Bob Alford, new off leading New Mexico to a seed a and subsequent early leave a in the NCAA Tournament, is UCLAas new basketball coach, changing the shot Ben Howland. A reaction to the hire was combined a' Alford obviously has experience out west and did win a of games at UNM, but he also lost a of games in the early rounds of the NCAAs, and his years at New Mexico used an eight-year Iowa period that was difficult both on and off the court. Fundamentally, though, UCLA probably wasnat planning to do much better than Alford, so rather than speculate how heall do with the Bruins, wead alternatively want to look back at one of his last acts as New Mexico coach, anything he did 10 days ago: signing a, $20 million contract extension (hi, 10 days, 10 years, whatas the big difference there?). Particularly, wead want to point and laugh at a couple of choice areas of the schoolas press release announcing the offer. Like the subhead: New contract will keep Alford in Cherry and Silver through 2022-23 aThis is a great period in Lobo Basketball, and that's due to the leadership of Coach Alforda explained [UNM VP of Athletics Paul] Krebs. aWe want to make sure that Steve Alford is our coach for the foreseeable future, and this commitment does only that.a aI have said from our first game in The Pit that this was a particular area and that it was a significant honor to be the head baseball coach at the University of New Mexico. Now six years in, we have built a premier 25 plan on and off the court,a said Alford. aThere is no other place I'd rather coach than at UNM, representing the very best fans in the country.a Seriously, though, UCLA: we wish youad thought outside the field a bit more during your hiring process. USATSI photo, via
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