*** Official 2015-16 Mizzou Basketball Repository

[duncan_idaho]

Let's track all the shit that is and will be Kermit Anderson's second season at the helm of Mizzou's basketball program.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Mizzou Basketball: Let's aim for the stars. Well, how about we aim for a few feet above the ditch?

[ChiTown]

Jesus, now I don't feel so bad being a fan of a Team who has Bruce Weber as their Coach at $2MM per year.

My condolences, Mizzou Nation

[kstater]

I actually think hes a good fit for Mizzou, but Christ, he could have been had for far less. Even at 3mm a year

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[Stanley Nickels]

I'm ambivalent on this. He can recruit, we know that-- and now he's in his own back yard doing it with some pretty lush grounds ripe for the picking. But he's not done much with those recruits, as we've said ad nauseum. Still, the Mizzou job is not what it was, and I don't think the "sleeping giant" narrative matters when you're basing a career on every decision. Ultimately, they likely overpaid for what is probably one of the few best guys they could realistically get. I do trust that no search is completed before back-channeling the Marshall clique, and I don't think we had much of a chance at the other "big-splash" hires; Martin is the best of the remaining coaches to "put butts in the seats".

[CasselGotPeedOn]

9 years coaching D1. 2 NCAA tournament appearances. 1 sweet sixteen. $3.5 million. Lol.

[Rams Fan]

Originally Posted by CasselGotPeedOn

9 years coaching D1. 2 NCAA tournament appearances. 1 sweet sixteen. $3.5 million. Lol.

He inherited a Tennessee program that was dealing from the fall out of Bruce Pearl and firing his replacement after one season.

I think Mizzou could be a top 2 or 3 program in the SEC in basketball if they could actually recruit St. Louis.

This hire seems like it could be Mike Andersone-esque, which I think is about the best Mizzou could have really hoped for, though I think Frank Martin, Marshall, etc. should've been the main targets if they were interested.

[nychief]

I think Marshall is going to end up at a blue blood like Indiana. He doesn't need a pit stop school... he is that well thought of.

[blake5676]

SOURCE: Cuonzo Martin turned down an $18 million dollar contract from Illinois

— Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) March 15, 2017

[Pitt Gorilla]

The rumored assistant coaches are really interesting, if you like the ability to recruit STL and CHI. Nothing is in stone, but things are looking interesting.

[siberian khatru]

Here's a pretty good rundown on his time at UT:

Martin left Missouri State for the vacancy at Tennessee in 2011 after the school fired Pearl, who committed NCAA violations that resulted in sanctions for the Vols and a three-year show-cause penalty for Pearl, who is now the head coach at Auburn.

The disgruntled Vols backers didn't bother Martin. But he worried about his family -- wife, Roberta; sons Joshua (18) and Chase (14); and daughter Addison (8). As the tension grew in Knoxville -- customers at his wife's store alerted her that some members of the fan base had turned against her husband in his final season -- Martin decided to hire a security firm. That's what you do when 40,000 people don't want you around.

His upbringing in East St. Louis taught him to match any perceived animosity with awareness and caution. He also sought to "blur" his house on Google Street View, per a source. Even though he never faced any direct threats of violence, he couldn't dismiss the possibility.

"When you have a family, it's your job to do everything in your power to protect your family and that is my job to do as a father and as a man," Martin said. "So we had cameras around the house, outside the house. We had them in different places on the interior, basically the doors and windows of the interior, just for that."

The vibe had changed internally, too. According to a source close to Martin, a booster pulled Martin's access to a private plane on the day of a recruiting trip without explanation. Tennessee reduced its men's basketball budget by $1.6 million between 2010-11, which was Pearl's final season, and 2013-14, which was Martin's last season in Knoxville, per CBSSports.com. Football coach Butch Jones flew on a chartered jet to SEC meetings in Florida; Martin drove eight hours. As Martin felt the shift in the climate, the school's administration, Martin said, did not convey its support.

That frustrated him.

"When you have an administration, and there's a true petition, then your administration, I'd like to think, will stand up if they believe in you and say, 'Hey, that's it,'" Martin said. "Now, if that happened, great. If it didn't, so be it. If they believe and they stand up, but if you don't stand up, that means you're a part of it. That's how I take that. That's where I'm from. I don't think it was clear [where they stood]."

Larry Smith, a Tennessee booster and board member of the Big Orange Tipoff Club, said Knoxville welcomed Martin. But, he said, the petition and criticism arose because Martin failed to promote the team with the same flair that Pearl employed.

"Cuonzo stays in the office so much and never got into the community that much," Smith said. "They wouldn't do that to Bruce Pearl. Bruce Pearl was everywhere. It was just [Martin's] demeanor."

Smith said he thought Martin would help with recruiting and guide immature youths who "play streetball" and need to "clean up their acts."

"We thought [the petition] was disrespectful because we thought he was doing a good job," said former Vols star Josh Richardson, now with the Miami Heat. "I think that race definitely played a part of it. I'm glad he found a place where he can be as comfortable as he wants to be."

Wade Houston, the school's first black basketball coach, was denied admission to an all-white country club in Knoxville after he was hired in 1989. Former star Bernard King said he dealt with prejudice when he played for the Vols in the 1970s, too. Those around Martin said he never blamed anyone but he was upset by the idea that some members of the Tennessee fan base wanted the return of a white coach who'd damaged the university's reputation and image but did not want a black coach who'd avoided the bad headlines and also won more SEC games in his three seasons than any coach in the league not named John Calipari or Billy Donovan.

Tennessee athletic director Dave Hart declined to speak with ESPN.com about Martin's tenure.

But Tennessee didn't fire Martin. He left by choice.

"It was time for me to leave Tennessee," said Martin, who insists he is not bitter. "There wasn't any hate. It was time to go."

[ChiefsCountry]

First recruiting move is to get Mark Smith on board. From Edwardsville, committed to Mizzou baseball then decommitted and blew up on the basketball side.

[Swanman]

Originally Posted by blake5676

SOURCE: Cuonzo Martin turned down an $18 million dollar contract from Illinois

— Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) March 15, 2017

I am surprised Finebaum could stop jerking off over Alabama football to send tweets regarding Illinois basketball.

[GloryDayz]

Lord knows Columbia is an upgrade from Berkeley...

[siberian khatru]

Romar out at Washington.

If Martin is looking for an assistant coach, Mr. Porter is available.

[Sure-Oz]

Originally Posted by siberian khatru

Romar out at Washington.

If Martin is looking for an assistant coach, Mr. Porter is available.

Hoping means Romar and The Porter guys are coming this way. Be a very nice package on this coaching hire