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If I was a multi, multi millionaire Mizzou basketball fan

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I'd let Sterk know that I'd be willing to add a nice chunk to whatever Greg Marshall would say "yes" to.
I'm talking up to 4.5 million/year with incentives.
Maybe it would take of few of those type multi-millionaires to get it done financially. Think of the "bring back" potential to the program.
 
I'd let Sterk know that I'd be willing to add a nice chunk to whatever Greg Marshall would say "yes" to.
I'm talking up to 4.5 million/year with incentives.
Maybe it would take of few of those type multi-millionaires to get it done financially. Think of the "bring back" potential to the program.

Study, Greg Marshall is a mid- major coach and plays in a mid-major conference. If he recruits the same type of players @ Missouri, he would be out of a job in 3 years. We must remember, Missouri tried this with Kim Anderson who was a D-2 coach but had trouble attracting players that can compete in the SEC.

Study, please explain to us why you believe Greg Marshall could recruit up from what he has done @ the present and past? Most of my friends are hoping Missouri will go after " Mr. Excitement " Tom Cream if he is available. Four million dollars will make him available. Mr. Excitment has proven he can recruit big time basketball players in fact one of his big recruits is from Jeferson City, Missouri.
 
Kids want to play for a proven D1 "winner" that also happens to be a splendid game coach. Marshall would get the players needed to win big at Mizzou.
I heard that Crean has some defensive issues at times. That being said, I'd be "OK" with him. But not nearly as excited as if Marshall came aboard. Didn't Marshall make a Final Four appearance? Has Crean?
 
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Kids want to play for a proven D1 "winner" that also happens to be a splendid game coach. Marshall would get the players needed to win big at Mizzou.
I heard that Crean has some defensive issues at times. That being said, I'd be "OK" with him. But not nearly as excited as if Marshall came aboard. Didn't Marshall make a Final Four appearance? Has Crean?

Crean has made a Final Four. At Marquette.
 
Study, Greg Marshall is a mid- major coach and plays in a mid-major conference. If he recruits the same type of players @ Missouri, he would be out of a job in 3 years. We must remember, Missouri tried this with Kim Anderson who was a D-2 coach but had trouble attracting players that can compete in the SEC.

Study, please explain to us why you believe Greg Marshall could recruit up from what he has done @ the present and past? Most of my friends are hoping Missouri will go after " Mr. Excitement " Tom Cream if he is available. Four million dollars will make him available. Mr. Excitment has proven he can recruit big time basketball players in fact one of his big recruits is from Jeferson City, Missouri.



Mizzou did not try this with KA. Comparing D2 basketball to Wichita State is intellectual malfeasance. There have been hundreds if not thousands of highly successful coaches at mid-major programs promoted to high major programs who went on to have success.

There are only a handful of D2 coaches who have ever been promoted to a high-major job, and I can't think of any off the top of my head that actually had success.

Instead of making a list of all the mid major coaches who were hired by high major programs that went on to have success, Ill just name one: Bill Self, Tulsa. Yea, thank God Mizzou didn't hire that guy.
 
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I'd let Sterk know that I'd be willing to add a nice chunk to whatever Greg Marshall would say "yes" to.
I'm talking up to 4.5 million/year with incentives.
Maybe it would take of few of those type multi-millionaires to get it done financially. Think of the "bring back" potential to the program.
$5M+ couldn't get him to Bama. What makes you think he's an option at MU?
 
Marshall won't go to Mizzou. He pulls talent out from under Mizzou's nose to Wichita State. He has kids from the Kansas City area that are competing for him right now. Mizzou in my opinion is a step down right now for him. It would take closer to $6 million to move him to a program that has been under sanctions and does not seem to be moving in the right direction. UNC, Duke, maybe UCLA or Arizona, will be Marshall's next stop (He is from North Carolina)
 
No chance in hell Greg Marshall is at Mizzou next year
I thought I remembered Crean taking Marquette to the Final 4. I believe that team had Dwayne Wade. A good source told me that Marshall doesn't want to coach at Mizzou. His source was in a position to know. IMO, it would probably take Calipari-type numbers to get him to even consider to Mizzou. I wish Mark Cuban was a Mizzou basketball fan.
 
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It's going to be Tom Crean or Cuonzo Martin and after three years of hot garbage basketball, I'm good with both. They may or may not get MU back to winning 30 games, but I promise you neither will lose 20 games.
 
It's going to be Tom Crean or Cuonzo Martin and after three years of hot garbage basketball, I'm good with both. They may or may not get MU back to winning 30 games, but I promise you neither will lose 20 games.
Lol. You mean, like the one time in program history it happened? And then got Norfolk'ed?

What makes you think it'll be Crean or Martin?
 
For what its worth Crean already came out and said he wasn't considering jobs that he like IU, but he could still be fired and many coaches have lied before.
 
I seem to recall a guy name Quinn Snyder who also happened to be the top assistant coach for Duke and Coach K getting the job over a mid major coach by the name of Bill Self.

Wow… If we could only go back and do that one over.
 
I seem to recall a guy name Quinn Snyder who also happened to be the top assistant coach for Duke and Coach K getting the job over a mid major coach by the name of Bill Self.

Wow… If we could only go back and do that one over.
Ironically, Quin's probably the better coach now. Seemed to have a bit of too much too soon going on when he got the MU job.
 
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I was for hiring Self from Tulsa, but they choose to "make a splash" with the Duke guy. You are judged by your decisions in life and that one was a killer.
 
I was for hiring Self from Tulsa, but they choose to "make a splash" with the Duke guy. You are judged by your decisions in life and that one was a killer.

My understanding of the situation was that the hiring committee including AD Mike Alden favored Bill over Quin, but Bill Laurie really wanted Quin...and well he was kicking in all of that money for the new arena at the time.

Quin was a fish out of water being at a state school in the Midwest. I've often wondered how things could have been different if he had ended up at a private school on either coast. In the end though, he has learned a lot from his experiences. He is a heck of a coach. And he took the road less traveled: Austin Toros of the NBDL, CSKA Moscow, stops as an NBA assistant in multiple cities. He's earned it and I am really happy for the guy.
 
All signs are pointing to Cuonzo at this point. And I'd really like it if he is the guy. His teams are pretty tough and I think his name means a lot in St. Louis. I was a big fan of his teams at Missouri State. That MVC regular season title was a fun ride, I remember the games with Creighton and Wichita State at JQH that year.

I've always thought he would prefer the U of I to the Mizzou job but it sounds like the U of I is setting their sights on guys like Scott Drew, Tony Bennett, Archie Miller, and Gregg Marshall. Conversely it sounds like Mizzou has prioritized Cuonzo. So that might have had an impact. Maybe it doesn't happen but I think I'd prefer Cuonzo Martin to an about to be fired Tom Crean.
 
All signs are pointing to Cuonzo at this point.
Please tell me Tigerboard isn't your sign. That place is a laugh a minute right now.

If it is him, that's uninspiring to say the least. Tenn to Cal to MU...What's he constantly running from?
 
Please tell me Tigerboard isn't your sign. That place is a laugh a minute right now.

If it is him, that's uninspiring to say the least. Tenn to Cal to MU...What's he constantly running from?

Not Tigerboard. PowerMizzou.

I don't think he is running from anything. He left Missouri State because he had an offer from a pretty good (at the time) P5 school. He left Tennessee because the fans never warmed to anyone that wasn't Bruce Pearl. Cal was a clunky fit. I agree with that. But they have a new President since he was hired and as I understand it, the admissions standards for student-athletes have been raised since he took the job too. He's a Midwest guy and Berkeley is a weird place. Makes a lot of sense to me. And also Illinois made their move this year so you don't have to deal with the "Well what if the U of I job comes open" question.
 
Wonder if there is any connection between the rumor of, possibly, MPJ to Mizzou and the coaching search.
 
Not Tigerboard. PowerMizzou.

I don't think he is running from anything. He left Missouri State because he had an offer from a pretty good (at the time) P5 school. He left Tennessee because the fans never warmed to anyone that wasn't Bruce Pearl. Cal was a clunky fit. I agree with that. But they have a new President since he was hired and as I understand it, the admissions standards for student-athletes have been raised since he took the job too. He's a Midwest guy and Berkeley is a weird place. Makes a lot of sense to me. And also Illinois made their move this year so you don't have to deal with the "Well what if the U of I job comes open" question.
PM and Gabe? He said yesterday morning on the radio he's just guessing. I wouldn't take much stock in any of it. I get the Mo St to Tenn move. That's a no-brainer. I just feel like he bailed on Tenn, and he's doing the same on Cal. If he moves on from Cal, his last two moves appear lateral at best. There are reasons for people not warming and clunky fits. While he's obviously a decent coach, one of the mid-major studs would be a better bet I'd think.
 
Gabe trying to get clicks and subscriptions.

Been a lot of rumors this winter that the Porters, being a close-knitted family, were struggling a bit being apart. I have no idea of the likelihood but they never sold their house. Probably a small chance, but if Romar gets the ax at U Dub, who knows?
 
Could probably get Greg Marshall for far less than 4.5 million... Gregg Marshall meanwhile...
 
I would take a risk on Bruce Pearl or Kelvin Sampson, I do not care about the baggage, I would like a solid hire.
 
Been a lot of rumors this winter that the Porters, being a close-knitted family, were struggling a bit being apart. I have no idea of the likelihood but they never sold their house. Probably a small chance, but if Romar gets the ax at U Dub, who knows?
People believe rumors when they're searching for hopes and olive branches. But can see what you're saying. Romar's $3.5M buyout is a huge hurdle. The "evaluation period" is probably the AD trying to find financing to pay the buyout.
 
People believe rumors when they're searching for hopes and olive branches. But can see what you're saying. Romar's $3.5M buyout is a huge hurdle. The "evaluation period" is probably the AD trying to find financing to pay the buyout.

Hard on the mizzou haters like you when it appears there may be hope
 
Don't know about Counzo, but it looks like they may have made a good hire with Bieser for BB coach as they just won their 16th in a row and are ranked 25 in the nation. Go Mizzou!
 
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Hard on the mizzou haters like you when it appears there may be hope
No hater at all. I root for Mizzou when they play anyone except UK. Admittedly wasn't too excited about the Martin hire, especially for the contract. But hiring Porter, flipping MPJ, reclassifying Jontay and getting, is a great start. I truly hope they can flip Tilmon as well, if that's an option. Will be fun to see them return to relevance. The fans and current players deserve it.
 
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No hater at all. I root for Mizzou when they play anyone except UK. Admittedly wasn't too excited about the Martin hire, especially for the contract. But hiring Porter, flipping MPJ, reclassifying Jontay and getting, is a great start. I truly hope they can flip Tilmon as well, if that's an option. Will be fun to see them return to relevance. The fans and current players deserve it.
I thought reclassifying was for guys that go to prep school so they can have do over of their senior year and get their grades in order to qualify for a D-1 scholarship. Never heard of reclassifying to graduate early. Graduating early in Missouri is graduating after your first semester your senior year if you have all the credits required isn't it?
 
I thought reclassifying was for guys that go to prep school so they can have do over of their senior year and get their grades in order to qualify for a D-1 scholarship. Never heard of reclassifying to graduate early. Graduating early in Missouri is graduating after your first semester your senior year if you have all the credits required isn't it?
You can graduate anytime you have the credits to do so. We've had a few after their junior year the last couple of years. Not that uncommon at all.
 
You can graduate anytime you have the credits to do so. We've had a few after their junior year the last couple of years. Not that uncommon at all.
They may have that here but I've not heard of anyone doing it until semester. I assume the Porter kid would have to been planning to do that all along or he wouldn't have enough credits to go out that early. If they both go Mizzou more power to him. :p
 
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