Auburn Hires, what else has opened up that wasn't earlier?

[wu_shizzle]

Good point...but still.....if you go around telling the national media that Wichita St. is not a mid-major...but rather a MAJOR program living in the Missouri Valley and that I got everything I need here at Wichita. Planes. Fans. Support. Money. Then talking about a "better place" or "always open" doesn't sound to believable to me that Marshalls long-term plan is to remain at Wichita St.

Ummmmm sorry to say and I'm not trying to cause a stir....but this is Marshall's (albeit his agents words) FIRST blunder in his 7 years here at Wichita St. If I were him...I would be firing my agent like yesterday. Why....cuz if I were Marshall...I'd want to keep recruiting.

Marshall himself has said similar things to national media types for years.

This is the first you've heard this?

[WuDrWu]

God that website is awful. Hey Missouri, 1993 called and they want their website back.

The awfulness of the website only outdone by the stupidity of their posters.

One asks if Marshall has any talent returning. The responses go that the Valley is a shell without CU to carry the torch lol. Somebody else claims that media (referred to as morons) say he has a good team. Another suggests he bring all his recruits to Mizzou. A couple of others say we'll have a good team.

So bad it almost makes you want to cheer for KU.

[AZ Shocker]

Marshall himself has said similar things to national media types for years.

This is the first you've heard this?

I've heard him say things like..."it would take a really special place." Personally I don't get affected from him saying that type of thing as I realize how the business works. But...after the run of success he's had a Wichita St. and being a top candidate in the college basketball world for another lucrative head coaching job...I'd be real careful how my agent words his words. My worry is how "words" like what his agent used scares off potential big-time recruits that he may leave because he is such a hot commodity.

Leverage is levarege. I get that. Just please....please....please don't scare off top-recruits Mr. Agent. Maybe choose the words in your Tweets a little better. Build upon the success he's had at Wichita St. and make it perfectly clear that if he gets commitments from top-high-schoolers....that Marshall is committed to coaching them to a possible national championship. That's all. Again...I understand the "leverage" agents use to angle for more money, etc. but damn....don't be broadcasting that Marshall is "always looking for better school". Better is at WICHITA ST. b*t*h!!!! Lol :)

[pogo]

Andy Katz @ESPNAndyKatz 48m
Source: Anderson among Mizzou job finalists http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bask...uri-tigers-job … via @espncbb

Kim finished secnod to HCGM in the KC Star poll.

Blair Kerkhoff @BlairKerkhoff 18m
Nearly 2,500 responded over weekend. Top vote-getters in next Mizzou coach poll, Gregg Marshall,Kim Anderson http://www.kansascity.com/2014/04/18...should-be.html …

I can't believe over 2,500 have access to the net.

[shockerfan]

I've heard him say things like..."it would take a really special place." Personally I don't get affected from him saying that type of thing as I realize how the business works. But...after the run of success he's had a Wichita St. and being a top candidate in the college basketball world for another lucrative head coaching job...I'd be real careful how my agent words his words. My worry is how "words" like what his agent used scares off potential big-time recruits that he may leave because he is such a hot commodity.

Leverage is levarege. I get that. Just please....please....please don't scare off top-recruits Mr. Agent. Maybe choose the words in your Tweets a little better. Build upon the success he's had at Wichita St. and make it perfectly clear that if he gets commitments from top-high-schoolers....that Marshall is committed to coaching them to a possible national championship. That's all. Again...I understand the "leverage" agents use to angle for more money, etc. but damn....don't be broadcasting that Marshall is "always looking for better school". Better is at WICHITA ST. b*t*h!!!! Lol :)

Basically the exact thing was said just in a different way. "Always open to SEEING if there is something better than wWichita. It's gonna be hard to find a place better" is basically saying it will take a very special opportunity to cause him to leave. I think you are reading into the words too much. No biggie.

[vancedave56]

Yes, same as always.

[Shoxthemonkey]

Hey, AZ, the good thing is that the recruits are talking to the coaches not the agent. You better believe that one of the first things any kid asks the coach is "How long are you going to stay?" I cringe every time I hear the "perfect situation" comment but like it was said earlier, the next bush he beats around will be the first. I find that refreshing and even reassuring since all 5 or 6 perfect jobs still has a body filling it.

[ShockerFever]

God that website is awful. Hey Missouri, 1993 called and they want their website back.

You can see where KU fans are coming from after reading that garbage.


They are a nobody. Prepare for another ego hit as Marshall rejects you.

[Aargh]

I don't think Mizzou will even contact Marshall - let alone make an offer. I think they're targeting a coach at around $1.3 mill, which is what I think Haith was making. The Missouri State mindset might be in play at Mizzou. Throw everything at FB, hire a BB coach on the cheap, fire him if he loses, or watch him leave if he wins.

[jocoshock]

But even if MU has contacted or does approach Marshall, multiple sources familiar with his thinking suggest it would be an enormous challenge to extract him from Wichita.

For starters, Marshall, 51, may or may not retire at Wichita State, but he is happy, secure and appreciated there.

He’s not inclined to jump at other jobs, and he found the rebuilding phase at Wichita State excruciating.

Now it’s believed he perceives Mizzou as a program that needs rebuilding.

While MU is only a season removed from five straight NCAA appearances, it’s thought that Marshall sees the terrain left by Haith as somewhere between scorched and jumbled and that next year will be painful for whoever is coaching there.

So … why would Marshall leave a program he has built into a powerhouse, one that has great potential next season and is paying him $2 million a year, to go try to mend one where he figures to lose for a while?

It would appear MU would need to rustle up the money for a major raise, surely more than $2.5 million a year, and a long-term contract if it even wants an audience with Marshall.

Marshall has earned the chance to be choosy, and it’s believed he has a few programs in mind that he’d be inherently interested in.

Otherwise, it figures to take what one source called “something unbelievable” to pry him away.

Of course, just what’s believable and unbelievable in coaching searches is hard to discern until they’re over … which may or may not be imminent.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2014/04/21...#storylink=cpy

[SB Shock]

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[jocoshock]

UPDATE: Missouri basketball potential coaching candidates are Marshall, Painter, Anderson

http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/sports/

Missouri has yet to reach out to potential candidate Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall

[Jamar Howard 4 President]

Good point...but still.....if you go around telling the national media that Wichita St. is not a mid-major...but rather a MAJOR program living in the Missouri Valley and that I got everything I need here at Wichita. Planes. Fans. Support. Money. Then talking about a "better place" or "always open" doesn't sound to believable to me that Marshalls long-term plan is to remain at Wichita St.

Ummmmm sorry to say and I'm not trying to cause a stir....but this is Marshall's (albeit his agents words) FIRST blunder in his 7 years here at Wichita St. If I were him...I would be firing my agent like yesterday. Why....cuz if I were Marshall...I'd want to keep recruiting.

Where is the "dislike" button?

[newshock1234]

now on Tiger board they begging people to email Alden to donate money so they can pay Marshall lmao

[WSUwatcher]

"Missouri has yet to reach out to potential candidate Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall"

...and they might as well not even bother, because their desperate fans can donate whatever they want, but the money isn't even going to be relevant.

Marshall saw what it was like to come to a program that had risen from the ashes and into the NCAA tournament when he came here. Turgeon's last season was just a hint of what was to come, and it took two years of misery just to get back to that level. One can argue about what Missouri will have next year or even the year after, but when you look at what Marshall ALREADY has for next year and the one after that, a switch can't be too enticing regardless of what Missouri might want to throw his way.

You can't buy happy -- I remember reading and hearing that somewhere.