Interesting article from Caulton Tudor.
Before Sendek, Turner said he made runs at Tubby Smith (then at Georgia), John Calipari (Massachusetts at the time), Mike Montgomery (Stanford) and Dave Odom (Wake Forest) after approaching Barnes.
“I learned then how really tough it is to get coaches to change schools if they’re comfortable with the situation they’re in,” Turner said. “That’s still the case. It’s something Debbie – or any other AD in her situation – has to deal with more than most fans may understand.
“If you’re looking for a new coach, odds are your program is struggling. And money, alone, isn’t always enough to make a coach move into a new situation and start over again from scratch.
“But as I said, State has so much in its favor – fans, tradition, location, conference. It’s all there.”
