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ttun basketball (Dusty May out.......)

DZ83CK
Jaxbuck said:
So what’s the point you are trying to make?

NBA coaching is harder, more risky? May is a dumbass for leaving college? No way he did this just to job hop, there has to be something else? I’m not following you.

I see a guy who has had success at every level, sees what, in his mind, is the “right” opening to go up one more level and took it. Nothing complicated or nefarious.

Who knows? Maybe there is a trunk full of dead hookers or something. Aside from the downside for the hookers, I’d love to see that.
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I'm saying it's definitely a riskier move to go to the NBA than to stay in college, and that makes the long-term calculus financially risky. For Dusty May, he's now basically the coaching version of a "made man" so he will be able to land on his feet in college again after the seemingly inevitable firing 2-3 years from now. So the downside is he likely has to deal with being fired and uprooting his family twice, things he wouldn't have had to do at UM, and (after his presumed firing) he will probably end up with a lower salary in college than he would have had if he stayed at UM the whole time. I don't know how much Dallas is paying him, but he'd better be paid at least double his salary at UM or else it doesn't really add up financially at all.
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ttun basketball (Dusty May out.......)

Jaxbuck
DZ83CK said:
Let's look at some of the NBA championship coaches over the past 10+ years.
2016: Cavs / Tyronn Lue (fired in 2018 after an 0-6 start)
2019: Raptors / Nick Nurse (fired in 2023 after team missed playoffs)
2020: Lakers / Frank Vogel (fired in 2022 after missing playoffs)
2021: Bucks / Mike Budenholzer (fired in 2023 after having the #1 seed & losing 1st round)
2023: Nuggets / Mike Malone (fired in April 2025 with 3 games left in the regular season just before his team made the playoffs)

In the NBA, the average coach nowadays gets 3 years. Dusty May was never going to get fired at UM. Even with the hassles of recruiting, at least you have real job security in college when you're a winner. Yeah, he can always go back to college, but basically you have to be willing to make two big moves to make this one.
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So what’s the point you are trying to make?

NBA coaching is harder, more risky? May is a dumbass for leaving college? No way he did this just to job hop, there has to be something else? I’m not following you.

I see a guy who has had success at every level, sees what, in his mind, is the “right” opening to go up one more level and took it. Nothing complicated or nefarious.

Who knows? Maybe there is a trunk full of dead hookers or something. Aside from the downside for the hookers, I’d love to see that.
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ttun basketball (Dusty May out.......)

DZ83CK
Jaxbuck said:
Leave it at more money then. I have no idea how the guy actually thinks about the job, I can just see college coaching at this moment in time to seem much more chaotic than NBA coaching to some people.

College guys have to wear a lot of hats, NBA guys likely only one or two. Some people hate that, some people don't.

If you can get paid more money to wear fewer hats, why wouldn't you?
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Let's look at some of the NBA championship coaches over the past 10+ years.
2016: Cavs / Tyronn Lue (fired in 2018 after an 0-6 start)
2019: Raptors / Nick Nurse (fired in 2023 after team missed playoffs)
2020: Lakers / Frank Vogel (fired in 2022 after missing playoffs)
2021: Bucks / Mike Budenholzer (fired in 2023 after having the #1 seed & losing 1st round)
2023: Nuggets / Mike Malone (fired in April 2025 with 3 games left in the regular season just before his team made the playoffs)

In the NBA, the average coach nowadays gets 3 years. Dusty May was never going to get fired at UM. Even with the hassles of recruiting, at least you have real job security in college when you're a winner. Yeah, he can always go back to college, but basically you have to be willing to make two big moves to make this one.
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