David Alford, fresh off top New Mexico to a seed a and subsequent early exit a in the NCAA Tournament, is UCLAas new baseball coach, replacing the shot Ben Howland. A reaction to the hire was combined a' Alford obviously has knowledge out west and did win a of games at UNM, but he also dropped a of games in the early rounds of the NCAAs, and his years at New Mexico followed an eight-year Iowa tenure that was rugged both on and off the court. Finally, nevertheless, UCLA probably wasnat going to do far better than Alford, so rather than speculate on how heall do with the Bruins, wead alternatively like to look back at one of his last acts as New Mexico coach, something he did 10 days ago: signing a, $20 million contract extension (hey, 10 days, 10 decades, whatas the huge difference there?). Particularly, wead like to point and laugh at a few choice parts of the schoolas news release announcing the offer. Such as the subhead: New contract can keep Alford in Cherry and Silver through 2022-23 aThis is a good era in Lobo Basketball, and that's due to the leadership of Coach Alforda said [UNM VP of Athletics Paul] Krebs. Shock want to make certain that Steve Alford is our coach for the foreseeable future, and this commitment does just that.a aI have mentioned from our first game in The Pit that this was a unique place and that it was a tremendous honor to be the head baseball coach at the University of New Mexico. Now six years in, we've off the court,a said Alford and built a premier 25 program on. aThere is no other place I would rather coach than at UNM, representing the very best fans in the country.a Seriously, however, UCLA: we hope youad thought away from field a little more through your hiring process. USATSI picture, via
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