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The Cal issue is pretty fresh. Let the dust settle before pointing fingers.

In the meantime, Cal isn't going to let Martin go and no one's going to be interviewing him. This appears to have all been the responsibility of one bad assistant coach. My guess is that there won't be penalties beyond him and Martin will be fine.

Also, instead of blaming students, women's groups, "PC" police - how about acknowledging the creep who harrassed a reporter and tried to get laid in exchange for information? There's no one to blame but him.

My point wasn't to blame students, what the man did was wrong. My point was more so that if SLU went ahead and hired Martin, there would be an outrage from many groups on SLU's campus based on his association with a coach who did that. Not trying to downplay the severity of the situation in any way.

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I would like them to look at billy Gillespie. Was hottest coach in the country at one point. Seems to have straightened things out and is back to coaching at a juco. Reminds me of majerus in some ways.

My wife's uncle and his wife are UK alums, former athletes there. Season ticket holders, still very connected. Their stories about Gillispie are horrifying. He sounds like a terrible person in every regard, and he was a complete trainwreck at UK, both as a coach and in his personal life.

Simply put, I'd rather rehire Crews than even interview Billy Gillispie.

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People at Utah said the same thing about majerus. I take that with a grain of salt. The guy wins. I also don't trust anything said by uk alums about their coaches. Lots of misinformation

My wife's uncle and his wife are UK alums, former athletes there. Season ticket holders, still very connected. Their stories about Gillispie are horrifying. He sounds like a terrible person in every regard, and he was a complete trainwreck at UK, both as a coach and in his personal life.

Simply put, I'd rather rehire Crews than even interview Billy Gillispie.

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People at Utah said the same thing about majerus. I take that with a grain of salt. The guy wins. I also don't trust anything said by uk alums about their coaches. Lots of misinformation

Billy G has been arrested 3 times for DUI. That is nothing like Majerus.
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A Vandy SB Nation piece on the Stallings rumor, mentions Capel, Grant, Moser, and Spoonhour as other rumored names.. http://buzztap.com/-6J1T2I

Chris Beard stock trending up

From that article Stallings is the only name that floats my boat. The problem with Grant he is an assistant for OKC and if they have a long playoff run he may not be available until June. SLU needs someone to begin recruiting ASAP.

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People at Utah said the same thing about majerus. I take that with a grain of salt. The guy wins. I also don't trust anything said by uk alums about their coaches. Lots of misinformation

The stories aren't even remotely similar in nature or severity.

Also, people from Utah are mostly Mormon - not the same standards as normal society. I would probably be banned from the state by now if I ever lived there for any extended period of time.

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The problem with Grant he is an assistant for OKC and if they have a long playoff run he may not be available until June. SLU needs someone to begin recruiting ASAP.

I assume that if SLU hires Grant, then it would be with the plan that he starts immediately. Not sure why Grant would be necessarily unavailable until the NBA playoffs are over.

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It's all about making the tournament and getting the paid units. SLU is getting paid through 2020 for the units earned in 2014. I would bet the AD is getting over $5 mil per year for the 3 tourney runs. If we don't make it back in the next few years and that money dries up, budgets are going to hurt. That is why this is a key hire.

SLU only gets a portion of that, the bulk is distributed amongst the conference members. That's why important for A10 teams to get some wins this year and why so many mid majors got screwed on selection Sunday

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why would he leave MU, where he is an assistant, to become an assistant at SLU? Not being combative - am I missing something?

He's been contacted about the HC job. That's not a guy I'd want. Not ready. Was saying that if he did come to SLU it would be as an assistant, not head coach.

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SLU only gets a portion of that, the bulk is distributed amongst the conference members. That's why important for A10 teams to get some wins this year and why so many mid majors got screwed on selection Sunday

The A10 gives 75% of the unit credit to the school that earned it.

The A10 also has a decent chunk that gets distributed to all schools because X, Butler, and Temple left some units behind.

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who the hell cares about being a sweet 16 program? what does that even mean? Just win games, make tournament. That's all you can do. We are not Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, Xavier, WSU, Gonzage, Butler. Just come in top 3 in conference consistently. Make the tournament regularly. Win games in the tournament. Thats all you can ask for.

We can ask for more than that. We should not be SETTLERS!

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I'm not saying that Stallings is the perfect candidate, but let's not act like he's hot garbage. He has 7 NCAA Tournament trips at a school not exactly playing on a level playing field with the rest of its conference. He's won 60% of his games at Vandy, which is a better winning percentage than probably any SLU coach in at least 40-50 years.

Just out of curiosity, who do you want SLU to hire?

Martin.

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We've never been to the sweet 16, let's not all of a sudden act like we're better than the sweet 16.

Don't you want a coach who can take SLU farther than the Sweet Sixteen? I'm not acting like SLU is better. But why not shoot higher? In three to four years I would like to see SLU go at least as far as the Elite Eight. They have the opportunity to hire a top flight coach.

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