Re: College Basketball 23-24
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 12:20 pm
Drew Valentine at Loyola is a possibility depending how the next 2 years go. Oats at Bama gets a lot of talk. I like the guy at Iowa State, and Collins at Northwestern would be a good choice.Bull Shannon wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:19 pmFair, but Izzo's been around long enough that there are plenty of his former assistants that have built up their own head coaching careers who he could contact and be like "so, I'm gonna retire, you interested?" and go from there.Graham Wellington wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:17 pmI would say that they would allow Izzo to name his successor, similar to when Jud retired. However, I don't see any of his assistant coaches being prime candidates to taking over.Bull Shannon wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 3:48 pmThe 2019-20 team had the potential to make a deep run in the tournament, but then the pandemic hit.Graham Wellington wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2024 1:36 pmAgreed. I've been holding out hope that he had one more run in him, but I'm not seeing it. He's pretty much the only stable force at MSU at the moment, the glue that's kept things together from all the leadership incompetence, but it may be getting to be time.Honeyman wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2024 1:22 pmYep, I've had a lot of issues with Tom lately. Where was Booker the last 15 minutes yesterday? Playing Mady and Cooper together? You know there is an unused scholarship still on this team? Like there was nobody in the portal that could help this team? Why dies he refuse to use it considering Walker and Hauser are our 2 best players in the past 3 years?Graham Wellington wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2024 1:07 pmIzzo is the GOAT, but that loss really got me thinking it may be time for succession planning. There hasn't been a true Izzo team in several years. The fire is gone with these teams. Another top 5 ranked pre-season team that will finish in mediocrity.Honeyman wrote: ↑Sun Feb 25, 2024 6:31 pmOne of the worst losses in Spartan history. Not that this team was gonna survive the 1st weekend of the tournament, but now we won't make it. Streak is over. Blowing a 12 point lead at home to an interim coached shitty squad without its 2nd best player is beyond inexcusable.
This feels like Dantonios last year or two. The game is passing him by.
I've also been hoping that he will make at least one more solid run before he retires, but it feels like it's becoming increasingly unlikely.
Who knows what sort of succession plans/discussions have been taking place behind closed doors, but if MSU misses the tournament entirely this year, I think those conversations will start ramping up. He's had a successful enough career he should be able to retire on his own terms, and MSU should be given enough time to find the *right* person to fill Izzo's shoes when that time comes.