****The Official NEW new new conference realignment & shit talk thread****

[Saul Good]

Let's do it.

[TomBarndtsTwin]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

Everybody should get a chance to prove himself. That said, I just read that Anderson is getting $1.8/per. That seems really high to me. If Gregg Marshall was really an option (and I doubt he was) for $3.0/per why not just pay it? Just the increase in ticket sales etc would cut into that difference. Guy would be nearly guaranteed to win wherever he goes. What is Mizzou doing with all their money?

Because Mizzou. Nothing else needs to be said . . . .

[BryanBusby]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

Everybody should get a chance to prove himself. That said, I just read that Anderson is getting $1.8/per. That seems really high to me. If Gregg Marshall was really an option (and I doubt he was) for $3.0/per why not just pay it? Just the increase in ticket sales etc would cut into that difference. Guy would be nearly guaranteed to win wherever he goes. What is Mizzou doing with all their money?

Stadium expansion and the most reeruned search firm in existence, apparently.

[kepp]

Originally Posted by BryanBusby

Stadium expansion and the most reeruned search firm in existence, apparently.

Alden spent $50K on a search firm to hire Kim Anderson, when all it would have taken is 1/2 tank of gas and a BIC pen.

[Stanley Nickels]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

The likelihood of hiring a KU grad or someone from the KU tree is lower than the likelihood of hiring Kim Anderson (in case you haven't seen my thoughts on that: Less than zero).

Duncan, I like you man, but .... Ouch.

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by Stanley Nickels

Duncan, I like you man, but .... Ouch.

I made the mistake of underestimating the idiocy of Mike Alden. Never again!

[RustShack]

Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat

Today's retirement announcement of T-Wolves' Rick Adelman will make Iowa State fans nervous. Fred Hoiberg certainly will be approached.

— Blair Kerkhoff (@BlairKerkhoff) April 21, 2014

Iowa State fans aren't nervous about Fred leaving anytime soon. He's a bigger Cyclone fan than I am.

[Ceej]

Originally Posted by RustShack

Iowa State fans aren't nervous about Fred leaving anytime soon. He's a bigger Cyclone fan than I am.

That's hard to fathom.

[Eleazar]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

Everybody should get a chance to prove himself. That said, I just read that Anderson is getting $1.8/per. That seems really high to me. If Gregg Marshall was really an option (and I doubt he was) for $3.0/per why not just pay it? Just the increase in ticket sales etc would cut into that difference. Guy would be nearly guaranteed to win wherever he goes. What is Mizzou doing with all their money?

There's no excuse. There is an explanation - the AD is a moron.

I don't even like basketball really, but the fact that they seem content with a true fan, Gunther, Romeo type of hire drives me up a wall.

[Prison Bitch]

So it's 1.1m guaranteed, 2.0m if he reaches incentives. That's a lot of cash. I wonder what the incentives are.

Hiring Marshall would've been a gigantic splash and would've made Mizzou the talk of college basketball. The press (and ticket sales) from such a hire would be easily worth 1.0m extra. If the SEC network really takes Mizzou from 21.0m/yr to 30.0m+ then why pinch pennies like that? I don't know what big donors want there but I'm sure there's a bored old rich guy who could stroke that check without blinking. Mizzou doesn't even have any debt costs with their Arena so where are their hoops expenses?

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

So it's 1.1m guaranteed, 2.0m if he reaches incentives. That's a lot of cash. I wonder what the incentives are.

Hiring Marshall would've been a gigantic splash and would've made Mizzou the talk of college basketball. The press (and ticket sales) from such a hire would be easily worth 1.0m extra. If the SEC network really takes Mizzou from 21.0m/yr to 30.0m+ then why pinch pennies like that? I don't know what big donors want there but I'm sure there's a bored old rich guy who could stroke that check without blinking. Mizzou doesn't even have any debt costs with their Arena so where are their hoops expenses?

The SEC Network payout isn't going to be anywhere near what the Clay Travis' of the world have been shouting about.

Some of us knew this all along. Apparently Mizzou is just finding out.

[Prison Bitch]

Originally Posted by Bambi

The SEC Network payout isn't going to be anywhere near what the Clay Travis' of the world have been shouting about.

Some of us knew this all along. Apparently Mizzou is just finding out.

No doubt that's some serious pie-in-the-sky. However, Mizzou basketball is insanely profitable due in large part to the State footing most of the bill for their debt-free arena. They have almost no expenses. In 2008 they were the 12th most valuable college hoops franchise in Forbes:
http://www.forbes.com/2007/12/27/col..._slide_13.html

Now, they are in the 21-25 range with Florida. Florida pays Donovan $3.7m. Obviously their football program makes infinitely more money than Mizzou so they can pay whatever they want but still there's no reason for Mizzou to go cheap.

[Prison Bitch]

Interesting to note that the Mizzou coaching search thread is right next to the 2013-4 NHL thread. It has 1,000 responses and 24,000 views while the NHL one has 1,400 and 24,000. So essentially in the matter of two weeks, nearly as many people here cared about a coaching search as does an entire season's worth of NHL.


Net: next time a Mizzou fan says college basketball doesn't matter or that "nobody cares", feel free to laugh once more at them.

[Rams Fan]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

Interesting to note that the Mizzou coaching search thread is right next to the 2013-4 NHL thread. It has 1,000 responses and 24,000 views while the NHL one has 1,400 and 24,000. So essentially in the matter of two weeks, nearly as many people here cared about a coaching search as does an entire season's worth of NHL.


Net: next time a Mizzou fan says college basketball doesn't matter or that "nobody cares", feel free to laugh once more at them.

Hockey in general, more so than any other sport, is a niche sport.

[Bambi]

little preseason ranking from espn

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...eseason-top-25

[BryanBusby]

meh

Preseason rankings are reeruned and these rankings are exceptionally reeruned. Try harder next time.