On a day when a lot of NFL coaches meet their fate, it looks like UCLA's Steve Alford has coached his final game, which was a 15 point loss to Liberty. Apparently, the loss to the Flames was too much for the AD and the school's influential boosters. ESPN has been airing that 30 for 30 episode on Coach Bob Knight where Alford was obviously mentioned. It is sad when anyone loses their job, but when one gets millions of dollars in a buyout, it certainly is better than what happens to most people who suffer a similar fate. No shortage of candidate for sure to replace Coach Alford. It will be interesting to see if Coach Alford returns to the Midwest, and if he does would he coach in a Power Conference or consider a Mid-Major?
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/25...

I know there was a thread on here I created that asked when the first TOS thread was going to get created.....good lord.

Then again, UCLA has had serious problems of late.

I lived in Los Angeles for 33 years, people in Westwood are delusional when it comes to the current day relevance of UCLA basketball. Los Angeles now has two professional basketball and football teams, and so the relevance of UCLA basketball is sinking as fast as USC Football is. Besides, who can afford to live in Los Angeles anymore with the price of everything, let alone go to school there?

Good read here on that program... especially on how its not exactly as good as you would think in some areas...

https://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2018/12/31/steve-... /

Wow Dinks that article was pretty sobering. Why do the players hate him? Coach Alford hardly looks like the taskmaster type. If the players think he is, they ought to watch the ESPN 30 for 30 on Coach Alford's old coach and get a taste of what he faced. Obviously something had to happen, you can't consistently lose to teams like Liberty by double digits. With the kind of talent the Bruins have, something has to give, the players might want him back if the next coach is anything like Coach Alford old Indiana Coach, Bobby Knight. The whole taking regularly scheduled plane flights was any eye opener. I can't imagine too many bit time programs do that, I bet a lot of mid-majors take chartered flights.