Quick question regarding Coach Mac

[USFAlum94]

What Big East coach(s) has kept his job while enduring the type of record that Coach Mac has at USF?

[Brad]

Not sure who can answer that, although I doubt there has been the same level of futility before.  Also, I don't see how it matters when it comes to addressing OUR situation.

[Brad]

Do tell...tell me it was Jim Boeheim or someone like that...

[South_Florida_Flip]

Leonard Hamilton?

[JoeBulls]

I don't think Leonard Hamilton had much success in his first couple of years in the Big East.

[JoeBulls]

South Florida Flip and I are on the same page.

ha.

[Joe]

The Leonard Hamilton situation was really different, they didn't start a team back up until 1985, he was named coach in year 6. They just gotten a conference affiliation and were just getting their 1st recruits from the new program through.

A better example is how Miami ran Perry Clark after 4 years because of poor records (despite a NCAA birth one year).

[Triple B]

Do tell...tell me it was Jim Boeheim or someone like that...

I think his/hers was more a rhetorical question not really requiring an answer... although an appropriate answer to the question would be another question: What Big East coach(es) lost their job after just two years in the conference?

[Guest JulmisteForPrez]

Do tell...tell me it was Jim Boeheim or someone like that...

I think his/hers was more a rhetorical question not really requiring an answer... although an appropriate answer to the question would be another question: What Big East coach(es) lost their job after just two years in the conference?

Two years in the BE, but four years overall.

[Brad]

Good point MAB.

I bet had RMc known he would end up coaching USF in the BE, he might have had different demands and expectations for the program in order to compete with the nation's elite.  I doubt he would take the job with the budget that was in place in '03.  Like some others, he might have wisely passed.

I can't fully blame him or the school for two awful BE seasons.  Two years is not a lot of time to prepare.

Much like starting our football program - we did not come out of the gates playing BCS and Top25 schools for a reason - we needed time to build.  

RMc had little time before being thrust into a conference with 5-6 teams in Top 25 and 6-8 in NCAA Tournament.  It's a tough hand to be dealt.  I'd feel a lot better if people realized that.  We're playing BE basketball with a Sun Belt/C-USA perspective.