Any trusth to the Turgeon considering Oregon rumors?

i cringed when i saw that today. seems unrealistic but then again we've been wrong before

From Brent Z's blog:

Turgeon, Oregon?: 'I don't get caught up in that'

COLLEGE STATION — Mark Turgeon realizes anything definitive he says now can and might be held against him in the court of public opinion regarding any job openings outside of Texas A&M.

He's smart and conscientious — no wonder he's Big 12 coach of the year, or at least should be — and refuses to back himself into a corner with any authoritative statements on the subject outside of he's just trying to win as many games as possible at A&M (a goal no Aggie can argue with).

In other words, he's handling any questions on the subject the best way possible. Honestly — and vaguely.

Turgeon's good name has surfaced in a couple of newspaper reports as a candidate for a job at Oregon — where he served as an assistant from 1993-97 — so I asked him about it on Monday.

"When I was younger, I'd see my name come up for a job and think, 'Aw, that's so cool,'" said Turgeon, 45. "Now, it's just an annoyance and a pain. What I don't want it to do is become a distraction. But the reason my name is being brought up, obviously, is because I coached there. I know all of the people there. I know the Nike people. That's why it's coming up. Plus, we've been successful."

Ernie Kent is reportedly out at Oregon, and the Ducks are set to open a $227 million — you read that number right — arena in time for next conference season, according to The Associated Press.

Against the odds after losing Chin Elonu to the NBA draft and Derrick Roland to injury, the 22-8 Aggies finished tied for second in the Big 12, and have received a first-round bye in this week's league tournament in Turgeon's old stomping grounds of Kansas City (he played at Kansas).

"The only (positive) thing is if your name is popping up for jobs, that means you've been successful," Turgeon said. "I like that part of it."

What if your players ask you about your name surfacing as a candidate at another school?

"If they ask, I'll tell them exactly what I'm telling you," Turgeon said.

Which is ...

"I just don't (pause) ... I'm committed to one thing right now, and I think everybody realizes that. And that's getting the most out of this team, and taking this team as far as I possibly can take it. If we continue to win, my name is going to pop up with other jobs. That's the nature of the business. I don't get caught up in that.

"You guys know me well enough. I don't have a huge ego. I just don't get caught up in that. I'm always going to do what's best for my program and for my family and for me. I'm just trying to win games."

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I don't think he goes there. Oregon is a rebuilding job (which he stated he doesn't want when he took this job) and he is a family man from what I've heard (probably doesn't want to keep moving his family around). With that said I think he'd be dumb not to at least take a look at the job.

This possibility popped up on the KU boards over the weekend. I discounted it because I could not see anything that showed that Oregon was interested. I personally think that it would be a good move for Turg to consider the possibility and perhaps get a few more bucks out of the experience, but that his stock will rise higher if he sticks around a few years. It just doesn't suit him, IMO, to go up to Oregon and start everything from scratch at this point in his career.

Though down this year, the P-10 is a generally a pretty good bball conference. In which Oregon has fielded some fairly strong teams in recent years, and their facilities are second to none. Would not blame him for taking this job, and given his past history there I wouldn’t be surprised if he did.

I don't see it happening. Turge is building/built something here. I do see the reasoning for UO, but ehh doubt it.

Gotleib just said UO is about to offer Mark Few (Zaga) 3 million a year. Shocked

Firts: I very well may be mistaken but doesn't Kelly (the current UO coach) have a clause in his contract which makes him the highest paid coach at UO? Isn't he currently making about 1.8 mil? That would end up being a 4.2 mil per year contract if true 8O

Second: Hasn't Few turned down at least one previous UO offer before, I doubt that they would offer anyone other than him quite that much

Texas A&M coach Mark Turgeon, along with longtime NCAA and NBA coach P.J. Carlesimo and Gonzaga coach Mark Few have emerged as leading candidates for the vacant University of Oregon head coaching job, two NCAA sources and one Nike source indicated Wednesday.
According to two of the sources, Turgeon will meet with Oregon representatives this week and is an increasingly likely candidate to replace Ernie Kent, who was fired earlier this month. Apparently Phil Knight's Nike empire, which is integral to the Ducks' athletic department, is weighing options between the company's long and strong relationship with Carlesimo, the West Coast recruiting power of Few and the rising star of Turgeon.
Meanwhile, as the college basketball coaching dominoes fall, Texas-El Paso's Tony Barbee appears to be a done deal as the next Auburn coach, despite interviews reportedly scheduled with North Texas'Johnny Jones and Sam Houston State's Bob Marlin, sources said.
Should Turgeon leave for Oregon and Barbee to Auburn, the coaching landscape in Texas could be turned upside-down, with jobs potentially opening at UTEP, Texas A&M, the University of Houston, North Texas and Sam Houston State.
As the Cougars line up candidates to replace Tom Penders, some of their top targets may turn to greener pastures. Marlin, for example, could be a prime candidate to replace Turgeon at Texas A&M. And Billy Gillispie, long-considered the Coogs' top target, has emerged as a candidate at DePaul, while UTEP also should expect to make a run at their former coach. Gillispie remains a legendary figure in El Paso, where facilities and attendance have been superior to Houston's in recent years.
One college basketball source said that while Texas assistant Rodney Terry, New Mexico assistant Chris Walker and former Rocket John Lucas were indeed candidates, Cougars athletic director Mack Rhoades was looking for a bigger name with established head-coaching experience.
The name mentioned more often of late: New Orleans Hornests assistant and former USC coach Tim Floyd, who has long and deep ties to the Houston summer-basketball circuit.
As for Sam Houston State, among the coaches who could be considered to replace Marlin, Texas Tech associate head coach and Houston native Chris Beard appears to top the list.
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If anyone has a star and an Ag Tag, I'd goto the Aggies Only Board to read up on this topic.

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Chris Beard as a Houston native, sucks at recruiting Houston.


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