Trend Watch

Well, not exactly San Francisco, but the Bay Area and its environs have seen a stunning exodus of coaches in the past year—the latest when the Sharks fired Darryl Sutter last week. Cal football's Tom Holmoe, who resigned last season, and Golden State Warriors coach Dave Cowens, who was fired last December, haven't taken new coaching jobs, but in 2002 four Northern California coaches voluntarily went East: Stanford's Ty Willing-ham, the Raiders' Jon Gruden, the Giants' Dusty Baker and the A's Art Howe. Will their replacements follow the trend? "No," says Warriors coach Eric Musselman, "We bought. We didn't rent."

Darryl Sutter, recently fired

Tom Holmoe, not coaching

Dave Cowens, not coaching

Dusty Baker, Cubs manager

Ty Willingham Notre Dame coach

Art Howe, Mets manager

Jon Gruden, Buccaneers coach