The ASU coaching search and potential candidates to discuss

[Goapps15]

Per Twitter,

College AD ‏@collegead 1h
Sources tell College AD @PackAthletics associate HC @bobby_lutz is in the mix for the @appstate_sports head MBB job http://collegead.org/basketball-coaching-jobs/

Wade ‏@Wade_ChapmanOG 5h
Appalachian State will hire a coach that has major ties to the Sun Belt conference sources confirm to Yahoo! Sports Network.

Take these with a grain of salt.

[Dmanuhone]

Sources tell College AD, Shaka Smart, head men's basketball coach at VCU has agreed to six year contract with Marquette to become the next men's head basketball coach. more details to come.

[ASUGoose]

Chris Jans
Just got back home from the dance. A winner at every head coach stop and now winner assistant Shockers head coach

http://www.goshockers.com/ViewArticle.d ... LID=898911

This guy was just hired to HC at Bowling Green...

[AppfaninCAALand]

Sources tell College AD, Shaka Smart, head men's basketball coach at VCU has agreed to six year contract with Marquette to become the next men's head basketball coach. more details to come.

Heard rumors today, also Wake being thrown around for Smart. Rhoades will likely be next VCU coach

[MAD Doctor]

Some schools are moving decisively to hire top candidates. Bowling Green got a good one. Very discouraging to hear CC over the weekend say that we are still in the "preliminary" stage. Is this another way of saying that when all of the good coaches have been taken, we will go thrift shopping again?

[EastHallApp]

Per Twitter,

College AD ‏@collegead 1h
Sources tell College AD @PackAthletics associate HC @bobby_lutz is in the mix for the @appstate_sports head MBB job http://collegead.org/basketball-coaching-jobs/

Wade ‏@Wade_ChapmanOG 5h
Appalachian State will hire a coach that has major ties to the Sun Belt conference sources confirm to Yahoo! Sports Network.

Take these with a grain of salt.

Yeah, the first has been discussed extensively on this board for a couple months; the second was implied publicly by Cobb.

[JTApps1]

Word has it that Cobb's favorite, Bobby Lutz, has put his name in the mix for the UNCW job. It will be interesting to see how this impacts our search. I hope dragging our feet waiting on Lutz hasn't cost us a chance at some of these assistants that are landing jobs.

[Saint3333]

If we had jumped and hired Lutz, I'd be reading about how it wasn't a national search and how Cobb didn't try.

The reality of our current situation isn't a pretty one from the outside.

[Goapps15]

If we had jumped and hired Lutz, I'd be reading about how it wasn't a national search and how Cobb didn't try.

The reality of our current situation isn't a pretty one from the outside.

It is not a pretty situation, however with the financial issues UNCW has I'd hope we would get him over them.

Rhoades will likely succeed Smart at VCU and if not would likely follow him to Marquette.

There is nothing wrong with Lutz. He would be as good as anyone since Buzz if not better than Buzz.

If we miss out on both of these guys then we are in for a whirlwind process. I hope Cobb does not mess this up with another unproven guy. We need someone who wants the job and wants to fix our problems not up and leave at his first opportunity.

[Rekdiver]

The only thing that messes this up is MONEY and we don't give enough to pay top drawer coaches.....if BL has thrown his name in for the UNCW job then he does not want to come to Boone.

[bcoach]

The only thing that messes this up is MONEY and we don't give enough to pay top drawer coaches.....if BL has thrown his name in for the UNCW job then he does not want to come to Boone.

How about all the TV money we have coming our way. What are we going to do with that money if not pay coaches

[firemoose]

Word has it that Cobb's favorite, Bobby Lutz, has put his name in the mix for the UNCW job. It will be interesting to see how this impacts our search. I hope dragging our feet waiting on Lutz hasn't cost us a chance at some of these assistants that are landing jobs.

Heard the same. Have to wonder who is on the "search committee" (like we don't know ) and where he...I mean they might look next should Lutz get offered and take the UNCW job.

[T-Dog]

Here's the official HR job postings.

http://t.co/PQ3HB8yCnW

http://t.co/Q4AQRG4hMy

[1ASU78]

Chris Jans
Just got back home from the dance. A winner at every head coach stop and now winner assistant Shockers head coach

http://www.goshockers.com/ViewArticle.d ... LID=898911

This guy was just hired to HC at Bowling Green...

Too bad he seems to be a good one

[asu66]

Here's the official HR job postings.

http://t.co/PQ3HB8yCnW

http://t.co/Q4AQRG4hMy

Well, in a positive sense, these are two "procedural items" that were completely ignored last time around.The athletic department was in complete violation of university policy before.

And concerning Lutz, he'd be foolish not to test the waters at UNC-W before he agreed to anything with ASU. It's a certifiable fact that last time around, UNC-W paid it's new head coach $250,000 more per year than ASU paid its new coach. Lutz is no fool; he'll need to know what he can make both places (as compared with an almost certain performance boost at NC State) before he makes ANY decisions. He won't go anywhere making less than his NEW salary in Raleigh.

If Charlie wants Lutz, he'll have to get dead serious about salaries--or he'll be wasting everyone's time.

[Kgfish]

I've heard too many negative comments from people with connections to Lutz to want him at App.

[Kgfish]

Word has it that Cobb's favorite, Bobby Lutz, has put his name in the mix for the UNCW job. It will be interesting to see how this impacts our search. I hope dragging our feet waiting on Lutz hasn't cost us a chance at some of these assistants that are landing jobs.

Heard the same. Have to wonder who is on the "search committee" (like we don't know ) and where he...I mean they might look next should Lutz get offered and take the UNCW job.

I'll take a shot.... Alan Hauser, Jay Sutton, Rick Beasley, Doug Justice, Mike Flynn

[spong]

Here's more fodder for the group. Thought it might be interesting discussion material since we were only supposed to be looking for coaches with HC experience. I'm checking more coaching sites to see if there is any truth to these rumors.

Coaching Rumors ‏@coaching_rumors
App State has been in contact with Assistants from SC, Clemson, GT, Alabama, and UGA in regards to their open HC position.

I wonder how many of these schools were contacted fishing for assistants for the new coaching staff. Some of these schools don't really have a coach in waiting.

http://hrs.appstate.edu/employment/epa-jobs/946

Could Tony Pujol, former App State assistant now assistant at Alabama, perhaps in the picture for head coach or returning star assistant?

[spong]

Here's more fodder for the group. Thought it might be interesting discussion material since we were only supposed to be looking for coaches with HC experience. I'm checking more coaching sites to see if there is any truth to these rumors.

Coaching Rumors ‏@coaching_rumors
App State has been in contact with Assistants from SC, Clemson, GT, Alabama, and UGA in regards to their open HC position.

I wonder how many of these schools were contacted fishing for assistants for the new coaching staff. Some of these schools don't really have a coach in waiting.

http://hrs.appstate.edu/employment/epa-jobs/946

Could Tony Pujol, former App State assistant now assistant at Alabama, perhaps in the picture for head coach or returning star assistant?

[ASUMountaineer]

Sources tell College AD, Shaka Smart, head men's basketball coach at VCU has agreed to six year contract with Marquette to become the next men's head basketball coach. more details to come.

"Marquette hasn't landed Shaka Smart"
http://www.jsonline.com/sports/goldenea ... 25081.html