Steve Alford takes UCLA job

[isu87]

wow, I didn't see THAT coming. So Marshall can cross that off his list! Good for the MVC!

[jocoshock]

.Jeff ******* @GoodmanCBS 7mTold by sources Steve Alford was upset at UNM AD for publicly saying his raise would be paid for by increased ticket prices, concessions.

[BenWSU]

Gary Parrish @Gary:ParrishCBS 18m

BREAKING: Steve Alford is already on the hot seat at UCLA for a lack of postseason success

[rrshock]

Gary Parrish @Gary:ParrishCBS 18m

BREAKING: Steve Alford is already on the hot seat at UCLA for a lack of postseason success

You know it. Every coach there always is.

[jocoshock]

Seth Davis @SethDavisHoops 4m
New Mexico should not hesitate to name Craig Neal its head coach. Easiest decision I can imagine.

+1

[SHOXAAC]

Steve Alford to UCLA...my has the college basketball coaching landscape flow changed over time.

[jocoshock]

Matt Norlander @MattNorlander 16m
Lavin: five S16s in six years = FIRED! Howland: three straight F4s = FIRED! Alford: no S16s since '99 = HIRED!

[GarH]

UCLA will never stop thinking they can recreate the Wooden years. Why any coach in his right mind would take that job is beyond me. How many years before they fire Alford?

[Ricardo del Rio]

Matt Norlander @MattNorlander 16m
Lavin: five S16s in six years = FIRED! Howland: three straight F4s = FIRED! Alford: no S16s since '99 = HIRED!

Coach Alford: 4 years x $3,000,000 = 12,000,000 = Retired in some lovely place.

[jocoshock]

Jay Bilas @JayBilas 5m
Steve Alford just signed a 10-year, $20 Million extension at New Mexico. Now, he's head coach at UCLA. Damn, time flies.

SienaSoup @sienasoup 9m
@GottliebShow Buyout from UNM is $150k, peanuts. Would have went to $1 million this Monday, April 4th. LOL.

[wsu789]

Never liked Alford so a match made in heaven in my view. I like Bilas's takes more and more. Has anyone on here read his new book on Toughness?

[jocoshock]

Speaking of Jay...

Jay Bilas @JayBilas 8m
Here's how Steve Alford was able to get out of his ten-year contract extension at New Mexico. pic.twitter.com/q5k7CtOuWV

[DUShock]

The UCLA AD needs to put the crack pipe down.

[RoyalShock]

Alford pretty much started the trend of jumping to a power-conference the moment he found success at a "mid". He then became one of the poster kids (along with Dan Monson) for why you shouldn't be a "jumper". You'd think he'd have learned his lesson.

[jocoshock]

Jeff Borzello @jeffborzello 15m
Whoa. RT @GoodmanCBS: New Mexico's Alex Kirk to AD: I'll graduate & go to UCLA if Craig Neal isn't hired: http://www.cbssports.com/collegebask...ire-craig-neal … …