Kevin Saal Not Hot Seat

[Maizerunner08]

I’m guessing Saal has made some ‘inroads’ with the heavy hitters…

Yep. I’m going to guess this extension was solely based on his ability to woo donors. It sure wasn’t due to actual wins and losses.

[ShockHat]

Yep. I’m going to guess this extension was solely based on his ability to woo donors. It sure wasn’t due to actual wins and losses.

That’s a positive sign if true. Maybe things look gruesome from this side of things, but hopefully he’s able to get a more positive outlook from the inside?

[SubGod22]

Yep. I’m going to guess this extension was solely based on his ability to woo donors. It sure wasn’t due to actual wins and losses.

He's going to need them to hire the next coach

[Stickboy46]

So far i think ADKS has done a lot of good .. just not with hiring decision (jury still out on Green though). Maybe he just needs to offload that process next time.

[Shocktoberfest]

So far i think ADKS has done a lot of good .. just not with hiring decision (jury still out on Green though). Maybe he just needs to offload that process next time.

No brainer. Delegate that small task to SN. We are super cheap!

[Stickboy46]

No brainer. Delegate that small task to SN. We are super cheap!

Even better .. We have never been wrong in the history of the universe

[rjl]

No brainer. Delegate that small task to SN. We are super cheap!

I was curious how Shockernet would have done with the hire that wound up being Mills.

I'm not going to go through this entire thread to see who the consensus Shockernet picks would have been, but I recall three names that, towards the end, seemed like reasonable candidates (i.e., in our price range): Kellen Sampson; Adrian Griffin, and Amir Abdul Rahim.

Kellen doesn't have a head-coaching record to gauge how that pick would have been.

Griffin went 30-13 as the Milwaukee Bucks' coach last season and was in second place in the Eastern Conference before they let him go midseason for some purported internal tension in the team. The Bucks went 19-10 the remainder of the regular season under (mostly) Doc Rivers.

Abdur-Rahim wound up being hired at USF for last season where he did great, going 16-2 in the American and winning the league. Unfortunately, he died during a medical procedure this fall.