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Canzano: Wayne Tinkle's last stand is something to watch
LAS VEGAS — Wayne Tinkle’s last stand began on Sunday evening at Orleans Arena with a clumsy quartet of characters hovering over his shoulder.
Glenn Sugiyama, head of the DHR search firm, paraded behind the scorer’s table during pregame introductions. He was trailed by two DHR consultants, Dan Guerrero, a former UCLA athletic director, and ex-Mountain West Commissioner Craig Thompson.
Oregon State AD Scott Barnes was there, too. Tinkle has already been fired. He’s decided to stay and finish the job. The foursome charged with finding his replacement took empty “support staff” seats directly behind OSU’s bench and got about tapping their toes and waiting for the season to bleed out.
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Why Oregon State is Moving on From Wayne Tinkle
Last week, Oregon State athletic director Scott Barnes announced that the university would part ways with men's basketball head coach Wayne Tinkle following this season.
For his part, Tinkle has stayed positive and upbeat; in a wide-ranging interview with Portland-area independent columnist & radio host John Canzano, Tinkle refused to point fingers for why he got the axe. This piece addresses two reasons we believe Oregon State moved on from their third most victorious coach (176 wins) in school history.
Oregon State's men's basketball program had fallen on hard times long before Wayne Tinkle's arrival. At the moment of Tinkle's hiring in 2014, the Beavers hadn't won an NCAA tournament game since 1982, and hadn't gone to the big dance at all since 1990. After the Montana alum left his alma mater to lead the orange & black, success quickly followed. In 2015, just Tinkle's second season in Corvallis, the Beavers advanced to their first NCAA tournament in a generation. Led by Gary Payton II and Langston Morris-Walker, Oregon State had a program on the rise. One season later, that program plummeted back to the depths. In 2016-17, the orange & black went a dismal 5-27.
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