Miami basketball and coach Jim Larranaga are in talks about him stepping down.
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He's tired of the new way. He mentioned that after his last FF team's season ended, a bunch of them were ready to transfer because they could get more money elsewhere? He's definitely of the old breed.
Before the portal and NIL, Larranaga built several good teams with transfers. Now everybody's doing it. The competition is tough when you are trying to get a transfer to come to Miami when blue blood schools like UK or Duke not only want them but want to pay them big bucks.
Similar to the problem that faced Roy. Roy was great at getting good HS players who were not OAD. Kids who had plenty of upside, but needed a couple years of coaching and development. But with the portal (and even worse with NIL), those kids don't stick around to pay back the schools that developed them.
Similar to the problem that faced Roy. Roy was great at getting good HS players who were not OAD. Kids who had plenty of upside, but needed a couple years of coaching and development. But with the portal (and even worse with NIL), those kids don't stick around to pay back the schools that developed them.
Miami was a huge player in NIL from the start though, and Jim has always been open to mining the transfer market everyplace he has been, traditionally or NIL. No complaints when he went shopping to sell his program as a place to come.
Bill Bilema at Illinois just had an interesting pre bowl press conference. He referenced that he loves the past and honors past players, etc. but also can't be blind to it. The landscape of college sports and any buisness has changed many times and will continue to. Adapt or go home. The 75 year old types, already well off, in all walks of buisness will normally call it a career and go home.
Years coaching in the ACC (min 5 years)
23 - Hamilton
15 - Brownell
14 - Larranaga
8 - Keatts
7 - Capel
6 - Young
5 - Forbes
23 - Hamilton
15 - Brownell
14 - Larranaga
8 - Keatts
7 - Capel
6 - Young
5 - Forbes
