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Right, I believe we are referring to the three players who followed him from MSU. They used their immediate eligibility transfer going to NwST.
 
To clarify, the NCAA rule allowing transfers to be eligible immediately is still in force, but it only applies to first-time transfers. Since those 3 players from Missouri State already transferred once, they are no longer eligible for immediate eligibility. If they transferred again to Austin Peay, they would have to sit out a year (unless they can get a waiver).
 
Mississippi reportedly will hire former Texas head coach Chris Beard-
https://twitter.com/espn/status/1635278965668716544

Beard was fired this past January after he was arrested and charged with a third degree felony assault charge. His fiancé told police that Beard "choked me, bit me, bruises all over my leg, throwing me around, and going nuts," consistent with bite marks on her arm and cuts on her face and leg.
She later recanted her story and asked that Beard not be prosecuted, and charges were dropped. -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Beard#Arrest_and_firing
 
Wisconsin-Green Bay, coming off a 3-29 season, their worst record in program history, has hired Wyoming Assistant Coach Sundance Wicks as their new head coach. -
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...1/johnny-oneil
Bio- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundance_Wicks

This follows their recent history of hiring coaches with no Division I coaching experience, and who had no previous coaching or recruiting experience in the Wisconsin area. That didn't work out so well with their last 2 coaching hires since Brian Wardle left in 2015- Linc Darner and Will Ryan. Wicks comes from a Wyoming program that went 9-22 this past season, and he also does not appear to have any previous recruiting connection to the fertile Wisconsin prep region.
I am surprised that someone from Bradley's staff wasn't given more serious consideration.
 
Da Coach said:
Wisconsin-Green Bay, coming off a 3-29 season, their worst record in program history, has hired Wyoming Assistant Coach Sundance Wicks as their new head coach. -
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...1/johnny-oneil
Bio- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundance_Wicks

This follows their recent history of hiring coaches with no Division I coaching experience, and who had no previous coaching or recruiting experience in the Wisconsin area. That didn't work out so well with their last 2 coaching hires since Brian Wardle left in 2015- Linc Darner and Will Ryan. Wicks comes from a Wyoming program that went 9-22 this past season, and he also does not appear to have any previous recruiting connection to the fertile Wisconsin prep region.
I am surprised that someone from Bradley's staff wasn't given more serious consideration.
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I wonder if he was close to Noah Reynolds.
 
Da Coach said:
Wisconsin-Green Bay, coming off a 3-29 season, their worst record in program history, has hired Wyoming Assistant Coach Sundance Wicks as their new head coach. -
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...1/johnny-oneil
Bio- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundance_Wicks

This follows their recent history of hiring coaches with no Division I coaching experience, and who had no previous coaching or recruiting experience in the Wisconsin area. That didn't work out so well with their last 2 coaching hires since Brian Wardle left in 2015- Linc Darner and Will Ryan. Wicks comes from a Wyoming program that went 9-22 this past season, and he also does not appear to have any previous recruiting connection to the fertile Wisconsin prep region.
I am surprised that someone from Bradley's staff wasn't given more serious consideration.
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Seems to be a real weird decision by WGB. I know they aren't a real big program but I'd still consider them in the mid-major conversation for the most part and not necessarily low-major. Just seems odd but their AD has been making some weird decisions for a while.
 
FarmHand said:
Reps from Rick Pitino & reps from St. John's have been in discussions according to CBS
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Welcome FarmHand!

That sounds like logical choice for Pitino if he wants a bigger job. He was born in NY City and raised on Long Island. St. John's is looking to get back to their glory years. They have had limited success since the 1990's.
The NY Post is now reporting that St. John's has offered Pitino the job.
https://nypost.com/2023/03/19/rick-p...ns-head-coach/

Pitino is 70 years old, and probably is financially set. I have to think St. John's isn't interested in him for just a year or two. So, does he still have the fire to coach again on the national stage?
 
Da Coach said:
Welcome FarmHand!

That sounds like logical choice for Pitino if he wants a bigger job. He was born in NY City and raised on Long Island. St. John's is looking to get back to their glory years. They have had limited success since the 1990's.
The NY Post is now reporting that St. John's has offered Pitino the job.
https://nypost.com/2023/03/19/rick-p...ns-head-coach/

Pitino is 70 years old, and probably is financially set. I have to think St. John's isn't interested in him for just a year or two. So, does he still have the fire to coach again on the national stage?
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I have seen a recent story where Pitino says he would like to coach until he's 80.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-b...ino-happy-iona-says-wants-coach-10-more-years
 
Mark Adams, a color analyst for college basketball, listed Wardle as one of many guys he sees as a good fit for the Wichita State job.
 
egib52 said:
Mark Adams, a color analyst for college basketball, listed Wardle as one of many guys he sees as a good fit for the Wichita State job.
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Oh God not this again. The only team that left the Valley for a good reason and conference was Creighton. Can't blame anyone for that kind of a conference jump. Tulsa, Wichita, and Loyola, on the other hand, thinking there was some pot of gold at the end of a hallucinatory rainbow, left from a perfectly serviceable conference never to be heard from again. Good riddance to all of them. Wardle is too smart for that. Will he ever leave BU? Absolutely. But for a BETTER job, not some trash like Wichita.
 
brocks said:
Oh God not this again. The only team that left the Valley for a good reason and conference was Creighton. Can't blame anyone for that kind of a conference jump. Tulsa, Wichita, and Loyola, on the other hand, thinking there was some pot of gold at the end of a hallucinatory rainbow, left from a perfectly serviceable conference never to be heard from again. Good riddance to all of them. Wardle is too smart for that. Will he ever leave BU? Absolutely. But for a BETTER job, not some trash like Wichita.
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WSU is a pretty good program, but I feel it would be another big rebuild and Wardle just got done with one at BU a few years ago, not sure he would want to do that again, in a bit of a tougher conference and at a program with higher expectations etc for not enough of a pay day.

I'm not saying Wardle would need to get a bit offer like Porter Moser did to leave the MVC, but WSU I feel wouldn't quite be enough of a step up for Wardle. Marquette seems like it would be his dream job but Smart seems to have that program going in the right direction despite missing the S16 this year, and will probably be there for a while. However, given Smart's history, if he has more success at Marquette in the next couple years I could see him as a candidate for a bigger job somewhere and he would probably jump.
 
Stryker said:
WSU is a pretty good program, but I feel it would be another big rebuild and Wardle just got done with one at BU a few years ago, not sure he would want to do that again, in a bit of a tougher conference and at a program with higher expectations etc for not enough of a pay day.

I'm not saying Wardle would need to get a bit offer like Porter Moser did to leave the MVC, but WSU I feel wouldn't quite be enough of a step up for Wardle. Marquette seems like it would be his dream job but Smart seems to have that program going in the right direction despite missing the S16 this year, and will probably be there for a while. However, given Smart's history, if he has more success at Marquette in the next couple years I could see him as a candidate for a bigger job somewhere and he would probably jump.
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Also I think Wardle sees what he has got going here and wants to capitalize on that
 
bradleyfan124 said:
Also I think Wardle sees what he has got going here and wants to capitalize on that
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All things being equal, I'd love to see Brian stay forever. That said, all things aren't equal. If a guy gets a chance to double his salary with a 5-6 year deal, I think in most cases he's going to take it.
 
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