Whoa, did not see this coming. Martin from UT to California

[myusernamesucks]

Tennessee head coach Cuonzo Martin has agreed to become the next head coach at California, according to a report from Jeff Goodman of ESPN.com.
Martin was the head coach at Tennessee the past three seasons, leading them from the First Four to the Sweet 16 this past season. But there was a push in Knoxville to let Martin go, particularly among the fanbase, who circulated a petition to fire Martin and hire Bruce Pearl that received 36,000 signatures.
With Martin losing Jordan McRae and Jeronne Maymon to graduation and Jarnell Stokes to the NBA, he was looking at a rebuilding year, and a rebuilding year could have gotten him fired at this time next year. Martin was a finalist for the head coaching job at Marquette last month as well where he was beaten out by Steve Wojciechowski.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Most Tennessee fans I know will be rejoicing over that.

 

[dawgstudent]

Yea - but they can't hire Bruce Pearl....maybe.

 

[Shmuley]

Gregg Marshall is who they covet.

 

[olblue.sixpack]

Gregg Marshall is who they covet.

Hasn't Marshall pursued that job twice, only to get left at the alter both times?

He's built Wichita to a point where its a better job than UT.

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

I'd stay at Wichita State, UT is going through coaches like

Coach goes through trannies. No one seems to want to stay at Tennessee in any sport these days. Plus if you can build a winner at Wichita, why leave? They've even got a nice arena, not as big as UT's, but nice enough.

 

[mstateglfr]

UT to Cal? Helluva change- culture, geography, school and conference traditions- everything.

 

[Miss.Stake]

To undermine Martin more, Boosters told the A.D that Cuonzo could no longer use their planes for recruiting visits. Ouch. When the big boys want you gone enough.. you gone.

 

[dawgstudent]

That reads just like Godfrey's article.

 

[Philly Dawg]

Aren't they losing most of their best players this year?

 

[AlCoDog]

Good luck to Stans who I'm certain is at least 10th or 11th on the list of replacements

 

[patdog]

The reaction to his article has surprised me. I guess it shouldn't since he graduated from TSUN. But I believe every word he wrote. I think it's funny that half the people on this board and Nafoom think they have figured out who he's talking about in each story, and most all of them are in Mississippi. Like there's not 12 other schools in this conference.