Re: Coaches = Seasonal Hires

First off - did you have a good birfday?

Now, on to the topic at hand: yes, I am starting to think that there is no loyalty at all in college basketball either. But, let me throw out a couple of questions for you:

How many big-time college programs are out there? This is subject for debate, but off the top of my head, I am only seeing 3 state schools where college basketball is truly king: North Carolina, Kentucky, and Kansas. As far as the private institutions? Well, this gets clouded a bit, but Duke and Georgetown not only have name power, but they have been very successful (at least since we've been alive). I wouldn't even throw in the alma mater, my friend. You also have a ton of bigtime sports schools (Ohio State, Texas, Maryland, Michigan, Florida and UCLA come to mind), but four of those are clearly football schools that just happen to have a really good hoops team right now. Lastly, just for poops and giggles I will throw in UCONN and Michigan State - they've won titles in the last 10 years or so and have been to more than one Final Four, so clearly they're doing something right. In total? I'm probably missing a school or two (so don't rip me to shreds lol), but I have 13 elite total.

That said, I can understand why some of these guys would bolt for greener pastures. Out of 200+ Division 1 men's college basketball programs, there may be 30 or 40 which are damn good and can be damn good for years, but if there's only 13 of them that are THE creme de la creme, wouldn't you want to coach there as well?

Let's say you had a chance to get a top job at another store. It was more visible. It had better facilities. And if you took over this job and started righting the ship, you'd forever be etched in the history of that company. Oh, and it paid you double your current salary.

You'd be a fool NOT to take the job. We'd probably encourage our friends and family to do the same thing as well. I'm not saying these decisions are simple - and certainly you should have a commitment to the job you started and the people you brought into the fold along the way, but at some point these coaches also think about their own future. I don't have much of a problem with that. Unless your name is Bob Huggins.

Thoughts?