Marquette interested in Gregg Marshall?

[Snaggletooth]

So if Marshall announces in 2 weeks he has taken another job u think Sexton should hire one the remaining assistants to keep continuity?

I said I think Jans should be at he top of the list, not one of the remaining assistants. It would depend who else could be available, but if we know that Marshall's style is incredibly effective here, would you want a guy that was a Creighton type horse coach to come in because he had gotten a midmajor to a sweet 16, like so many other schools hire?

I'd look at Ainge as well.

Well Jan's is gone so he is no longer in the conversation.

Marshall way is Marshall way. To assume his assistant would have the same philosophy and be effective as him in running a program is not likely. It not that simple. Marshall is very unique and his persona really fits wsu well. Antedotal evidence - Winthrop.

If and when Marshall leaves ADES will have to hire the best qualified guy he can find. U don't hire an assistant that u hope will continue with a successful philopshy. Wsu has had to gamble on unproven assistants and Juco coaches - it paid a price for them.

[MissouriValleyUnite]

So if Marshall announces in 2 weeks he has taken another job u think Sexton should hire one the remaining assistants to keep continuity?

I said I think Jans should be at he top of the list, not one of the remaining assistants. It would depend who else could be available, but if we know that Marshall's style is incredibly effective here, would you want a guy that was a Creighton type horse coach to come in because he had gotten a midmajor to a sweet 16, like so many other schools hire?

I'd look at Ainge as well.

Antedotal evidence - Winthrop.

This case study cannot be understated.

Marshall built a Big South dynasty, winning 7 of 9 Big South championships. The culmination was the 2007 season where Winthrop finished ranked in both polls and each loss came to a Top-25 team -- Winthrop smoked Notre Dame in the Tourney before falling to Elite 8-bound Oregon.

When Marshall bolted for WSU (the previous season he took the Charleston job but quickly reneged), Winthrop simply promoted Assistant Randy Peele which seemed by far the best decision at the time. Winthrop returned several players, but 2008 underwhelmed in spite of the Tourney appearance. The Eagles posted a 10-4 Big South record - their worst since 2002, and failed to beat out Asheville for the 1-seed. They lost to Washington State by 31 in the Round of 64 - their worst Tourney loss since their 16-seed days.

Randy Peele was highly-regarded at the time. While Rock Hill didn't expect him to replicate Marshall's apex, they in no way saw what was coming. Outside of a fluke run in 2010 (lost in Dayton by 17 to a SWAC team), the program regressed very quickly to its historical mean.

Not saying that would happen in Wichita, and obviously WSU's historical mean is very good, but that precedence might entice WSU to hire through the same avenue as last time rather than in-house.