Jacques Doucet saying it's done. TCU to pay Trent $2M/yr. Supposedly he'll be flying out to Kentucky to convince Hickey not to bolt us. Also saying Johnny Jones is the front runner. http://m.wafb.com/ms/p/a3/57/view.m?id=124279&storyId=17356606&news=Top Stories&news2=Main
Good luck to Coach Johnson at TCU. Johnny Jones would probably be my first choice just because he has ties to LSU. I doubt seriously that we will get Shaka Smart to leave VCU. Money does talk but the difference in lifestyle between making a half million and 1.5 isn't all that different.
I'm wondering what people think about Johnny Jones. He played for Dale Brown and was one of his assistants for a while (I think) and he seems to want to coach here. Wasn't he a candidate when Alleva hired Trent? I don't think we have a Chinaman's chance of having a marquee hire. Maybe a young NBA assistant that can recruit and needs HC experience. I don't know. It'll be interesting to follow this process.
I like this tweet....La sports dude is a riot. Jordan Grove @LaSportsDude Reply Retweet Favorite · Open Reggie Theus is a coaching candidate for #LSU? He hasn't coached in 4 years! On 2nd thought, neither had Trent Johnson
His record at North Texas isn't going to blow anybody away. But after the last 4 years with Trent I'm not sure shelling out huge money to get a big name coach with no regional ties is the way to go either. Priority #1 for whomever we hire has to be fixing our recruiting problems, followed by getting the fans to buy into the direction he's taking the program.
Johnny Jones still carries Lester Earl baggage. The tie is inevitably going to come up if he is a serious candidate. I like the guy...hope he clears that hurtle.
