Couldn't have worked out any better ...
by Nestor on Apr 2, 2009 4:26 PM PDT
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PrintAgain this was from the morning edition of today's LAT:
Asked if he had spoken to Floyd, Garrett said, "He'll come to me and tell me what he's decided. That's how it works."
Floyd, 55, was wooed by Louisiana State a year ago, which offered a multi-million contract. Floyd turned it down and said at the time, "This is my last job at SC."
Said Garrett: "If people don't want to be here they can go somewhere else. And if Tim has decided that, I thought he was a great coach and we've just got to find another great coach."
Could Garrett's tone of disdain be any clearer for Timmeh? By the end of the day Timmeh was in total damage control mode:
"I listened, I heard what they had to say," Floyd said. "But there is something really special about building your own traditions and your own history."
He acknowledged that in addition to meeting with Arizona, he had also talked to Memphis, saying, "At the end of the day I have a great situation here."
Uh huh. Yeah if he had such a great situation in South Central then why exactly he took the trip down to Arizona? LOL Why bother talking to Memphis (he could have just rebuffed their overture through his agents?
Why exactly is Timmeh so eager? Does he know about something that we don't all know about? Sanctions?
Meanwhile, rest of the college hoops world already know what kind of character Timmeh is. Here are some reactions on Scout.com's Zona message board when the news broke about Timmeh possibly going to Zona (emphasis added):
Read it as well...Well I will not support Arizona basketball until he is gone....It kills me to say that but I cannot support that Slimey P.O.S.
and
I am very upset. We just hired a very shady character who wins with one and done players. He is the anti Olson, and I think we will regret this decision.
and
Sad, Sad day for Arizona basketball. Lute Olson retires after running a clean program for almost 30 years and we hire a guy who if you listed the Top Dirties Coaches in the game today he would make the list with ease.
At least someone tried to provide those poor souls some sort of silver lining:
Hey guys look at the bright side, your Class of 2020 is filled already!
YIKES.
At the end of the day, Dixon stays in Pittsburgh, developing as a good coach. Back in LA we still get to have JustSC under a shady character (hey it's not us saying it) whose boss clearly is not a big fan of him, flailing around with a program built with mercenaries, head cases, and graduates from diploma mills.
As I said it couldn't have worked out any better. Thanks again Timmeh.
GO BRUINS.
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1/2 Credit?
Don’t know if they specifically were involved but the fanbase had no issue with going after Calamari who can go toe to toe with anyone for the World Shady Title.
Well it was a pretty nervous day
But now that I’ve pretty much gotten exactly what I wanted, it’s time to sit back and laugh.
Interesting.
If he were to go to Arizona and I were a UA fan, the first thing I’d complain about wouldn’t be the dirty thing or dealing with one and dones, but the fact that I don’t think he’s that great of a coach. Straight up. Nothing spectacular about him. I’d be upset that the “big splash hire” the school is trying to do is … Tim Floyd. Yeah. Reason to be excited indeed.
The rest of Floyd's statement....
“I looked at Arizona, they’ve won a national championship, and Memphis, they missed one by one point last year. Talk about pressure! At the U. of Sports Criminals I don’t have any pressure, that’s reserved for football. And you know Arizona is an academic school, how would I ever get Renardo Sidney into a place like that? And there are rumors that Arizona and Memphis are going to receive NCAA penalties, and of course the NCAA has a standing commitment to never sanction SC. Even worse, I learned that Arizona cares about character in its players; who needs that? Plus they wouldn’t promise me that I can hire fathers of potential recruits willy-nilly regardless of any purported qualifications, or give scholarships to student-athlete rappers who can’t score or play D. And Mike (Garrett) and Pete (Carroll) have assured me that during the course of my contract we will still own the police, which might not be the case elsewhere. And of course there’s the recruiting secret weapon: blonde, brainless, cosmetically-enhanced, morally flexible cheerleaders. Finally, as a camera hog, it’s great to be near Hollywood where my sideline tirades and T’s can be instantly broadcast around the nation. I know I will be making the Bruins Nation especially happy when I say that this is my last job.”
And I forgot...
“If all of my players will come back, we can once again finish 9-9 in a down year for the conference.”
Can we go 4 for 4?
1. Ernie Kent stays at Oregon (no Few).
2. Tim Floyd stays at SC (no Dixon).
3 Tony Bennett leaves WSU — probable step down.
4. Russ Pennell, Mike Dunlap, Kevin O’Neill not selected at Arizona, Rick Pitino turns it down — possible step down (if sanctions appear likely on top of three years of no recruiting).
Maybe Arizona will go with the SC standards and hire Steve Lavin. Point Guard U., and no defense, too.
Down year
Geez, I thought next year was going to be a down year just with the lack of talent in the Pac 10, but with the coaching situation added on to it, get ready for a lot of “Pac 10 is the weakest BCS conference” talk from the MSM next year. It will be critical for us to do well in the non-league part of the season in order to gain any respect next year.
We don't need others' respect
as long as we earn it on the court. I don’t think the Pac-10 will be weak next year, I think it might be stronger overall than this year. Cal will be better, even Oregon State will be better, U$C may still be decent and UCLA will be UCLA. Not sure how things will work out for UW, but they’ll still be pretty good. We’ll see if things improve at Oregon, and if Dawkins will get Stanford back on track. ASU will still be good, especially if Harden comes back, but Herb is a good coach anyway.
But hey, what do I know. I’m just the 800 lbs bruin in the room.
Supposedly Arizona is interested in Xavier's Sean Miller
Miller’s a good coach and each time I have seen him, handled himself well. I remember him being very classy before and after we beat Xavier in the Elite 8. It’d be a good hire if Arizona could get it done.
Gillespie would be their best bet
In my view. But I doubt hiring a just-fired coach would constitute “winning the press conference.” Still, I think Gillespie is an excellent coach and better than Calipari.
Talk about your win-win
“The standard” gets punked by a coach is by no means elite and SC is still stuck with the Pink Volcano. Sounds all good to me.
I just combined
“Pink” as in Pink Floyd, which is what the SC folks call him plus “Volcano” to account for his frequent eruptions. Given the fact that he also turns pink when he blows, it seemed like a natural for him.
As far as I know, I think I invented the name. Certainly wouldn’t mind if it caught on.
At least both of usc's fans are happy
Now they can continue to puff their chest about allegedly closing the gap and that they’re Pac-10 champs. Nevermind their mediocre regular season record. Will timmeh’s return be enough to persuade Rhodes Scholars Demarr, Taj, and Daniel to stay? I guess it depends on whether Mike Garrett and Ol’ Cheatey are willing to open up the purse strings from football and contribute to the “Closing the Gap from Bad to Mediocre” Fund.
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