Alabama to go after Gregg Marshall

They kill us with our love, boss. They kill us with our love.

 

Didn't want.

 

So he told them thanks, but no thanks.

 

I could see that.

 

Gregg Marshall interested in Texas job, indicates Alabama should save its energy

http://www.sbnation.com/2015/3/28/8306775/gregg-marshall-texas-longhorns-alabama-wichita-state

 

i never thought they had a prayer to land him

 

Haha **** Bama

 

Let's wait until we're finished before we point.

 

It'll be too late then.

 

Ahhhhh the depressing truth.

 

I don't like our odds of doing better than Al, even though we should.

 

On the one hand, I want the Gumps to hire Barnes to save us from doing it to ourselves. But then I realize copilot Hart has already locked us out of the cockpit.

 

Marshall meeting with Bill Battle today.

 

If Bama hires Marshall, we may just have to give up.

 

Marshall will leave as quick as he can if he does take that job.

 

Sources: Wichita State's Gregg Marshall plans to visit Alabama on Friday

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/source...-visit-alabama-on-friday-010201546-ncaab.html

 

Just seems an odd fit. But he seems an odd guy, so, who knows. Credit to Alabama for swinging big and throwing the money around...they're not afraid of success.

 

That did not take long. Marshall staying.

 

Couple of things about Gregg Marshall from my own experience and some folks that really know him.

1. He didn't come out of one of the pedigree programs and other than his connection to Kress is as close to a self-made man as possible. So I think he really loves the idea of these big schools and playing hard to get.

2. He does have an unusual personality. Basketball is everything. He sort of has a Billy Gillespie edge without the other problems. In other words, he CAN'T be in a job that has intense scrutiny or booster commitments. He needs to be entirely left alone to do his thing.

3. That said, like many coaches, he loves to be THE man which he was at Winthrop and is at Wichita, two schools with no football and little in the way of serious other entertainment.

4. After turning down NC State and South Carolina I just don't think we will see him leave Wichita. Alabama makes no sense unless they are throwing around insane money.

5. He has an absolutely sweet gig at Wichita with a few nice perks (other than living in Kansas of course).

And despite some of the stories I've heard about him, he was exceptionally nice to me when he didn't have to be, so I'll always be a fan of his.

 

He's from the metropolis of Greenwood, right?