A Sea Of Red

Everything is a distant second to conference realignment but it's looking VERY possible that Tom Izzo is gonna take the Cavs vacant HC job. Any other year this would probably rock the college basketball world. I see him taking this job and eventually being free to take over whatever college program he wants with some retirements coming of the current greats. Does he take the Duke job in 10 years or so? I'm just throwing out ideas.

LUconn wrote:Everything is a distant second to conference realignment but it's looking VERY possible that Tom Izzo is gonna take the Cavs vacant HC job. Any other year this would probably rock the college basketball world. I see him taking this job and eventually being free to take over whatever college program he wants with some retirements coming of the current greats. Does he take the Duke job in 10 years or so? I'm just throwing out ideas.

Izzo is 55. Somehow I don't think Duke will be looking to hire another senior citizen when K hangs it up.

Izzo's days as a college coach are just about over, IMO. He seems like a perfect NBA coach and I believe he will be successful -- maybe not with the Cavs right away, without LeBron, but he will be successful.

TDDance234 wrote:Izzo's days as a college coach are just about over, IMO. He seems like a perfect NBA coach and I believe he will be successful -- maybe not with the Cavs right away, without LeBron, but he will be successful.

If Izzo takes that job, and then LeBron leaves, it's possible we see a Billy Donovan part deux.

TDDance234 wrote:[Izzo] seems like a perfect NBA coach and I believe he will be successful

Who was the last coach to jump from college to the NBA and be successful?

JK37 wrote:Who was the last coach to jump from college to the NBA and be successful?

Larry Brown?

blwall1416 wrote:

JK37 wrote:Who was the last coach to jump from college to the NBA and be successful?

Larry Brown?

Exactly my point...it's been quite awhile, hasn't it?

JK37 wrote:Exactly my point...it's been quite awhile, hasn't it?

Yeah, not just anybody can do it.


You've got to come from a good coaching tree.

Wow, I walked right into that one.

IT doesn't matter the coaching tree you come from, what matters is that most college guys get hired for the worst teams. when they take over there team already sucks. Floyd/Bulls Calipari/Nets Pitnio/Celtics and Knicks...