They better not hire Mitch Henderson. Also hate that the ship might’ve sailed with Mack. Hopefully they’re just slow playing him.
Basketball Friday evening coaching update
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Friend of mine has a daughter playing at Samford . He’s seen Samford play in person (men’s ) and thinks Bucky would be a home run hire at Vandy .
I don't wish anyone's career to go badly, but i can not live with five years of "why didn't we get Bucky?????" on this board. Query - is he on anyone's list right now?
Sounds like the headhunters are directing the hunt
that name hasn't been mentioned since Day 1. People are obsessed with fearing the worst.
Are you talking about Mitch Henderson? He was indeed mentioned early in this process, and now his name shows up again.
Chris mentioned him in this thread… and I think that hire would be far from the worst, tbh.
Adult learning disabilities are a b-tch. Sorry for missing that one, but thanks for pointing it out.
Notwithstanding the unverified guesses about the lack of interest in Bucky, here is the most likely reason that no major program has apparently shown any interest in him - his total experience at a college/university of any kind (be it as a player, manager, assistant or HC) is limited to Birmingham Southern as a player and Samford as HC for 4 years - that's it, no exposure to any bigger program. He appears to be an outstanding HC, but there is more to being a successful HC at a bigger program than there is at Samford.
Look at some of the other hot names coming up (all of whom also have had recent success at HCs) - Schertz played at Florida Atlantic and has a been very successful HC for 13 years at Lincoln Memorial and now 3 years at Indiana State - apparently not good enough for Louisville, Michigan, OSU, WVU, Vanderbilt and it looks like the best he will be able to do is SLU. Kelsey - he played at Xavier and was an assistant at Wake Forest and Xavier before HC at Winthrop (9 years) and Charleston (3 years) and Vanderbilt may be his best major offer IF he gets one. May - played for Indiana; long time major and mid-major assistant (including 3 years at Florida) and HC at FAU for 6 years (including that F4 run last year) - now that experience puts him in demand for a big job.
Bucky may well be a home run hire for a major program. He also might crash and burn from dealing with the complexities of a bigger program (or a complicated place like Vanderbilt). In all likelihood, he is going to have to move to a bigger mid-major and succeed before he gets a chance at a major job. JMO
Look at some of the other hot names coming up (all of whom also have had recent success at HCs) - Schertz played at Florida Atlantic and has a been very successful HC for 13 years at Lincoln Memorial and now 3 years at Indiana State - apparently not good enough for Louisville, Michigan, OSU, WVU, Vanderbilt and it looks like the best he will be able to do is SLU. Kelsey - he played at Xavier and was an assistant at Wake Forest and Xavier before HC at Winthrop (9 years) and Charleston (3 years) and Vanderbilt may be his best major offer IF he gets one. May - played for Indiana; long time major and mid-major assistant (including 3 years at Florida) and HC at FAU for 6 years (including that F4 run last year) - now that experience puts him in demand for a big job.
Bucky may well be a home run hire for a major program. He also might crash and burn from dealing with the complexities of a bigger program (or a complicated place like Vanderbilt). In all likelihood, he is going to have to move to a bigger mid-major and succeed before he gets a chance at a major job. JMO
Candice Loving Bucky Hater!!!
Bucky is going to be the most commonly used name on here the next four or five years if things go south with our new coach, no doubt
It will be the Lance Leipold of basketball
Agents have absolutely no incentive to be honest about a search with anyone other than their client. In fact, if it benefits their client, they are more likely to mislead the media.
Would anyone be surprised if she screwed the pooch this time?
No one would be surprised, several would defend her
I think I’d take him back at this point. Surely he’d know what to do differently and almost certainly couldn’t be worse
If he beats Bama tomorrow, It would be funny if he does the VU sign with his hands into the camera in the post game interview heading to the sweet 16. 🤣🤣🤣
Bama needs to bring their A game if they hope to advance to the Sweet 16. Should be a great game.
If our job had been open last year he would have looked like a great candidate by that measure.
I don’t know if it’s the gambling, but I know he still enjoys it. It wasn’t just a brief thing.
