does Holtmann want a raise? thatâs a little bold given the past few weeks
This does not come as a surprise.
Thatâs what they all say
Which is true but Porter turned down 17-18 million from St. Johnâs to stay at Loyola. Granted St. Johnâs ainât what it used to be but still, itâs a step up in pay and school prestige that heâs turning down.
I think Moser would turn down Oklahoma if offered but not for that reason. I just donât think itâs a fit for him in terms of recruiting footprint or culture
He was really really close to accepting though from what I remember. I feel like that means heâs open to the idea of leaving, unless he just had a total change of heart
Moser coaches at A&M and Little Rock way back so itâs not entirely foreign territory to him
Bingo. How many people can end up with egg on their faces here? Funny.
Well then he must be waiting for the Nortwestern position to open up or maybe DePaul.
Might be super freaky and just like Loyola.
He was an assistant at Butler under Holtmann and then at Nebraska with Miles. I think he maybe got a head job since then
As a Butler fan, I can tell you he very much manipulated that situation to his advantage.
Wouldnât be a surprise to see him play the game again.
Did he do similar there through his agent?
Sort of, he turned down the job and then went back to them a day or two later and got a better offer and took it. Heâs talked publicly about how hard that was on him, which might be true. Heâs also made a few really savvy moves in his career and seems to be a ladder climber. For instance, he left a SoCon HC job to be the lead assistant at Butler with Brandon Miller. He had worked previously with him and wouldâve known he was an emotional ticking time bomb and that he could be positioned to step in whenever that situation deteriorated.
Holtmann may have exceeded his preseason expectations this year, but he definitely hasnât exceeded OSUâs overall expectations when they hired him four years ago. In four years heâs earned no banners and hasnât made it out of the first weekend of the tournament. Even this year, âexceeding expectationsâ only meant finishing 5th in the conference and losing in the first round of the NCAAs.
Best outcome for people who hate Indiana
Iâll be shocked if this isnât a train wreck
interesting reactions around the Indianaverse, a lot of ânot my first choice but better than Moser.â Seems like they are opposed to all the good candidates