compare his energy and body language in that game vs. the year before against Oklahoma and I think you'll see what I mean.
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I'm 100% convinced of that as well. The job to get to the next level was already done.
 
RowdyPkunk said:
Does Tobi go with him to Radford? Obviously no one wants to transfer down from a P5... and Tobi was one of the few bright spots for Tech this year, and he showed he could hang for the most part in the ACC.

But Byers is also a big reason he went there... so I'm curious to see what happens there if JD goes to Radford.
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A friend of mine who is a large Tech donor tells me that Kentucky is lining up a deal for Tobi. We’ll see.
 
So many of you worry about Odom leaving. I’ve said it many times before and I’ll say it again: VCU Basketball is bigger than any one coach.

We could look for a lifer coach like UR and St. Bonaventure. I actually think both Mooney and Schmidt can coach. Are they the best? No, but they can coach; they aren’t horrible. Nevertheless, Mooney has been at UR for 21 seasons and been to 3 NCAA Tournaments. Schmidt has been at Bonaventure for 18 seasons, including this season, and has 3 NCAA Tournaments, pending this A10 tournament.

On the other hand, VCU has had 6 different coaches in the last 21 seasons, not including this season. We’ve been to 13 NCAA Tournaments.

Which would you rather have? I know my answer. Yes, I’d love to find a lifer coach who takes us to NCAA Tournaments every year, but that doesn’t seem possible. Accept the fact that we will keep coaches between 2-6 seasons and enjoy them while they are here.
 
VCU77 said:
If I had to guess, I’d lean toward him staying unless a power conference job he can’t refuse comes knocking. Coaches don’t always chase every shiny offer, but the right fit could pull him. What do you think he’s weighing most here?
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hahahaha, ok. I guess we will see, but I wouldn't bet a nickel on him staying.

Let's see said VCU coach comes home one night -- "guess what dear, P5 university will double my salary, I will have a bigger staff and unlimited NIL money. Also, I won't have those nut cases (just re-read this, not calling VCU 77 a nut case, just a generalization on all of us...) on RN second guessing me.... hahahaha jokes on them"..........
 
N Mollen said:
Speaking of the ACC we once knew, I am watching that age-old ACC tournament rivalry between Cal and Stanford. Enough to make an old man's head spin
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Just commented to my family how odd this looks on the screen.

This really speaks to the desperate predicament that faced these universities, and the ACC for that matter.
 
Wouldn’t hold my breath on Odom staying. VCU is a good coaching job at a good basketball program but we also have to realize it has outsized importance to those of us on here. To the rest of the cbb world we’re just a decent mid major program that they don’t think about all that often.
 
I'm watching the Patriot league championship right now.

I'm impressed with how fundamentally sound American is on both ends of the floor. I would not be against Ed kicking the tires on American HC Duane Simpkins.
 
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