Coaches getting axed thread

[JayJ79]

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Fired in 2011
Micah Grimes, Dallas Academy high school when his team beat up an undermanned opponent 100-0, was fired on Sunday.

were there other factors involved, aside from "running up the score"?

because while it may not be the classiest thing to do (especially if he kept his starters in the whole game or whatever), I don't consider that to be a firing offense.

[Neighbor]

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were there other factors involved, aside from "running up the score"?

because while it may not be the classiest thing to do (especially if he kept his starters in the whole game or whatever), I don't consider that to be a firing offense.

e-mail disagreeing with administrators who called the blowout "shameful." saying he will not apologize "for a wide-margin victory when my girls played with honor and integrity."

[Barnstormer]

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Micah Grimes was fired in 2009.....


The team he "ran the score up on" was Dallas Academy, with eight girls on the team and 20 girls in the school, specializes teaching students with short attention spans or dyslexia.

Insert your own non-PC jokes here....

[SteinPizza]

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Some people here were speculating about Bruce Pearl returning to the Horizon League. Loyola is open, and the UW Milwaukee coach is rumored for a few openings. Not sure how realistic that is, but he did well at UW Milwaukee with no scandal.

[Trapped in California]

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I can't believe that UT paid him almost a million dollars to leave. The NCAA had a photograph of a recruit visiting Pearl's home on an unofficial visit, something Pearl had previously denied happening.

If this isn't a case for being fired for cause, then only thing that meets that definition is Dave Bliss' actions.

Maybe he should get hired on as Calipari's recruiting director...

[Moose39]

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Sportscenter just reported that Mike Anderson (Mizzo) is expected to accept the offer for the Arkansas job. FWIW

[FOTY]

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Sportscenter just reported that Mike Anderson (Mizzo) is expected to accept the offer for the Arkansas job. FWIW

Is Counzo Martin a potential replacement? I keep hearing that he is being mentioned for bigger jobs (has he produced at MSU?), so is this one that might be a possibility?

[9YRPLAN]

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according to dave kaplan, Rob Jeter turned down the Bradley job

[achrist70]

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I actually think that Bradley would be a half way attractive job, it is a basketball school, in a talent rich state.

[PantherHawk]

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Micah Grimes was fired in 2009.....


The team he "ran the score up on" was Dallas Academy, with eight girls on the team and 20 girls in the school, specializes teaching students with short attention spans or dyslexia.

Insert your own non-PC jokes here....

I remember reading this year a high school in Iowa beat another high school something like 117-29 or something like that. I am pretty sure it was in davenport, and that coach wasn't given any punishment.

I would be hard to believe that a coach would get fired for doing something like running up the score. But who knows if he did keep his starters in and ran up the score then I could see it. Also I don't think a coach needs to apologize for anything in that situation, his players played, the other coach could of foreited it and had the game be over, when did high school sports become a "friendly" game?

[PantherHawk]

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I actually think that Bradley would be a half way attractive job, it is a basketball school, in a talent rich state.

You have to compete with recruits from Illinois and Missouri, but I think Bradley would be a GREAT job. I could see some young assistant taking the job personally. But also one of these fired coaches could look to get back into the coaching game. Would KENO end up at Bradley?

[Trapped in California]

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I remember reading this year a high school in Iowa beat another high school something like 117-29 or something like that. I am pretty sure it was in davenport, and that coach wasn't given any punishment.

I would be hard to believe that a coach would get fired for doing something like running up the score. But who knows if he did keep his starters in and ran up the score then I could see it. Also I don't think a coach needs to apologize for anything in that situation, his players played, the other coach could of foreited it and had the game be over, when did high school sports become a "friendly" game?

A couple of things - the coach was coaching for a Christian based high school. The board of directors decided that the conduct during the game (pressing the losing team well into the second half, even with the backups) did not reflect the values of the school. The coach disagreed. The school & coach parted ways.

[TREE]

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Mike Anderson going from Missouri to Arkansas???

[SteinPizza]

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I actually think that Bradley would be a half way attractive job, it is a basketball school, in a talent rich state.

Bradley would be a great job, for the reasons you mention, plus they have a wealthy alumni base. And the program has some pedigree.

I read where Tom Crean's top assistant just turned down the NIU job. It's possible that both Bradley and NIU have administrations or boosters with unrealistic expectations. NIU has zero pedigree, so not sure where they got the idea if true.

[panther2317]

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Fact.

KABOOM.

Tennessee has had some of the best success in the history of their program under Pearl. They were in the Elite 8 last season.