Shaheen Holloway to Louisville?

[August_West]

The latest dirt. Rather he stayed in Big East

 

[BigManStew]

Knowing Louisville fans, they would absolutely hate this hire. No way this actually happens, right?

 

[nelsonmuntz]

That would suck, because I like Holloway and hate Louisville, but Seton Hall won’t be able to keep him, so I expect him to go somewhere.

 

[That Guy]

I don't think he's a good fit for Louisville right now. They need a guy with a proven track record of winning in March. Despite the potential that Holloway has shown, it would still be a huge gamble for them to hire him. Sean Miller or a guy like Musselman make the most sense for them imo.

 

[Fishy]

There'd be armed revolt if UL hired Holloway.

 

[uconngb]

There'd be armed revolt if UL hired Holloway.

By who??

 

[JonnyRI]

There'd be armed revolt if UL hired Holloway.

Can someone give the background on why UL would hate this move?

Not enough of a track record? Or something more I am missing?

 

[That Guy]

Can someone give the background on why UL would hate this move?

Not enough of a track record? Or something more I am missing?

Louisville is a storied program that has been at the absolute rock bottom of college basketball for years now. Their fans are dying to get back to relevancy and want a guy with a proven track record that can win consistently in March (Miller, Musselman, Beard, etc.), not a guy that hasn't accomplished much of anything yet in his career except a miracle E8 run. They want guaranteed results in the immediate future and they would get that with the guys I mentioned. No guarantee of success if they hire Holloway.

 

[JonnyRI]

Louisville is a storied program that has been at the absolute rock bottom of college basketball for years now. Their fans are dying to get back to relevancy and want a guy with a proven track record that can win consistently in March (Miller, Musselman, Beard, etc.), not a guy that hasn't accomplished much of anything yet in his career except a miracle E8 run. They want guaranteed results in the immediate future and they would get that with the guys I mentioned. No guarantee of success if they hire Holloway.

Okay. That’s what I figured. Just wasn’t sure if I was missing some back story on on Shaheen and Lville.

 

[REB1094]

This is objectively horrible for both sides

 

[auror]

NIL is very bad at Seton Hall, but Sha has not shown the ability to recruit. Maybe he will with more resources, but remains to be seen. It would be a gamble, because he has not made the tournament with Seton Hall level recruits

 

[kobe]

watching the downfall of louisville and a poverty church leaguer

 

[HuskyHawk]

If Bryce Drew wins another game, they’d need to look at him.

 

[Tenspro2002]

If Bryce Drew wins another game, they’d need to look at him.

Predatory for-profit university to soul-selling commuter school with horrible academics. The cultural fit makes sense at least.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Isn't there some dirty SEC coach they can poach instead?

Bruce Pearl is free today.

 

[metsfan2323]

Musselman

That's the guy Louisville should go after.

 

[Blue Blood]

I like Shaheen but this seems like a premature move for him hope he sticks around a couple more years and then maybe moves to a big job unfortunately don't think he'd be successful there at this stage of his career

 

[sdb1989]

I don't think he's a good fit for Louisville right now. They need a guy with a proven track record of winning in March. Despite the potential that Holloway has shown, it would still be a huge gamble for them to hire him. Sean Miller or a guy like Musselman make the most sense for them imo.

He made it to the elite eight with St. Peter’s

 

[auror]

Isn't there some dirty SEC coach they can poach instead?

Bruce Pearl is free today.

I don't think any SEC coach is voluntarily going to ACC with how NIL and P2 stuff is going.

 

[runner11]

It wouldn’t surprise me if there were some ulterior motives behind Goodman pushing this story.

 

[JonnyRI]

watching the downfall of louisville and a poverty church leaguer

Halloway has won more Tourney games at St Peter’s than the 5th best team in Ohio has won in what, 20 years? More?

 

[WhereistheDove?]

This seems like a horrible match. I think Shaheen has a lot of potential as a coach, but you’re taking a real leap of faith with a guy that really hasn’t shown he knows how to coach a high major offense. Trying to get a fan base to buy into a northeastern guy without any real high major success and a boring style of basketball is a tall order. I was intrigued with the idea of Kelsey from CofC, though he doesn’t seem to have any idea how to coach defense.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Not a great match for either parties. Sha needs some more seasoning ... culturally... It's like saying Hurley is a fit for Kentucky. I know Pitino worked at both places, but Long Island is different than Jersey City or Queens.

 

[mussels]

Shortly after Sanfancisco‘s victory over Kentucky, the Golden Grizzlies website crashed with t-shirt orders from Louisville zip codes.

 

[CTBasketball]

Seton Hall refuses to explore NIL options and are the worst in the Big East at it. Wouldn’t surprise me if he left sooner or later.