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Jai Lucas set to become next men’s basketball coach

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cookies said:
This is hilarious considering Frank Haith has a better career record than Pitino’s own despite being in tougher conferences his whole career. Has also coached way more dudes in the league, and both of them only have one tournament win.

You guys really think Richard is his father and he’s not
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Frank Haith was at Miami, Mizzou and Tulsa. Three programs where it has been proven that you can win(and win big) if you are anywhere near competent. He won ONE NCAAT game in EIGHTEEN SEASONS. Pitino has coached for 13 years, same amount of NCAAT wins, and he’s been at places like New Mexico, Minnesota and FIU. Let that settle in. Haith managed to fail at two power conference schools and a strong midmajor.

We get it, you are going to support this nonsense no matter what facts are thrown your way. There’s no way a rational, unbiased person supports this hire, period.
 
JZCane0825 said:
Another thing to think about is a hire like this signals to me that the plan is to completely flip the roster and field a team that can be competitive immediately. You hire a mid-major coach like Bucky McMillan or Richard Pitino to play the long game. There were very few (realistic) options that have had success recruiting at the highest level in this new age of college basketball.
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What a bull**** post from an arrogant porster who continually tells people that they "don't know the game" or "don't follow the game".

The UM roster is currently loaded with seniors and grad students.

Jalil Bethea - freshman
Paul Djobet - sophomore
AJ Staton-McCray - RS junior
Austin Swartz - freshman
Divine Ugochukwu - freshman

You need a ******* "signal" that the plan is to completely flip the roster? The roster will flip because it MUST flip. Even if Lucas WANTED to keep all five of those guys, and even if all those guys WANTED to stay, you are looking at 10 new players next year. So, YES, the roster is going to flip.

Look at this "student of the game" lecturing us on how this is a "signal" that the roster is going to flip. Thanks, Nostradumbass.

We have dip**** porster after dip**** porster telling us about the "long game". It's moronic. There is no "long game" anymore. We have AT MOST 5 guys returning, and this is the NIL/Portal Era. Lucas will start too late to recruit any HS kids (unless he gets someone who has signed elsewhere to immediately change teams).

OF COURSE this is a quick turnaround. No matter who you hire. Someone is going to have to get 10 guys, and with ONE high school player signed, OF COURSE we are going to be Portal-dependent.

And ALL OF THIS could be accomplished by a guy with head-coaching experience. NONE OF THIS relies on a guy who has only been an assistant coach, even a very good assistant coach.

******* "signals"...
 
Peter Ariz said:
Based on what I know, it came down to these two with Lucas having been the front runner for the last few weeks.

Will Wade was not in the mix.

Chris Quinn (Miami Heat assistant) is someone else who had some traction.
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Can you tell us what put Lucas over Pitino?
 
CANESCANES said:
BYU has massive boosters

"You're not going to outbid us," said Liljenquist, the CEO of Focus Services, a $500 million company based in Utah.

Days after Kevin Young left the Phoenix Suns to succeed Mark Pope last April, the Cougars' wealthiest boosters packed in a room -- where the net worth exceeded $10 billion, per sources -- to hear from the Cougars' new leader


www.espn.com

A No. 1 recruit, NBA coach and big-money boosters: BYU is going all-in on basketball

The Cougars are hoping big money -- and bigger recruits -- can launch them into contention with blue bloods.
www.espn.com www.espn.com
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One thing that anyone with a brain knows is that Mormons are LOADED with money.
 
BCntyCane said:
Can you tell us what put Lucas over Pitino?
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Bet you Lucas was cheaper and Pitino also likely asked for some assurances in regards to support that lazy Rad weren’t willing to make. Lucas on the other hand, if it works out , he will leave the first chance he gets. If it doesn’t, he can go right back to being an assistant at a blue blood, now he has a P4 HC gig on the resume.
 
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Canedude08 said:
Marcus Freeman ended up at a school with almost infinite resources, extremely strong fan support and unique dynamics which helps on the recruiting trail. Miami basketball is not ND Football. Y’all are straight up reaching at this point.
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Correction: Miami Basketball is not ND football, yet!
 
jmandel9 said:
I’m sure Arizona is happy with their first ever head coach in Tommy Lloyd. This can work and he has all the credentials to be a good coach. I rather swing for the fences then go for a Pitino, Jan’s, etc. this school was never going to go for a Will Wade
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"Tommy Lloyd".

Sure. First, he was with Gonzaga for TWENTY-ONE years. So that's at least a better track record than what Jai Lucas brings.

More importantly, he followed 12 years of consistent success from Sean Miller. 7 years in the NCAA tournament (including 3 Elite 8s and 2 Sweet 16s). I'd even argue that Miller's last 2 years (21-11 amd 17-9) were not as bad as Larranaga's last 2 years.

If Miami hired a 21-year assistant coach from Gonzaga after two NOT-disastrous years of Larranaga, maybe things wouldn't be as dire.
 
KANE said:
🤣😂🤣 Man, there’s a lot of coaches in between Jai Lucas and Phil Jackson, that we could have called and offered. Jai may turn out to be exactly what we need. It’s just that I’ve seen what this conference does to 1st time head coaches. We decided to go with Jai, so I’m riding with Jai. Time will tell.
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This is the correct approach.

I hope and pray that Jai Lucas succeeds, Miami is my alma mater.

But I am incredibly disappointed in Radakovich and another disastrous HIRING CYCLE.
 
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TheOriginalCane said:
Wait, wait, wait, it's NOT the first-time head coach or the Mormon money? I'm SHOCKED!!!
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BYU has had a solid basketball program for a long time. The LDS money has helped, but they are the Notre Dame for LDS kids. Shawn Bradley, Danny Ainge, Jimmer Fredette. If you can ball, and are Mormon, that’s your first choice. BYU has been to 13 NCAA Tournaments since 2000 with one sweet 16 appearance in that span. Not bad. They weren’t an elite midmajor, but they were usually competitive. Being in the Big XII will help them a ton.
 
KANE said:
If he's interested in winning quick, he better flip at least 90% of this rorster.
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We don't need to exaggerate the math.

90% of a 15 man roster is 13.5 players. By your statement, we could only return 1 player.

AT MOST we return 5 scholarship players. So there will be plenty of flipping of this roster.

If you can read "signals".
 
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