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Michigan fires their coach

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:09 am
by Flipper
and the early media speculation includes a pair of MAC coaches...

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ar ... 004/SPORTS

Fired or retired?

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 8:27 am
by transfer2BGSU
The scroll on ESPN last night said she "retired", doesn't quite look that way.

Interesting quote from Curt - "I'm very happy at Bowling Green, but I owe it to my family to listen to opportunities," Miller said.

Hmmm.

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 8:37 am
by Tricky_Falcon
It appears that if offered, he would be gone.

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 8:45 am
by Jacobs4Heisman
Tricky_Falcon wrote:It appears that if offered, he would be gone.
I don't think it's nearly that simple.

I'll go on record as saying I don't think Miller will be coaching at Michigan next season.

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:22 am
by Flipper
I tend to agree...I think the gender issue would really hurt his chances at Michigan. The Birkenstock and granola crowd would go ape if they hired a man to coach the women's highest profile sport....even it they couldn't tell a basketball from a ....I don't know...something that doesn't lok at all like a basketball.

My head?...no that's not it...

Re: Fired or retired?

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:41 am
by UK Peregrine
transfer2BGSU wrote:The scroll on ESPN last night said she "retired", doesn't quite look that way.

Interesting quote from Curt - "I'm very happy at Bowling Green, but I owe it to my family to listen to opportunities," Miller said.

Hmmm.
I found the back half of Curt's quote to be even more interesting for a number of reasons that I don't have time to discuss right now.

"I'm very happy at Bowling Green, but I owe it to my family to listen to opportunities," Miller said. "But usually, men coaches aren't on the tip of athletic directors' tongues for women's basketball."

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 11:14 am
by transfer2BGSU
I have heard him and numerous other male coaches (including Jim Foster and Gino UConn) make that same statement many times.

If it is true, then I think Suzie Merchant would be a leading candidate. I also think Sylvia Crawley at OU would be a good candidate.

The talk is about Curt, but what about Jen and/or Brandi?

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 11:22 am
by Jacobs4Heisman
I would have to think Miller is contacted often about Jen -- she will make a very good head coach someday. I do think she'll have to pay some dues as a head coach at a smaller gig before she comes anywhere near a job like Michigan.

If Miller does eventually decide to leave, I hope to God Jen is still here to take over. It would be a pretty big blow to lose both of them. I think Jen will get a head job somewhere else before Miller leaves though.

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 11:32 am
by It's the Journey...
Hopefully we can keep Brandi. We wouldn't want transfer to get free fries that often... :wink:

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 12:18 pm
by manager
OK -- we'll solve two "problems"

Curt become BG's men's coach and Jen takes over the women's program.

Have at me folks.

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 1:14 pm
by Falconboy
manager wrote:OK -- we'll solve two "problems"

Curt become BG's men's coach and Jen takes over the women's program.

Have at me folks.
Sounds like an excellent proposition to me! :D

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 1:23 pm
by Jacobs4Heisman
falconboy wrote:
manager wrote:OK -- we'll solve two "problems"

Curt become BG's men's coach and Jen takes over the women's program.

Have at me folks.
Sounds like an excellent proposition to me! :D
The proposition of Curt Miller coaching the men's team gets dumber every time I hear it.

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 6:21 pm
by It's the Journey...
Jacobs4Heisman wrote:
falconboy wrote:
manager wrote:OK -- we'll solve two "problems"

Curt become BG's men's coach and Jen takes over the women's program.

Have at me folks.
Sounds like an excellent proposition to me! :D
The proposition of Curt Miller coaching the men's team gets dumber every time I hear it.
Second!

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 6:24 pm
by TG1996
LSU's coach resigned today unexpectedly.

Maybe we should just have a Curt Miller madlib thread? :lol:

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 6:28 pm
by Bleeding Orange
TG1996 wrote:
Maybe we should just have a Curt Miller madlib thread? :lol:
What if we just had aWHAT IF? thread? As in:

WHAT IF women's basketball players staged a coup and overthrew the United States Government? Would they make Curt Miller their king?

That might be fun, too.