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Steve Alford who recently agreed to a 10-year deal to stay in Albuquerque to coach the New Mexico Lobos, is now heading to Westwood to coach the UCLA Bruins. It makes complete sense for the good folks on Twitter to react to the hire, and there are plenty of jokes, mixed in with praise:
@geoffgrammer He broke up with us by TEXT?Not even a phone call? Nice. Krebs looks like he got kicked in the gut. Oh, wait, he did.
— Darren White (@darrenPwhite) March 30, 2013
BREAKING: Steve Alford is already on the hot seat at UCLA for a lack of postseason success.
— Gary Parrish (@GaryParrishCBS) March 30, 2013
Howland had to go. Alford's a pretty strong Plan B. So why does it feel like UCLA has made a mistake? college-basketball.si.com/2013/03/30/did…
— Andy Glockner (@AndyGlockner) March 30, 2013
Steve Alford new head coach of UCLA B-Ball days after signing contract w/New Mexico. Any bigger scumbags than College B-Ball coaches?
— Internet Queen(@Internet_QueenB) March 30, 2013
UCLA hires Steve Alford of New Mexico. UNM lost in NCAAs to Harvard whose coach Tommy Amaker is up for USC job
— Syracuse Basketball (@PSBasketball) March 30, 2013
UCLA hires........................ (Wait for it)............... Steve Alford from New Mexico
— Jay Williams (@RealJayWilliams) March 30, 2013
Told by sources Steve Alford was upset at UNM AD for publicly saying his raise would be paid for by increased ticket prices, concessions.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanCBS) March 30, 2013
UCLA did a nice job here. Maybe Alford's style will adjust to be more "sexy" but he got UNM rolling. Real rolling.
— Andy Glockner (@AndyGlockner) March 30, 2013
Well then... UCLA hires someone no one expects, but he can certainly recruit West Coast. Weren't going to get perfect guy. Got good option.
— John Templon (@nybuckets) March 30, 2013
That's an...interesting hire by UCLA. Steve Alford? Fire Ben Howland with 3 Final Fours, hire guy who lost as a 3-seed to Harvard. OK, UCLA.
— Brendan Prunty (@BrendanPrunty) March 30, 2013
Steve Alford will be fine at UCLA, I think. But I bet the school never thought it would hire a man with a 5-7 record in the NCAA Tournament.
— Gary Parrish (@GaryParrishCBS) March 30, 2013
So there ya go, that is how those who cover college hoops, and don't, feel about Alford heading to UCLA.