Floyd resurfaces at UTEP

[horns58]

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How many coaching lives is Floyd going to get? The NCAA didn't even conclude the USC probe/trial yet. Wouldn't it be interesting if they found Floyd violated the rules? But I am sure he will get off scott free just like Calipari did at UMASS and Memphis.

I guess as long as you keep winning, it doesn't matter how you go about doing it. That's a good message to send from our system of higher learning, which the NCAA is supposedly trying so hard to keep from being sullied.

 

[South Austin]

For some reason I can't think of UTEP without seeing that guy getting a handjob while watching the Horns v. Miners game in 2008.

 

[overmaars]

A nice compliment to Mike Price. Way to go UTEP.

 

[FWHORN]

Floyd was Haskins top assistant from 78 to 86. He is still loved in El Paso for that. Until the OJ Mayo mess he had a reputation for being a clean, tough coach in the Haskins mold. If he hadnt made the mistake of taking the Chicago job the year after Jordan retired he could have been a legend at Iowa State, he built that school into a power and left it for the drunk who followed to take them to a couple of Sweet 16's and an elite 8. Floyd may or may not have made mistakes at USC but that is not his character and I hope that his time at UTEP can redeem some of what he lost taking the Trojan job.

 

[coolhorn]

I think the Floyd hire's a good one for UTEP, and for Floyd.

His rep before USC was solid, and UTEP gives him a good chance to rebuild it, much like UTEP's given Mike Price the chance to clean up his name.

UTEP's not a bad basketball job at all, and Floyd can coach, and recruit well. I look for him to do well out on the border, and I'm betting he stays out there a long time.