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MU did not have a commitment to compete on a national

Posted on: April 17, 2017 at 21:58:31 CT

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level in men's basketball at that point, and our AD had a very bad reputation among basketball coaches as someone to work for. We had just lost our head coach to Tulsa, right after losing our head coach to Arkansas.

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Why do you think there wasn't much interest in the - Sleepy MU - 4/17 20:06:11

There was interest. We were too cheap at the time - catbirdseat MU

- 4/18 10:26:01

A true definition of "rock bottom" had yet to be realized - Tigerfish MU - 4/18 09:09:32

Sterk has a much better reputation than Alden (nm) - TheWildcat STL - 4/18 08:25:07

It's settled science that Kim left the program better off - Ragnar Danneskjold MU

- 4/18 08:14:27

The replacement of Alden was probably the most significant - MU-TULSA MU - 4/18 07:24:23

MU did not have a commitment to compete on a national - FIJItiger MU

- 4/17 21:58:31

All of that is wrong. - Sleepy MU - 4/17 23:46:37

it's as simple - longtimereader MU - 4/18 10:00:48

Actually all 4 of your statements are wrong(nm) - FIJItiger MU

- 4/18 07:05:41

Alden was AD - MoGold MU - 4/17 22:53:40

Good coaches are scrambling to take over a cratred - Evenflow MU - 4/17 21:29:08

Speaking of Good Coaches, where's Tom Crean? He was hot - mooseamas2 MU - 4/17 22:14:18

RE: Why do you think there wasn't much interest in the - tigooner MU - 4/17 21:00:37

Gregg Marshall interviewed; Howland was interested - tigerdb MU - 4/17 20:53:56

When was the Painter debacle? Was that before Mike Anderson? - mooseamas2 MU - 4/17 22:16:56

Haith, nm - MU-TULSA MU - 4/18 10:32:57

Marshall was never interested. Anyone that was alive at that - Sleepy MU - 4/17 21:21:19

Marshall kicked the tires - there was a level of interest - tigerdb MU - 4/18 06:46:00

It was all about his nerdy son finishing HS in Wichita.(nm) - Gary P. MU - 4/17 23:21:04

There was interest last time, but Alden was too weak to - zounami MU - 4/17 20:42:10

But no, there wasn't. Especially not on the level there was - Sleepy MU - 4/17 21:21:58

Yes, there absolutely was. (nm) - zounami MU - 4/18 00:32:15

RE: But no, there wasn't. Especially not on the level there was - tigooner MU - 4/17 21:29:24

There was a lot of interest in the job - wu-tangtiger MU - 4/17 20:36:33

RE: There was a lot of interest in the job - CPA MU - 4/17 20:40:59

Howland, Mack, & Underwood had all shown interest - wu-tangtiger MU - 4/17 20:44:07

Also Marshall, Mike White, Cronin, Tim Floyd (nm) - FIJItiger MU

- 4/17 21:41:31

Don't forget Frank Martin has said a lot of great things - bcoop199 KC - 4/17 21:13:12

malpractice(nm) - Fire Marshall Bill MU - 4/17 20:59:15

There would be a long list of coaches between GM & - tigerdb MU - 4/17 20:55:12

There wasn't - wu-tangtiger MU - 4/17 21:01:22

That is the way it played out, but I'm fairly confident that - FIJItiger MU

- 4/17 21:56:19

true KA was not amongst Alden's choices - wu-tangtiger MU - 4/17 22:12:54

It's too bad he was a spineless coward. Stronger ADs - zounami MU - 4/18 00:36:54

Mike White. (nm) - tgr MU

- 4/17 20:54:04

People probably thought - XRob MU - 4/17 20:34:03

Mike Alden was kryptonite to a basketball program. Sterk - MrTruman2U MU - 4/17 20:10:03

RE: Mike Alden was kryptonite to a basketball program. Sterk - jrizzle MU - 4/18 10:50:24

I would imagine the roster problems and investigation had - Sleepy MU - 4/17 21:22:28

The roster and #11 recruiting class were both fine. The - zounami MU - 4/18 00:34:08

The two guys Haith recruited did not consittute the - alwaysright MU - 4/18 07:36:49

Ad(nm) - DevilsAdvocate MU - 4/17 20:06:56