'Work begins now': Wildcats hire Gonzaga assistant Tommy Lloyd as new coach
The UA said Wednesday afternoon that Lloyd will receive a five-year contract, the maximum available under Arizona Board of Regents guidelines, pending board approval.
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I'm not sure they could have gotten a guy who could meet the challenge, but I don't they got what they needed, someone with a great recruiting reputation or head coaching experience. Let's face it, Few, with his record and NCAA "automatic invitations" at Gonzaga, is the draw. This year his undefeated track was almost interrupted by a play-in PAC12 team (an OT win in the semi-finals) and cut short in the Finale. It could be argued Gonzaga would have a hard time winning in a major conference, and might well have not have in two of them this year.
Arizona is not out of the woods yet with regard to possible NCAA sanctions, though a similar infraction drew USC, which has a troubled NCAA violation history of recent as a university, a light wrist slap. With Oregon's recent records and with UCLA and USC successes have upped the competition for recruiting within the conference. I double the name. Tommy Lloyd is that of someone many of today's HS players have dreamt of becoming.
Time will tell, but I'm voting this hire as a fail though I doubt a big time win was possible for the Cats to bring in.
