New Contenders Emerge

E-mailed 3/31/11

The list is getting so small, I'm just putting all of the names together:

Brad Stevens
Dave Rose
Mick Cronin
Kevin Stallings
Shaka Smart
Scott Sutton (this one still just mystifies me)
Ben Jacobson
Randy Bennett
Gregg Marshall

Talk is you can delete Dave Rose (who if you recall recently told Oklahoma no) and...Ben Jacobson who recently told his administration and his associates he wasn't leaving Northern Iowa this year.  I thought he was going to be the next coach.  Strike two for me.
Some new names being bantered about:

Doug Wojcik -- Just what we need: a head coach from a small ass nobody school (Tulsa) who has never been to the NCAA Tournament.  What could go wrong?
Brad Brownell -- Head coach of Clemson for a grand total of 1 year.  Before that four years at Wright State and before that four years at UNC Wilmington.  Zero NCAA appearances outside of the first round.  He's done that three times.  This guy is being pushed by Power Mizzou.
So we sit at:

Brad Stevens
Mick Cronin
Kevin Stallings
Shaka Smart
Scott Sutton (this one mystified me)
Randy Bennett
Gregg Marshall
Doug Wojcik
Brad Brownell

If we hire Doug Wojcik I'm e-mailing unpleasant things to Alden.

I think we'd better hope for Mick Cronin (or Brad Stevens), be happy if we get the "Next Quinn Snyder" Shaka Smart or "Can't Win In the Tourney or Finish a Season Strong" Kevin Stallings, and run and hide if we get Sutton, Bennett, Marshall, Wojcik, or Brownell.