Tony Bennett not interested in any other jobs
by JazzyUte on Mar 15, 2011 11:13 AM MDT
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PrintWell it looks like we can take Tony Bennett's name out of the running for the Utah job. The Sabre blog is reporting that Virginia athletic director Craig Littlepage spoke with Bennett and he said he was extremely happy at Virginia and that he has no interest in any other jobs.
This is the second consecutive day an active coach has essentially distanced himself from the Utah job. Trent Johnson, the head coach of LSU, issued a similar statement Monday.
Of course, statements like this are typically mandatory for any coach whose name has surfaced for another job - whether they're leaving or not.
So stay tuned...
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just covering his bases
He is saying the right things. He doesn’t want to burn any bridges if an offer from Utah never comes. I wouldn’t take him off the list just yet.
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by BigBenSportsGuy on Mar 15, 2011 12:26 PM MDT reply actions
But if Gottfried has expressed interest
and Bennett hasn’t, I’d be more interested in Gottfried.
Bennett: 220 games coached at WSU & UVA with a 60% overall winning %
Gottfried: 433 games coached at Murray St. & 11 years at UA with a 64% overall winning %
Both men are winners, but Bennett has only been 50% in his two years at UVA but that’s in the ACC against teams like Duke & UNC. In his three years against our new conference mates in the PAC 10 (Wazzu) he was 59%, but that was with his father’s players (his dad was head coach before he took the reins).
Either one would give us a head coach that knows how to win at a large school in big conferences. Two things that our next head coach needs to have IMO.
Recruiting is the third piece of the puzzle. If Bennett had been at either of his two schools for longer than three years we’d have a better feel for what kind of recruiter he was. Gottfried won consistently at ’Bama for 11 years. He has to know a thing or two about recruiting – albeit not necessarily recruiting western players.
"It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word" - Andrew Jackson
by uteowl on Mar 15, 2011 1:25 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
Tony Bennett
would not come back to the Pac 10 12. The booing he would get in Pullman would be Lebron in Cleveland worthy.
That would be a pretty chicken shit reason...
I can see him turning down the Utah job solely because he feels he has a better situation in Virginia. But I don’t think a coach worries too much about the backlash he’d get from a certain group of fans.
Case in point: Nick Saban.
But you never know, I guess!
Overall, it looks like Mark Gottfried is the fans’ choice.
I know, I didn't really mean it literally
That didn’t really come through.
by spencer peaty on Mar 16, 2011 12:45 AM MDT up reply actions
I agree with Jazzy
Bennett would only play in Pullman 3 out of each 4 years. And that’s only once in any given season. Utah does not Play in Pullman for the 2011-12 season, but then plays there the next 3 consecutive seasons.
http://www.pac-10.org/portals/7/images/MBasketball/WklyRel/2011-12Pac-12HoopsSchedule.pdf
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