Arizona's Finest

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3329152


Former Stanford and Golden State Warriors coach Mike Montgomery has agreed in principle to replace Ben Braun at rival California, according to a source with knowledge of the negotiations.


Braun was fired as coach last Wednesday after 12 years at Cal.


Montgomery led Stanford to the 1998 Final Four and helped resurrect the Cardinal into a national program.


The move to Stanford's chief rival comes as a surprise given Montgomery's former and current links to the Cardinal. His former assistant, Trent Johnson, replaced Montgomery at Stanford. Most recently, Montgomery has been working as an assistant to Stanford athletic director Bob Bowlsby, as well as working in television for Fox SportsNet.

Montgomery compiled a 393-167 record with 12 NCAA tournament appearances in his 18 seasons at Stanford, making him the school's winningest men's basketball coach.



He left Stanford in 2004 to coach in the NBA, where he compiled a 68-96 record in two seasons with the Warriors.

Cal's top player, All-Pac 10 forward Ryan Anderson, announced on Thursday he was declaring for the NBA draft, but will not sign with an agent in order to preserve his college eligibility, if he changes his mind.

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MaoTosiFanClub

Cal right now versus Arizona a year from now isn't much of a choice. There was a realistic chance Monty to UA would have gone down if he had slipped through the cracks of other positions, but Lute could not get fired nor could we entice Monty to come on board at a marginal salary for a year waiting his turn. Oh well, he'll still be out there when Lute retires.

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Addressing the Core by Rod Graves:

1. Re-sign Calvin Pace (Miss)
2. Negotiate Extension with Dansby (Miss #2)
3. Re-structure Fitzgerald (TBD)

Skkorpion

Lute is not planning to retire. Constantly saying so does not validate it.

MaoTosiFanClub

Then tell me why exactly he tab Kevin O'Neill to be his successor? Why was there talks with Montgomery?

Lute came back to get his house in order, once the mess is cleaned up he'll retire.

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Addressing the Core by Rod Graves:

1. Re-sign Calvin Pace (Miss)
2. Negotiate Extension with Dansby (Miss #2)
3. Re-structure Fitzgerald (TBD)