🏀 Vandy basketball ... nice to know ya these past few years.

[TerryP]

It'll be awhile before we see you again.

Stallings is headed to Pitt to replace Dixon ... and Vandy hires Trent Johnson.

Dumbfounded. Literally, and figuratively, dumbfounded.

 

[bama alum]

That's, uhm, an...an interesting choice.

 

[TerryP]

That's, uhm, an...an interesting choice.

The only explanation is his time at Stanford. I'm not saying that due to his success coaching there (a little over .600) but dealing with that 'type' of recruit.

His record at LSU and TCU say bad, bad hire.

 

[psychojoe]

The Vandy people that I know have not been happy with Stallings over the last two or three seasons, though I am not sure why. Perhaps that had something to do with his decision. From a conference perspective, the ACC defimitely is to be preferred to the SEC in basketball. Half the Elite 8 is from that league, and the way he brackets fell, they are guaranteed two in the Final Four and one in the championship game.

 

[TerryP]

@psychojoe When it comes to head coaching hires, I'd be willing to wager 9 of 10 times when you've got a fan base complaining, and wanting their coach gone, it's not a sign of future success at his new gig. Stallings may be an outlier here. He certainly hasn't done a horrible job in Nashville and he's certainly stepping into a more fertile recruiting territory at Pitt. Based on that, if I were a Pitt fan, I could find reason for optimism.

Now, if I were a 'Dore fan? I couldn't escape the fact he's only won eight conference games over a four year period. Eight! They've finished in last place in the Big 12 three of four years, finishing ninth in '14-'15.

(On a side note: One thing Trent has in his favor ... he hasn't lost as many games as Pearl has over the last two years.)

 

[psychojoe]

@psychojoe

(On a side note: One thing Trent has in his favor ... he hasn't lost as many games as Pearl has over the last two years.)

I find that hilarious.