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Boylen fired as Utah men’s basketball coach

Chad Feldheimer said:
Boylen makes 850k a year for the next 3 years.
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which begs the question why did we sign him long term after just 2 years?

funny quote at the time his new contract was signed:

"When I took this job, I promised conference championships, national rankings, NCAA tournament invitations and a return to national prominence," Boylen said in a release. "We are on our way."

Yeah, that worked out well

Although Boylen had three years remaining on his original contract, which paid him $575,000 a year, athletic director Chris Hill said he wanted to retain Boylen with the new deal, which keeps him in Utah through 2014.
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So we already had him signed for three years but we gave him a huge raise and several more years....way to go Chris Hill
 
I don't think Boylen could have convinced me to take a scholarship to play ball at Utah.
 
prodigy said:
....way to go Chris Hill
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Hill has completely whiffed on the basketball program since Majerus.

He makes me every bit as nervous as Boylen did.

BTW - Boylen insists he needed just one more year to fully execute his plan and return Utah to basketball glory. Perhaps Hill should have offered to give him one more season, after which, if Utah wasn't at least a first round NCAA tourney winner, Boylen walks and the rest of his contract is void.
 
Is it true that St. Mary's coach rejected an Utah offer? Or is that Internet rumor? Couldn't he see the light? PAC 12 baby, Pac ****ing 12.
 
Duck Rodgers said:
Is it true that St. Mary's coach rejected an Utah offer? Or is that Internet rumor? Couldn't he see the light? PAC 12 baby, Pac ****ing 12.
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Yeah he rejected it, along with Rick Majerus, Bobby Knight, Coach K, and John Wooden. Oh wait, probably just internet rumors as well.
 
fatchipper said:
Yeah he rejected it, along with Rick Majerus, Bobby Knight, Coach K, and John Wooden. Oh wait, probably just internet rumors as well.
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You forgot Naismith, and Red... they were on the list too.
Bummer because Red would have been perfect for the job.
 
Don't really know if Randy Bennett from St. Mary's turned down the Utes, but there's no evidence out there that he even interviewed for the job. Would Utah extend an offer without interviewing him? Seems unlikely, but not impossible.

Spence Checketts from 700AM has just tweeted that Utah is set to interview Lon Kruger (UNLV) this coming week. That would be a pretty nice hire IMO.

https://twitter.com/#!/espn700spence
 
I wanted Kruger when Majerus left. I would be happy with that hire. I think he's a good coach that could do wonders for this program.
 
gregbroncs said:
I wanted Kruger when Majerus left. I would be happy with that hire. I think he's a good coach that could do wonders for this program.
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I also like the idea of Kruger. Chris Hill usually goes the route of bringing the next great up and comer but that has really backfired on him with the last 2 hires. He can't afford to strike out again. Kruger is a known commodity that is already actively recruiting the west and brings great name recognition to a program tha badly needs it.
 
Was Kruger a guy that got a lot of transfers when he was at Illinois and Florida as well? I'm just wondering if that is sort of a philosophy of his and would still apply at Utah, or maybe just a situation where guys want to be in Vegas?

In looking at his records over the years, the only question seems to be can he have great teams. He's good at having good teams but that next step seems to be the question. Either way, I do agree it would be a solid hire.
 
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