The people concerned about if Mullin could be successful without any head coaching experience have obviously not been following how good of a program Iowa State has become with Fred Hoiberg
Again as I said for every Fred Hoiberg you get a Clyde Drexler (Houston), Sidney Lowe (NC St) or Eddie Jordan (Rutgers).
I am not saying Chris can't win just like the Hurley's but there is risk, don't pretend there isn't.
If you remember when Monasch fired Norm he said his next hire had to be a coach with experience and specifically a coach who has brought his teams to the NCAA's. I assume we are not necessarily using that criteria anymore if in indeed Lavin is fired and Chris is hired.
That's right. The concern about Mullin's abilities due to his lack of experience is silly though as it's been proven that former NBA players and front office guys can return to their alma mater and be successful as evidenced by Hoiberg's success. Obviously not every coach that does this is successful nor is any coach promotoed from assistant to head coach, a coach that moves up a conference, or a coach that comes straight from ESPN. Any coach we hire, including Mullin, will have some risk associated with him, but keeping Lavin is a major risk/gamble as well
Again, you always have to throw out Lavin's name when making your argument. Fordham never mentioned Lavin.
It may be a risk to retain Lavin, but it is more of a risk with Mullin.
It's snowing outdoors....
goredmen: I hate to have to go out and shovel my sidewalk. I wonder if Lavin is shoveling his (sidewalk). I bet he isn't doing anything (to his sidewalk).
This whole topic is about Lavin and the direction of the program should he be let go. If Norm was still our coach and we were a combined 10-50 over the past 2 seasons nobody would be concerned about Mullin's lack of experience, they would all be in favor of hiring him right away. The only reason people are concerned about Mullin's lack of experience is because they fear that may be what causes him to not be an improvement over Lavin.
And I disagree that Mullin is more of a risk than Lavin. Lavin has done nothing to show me that these next 5 years will be BETTER than these past 5 years which were very mediocre
You always find a way to bring Lavin into the conversation. There was a reason boo said to this to you the other day....
Lavin is in your head brother.. You need to take a walk around the block.. You sound disturbed, honestly.
Did Lavin step on your shoe and didn't say, "excuse me?"
There are 50 active threads on this board about Lavin but when I bring him up apparently I'm disturbed, ok.
lol, Nah, man.... I don't think you're disturbed. I think you're too emotionally invested in what Lavin does or doesn't do (hence, why you have to mention his name when it's not even particularly warranted).
You may get your wish later.