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I think it’s a good and unique name. A lot of merchandise branding opportunities too. I hope he gets the logo right. Your UHC gear will now be a collector’s item on the bright side.

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Good summary, thank you.

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If he is smart, he will. That Mavs team is going nowhere. The NBA head coaching job doesn’t seem like it’s out there for him for whatever reason. Is he content being an assistant?

Thanks for sharing.

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In Miller’s case, unless somebody like Miller comes out and says he offered and was shot down, we won’t know for certain. I still think where there is smoke, there is usually fire. Josh Grant in his interview was more forthcoming than most people are in these type of situations saying that help was offered to Smith by former players etc and he either ignored or turned that help down. Grant felt that was a big factor in his termination.

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Yeah, it sounds as if Smith was either very stubborn in his ways or he had some paranoia that former fan favorites would upstage him. Not sure what it is, but if you get offered that kind of help for free and don’t take it…. I don’t know what your thought process is.

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There’s a logical reason they are doing this and trying to increase enrollment though. It goes beyond just future conference realignment where they were told this was one of the thresholds for B1G membership down the line. Universities are going to see steep declines in enrollment across the nation as there are less children being born compared to previous generations, less people taking the college route(specifically men not wanting to go deep into debt and choosing blue collar work instead), and of course increased competition for the people that do decide to go to a university.

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Depends on compensation. I get what you’re saying. The college level has far more headaches with everything involved with it now. The argument last go around seemed to be he wanted to be an NBA coach and was on the fast track for that. Years later, that still hasn’t happened. So who knows ultimately?

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I’m sure he’s not fond of the idea of recruiting. He really doesn’t have to do that in the NBA. Yes, that could be a negative of hiring him if that is true. It could also be as simple as them covering all their bases right now in this meeting and working everything out. I guess we’ll find out pretty soon.

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Does the timing really matter whether it ends up being Jensen or not? Let’s say it’s not Jensen and ends up being Miller because Jensen declines. Wouldn’t we want Miller to have the same opportunity and time to sell himself and his program to the players we have on the roster that we wish to keep?

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You’re looking purely at results and using that as a metric as to why one guy is a better X’s and O’s coach yet ignoring the absolute fact that Larry was a far superior recruiter. There are many bad coaches in basketball in general that are fortunate enough to have a good roster which overshadows how truly bad they are. There are also good coaches that will lose their jobs due to a lack of talent. I don’t understand how you make the leap you did. Context is definitely warranted. Yes, it is the opinion of the majority on this site that Smith is a better coach in terms of system etc but a worse recruiter. You disagree, that’s time. Your argument for disagreeing isn’t a good one however.

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