Do assistant coaches really turn down P5 jobs they applied for if offered? Then why apply? Leverage?would hop have "bolted" if offered the usc job 4 years prior or Oregon St 3 years prior?
Do assistant coaches really turn down P5 jobs they applied for if offered? Then why apply? Leverage?
"If nominated I will not run, if elected I will not serve."
Srry, I pretty much figured as much. Didn't think you would really think that but seemed like a good build on.You’re asking the wrong person. I was being rhetorical to the person I asked.
Some people just want to believe that close associates and friends could never possibly be at odds. It happens. Yes, JB intended to honor the retirement date. But he clearly did not want to, and that strained the relationship with Hop in the last couple years. The retirement agreement between Boeheim and the university unfortuantely did not include language to prevent JB from making the transition difficult for Mike.It doesn’t make any sense the other way
I mean really are you saying Jim’s preference was to retire. If that was his preference and Mike left even though he knew Jim wanted to retire??
Really? Come on!
I don’t think his preference was to retire as he didn’t even set that date up!! It that was mandated by the NCAA violations correct?
The NCAA didn't "mandate" it - SU threw it in as part of their preliminary self-imposed sanctions, as they tried to get out in front of the NCAA hammer fall.
My personal taek on all of this is:
JB was convinced by SU admins that he needed to fall on his sword due to the NCAA , but he refused to do so immediately, so then the "will retire in 3 years" thing got put out there.
Everybody was fairly OK with that. For a while.
Then JB got that 9 game suspension, and a real-life taste of what his world minus coaching Syracuse basketball would be like. Juli is on record stating he hated it, he was miserable.
Hop realizes JB doesn't really, really want to retire.
Hop doesn't want to be the guy who forces his mentor to retire before he's ready to.
Hop has a sick father on the other coast, so when the Washington job opens up, it neatly resolves all of those issues for Hop AND for JB:
Hop gets a P5 HC job, near his Dad, and JB gets to keep coaching for as long as he wants to.
Why do people keep asking this question?
Mike left two years ago. He's building himself a very nice career at UWash -- as he hoped he would.
Jim (and SU) made it very clear that Jim was leaving at the end of 2018 season. Mike knew this. (For gosh sakes, it was announced by the Chancellor. What's more official than that?)
Mike had been wanting to get back to the West Coast for years (e.g. the USC fiasco). He made that very clear when USC screwed him.
Am I the only one here who actually talked to Mike throughout his career at SU?
I talked to him in 1996 when I was in 8th grade and he was very nice to me.
The first sentence is the big question moving forward. Will JB ever go gently into the night if asked to?JB wasn't going gently into the night. hopkins realized this and bolted. good move. that's my take.
The first sentence is the big question moving forward. Will JB ever go gently into the night if asked to?