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Sounds like Chun is interested in Brian Dutcher

Dutcher was responsible for recruiting Kawhi Leonard to San Diego State and apparently was a big factor in bringing the Fab Five together at Michigan while he was an assistant to Steve Fisher. I would think he's unreachable for WSU, but who knows?

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We should shoot for that kind of hire. I think that's a good sign we aren't going to go cheap and are serious about quality coaches that could win in Pullman.
 
I believe that Kent s team beat the Aztecs last year in head to head play. A footnote is that Flynn left WSU for SDSU last year. Perhaps his coach leaves SDSU for WSU ? The merry go round continues:) If this is the best Chun can do then the cougs are in trouble.
 
I don t know he fills the expectations of many on the board.He is a 60 year dude who has a lot of dings and dents. His team scored 57 points in a loss to Utah State in the MWC Tournament. They shot 27 % from the field and scored 25 points in the second half in a thrilling loss. The MWC did get two bids to the Big Dance so no question of the toughness of the league. I d say the chances of landing this defensive genius are quite high.
 
Hard to imagine that a 59 year old would want to take on the situation in Pullman. He's been in San Diego for nearly 20 years - and has pretty good job security. Four more years on his contract at $800k. He would owe a $2.5 million buyout if he leaves right now.

Would be a substantial upgrade over Ernie Kent. Four wins over Nevada the last two years. Also has some pretty good recruiting connections in the NW. Don't see it happening though.
 
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I don t know he fills the expectations of many on the board.He is a 60 year dude who has a lot of dings and dents. His team scored 57 points in a loss to Utah State in the MWC Tournament. They shot 27 % from the field and scored 25 points in the second half in a thrilling loss. The MWC did get two bids to the Big Dance so no question of the toughness of the league. I d say the chances of landing this defensive genius are quite high.

I hope you donate $10 every time you say something negative about WSU basketball. We'll pay Ernie's salary in no time!

Dutcher looks like an interesting choice for us. I wish that he had a little more experience to judge him on and he wouldn't be my first choice, but I'd rather see someone like this who has a history of being involved in a successful MWC program over another guy like Ken Bone who wasn't used to dealing with higher level talent.
 
How can it be negative since the guy has not been hired?Your comments are like the old adage about sex and dropping money in a jar for every soriee during the first years of marriage. Then taking money each time afterwards .the jar in the next five years, It would never be emptied is the old saying. .So to talk about negative comments on coug basketball during the last three years and my comments now board on the absurd to say the least. Ponder that one.
 
How can it be negative since the guy has not been hired?Your comments are like the old adage about sex and dropping money in a jar for every soriee during the first years of marriage. Then taking money each time afterwards .the jar in the next five years, It would never be emptied is the old saying. .So to talk about negative comments on coug basketball during the last three years and my comments now board on the absurd to say the least. Ponder that one.

It's one thing to say, "Ernie is not getting the job done and he needs to go".

It's something else entirely to say, "This guy sucks and if this is all we can get, we are screwed"..........particularly when you say that about every single coach except Rick Pitino.....and with him, you say, "he'll never lower himself to coach for a sorry ass school like WSU". So....paint things however you want, but you've been a pretty pathetic WSU fan since the Kent announcement.
 
I hope you donate $10 every time you say something negative about WSU basketball. We'll pay Ernie's salary in no time!

Dutcher looks like an interesting choice for us. I wish that he had a little more experience to judge him on and he wouldn't be my first choice, but I'd rather see someone like this who has a history of being involved in a successful MWC program over another guy like Ken Bone who wasn't used to dealing with higher level talent.
I think ElComance would criticize hiring Coach K. "Can't coach anymore. Old system."
 
You guys are so full of it",I have been so negative". Tell me what has changed since the announcement? Just some ridiculous speculation about coaches who will never come to the described"graveyard of coaches" by coaches and the media.And yes truthfully Pitino would never lower himself "to coach at a sorry ass school like WSU. That is the absolute truth no matter how you want to spin it. Why do you think your idol Bennett left?You guys have been pathetic fans for a much longer time partner. You guys want a home run hire and it may not happen.
 
Sorry ass school? I think a lot of us have a bit more pride in our institution than you do. Good lord, you sound like a Husky fan. Either you are overly bitter about Ernie's departure or just trying to be provocative.

Nobody believes Pitino is coming to WSU (the Prez already made it clear, not a chance) nor do most of us want him. As far as home run hire, yeah, I hope it happens. Of course, we all have our own definition of that term. The last basketball coaching hire, unfortunately, was not a home run hire. It was more like the Golden Sombrero, 4 strikeouts in a single game.

Glad Cougar
 
You guys are so full of it",I have been so negative". Tell me what has changed since the announcement? Just some ridiculous speculation about coaches who will never come to the described"graveyard of coaches" by coaches and the media.And yes truthfully Pitino would never lower himself "to coach at a sorry ass school like WSU. That is the absolute truth no matter how you want to spin it. Why do you think your idol Bennett left?You guys have been pathetic fans for a much longer time partner. You guys want a home run hire and it may not happen.
Anyone who follows WSU basketball should be given awards for their fandom.
 
Somehow you guys like to twist words to your fancy. Yes WSU is seen as a "sorry ass basketball " school by most of the media And if you noticed Sorry ass' those were someone else's words . WSU has been characterized as a coaches graveyard and the worst job in the D1 ranks of the P 5 schools. Those aren not my words but others . One should appreciate the task which all basketball coaches at WSU have recently faced. The facilities are bad and the recent history abysmal, Wake up and see what and how WSU basketball has had to face.You guys want a home run hire and will not get that.Someone thinks that they can start charter flights. Good luck with that one as Chun has recently created a new 4.2 mil deficit.The provocative words are coming from outside the WSU student body and alumni. Do not shoot the messenger so to speak.
 
The more I think about it maybe Chun is approaching Dutcher for opinions as much as he is to gauge interest in WSU. Dutcher's been around for a long time and maybe there is a connection going back to Dutcher's days at Michigan? Back to regular programming.
 
Somehow you guys like to twist words to your fancy. Yes WSU is seen as a "sorry ass basketball " school by most of the media And if you noticed Sorry ass' those were someone else's words . WSU has been characterized as a coaches graveyard and the worst job in the D1 ranks of the P 5 schools. Those aren not my words but others . One should appreciate the task which all basketball coaches at WSU have recently faced. The facilities are bad and the recent history abysmal, Wake up and see what and how WSU basketball has had to face.You guys want a home run hire and will not get that.Someone thinks that they can start charter flights. Good luck with that one as Chun has recently created a new 4.2 mil deficit.The provocative words are coming from outside the WSU student body and alumni. Do not shoot the messenger so to speak.
It would help if you use quotation marks at the beginning AND the end of the sentence you are quoting, and also give a citation or attribution to the person to whom you are quoting. I'm not a grammar cop on the internet, but you have to admit, clarity is not your forte.

By the way, here are your direct words from posts before the beginning of the season. Note that there is no reference to any deficit or financial problems connected to removing Kent:

"Kent has to be evaluated in the win-loss category. He has to produce a winning team this year."

"This year will be the year in which Kent has to make a positive statement on the court."

"I do not have any problem with higher expectations. If Kent does not deliver then he should resign."


To be fair, resigning is different from being fired...so I'll grant you that. But it certainly looked like you expected a much better season than what transpired and that you advocated a change of coach if Kent didn't win. The fact that he wouldn't resign shouldn't justify keeping him on the job.

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You guys are so full of it",I have been so negative". Tell me what has changed since the announcement? Just some ridiculous speculation about coaches who will never come to the described"graveyard of coaches" by coaches and the media.And yes truthfully Pitino would never lower himself "to coach at a sorry ass school like WSU. That is the absolute truth no matter how you want to spin it. Why do you think your idol Bennett left?You guys have been pathetic fans for a much longer time partner. You guys want a home run hire and it may not happen.
Very likely there will not be a home run hire. Matter of fact very likely to be Stevens, Eastman, Graham, Bone and Kent.
 
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