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03-22-2007, 02:47 AM
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Steve Alford (official thread)
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2807516
UNM reportedly working on deal for Iowa's Alford
By Andy Katz
ESPN.com
Iowa's Steve Alford and New Mexico are working out the final details of a contract, and unless there is an unexpected impasse, he will be named the next head coach of the Lobos at a Friday news conference, multiple sources told ESPN.com Wednesday.
New Mexico zeroed in on Alford within the past two weeks while also waiting to talk to Winthrop's Gregg Marshall whose team was playing in the NCAA Tournament. But according to multiple sources, UNM told Marshall on Tuesday that they were going with another candidate.
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Sources close to Alford said he was looking for a new challenge after going through some tense seasons in Iowa City.
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As if trying to get Iowa to be a decent Big Ten basketball team was not a big enough challenge.
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Sources said Alford was looking for a school that is passionate about basketball first and foremost after being at a football-first school. UNM athletic director Paul Krebs has pledged to make the Lobos a national program, bumping up the coach's salary more than $500,000 in an attempt to get it closer to Alford's nearly $1 million deal with Iowa.
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Can't say that I am totally surprised because he has been under some heat lately with not having more success with his teams at Iowa. Just found this to be an interesting story line. How does everyone think this will effect Iowa in the big ten? Anyone here anything as to who would be the next headcoach if Alford calls it quits?
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03-22-2007, 05:11 AM
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Dickrod you know, the first cut is the deepest....
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Alford came in with a lot of hype and going 152-106 over eight seasons hasn't exactly justified his $1 million salary.
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Batting below .500 in the Big Ten isn't going to get you very far. I suppose they have lesser facilities and it is difficult to encourage those New York boys to come to come jerk corn.
Nonetheless, the last two years raised expectations that he had finally started to sort this out and then this year he returned to a sub-.500 performance in the Big Ten. One wonders if this is not about handwriting on the wall more than anything else. But then, at Iowa, playing big in the OOC schedule and choking in the Big Ten has always been a tradition in football and basketball, so who knows?  |
03-22-2007, 08:03 AM
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Agreed. I believe that Alford knows it would be easier turning around a program like New Mexico where he would be out of the spotlight than it is to compete in the big ten. Just my opinion though.  |
03-22-2007, 08:07 AM
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03-22-2007, 08:09 AM
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"Hey New Mexico, you wanna buy some domain names off of us? They might come in handy in a couple years."
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03-22-2007, 09:53 AM
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My Hawkeye friend here at Tinker is excited to see him go. He doesn't think it can happen soon enough.
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03-22-2007, 09:58 AM
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he'll be aweful close to coach knight in Lubbock too. actually they might even be bitter rivals (it is either New Mexico or New Mexico state)
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