DID VCU END HUBERTS TIME AT CAROLINA

When VCU sent Carolina home from the NCAA Tournament in Greenville, the predictable melt down of the Carolina Fan Base has been fun to watch. Even before the Carolina Team arrived back in Chapel Hill, the fan base was throwing out a wish list of names they want to see replace Hubert. The fanbase thinks that just the Name Carolina will be enough for them to get whoever they want. Maybe at one time but I don’t think that is the case anymore.  There are some interesting and probably unrealistic names on the list.

Perhaps the most popular name on the list is:

Jay Wright – The former Villanova Coach who has been retired since about 2022. I don’t see him returning to take over a program where its National Championship or Nothing.

Dan Hurley – The Current UCON Coach. He turned down a hug contract from the L. A. Lakers to stay at UCONN. I don’t seeing him leaving a program where he is the Big Huskie and can get just about anything he wants.

Tony Bennet – Not gonna happen. He left UVA because he didn’t want to deal with NIL and the Transfer Portal. Both have only gotten worse. Plus he just took a job with the Lakers.

Mark Few – He is a good Coach and has Gonzaga in the Big Dance every year. But he has a good life in Spokane and has turned down other high profile offers to stay in Spokane.

Billy Donovan The former Florida Coach who led the Gators to Back to Back National Championship and the Current Coach of the Chicago Bulls. Just don’t see him leaving the pros to come and coach an NBA Farm Team. Plus he has no experience in the era of NIL and the Transfer Portal where the players call the shots.

Scott Drew – He has been at Baylor since 2003 – He is settled and he ain’t leaving.

John Calipari – He left Kentucky (before they fired him) to take the job at Arkansas. Don’t see him leaving a place where he has reenergized the fan base and Program for a school that has unrealistic expectations. 

Rick Pitino – A journeyman who has coached at about 8 different Division 1 Schools plus a less than notable stint at the coach of the New York Knicks. While he has won at just about every Division 1 school he has also run afoul of the NCAA and left just about every school on Probation. This one is interesting, because a school with an AD named Bubba hired a former Pro Football Coach with questionable reputation and ethics to head their Football Program.

There are some coaches who have just completed or are still active in the NCAA Tournament who the fanbase wants. Are these coaches just a flash in the pan or is it possible that the fanbase would accept someone from outside of the Carolina Family.

Nate Oates – Alabama

Mark Byington – Vanderbilt

Todd Golden – Florida

T.J. Otzelberger, Iowa

Of those four names, I think Todd Golden is probably the most likely to at least entertain a conversation with Carolina. But I still feel that it's a long shot for him to leave the SEC who has a rich TV deal for the ACC whose TV Revenue is less than half of what schools in the SEC get. 

Plus there is a distinct possibility that there will be another high profile job open up sooner rather than later. Kansas Coach Bill Self hint that his coaching tenure at Kansas may be coming to an end. He has had some recent health issues that he  must consider before he commits to return to the Jayhawk bench. Right now if Carolina has to compete with Kansas for some to the high profile coaches. I think Kansas will win out because first the Big 12 is a Much better conference  than the ACC. , 

On final thought. If Carolina does fire Hubert they had better have their may already lined up. Do you think it is one of the name mentioned here.Or do you think it will be someone completely off the radar.