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The coaching search now kicks into high gear for Missouri fans. Here's what we know (or think we know) as the search officially turns one week old:
The same source who told me Chris Holtmann would be willing to look around earlier this week told me that Holtmann won't be looking at the Mizzou job. I can't say whether he was contacted and let it be known that he wasn't interested, but my information is that he won't be Missouri's next coach so I don't know that that semantics really matter.
I remain in the same place on Kevin Willard: Missouri can call, but he isn't going to come here.
I haven't officially been told Dana Altman is out, but nothing I've heard points to him being involved.
All of that leads me to believe the "big name" sitting high major coaches aren't really possibilities at this point in time. Missouri is in all likelihood going to be going the "next big thing" mid-major route. This is what we've always suspected would be the case and shouldn't be a major surprise. When you fire a coach, you usually hire the opposite to replace him. The opposite of Cuonzo Martin is the young, energetic, social media savvy rising star. The established coach looking for a fresh start didn't really work so I expect Mizzou to go young and hope to hit. The last hire was high floor, low ceiling. I think this one will be high ceiling, low floor. There's a lot of variance. You risk missing badly. You also have a chance to hit big.
I believe our list of the four mid-major targets to be accurate. I've heard from places I trust that Missouri isn't likely to hire an assistant coach so despite some early interest, I don't see Jerome Tang as Missouri's guy. That leaves us with Dennis Gates, Kim English, Todd Golden and Matt McMahon. Each has obvious positives and significant questions. There's no sure thing here. The truth is, there's not a whole lot that separates the four of them. You're taking a risk regardless. I'm not here to legislate which one is better or worse. Each person can do that for himself and each will come to a different conclusion. Honestly, if this is the pool of "finalists" I'm not going to complain about whatever decision Missouri makes. All you can do is make your best educated guess and hope you're right.
The interesting part, to me, is the timing. Gates and English have been done playing for a few days now. Both have been available to have an in-depth meeting with Missouri (we believe the four listed above have already done some sort of introductory chat). Golden's season finished late last night. If Missouri's interested--and we believe that they are--that next meeting can be set up as soon as today.
But McMahon's team is playing again tomorrow and this is where it gets interesting. Instead of facing Kentucky, which virtually everyone expected and projected to be Murray State's last game, the Racers get St. Peter's, a 15 seed. If Murray wins that game (and it will be favored) the season extends through at least next Thursday. There's no way McMahon is doing a long interview for another job in the middle of preparing his team for the first Sweet 16 in school history.
So the question becomes this: Is Missouri willing to delay its search for the opportunity to talk to McMahon? I have no idea the answer. If I was the one answering the question, I'd say no. There's simply not enough difference between McMahon and the other candidates for me to put the other candidates on hold for a full week. I think hiring one of the other three early this week is better than hiring McMahon early next week. Missouri may not agree. If they have some sort of assurance that McMahon will take the job (which I don't see how they could because I don't see how they could have talked to him enough to offer it to him already), then okay. But McMahon (and, likely all the others on this list) are going to at least be in the discussion for other jobs. All four of them have been tied to other high-major searches already. If you wait a week on McMahon and see the other guys end up going somewhere else, you're basically tied into hiring McMahon or going backwards in the process.
Gates' name has come up at South Carolina and is being mentioned at Florida. Golden's name is in the mix for virtually every opening out there. English has been brought up at Kansas State and loosely at Maryland (I don't see that happening).
If Murray State loses to St. Peter's (which is what you should actually hope for if you're in the McMahon camp), then the previous stuff doesn't matter. But if the Racers win, does this become a three-man search?
Stay tuned...
