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  • #46
    Re: Lickliter, Fife, Hunter

    Originally posted by zooropa View Post
    Kelvin Sampson is available.
    I bet he's only a phone call away...
    If you think nobody cares about you, try missing a couple of payments.
    - Steven Wright

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    • #47
      Re: Lickliter, Fife, Hunter

      Originally posted by Kemo View Post
      I bet he's only a phone call away...
      Zinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnggggggggg

      (because I can't give you rep yet)

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      • #48
        Re: Lickliter, Fife, Hunter

        Originally posted by KUlawJack View Post
        I agree with your idle speculation and will speculate further. Iowa had a pretty successful basketball program for a number of years and will want to regain that as quickly as possible after the Lickliter debacle. I speculate the Iowa admin. will throw some money at the biggest name coach they can to try and drum up some support in the short term at least.
        Bruce Pearl comes to mind. He was an Iowa assistant under Dr. Tom Davis.

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        • #49
          Re: Lickliter, Fife, Hunter

          Originally posted by UWMandSDSU View Post
          Bruce Pearl comes to mind. He was an Iowa assistant under Dr. Tom Davis.
          It's not obvious that a move from Tennessee to Iowa is an upgrade.

          If I recall correctly, Tennessee is usually #2 on the list of athletic department budgets. I don't remember who's #1 . . . probably Texas.
          "I think we'll be OK"

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          • #50
            Re: Lickliter, Fife, Hunter

            Originally posted by filbert View Post
            It's not obvious that a move from Tennessee to Iowa is an upgrade.

            If I recall correctly, Tennessee is usually #2 on the list of athletic department budgets. I don't remember who's #1 . . . probably Texas.
            Yeah, Texas would be #1, followed closely by Ohio State. I am not positive where Tennessee falls, I would have to look it up but I am sure it is up there pretty high.

            As for Bruce Pearl to Iowa, that is a possibility, but I think it may be a slim one. Again, all speculative. I have no idea what will happen.
            "All I know is what I read on the message boards."
            "Oh, well, there's your problem, then."

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            • #51
              Re: Lickliter, Fife, Hunter

              Pearl makes $2.3 million at Tennessee and he has been to the sweet 16 three times in the past five years. Why leave for the basketball abyss that Iowa has become, if he keeps on winning he could get an elite coaching job in a few years.

              Iowa is a middle of the pack job in the Big 10 at best.

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              • #52
                Re: Lickliter, Fife, Hunter

                Originally posted by FargoBison View Post
                Pearl makes $2.3 million at Tennessee and he has been to the sweet 16 three times in the past five years. Why leave for the basketball abyss that Iowa has become, if he keeps on winning he could get an elite coaching job in a few years.

                Iowa is a middle of the pack job in the Big 10 at best.
                I think that perhaps the chance to take a team back to prominence could play into it. The Big Ten, aside from Ohio State and Michigan State, is pretty weak. It wouldn't take long for a good recruiter like Pearl to put Iowa back in the running. Besides, compared to the SEC the Big 10 would be a breeze!

                I think that if Iowa would offer similar money a guy would have to consider it.
                -South Dakotan by birth, a Jackrabbit by choice.

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                • #53
                  Re: Lickliter, Fife, Hunter

                  Originally posted by SoDakJack View Post
                  I think that perhaps the chance to take a team back to prominence could play into it. The Big Ten, aside from Ohio State and Michigan State, is pretty weak. It wouldn't take long for a good recruiter like Pearl to put Iowa back in the running. Besides, compared to the SEC the Big 10 would be a breeze!

                  I think that if Iowa would offer similar money a guy would have to consider it.
                  But you have to consider the factor that Pearl wouldn't be able to paint himself orange and show up in the student section to cheer for the Lady Vols any more . . .
                  "I think we'll be OK"

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                  • #54
                    Re: Lickliter, Fife, Hunter

                    Originally posted by filbert View Post
                    But you have to consider the factor that Pearl wouldn't be able to paint himself orange and show up in the student section to cheer for the Lady Vols any more . . .
                    I will give you that. But one big upside is that he wouldn't have to hear that overly annoying "Rocky Top" anymore.

                    But, along those lines, perhaps he would like the opportunity to coach at a school where he isn't living in the shadow of the WBB coach.
                    -South Dakotan by birth, a Jackrabbit by choice.

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                    • #55
                      Re: Lickliter, Fife, Hunter

                      Originally posted by SoDakJack View Post
                      I will give you that. But one big upside is that he wouldn't have to hear that overly annoying "Rocky Top" anymore.

                      But, along those lines, perhaps he would like the opportunity to coach at a school where he isn't living in the shadow of the WBB coach.
                      I dunno, it's actually pretty catchy if you're rooting FOR the Vols/Lady Vols . . .
                      "I think we'll be OK"

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