UNC Basketball Possible coaches - UNC hires ex-Nuggets HC Michael Malone

[4thgenheel]

Reddit CBB seems to think that this is a great hire for us. Consensus is that he is a good coach.

yeah, i think some of the negative reactions here are a bit over the top.

no college experience but nowhere near as old or ornery or problematic as belichick.

his NBA success will bring instant and meaningful cache with recruits.

 

[wmheel1287]

yeah, i think some of the negative reactions here are a bit over the top.

no college experience but nowhere near as old or ornery or problematic as belichick.

his NBA success will bring instant and meaningful cache with recruits.

And I think it is a complete bullshit hire yet again. He has no staff. He has no players to bring with him. He has no knowledge of the portal. He is Bellichick without the baggage and that's still a HORRIBLE coaching hire.

 

[Icky Mettle]

I will give UNC credit for uniting the fanbase by making a hire that no UNC fan will be happy with.

It’s been a long time since we all agreed on something coaching-related.

 

[Bigs23]

weird. i would've one of the mccollum / byington / mccasland group.

but malone certainly can coach basketball. he has an NBA championship ring. it could work.

Can he bring Jokic?

 

[rebeltarheel0408]

Two things can simultaneously be true - Mike Malone could be (will be?) a better coach than Hubert, and this is an… uninspiring hire.

 

[StoneColdHeel]

 

[SnoopRob]

The meltdown on IC is going to be epic

Too bad IC isn't running the discount on subscriptions right now. If they were, it might be worth signing up just to read it.

 

[SnoopRob]

To all of you who didn't trust our PTB to make the best hire and I mostly defended them, I was wrong and you were right and you can all make fun of me all you want and I will accept it with disgrace and humiliation.

(To be fair, he's not a bad hire, but...wtf?)

 

[4thgenheel]

And I think it is a complete bullshit hire yet again. He has no staff. He has no players to bring with him. He has no knowledge of the portal. He is Bellichick without the baggage and that's still a HORRIBLE coaching hire.

let's hear what the guy has to say. we have tanner in place to help with NIL / the portal / recruiting.

really the only similarity with belichick is the lack of college experience and success in the pros.

his daughter is at UNC? i hadn't heard that before, were we aware of that previously?

 

[rodoheel]

You think Ben and Sherrill at IC got this news and were like, “FUCK.”

They definitely got some 'splainin to do about why this suddenly came out of left field.

 

[AmbassadorHeel]

UNC to hire ex-NBA coach Michael Malone as HC, sources say

North Carolina intends to hire former longtime NBA coach Michael Malone as the school's next basketball coach, sources told ESPN.

www.espn.com

 

[rodoheel]

To all of you who didn't trust our PTB to make the best hire and I mostly defended them, I was wrong and you were right and you can all make fun of me all you want and I will accept it with disgrace and humiliation.

(To be fair, he's not a bad hire, but...wtf?)

Yeah anyone can crap on the admin all they want with this hire. Fine by me. Malone is definitely a better basketball coach than Hubert, but no one as any idea whether he can run a college program.

 

[ZZLPHeels]

I’m good with it. Welcome, Coach Malone.

 

[1moretimeagain]

I leave you all unsupervised for a couple hours and you hire a coach I’m not familiar with?

 

[Icky Mettle]

Bring back Hubert!

 

[nycfan]

Any legs on the Mike Malone rumors?

 

[1moretimeagain]

Although your career has been spent in the NBA, Mr. Malone, I’d like to steer you away from characterizing UNC as the 31st NBA team.

 

[4thgenheel]

very interesting. i hope he has a serious plan of action and that he and tanner are extremely on the same page and cohesive.

running a college program is a different game than coaching an NBA team.

 

[Bigs23]

To all of you who didn't trust our PTB to make the best hire and I mostly defended them, I was wrong and you were right and you can all make fun of me all you want and I will accept it with disgrace and humiliation.

(To be fair, he's not a bad hire, but...wtf?)

He could end up being great but for today it was a huge dud.

 

[Icky Mettle]

let's hear what the guy has to say. we have tanner in place to help with NIL / the portal / recruiting.

really the only similarity with belichick is the lack of college experience and success in the pros.

his daughter is at UNC? i hadn't heard that before, were we aware of that previously?

So we’re still staying in the UNC family.