Bills_06 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Figured it is only a matter of time now until they get a new one. It will be interesting to see who they could get with everything go on there recently but I hear Cuonzo Martin most often from Mizzou fans but I believe he just signed an extension. Article in the post today had a name we all recognize at the end. http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/benjamin-hochman/hochman-who-could-replace-anderson-at-mizzou/article_1d663976-4d87-59c8-80e4-b5c85cbbbcc8.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 That's some wild speculation, even by message board standards. He's not really taking into account contract situations for any of them. He's got entirely reasonable ones, like Keatts, but Wojo and Ford are asinine suggestions. I know he's just trying to get people talking, but this is sports radio screaming goofball kind of stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taj79 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Speculation is speculation. Nice to get some positive pub from an article supposedly devoted to Mizzou stuff. Interesting that Romar "hired" Porter ala Larry Brown and Danny Manning, Sr. Good to know old habits that seem questionable are never questioned. Know nothing about the Porter family patriarch so maybe he is a coach and the hire was "legit." We've done it too with the likes of Jackson Wheeler and Derek Thomas and now Corey tate. Of course, my all-time favorite was the steal the Celtics did in drafting Larry Bird after his junior year and then retained him by signing him before the next draft. Looksliek things are just as legal as they were questionable back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Illinois State's Dan Muller is young, energetic and has his squad in the hunt for a tourney berth. He has developed a style of play and has successfully recruited to that style. I think Mizzou is too much of a dumpster fire to attract a proven high major coach. Muller would be a nice fit for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills_06 Posted January 23, 2017 Author Share Posted January 23, 2017 13 minutes ago, Taj79 said: Speculation is speculation. Nice to get some positive pub from an article supposedly devoted to Mizzou stuff. Interesting that Romar "hired" Porter ala Larry Brown and Danny Manning, Sr. Good to know old habits that seem questionable are never questioned. Know nothing about the Porter family patriarch so maybe he is a coach and the hire was "legit." We've done it too with the likes of Jackson Wheeler and Derek Thomas and now Corey tate. Of course, my all-time favorite was the steal the Celtics did in drafting Larry Bird after his junior year and then retained him by signing him before the next draft. Looksliek things are just as legal as they were questionable back then. Porter was an assistant women's basketball coach at Mizzou I believe. Porter Sr. and Romar had been friends though and is Porter Jrs Godfather so not a surprising hire. I believe the younger Porter brother committed to Washington even before his dad took the job there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taj79 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Then it looks good on paper ..... thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 One name that doesn't ever get mentioned for that job, but should is Bruce Weber. I am a Weber honk. I wanted SLU to make a play for him when Crews got canned. He isn't appreciated at K State and his buy out is only $500,000. You would have to pay him more than double Anderson's salary to give him a decent boost over what he is making, but that would still would only put them in the middle of the pack when it comes to SEC basketball coaches. He can recruit the area, he has a staff that recruits this region well and he is a good coach. He probably wouldn't be the guy that will ever make the program a Final Four caliber program, but he would restore respectability to that mess at Columbia and give them an identity instantly. As a SLU fan I hope they don't go the Weber route and I don't think they will. That fan base is still insane about what they think their program should be. They will think it is beneath them to hire a guy that got fired at Illinois and hasn't won huge at K State. They are a fan base that thinks they are going to be able to hire away a guy like Buzz Williams or even more insanely Bennett. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheChosenOne Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 15 minutes ago, brianstl said: One name that doesn't ever get mentioned for that job, but should is Bruce Weber. I am a Weber honk. I wanted SLU to make a play for him when Crews got canned. He isn't appreciated at K State and his buy out is only $500,000. You would have to pay him more than double Anderson's salary to give him a decent boost over what he is making, but that would still would only put them in the middle of the pack when it comes to SEC basketball coaches. He can recruit the area, he has a staff that recruits this region well and he is a good coach. He probably wouldn't be the guy that will ever make the program a Final Four caliber program, but he would restore respectability to that mess at Columbia and give them an identity instantly. As a SLU fan I hope they don't go the Weber route and I don't think they will. That fan base is still insane about what they think their program should be. They will think it is beneath them to hire a guy that got fired at Illinois and hasn't won huge at K State. They are a fan base that thinks they are going to be able to hire away a guy like Buzz Williams or even more insanely Bennett. I don't remember the timing of everything, but on paper Weber seems like what Mizzou fans were expecting to get from Kim Anderson (clearly wrongfully so). Watching Weber's teams the past two seasons at Kansas State, I have become fairly impressed with his coaching ability and talent evaluation/player development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prebilliken Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 I would be curious to see if JTIII has a job in DC after this season. GTown faithful are increasingly dissatisfied with his output and I wouldn't be surprised if he gets canned this year. I wonder if Mizzou would go after him hard after being let go by the Hoyas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 -a lot of speculation on Cuonzo, Mizzou would be lucky to get him, would require several wheelbarrows of cash I would think -another name I heard in speculation for Mizzou is Thad Motta after OSU cans him -Romar hired an asst coach with coaching experience and has known for years that has two high value recruits, I see no smoke -this talk of Ford leaving is a quite a feather in his cap given our record and certainly for the recruiting he has done and also in Chris May's for apparently hiring the correct coach, this is good news, unless it happens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prebilliken Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 2 minutes ago, Cowboy said: -a lot of speculation on Cuonzo, Mizzou would be lucky to get him, would require several wheelbarrows of cash I would think -another name I heard in speculation for Mizzou is Thad Motta after OSU cans him -Romar hired an asst coach with coaching experience and has known for years that has two high value recruits, I see no smoke -this talk of Ford leaving is a quite a feather in his cap given our record and certainly for the recruiting he has done and also in Chris May's for apparently hiring the correct coach, this is good news, unless it happens Are people really worried about Ford leaving? Seriously? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 17 minutes ago, prebilliken said: Are people really worried about Ford leaving? Seriously? -not now and certainly not to Mizzou and many of their fans would see TFord as not worthy or big-time enough to be their coach, they might be in for a very rude awakening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Perhaps you meant to post this at Tigerboard.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franchise_08 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 They should look at Sunvold (Bob or Jon) or Porter Mosier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 1 minute ago, billikenfan05 said: Perhaps you meant to post this at Tigerboard.com That is cute, but let's not act like the next Mizzou coach won't impact SLU. It is the same reason we have been talking about Groce getting canned by the Illini. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 1 hour ago, brianstl said: One name that doesn't ever get mentioned for that job, but should is Bruce Weber. I am a Weber honk. I wanted SLU to make a play for him when Crews got canned. He isn't appreciated at K State and his buy out is only $500,000. You would have to pay him more than double Anderson's salary to give him a decent boost over what he is making, but that would still would only put them in the middle of the pack when it comes to SEC basketball coaches. He can recruit the area, he has a staff that recruits this region well and he is a good coach. He probably wouldn't be the guy that will ever make the program a Final Four caliber program, but he would restore respectability to that mess at Columbia and give them an identity instantly. As a SLU fan I hope they don't go the Weber route and I don't think they will. That fan base is still insane about what they think their program should be. They will think it is beneath them to hire a guy that got fired at Illinois and hasn't won huge at K State. They are a fan base that thinks they are going to be able to hire away a guy like Buzz Williams or even more insanely Bennett. Bruce Weber is 60 years old. If you're going to hire someone that old to lead your high major program, he needs to be able to win at a high level fairly quickly. You don't know how many years he has left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 When Groce gets fired from Illinols, Mizzou will make a run at him, in the hopes that he brings ex-Billiken Jamal Walker and LOI J. Tillman along. The only Hmmm in this whole bag of Ford to Mizzou worms, or Ford leaving scenario, is the associated article in the PD today on imposing SLU budget cuts. How can SLU cut $40M and leave the athletic dept alone, unless it shows a profit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Metzinger Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Tim Floyd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box and Won Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 I have nothing to contribute to this discussion. Except this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 38 minutes ago, 3star_recruit said: Bruce Weber is 60 years old. If you're going to hire someone that old to lead your high major program, he needs to be able to win at a high level fairly quickly. You don't know how many years he has left. Weber has had only two losing seasons in seasons in his career. Mizzou is located in the heart of a region he has successfully recruited for almost 40 years and has great facilities. He took over an SIU program that had limited resources, bad facilities and had them in the Sweet 16 in 4 seasons. Why would anyone think it would take him a long time to build SPUMAC back into an NCAA program? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmith19 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Why would Weber want to go to Mizzou now? 15 years ago, sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Just now, hsmith19 said: Why would Weber want to go to Mizzou now? 15 years ago, sure. I don't know if he would want the job or not. His relationship with K State fan base isn't exactly a love affair, his contract hasn't been extended in 3 years and his buyout is minuscule when it comes to a coach at a power 5 program. He is at least someone they should make a run at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 4 minutes ago, brianstl said: I don't know if he would want the job or not. His relationship with K State fan base isn't exactly a love affair, his contract hasn't been extended in 3 years and his buyout is minuscule when it comes to a coach at a power 5 program. He is at least someone they should make a run at. Weber and Kstate has always seemed like an odd relationship. Its like their both happy with/for each other, but could do without. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clock_Tower Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 As bad as Boone County is, it is much better than living in Manhattan Kansas - and being the little brother to the KU Jayhawks. As a SLU fan, though, I strongly believe patience and additional chances should be given to both Kim Anderson at Mizzou and Groce at Illinois. Keep them, give them raises and extend their contracts!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmith19 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 On top of all the other problems, Columbia is a football town now. I can understand why Mizzou would want Weber, but things would have to be worse than just a little awkward at K State for him to take on that mess. Even if he's set on leaving there should be more attractive offers out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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