OT: Gregg Marshall out at Wichita State

Submitted by bluesalt on November 10th, 2020 at 11:30 PM

An investigation by the school into physical and verbal abuse included choking an assistant coach, attempting to punch a student during a road rage incident, and obvious racial animus towards a Native American player.
 

https://sports.yahoo.com/wichita-state-basketball-gregg-marshall-part-ways-fired-disturbing-abuse-assault-racism-allegations-034752517.html

I remember his name was floated around this site as a potential Beilein replacement, with some wondering what the skeleton in his closet must be.  Clearly, it was not a pleasant one, and all the better we ended up with Coach Howard!

MGoChippewa

November 11th, 2020 at 6:16 AM ^

Saw someone post a tweet over on the UMHoops board claiming that Wichita State is hoping to replace him with Thad Matta and that they want him to take over immediately. 

uncle leo

November 11th, 2020 at 8:56 AM ^

Say what you will about OSU, but Thad Matta, if he's healthy, is a fantastic basketball coach. 

Dude has an excellent W/L record and has made some seriously deep runs. Very comparable career to Beilein- do not think he had any scandals while running the program, at least as far as I remember (could be wrong).

Perkis-Size Me

November 11th, 2020 at 8:31 AM ^

Wowza. I remember a lot of people on this board, including myself, were pining to get him to come here after Beilein left for Cleveland. I don’t think there was ever any serious mutual interest, but if there was, thankfully we avoided that train wreck.

that guy built one hell of a program down in Wichita, regardless of what you think of him personally. Whoever comes in next has a very tall task in keeping that momentum moving.

outsidethebox

November 11th, 2020 at 9:09 AM ^

This is the "word on the street" out here in the great waste-land that is Kansas. But, here, the fat lady has not yet sung and unless and until she does these folks remain who they are-a lot of folks are coming to his defense. The Koch's hold the purse-strings, and everything else, here-this is not a political statement, this is fact. 

Blue Me

November 11th, 2020 at 9:52 AM ^

Warde made a great hire in Juwan and I'm confident his pick to replace Jimmah will be a good one, as well.

matty blue

November 11th, 2020 at 10:05 AM ^

pat forde's twitter avatar used to be a shot of him with marshall's wife screaming over his shoulder.  the look on his face is delightful.

Pat Forde on Twitter: "That foul on Willis drew this from Wichita fans  behind me: "That's attempted f*ckin murder!""

i don't remember him being floated as a beilein replacement; if he was, i highly doubt that he was ever seriously considered.

having said all that - if wichita state wanted a great coach to clean up the program?  there's an ex-cavs coach that's wide open right now.

njvictor

November 11th, 2020 at 10:26 AM ^

Good, fuck that guy. The amount of people in and around WSU trying to cover for him was disgusting, but that just goes to show what people will tolerate if a coach brings success to a program