He's from Iowa City. Everywhere he's played and coached has been in Iowa or within spitting distance. He's only been there a year. He says he's not interested.
Too good to be true. Seems to be in an excellent position already. Why would he choose to make a move? The only thing that makes me think there could be a possibility is the chatter about his relationship with the AD. Otherwise, I don’t really understand why he would choose to move from his current position, unless he has some secret dream to coach UNC that nobody is aware of.
Would you rather live in Arizona or Chapel Hill? It was 110 degrees last week in Arizona.
Could be a factor. And really it will take non-basketball factors to get him to move so we’ll see.
AZ to UNC seems comparable to Illinois to Kansas.
There is no way they signed him to a new extension without raising the buyout.
Hubert was extended by Bubba a few years ago without raising the buyout.
But that wasn't playing defense, was it? That was trying to give confidence for recruiting.
It really depends what Byington and his agent were able to negotiate. They may have considered themselves to have leverage over Vandy as of today and not been willing to agree to an increased buyout. If you are Vandy, do you really want to play hardball with your in demand coach?
Byington: I don't want to increase the buyout
That’s possible. It’s also possible Vandy just wanted a press release. This happens every coach hiring season and sometimes coaches sign extensions and stay and sometimes they still leave.
But your dad's comment about people losing their drive in their mid-60's was in response to Mack Brown being rehired by UNC's football coach. Maybe the lesson here is that if you get the best players year after year it matters a lot less how old the head coach is. Ergo, let's hire somebody whom the best players want to play for..
Ann Arbor is very much like Chapel Hill. And you are inside all winter coaching basketball so the weather is probably no. 10 on his list of concerns.
