Stallings leaves Vandy for Pitt

[gatordad3]

Wow! The doosh who wouldn't give Noah the ball to inbound leaves after 17 years.
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/15077267/vanderbilt-commodores-coach-kevin-stallings-agrees-deal-pittsburgh-panthers-replace-jamie-Dixon

 

[alcoholica]

I always thought he was a decent coach, but he's been pretty flat the last few years. Change of scenery is probably good for him.

 

[MertzJay26]

With the talent he had this year, they should have easily been a sweet 16 team at worst. He isn't a great coach by any stretch.

 

[alcoholica]

who said he was great?

 

[MertzJay26]

who said he was great?

Nobody...who said that somebody said he was great?

All I'm saying is I don't think he is a good coach.

 

[stephenPE]

Did not see this coming. He must be from up north

 

[alcoholica]

#LBoyJay26

 

[gatordad3]

With the talent he had this year, they should have easily been a sweet 16 team at worst. He isn't a great coach by any stretch.

Looked like Stallings was about to get the boot from their athletic director, and he wasn't exactly Pitt's first choice either.

 

[MertzJay26]

Looked like Stallings was about to get the boot from their athletic director, and he wasn't exactly Pitt's first choice either.

This ^

 

[MertzJay26]

#LBoyJay26

Lol I just re-read my original post and saw that I used the term "great", my bad. I wasn't implying that you thought he was a great coach, but see how it came across that way.

I'll sit the next few plays out.

 

[t-gator]

Did not see this coming. He must be from up north

His seat was extremely hot at Vandy.

 

[t-gator]

He's mediocre coach but he's very good at finding and developing good ball players.

 

[Double Gator Dad]

I guess that makes Andy Kennedy the dean of SEC coaches.
Pretty sad statement on SEC basketball.

 

[MidwestChomp]

This is an interesting hire. I figured Pitt would try for some young proven coach like Jacobson at Northern Iowa or put a feeler out for Archie who is a Pennsylvania native. Perhaps both said no. Stallings is probably happy to take that job and perhaps he is tired of the SEC being left out of the tourney.

 

[rogdochar]

We are talking about Pitt's men's basketball team??

 

[NVGator]

Maybe Vandy lures White?

 

[InstiGATOR1]

I don't like this. I like established so-so coaches at other conference schools. They could go out an hire someone really good and become a problem to deal with year in and year out.

 

[rogdochar]

Well Vandy managed to get two 7-footers before. If they got another 7', maybe we can steal him
since the HC that drew them ain't there no mo.?