UAB’s Anderson to talk to Mizzou
Or UAB has approved the initial conversation:
The University of Missouri has been given permission to speak with UAB basketball coach Mike Anderson about Missouri’s head coaching vacancy.
Meanwhile, back in Columbia, unhappy with the jobs that Mizzou loyalists Sunvold and Link were doing looking for a coach, the powers that be have opted to bang pots and pans together in the hopes that somehow, mysteriously, a coach can be coaxed from the earth.
Why is there a cork on the fork? Because at this pace, someone will lose an eye. Or both eyes. Incredible:
* Have the Phog Blog come to you! * Subscribe to CommentsGary Link and Jon Sundvold apparently will have no further say in who will be Missouri’s new head men’s basketball coach.
Mike Alden, MU’s athletic director, has told Link and senior associate Mario Moccia that neither they nor Sundvold will be part of meetings between Alden, UMC deputy chancellor Mike Middleton and consultant Bob Beaudine aimed at selecting the man who will replace Quin Snyder.
“That’s accurate,” Link told The Star on Thursday morning.
Said Sundvold: “Our job, it appears, is over.”
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March 24th, 2006 at 2:33 pm
K-State’s AD mentioned in a KC Star article that the final hiring process at K-State “was a one-man job.” He went on to remark that this gave the school a leg up on the competition. Yeah, NO DOUBT.
Sunvold, Link, and MU fans have my sympathy.
March 26th, 2006 at 8:45 am
Looks like they hired him. ESPN.com is expecting an announcement as soon as today.
March 26th, 2006 at 2:12 pm
It will be interesting to see how this plays out for Mizzou.
Anderson will probably get better athletes to play for him at Mizzou than he had at UAB, but he’ll also be playing against better athletes.
I think it will be an upgrade in terms of competition for Mizzou in the next couple of years, but I think that I’ll be more comfortable playing against Anderson’s Mizzou than against Quin’s Mizzou, mainly because I think KU will be best equipped athletically to disassemble Anderson’s press.
Overall, though, I’m glad to see the other Big 12 schools land coaches. While KSU, Iowa State and Mizzou might be more competitive now than they have been over the last couple of years, the Big 12 North can definitely use better competition.