[Ed Dantes]

I really think that LU should give a serious look at this guy. He's a top-notch recruiter (having brought in the number one HS prospect once when he was at Seton Hall) and is a great coach. He's been playing behind the 8-ball because of sanctions levied against Michigan, but still. I think that before we start getting excited over some 50-year-old assistant coach at a WAC school, we should at least give Amaker a phone call.

[paradox]

Great player... not so good as a coach.

I'd rather have the 50 year old assistant with better coaching skills.

[Stevev]

Would Amaker fit in to LU's philosophies? It would be nice to get him but is it realistic considering where he has been and what kind of salary is he demanding.

[olldflame]

Would Amaker fit in to LU's philosophies? It would be nice to get him but is it realistic considering where he has been and what kind of salary is he demanding.

An important question of course.

As far as salary demands are concerned, that could depend a lot on his current contract situation, and whether he is still being paid by Michigan and for how long. Obviously LU wouldn't be able to match what he made there, but it's unlikely anyone else will be offering him those bucks either. If someone with his pedigree were to consider a place like LU, I would think it would be because he wanted to go in a different direction, and that would IMHO be a good thing. Otherwise, well, thereis likely to be an opening soon in Rock Hill.

[SuperJon]

The only way he'd come to LU would be in a Buzz Peterson type situation meaning that he got bought out for a good amount of money (1 million +) and none of the big boys would hire him. We'd have to wait at least another month to even see if he would fall to our level, and I don't see us waiting a month for a coach.

[olldflame]

I don't see us waiting a month for a coach.

No, and we shouldn't

[Ed Dantes]

Otherwise, well, thereis likely to be an opening soon in Rock Hill.

(Hijack alert)!!!

There is NO WAY that, after last year's fiasco with Gregg Marshall bolting and then returning to Rock Hill, that he'll be on the market again so soon.

[Cider Jim]

I just had this image in my head of Marshall leaving for an SEC, ACC, or Big Ten job and RD becoming the new Winthrop coach.

[flameshaw]

Winthrop is smarter than that, never happen. I do hope Marshall gets a promotion to another conference though.

[olldflame]

Ed,

Apart from diehard wishfull-thinking Winthrop fans. you're one of the few I know who think that way. After making a sentimental initial decision to go to Charleston, where he had worked under his mentor Charlie Cress and helped to blaze the trail for mid-major programs challenging the bigs, Marshall wised up, used his head and went back to Winthrop. C of C would have been a bad career move for him. He is likely to get a much better offer now.

[Cider Jim]

Flameshaw, if Marshall left Winthrop, I bet their AD would do cartwheels to get RD to head their program.

[olldflame]

Flameshaw, if Marshall left Winthrop, I bet their AD would do cartwheels to get RD to head their program.

RD would be no better than a distant second choice among the former LU coaches who might be considered for that job if Marshall leaves.

Edited to add: Sorry, I was a bit slow on the uptake with your humor, but the statment above still applies.

[HenryGale]

Ed,

Marshall wised up, used his head and went back to Winthrop.

[paradox]

Marshall leaving Winthrop is a done deal.

Randy Peale will take over and he will keep that program near the top of the Big South.

[flameshaw]

Marshall leaving Winthrop is a done deal.

Randy Peale will take over and he will keep that program near the top of the Big South.

[Fumblerooskies]

Marshall leaving Winthrop is a done deal.

Randy Peale will take over and he will keep that program near the top of the Big South.

Yeah, right...
...just like the job he did once he got all his own players at UNCG.

[paradox]

Hey, I'm sure it's possible that they could bring in a bigger name, but if that doesn't happen then it will probally be handed over to RP.

RP's a good coach for this conference. Winthrop can't be entirely written off once Marshall leaves.

[SuperJon]

Rell Porter is forgoing his senior season to coach at Winthrop? Who knew?

[paradox]

Easy now, Foomble might not understand.

He might go off on ya and call ya a bad name and then say that he didn't mean it

[kel varson]

I really think that LU should give a serious look at this guy. He's a top-notch recruiter (having brought in the number one HS prospect once when he was at Seton Hall) and is a great coach. He's been playing behind the 8-ball because of sanctions levied against Michigan, but still. I think that before we start getting excited over some 50-year-old assistant coach at a WAC school, we should at least give Amaker a phone call.

Good point about the sanctions. I had forgotten about that.

[belcherboy]

Sanctions didn't hurt this guy as much as everyone makes it out. I live up here in Michigan, followed and attended several games in Ann Arbor. He was just a bad coach when it came to developing talent and creating a good team (his in-game coaching was poor IMO as well). He had some pretty good players recruited from high school, but they pretty much fizzeled in college. Liberty would definitely be better with him, but IMO we need a coach that can develop players into a strong team. I don't know if Amaker can do it. He had some success when at Seton Hall so I don't want to say he can't do it, but the past 6 years at Michigan have proven disasterous, as he NEVER made the NCAA tourney. IMO he had at least 2 teams in those years that should have been in the dance.