Rick Majerus?

[Southpaw]

Wow, on top of feeding players, giving players movie money, and holding practices which were too long...he gave players tickets, didn't cut recruiting visits short, AND watched recruits play in pickup games?!

What a loser !!



BTW: Deseret Morning News, by name alone, is affiliated with the LDS Church and likely wouldn't print anything positive about Majerus (obviously not Mormon).

Bingo. Bingo. Bingo.

If Rick shows up, one halluva hire. Grew up under the legendary Al McGuire, at Marquette, who invented swear words, but was a brilliant man and coach.
Coached in an impossible situation at Utah, with relative huge success. The guy should be cut huge slack for having his LDS players take off for 3 years after their freshman years to do " their mission " and come back out of shape and old.

If the guy has Dom Deluise syndrome, that is his personal problem. As far as Porn goes, and I believe that was a humorous aside, there could be far worse
issues from a man who couldn't get a date in a brothel with a fistful of Franklins.

The guy can flat out coach, has a great sense of humor, and never stole s freight train. Just take solace that Huggins didn't get the job .

 

[jf-08]

Ten years ago with a team that had three guys still in the NBA.

Honestly, you guys really expect Lute, Howland, and Romar to be afraid of a guy who...

- is a 400 pound diabetic that has already had two heart attacks
- put his last program on probation
- admits on national TV how much he loves porn
- makes fun of deaf kids
- insinuated that most female colllege basketball players are lesbians
- tried to discredit a former player by making up rumors about his health

Knock off 200 lbs and I swear you are talking about Ryan.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

From an Arizona Daily Star article:

...115 college basketball coaches were asked during a 1998-99 Sports Illustrated poll which coaching clinic they would choose, the top four vote-getters were Mike Krzyzewski, Rick Majerus, Dick Bennett and Bob Knight.

http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/wildcats/118096

 

[NEZCardsfan]

From an Arizona Daily Star article:

...115 college basketball coaches were asked during a 1998-99 Sports Illustrated poll which coaching clinic they would choose, the top four vote-getters were Mike Krzyzewski, Rick Majerus, Dick Bennett and Bob Knight.

http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/wildcats/118096

Great. We should have hired him '99 then.

 

[MaoTosiFanClub]

Geeze talk about a diatribe.....

Why have you turned this into a Lute vs. Majerus debate? Why does someone who is such a homer about UofA register on this board with an ASU.edu e-mail address?

I wasn't the one who started the Lute vs. Majerus thing. Others posters started talking about how Majerus owns Lute and how ASU will start catching up to Arizona and other such nonsense.

And my asu.edu address is a result of me attending ASU due to family issues when I registered for the board. Like I've said before, I don't hate ASU Basketball and hope UA could get a formidable road partner. The Devils would've gotten my congratulations and and acknowledgement that the gap between the two programs would lessen should ASU have hired Dixon, Turgeon, Bennett, etc. I probably went overboard a couple times on this thread, but it has all to do with my personal dislike of Majerus, not ASU vs. Arizona.

 

[Arizona's Finest]

what a surprise...no answer to my q...

AZballer has ASU ever done anything you doidn't approve of.....it seems to me as long as that Arizona State Crest is at the top of the contract you approve of whoever signs on the dotted line.....Very insightful BTW....

I can appreciate you looking at the best case scenario of hiring Majerus but im thinking they could have taken a dump in a paper bag, placed it on a press conference podium annonucing the new hire and you would be on the MB saying..." I really think the bag of s--t has a chance to do some stellar recruiting."

Majerus might or might not be the right guy, (i would say that at the very least the actual X and O coaching will improve dramatically) but failing to comprehend that Majerus, with all the questions surrounding him over the last five years, is a questionable hire at best is plain lunacy. Getting turned down by a defensive minded west coast guy like Dixon is the worst thing that could have happened to you guys....

I'll keep my mouth shut though because probably my biggest worry in sports (besides Amare's knee) is who they hire to replace Lute....I dont want any bad karma so....

WAY TO GO DEVILS!!!

 

[Arizona's Finest]

I wasn't the one who started the Lute vs. Majerus thing. Others posters started talking about how Majerus owns Lute and how ASU will start catching up to Arizona and other such nonsense.

And my asu.edu address is a result of me attending ASU due to family issues when I registered for the board. Like I've said before, I don't hate ASU Basketball and hope UA could get a formidable road partner. The Devils would've gotten my congratulations and and acknowledgement that the gap between the two programs would lessen should ASU have hired Dixon, Turgeon, Bennett, etc. I probably went overboard a couple times on this thread, but it has all to do with my personal dislike of Majerus, not ASU vs. Arizona.

I attended ASU my sophmore year and returned to UA as soon as i could.....I dont dislike ASU either but i know where my bread is buttered and when given the choice, it was an easy decision to go back......

 

[Russ Smith]

Name someone???

majerus can coach but I would say wait a few weeks before you get too excited. USC fans were taunting Bruins fans this time last year when they got Majerus, until he quit a few days later.

he can coach, no question.

 

[Diamondback Jay]

I can appreciate you looking at the best case scenario of hiring Majerus but im thinking they could have taken a dump in a paper bag, placed it on a press conference podium annonucing the new hire and you would be on the MB saying..." I really think the bag of s--t has a chance to do some stellar recruiting."

That's one of the five most humorous original phrases I've ever seen online. Good work Arizona's Finest.. You brought quite a good laugh out of me.

As for the thread at hand, the pros and cons of hiring Majerus are well documented.

On the pro side, he's NEVER had a losing season as Head Coach, going 422-147 in 20 seasons as a head coach, averaging 21 wins per season. He's captained 15 teams to post-season play, and his career winning percentage of 74.2% ranks among the Top 20 all-time. That in itself should be key in recruiting, inspite of the fact that his health is crap and he likes porn

Off the court, his teams are known for academic achievements in the classroom. Unlike Huggins and others, Majerus puts an emphasis on education. Or so he has in the past.

On the con side, his health issues have been pressed upon at length already in this thread. I can't help but shake the thoughts of him pulling a stunt like he did with USC, and deciding that the workload is just too much stress for him to handle after the season is over. I think it's agreed upon by all of us that this is a short term solution, that probably would have been better suited to be fixed long term.

I'll hold this as a "Wait and See" hire. Hopefully, he proves us all wrong and runs a clean ship, while putting up the same success at ASU that he did at Utah, Ball State and Marquette.

 

[MaoTosiFanClub]

Never saw this one coming...

http://www.azcentral.com/sports/asu/articles/0329majerus.html

You guys will be very pleased with Randy Bennett if you give him time.

 

[Evil Ash]

Never saw this one coming...

http://www.azcentral.com/sports/asu/articles/0329majerus.html

You guys will be very pleased with Randy Bennett if you give him time.

Well that was fun and yet pointless. I can understand them wanting to go after Majerus because (a) he is a big name and (b) he's a good coach (a prick but a good coach).

Some of the other candidates do look intriguing ... its just too bad Turgeon has shown little interest because he'd be ideal for this but Bennett isn't a bad choice

 

[Lefty]

This will be interesting to see how ASU fans will spin this one. They were all psyched that Majerus was going to be the coach and how he was the best person out there.

Like I said earlier, I think ASU would be better off going with a younger more energetic guy. Bennett would not be a bad choice. I would not hurry the hiring. Maybe still go after a guy like Turgeon before Bennett. It couldn't hurt, even if he says no.

 

[sundevilscott]

Nothing to Spin Zona. The guy isn't healthy enough to coach.

I just want to win, whoever leads them to that would make me happy.

 

[ASUCHRIS]

I attended ASU my sophmore year and returned to UA as soon as i could.....I dont dislike ASU either but i know where my bread is buttered and when given the choice, it was an easy decision to go back......

Some fit in, and...




















just kidding...

 

[Renz]

It's amazing to me that Love would even consider Majerus when you take into account that she was at USC during that whole debacle.

Bennett isn't the sexiest hire, but probably the best under the circumstances. I don't think Turgeon has any real interest.

 

[Diamondback Jay]

What about Jim Larranaga? Guarantee you, he's in line for a nice payday somewhere. Why not wait until after the Final Four and see what his interest in coming to Tempe would be.

As for Majerus, I'm a tad bit disappointed, but not at all surprised.

 

[NEZCardsfan]

This will be interesting to see how ASU fans will spin this one. They were all psyched that Majerus was going to be the coach and how he was the best person out there.

Like I said earlier, I think ASU would be better off going with a younger more energetic guy. Bennett would not be a bad choice. I would not hurry the hiring. Maybe still go after a guy like Turgeon before Bennett. It couldn't hurt, even if he says no.

Nothing to spin...I'm ecstatic

 

[ajcardfan]

This will be interesting to see how ASU fans will spin this one. They were all psyched that Majerus was going to be the coach and how he was the best person out there.

Like I said earlier, I think ASU would be better off going with a younger more energetic guy. Bennett would not be a bad choice. I would not hurry the hiring. Maybe still go after a guy like Turgeon before Bennett. It couldn't hurt, even if he says no.

Uh... not they weren't all pysched. I'm glad as heck it never came to pass. And, I said so on this thread. From the calls I heard on the radio yesterday, I'd say about half were for him, half were against.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Report: Majerus no longer a candidate for ASU job
ESPN.com news services

A day after reportedly meeting with Arizona State athletic director Lisa Love about the head coaching vacancy for the men's basketball team, Rick Majerus is no longer a candidate for the position, the Arizona Republic reported in Thursday's edition.

Majerus, who currently works for ESPN as a college basketball analyst, was eliminated from Arizona State's list of possible replacements for the departed Rob Evans due to lingering health concerns, the newspaper reported, citing multiple sources.

Majerus has not coached since he resigned at Utah 20 games into the 2003-04 season after being hospitalized with chest pains.

In December 2004, Majerus accepted the job at Southern California but resigned five days later, saying he was "not fit enough for this job from my standards." Love was a USC athletics administrator at the time.

The 58-year-old Majerus has a career record of 422-147 in 20 seasons at Marquette, Ball State and Utah. He has led 11 teams to the NCAA Tournament, including his 1998 Utah squad which lost to Kentucky in the national title game.

Majerus has been intrigued by Arizona State before. Shortly after the Utes played in the 1998 Final Four, Majerus met with then-Arizona State athletic director Kevin White about the Sun Devils job but decided to remain in Utah. Arizona State hired Evans.

Majerus, who went 323-95 in 15 seasons with the Utes, missed parts of three seasons with health problems. He missed the last 30 games of the 2000-01 season while recovering from knee and heart surgery and tending to his ailing mother. He resigned 20 games into the 2003-04 season after being hospitalized with chest pains.

Majerus has stayed close to college basketball as an ESPN analyst and has made it known that he wants to return to coaching.

Love announced March 10 that she had decided that Evans, who went 119-120 in eight seasons in Tempe, would not return next year. Neither the university nor Evans has said whether he quit or was fired.

At the news conference announcing Evans' departure, Love said head coaching experience and familiarity with the West Coast would be significant factors in the search for a replacement.

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Who cares as long as he's gone?

 

[Russ Smith]

What about Jim Larranaga? Guarantee you, he's in line for a nice payday somewhere. Why not wait until after the Final Four and see what his interest in coming to Tempe would be.

As for Majerus, I'm a tad bit disappointed, but not at all surprised.

Larranaga has a verbal agreement for a new deal at George Mason. Said they made the deal before the tournament and while it may now go up, he's not really looking to leave.

I'm telling you ASU needs to look at up and comers. Vance Walberg of Fresno City College is the perfect candidate IMHO. Someone is going to hire that guy and win a lot of games. I think Calipari is a bad example for college basketball but when a guy on his level, with the talent on his roster, is consulting with a coach in JC for help on his offense, you know the guy is good at his job. Walberg runs a press and run system, sort of a less frantic Paul Westhead system. Similar to what UAB was doing and what Missouri will be doing with Anderson but his system is a bit more disciplined.

the guy can flat out coach, his highschool teams dominated for years in Modesto, won state titles, coached Chris Hernandez, coached Tyrone Jackson in HS and JC before he went to ASU. He wins state Juco titles and sends multiple kids to D1 but they rarely turn out to be great players. Which shows you he can win with less talent because of his system.

When you're a team like ASU that needs to build a program in a situation where you have tough instate competition and tough out of state competition for recruits, you really need to differentiate yourself. they're trying to hire a big name coach figuring that will bring in recruits, but the other way is to get a guy like Walberg who plays a system players will want to play. And Walberg's son is a senior in HS this year which means the family ties holding him in that area go away as his son goes off to college. it's the perfect time for him to take a new job and I'd be quite surprised if someone doesn't eventually hire him. Last year they went 38-0 and won the state title, lost all 5 starters, and when I last heard they had 5 losses, were in the final 8, and had upset one of the top seeds in the state JUCO tourney this year.



I gotta admit I would just love to see ASU with his system playing UCLA with Howland, the contrast would be so much fun to watch.

 

[Russ Smith]

Now this should frighten ASU fans. Posted on a UCLA board this was lifted from an ASU board. Apparently Gambo and Ash interviewed Steve Lavin on air?

Driving around Phoenix doing my Job I listen to alot of Sports radio and country music being that I'm a redneck. Well after turning the channell when Tim McGraw came on I stumbled onto Steve Lavin on extra 910 doing an interview with Gambo and Ash. Lavin listed a ton of positives about this job and said he is intrigued and intersted in the position but hasn't got a call from anybody. Steve Lavin went to an elite 8 and 5 sweet 16 appearences and an NIT in 7 years at the helm at UCLA. We havent been to 6 NCAA appearences in 30 years let alone 6 in a row! I still like Mike Davis as my #1 but after listening to Lavin he has this energy about him and excitment like being away from coaching has given him a hunger to win. The guy is on espn and because of his Riley looks is known by almost everybody which helps in recruiting. He won a national title as an assistant at UCLA in 1995 and coached under hall of famer Gene Kadey at Purdue. Now like Davis he failed to take the next level at a powerhouse school but he clearly is better then alot of guys who are being mentioned. I mean Randy Bennett? C'mon being born in Phoenix isn't good enough. Lavin and Davis can recruit this mutch is known, And in the 26 years I have been alive ASU hasn't been very good in hoops. I think either of these two guy's can get us at least to the level were every year we have a realistic chance at a top4 pac-10 finish and a trip to the tourney as a top10 seed. Get us there first and then we can worry about moving on to the sweet 16 and beyond.


"There is no better atmosphere to recruit as far as Campus's go then at ASU.'' ''I can't see why you couldn't win there.'' paraphrasing of a Steve Lavin quote on 910am today.

food for thought!

 

[Diamondback Jay]

Now this should frighten ASU fans. Posted on a UCLA board this was lifted from an ASU board. Apparently Gambo and Ash interviewed Steve Lavin on air?

Driving around Phoenix doing my Job I listen to alot of Sports radio and country music being that I'm a redneck. Well after turning the channell when Tim McGraw came on I stumbled onto Steve Lavin on extra 910 doing an interview with Gambo and Ash. Lavin listed a ton of positives about this job and said he is intrigued and intersted in the position but hasn't got a call from anybody. Steve Lavin went to an elite 8 and 5 sweet 16 appearences and an NIT in 7 years at the helm at UCLA. We havent been to 6 NCAA appearences in 30 years let alone 6 in a row! I still like Mike Davis as my #1 but after listening to Lavin he has this energy about him and excitment like being away from coaching has given him a hunger to win. The guy is on espn and because of his Riley looks is known by almost everybody which helps in recruiting. He won a national title as an assistant at UCLA in 1995 and coached under hall of famer Gene Kadey at Purdue. Now like Davis he failed to take the next level at a powerhouse school but he clearly is better then alot of guys who are being mentioned. I mean Randy Bennett? C'mon being born in Phoenix isn't good enough. Lavin and Davis can recruit this mutch is known, And in the 26 years I have been alive ASU hasn't been very good in hoops. I think either of these two guy's can get us at least to the level were every year we have a realistic chance at a top4 pac-10 finish and a trip to the tourney as a top10 seed. Get us there first and then we can worry about moving on to the sweet 16 and beyond.


"There is no better atmosphere to recruit as far as Campus's go then at ASU.'' ''I can't see why you couldn't win there.'' paraphrasing of a Steve Lavin quote on 910am today.

food for thought!

Ugh.. Just say no to Lavin!

 

[Dback Jon]

Just remember - NAU 1, Lavin 0

 

[NEZCardsfan]

Gambo and Ash are totally clueless on this. They want Lavin so bad....somebody destroy Lisa Love's radio. Apparantly she does whatever they say.

 

[Ryanwb]

Did anyone else notice that Lisa Love looks like Martina Navratilova?

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