Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Tons of Coaching Carousel News...KG....

EDIT: Calipari takes the UK job officially...no surprise at all to me...but THE story of this (outside of the obvious) is the recruiting shockwaves...there could be as many as 6 of the top 10 recruits in the country affected by this move (3 were at least verballed to Memphis with 2 more set to, etc).....Keep an eye out...

Got a late start....but here we are

  • John Calipari STILL mulling the Kentucky thing...it's been nearly 2 days now...this is going Billy Donovan quite quickly lol.... I think he goes...8 years, $35 million reported offer and that's just patently absurd for a college basketball coach....can't see him turning that down especially when he'll probably be able to lure his top 2 recruits right there with him.....
  • Next domino? Mike Anderson...currently the coach of Missouri who received a 2+ million dollar offer from Georgia today to be their head coach BUT would also be the leading candidate at Memphis should Cal leave....Keep your eyes open....but he'd generate alot of buzz in Athens...
  • Tony Bennett (of Wazzu) to coach Virginia....Meh...I know Virginia has alot of money/rich alumni...but you still can't recruit there....at least not when Tony Bennett plays in the 50s like his dad lol....Shameful that I can't have the same defensive love for Wazzu next year...sigh

And now for non-coaching stuff....

  • KG to be shut down until the playoffs? He'll sit at least the next 4 with a knee issue....There's literally no reason IMO to play him again until the playoffs....he doesn't need the tuneup...
  • Gary Sheffield released by Detroit....Caught me off guard but all reports are showing he's lost a good deal of bat speed...and if he doesn't have that....he's pretty much a non-factor since he can't play defense anymore....
  • The Braves extend Chipper Jones until 2012....effectively making him a Brave for life....I've never been the biggest fan of his (especially for a Braves diehard) but I like the idea of a guy only playing for one team so I'm fine with this.... EXCEPT for the fact that the Braves are now on the hook for approx. $13 million to a 39-year-old 3B in 2012....yikes
  • Courtney Paris...the Oklahoma women's basketball double-double machine....is the first 4-time 1st-team All-American in the sport...congrats...she's pretty much good for like 24 and 15 a night....great player, big ups....

Have a great day folks....baseball starts Sunday so I'll have the rest of the preview up by Friday

1 comment:

Ryan said...

I need more people in favor of both leagues having a DH so things like this cant happen..extend the careers as well