If Baron were to end up at St. John’s, there would be many a happy Rhody fan!
Can’t see Dunphy leaving Temple as he really seems rooted to Philadelphia - La Salle alum and 2-time assistant, high school coach, Penn assistant and then head coach, and now with the Owls. In fact, since he began coaching in 1971, the only time he’s been out of the Philly-area is for a couple of short stints at Army (first coaching job) and American (early 1980s).
Not sure why Gregory would want to leave Dayton, especially with the class he has coming in. Iowa a much bigger rebuilding job than the one he inherited from Oliver Purnell at UD.
[quote=“run49er, post:61, topic:22789”]If Baron were to end up at St. John’s, there would be many a happy Rhody fan!
Can’t see Dunphy leaving Temple as he really seems rooted to Philadelphia - La Salle alum and 2-time assistant, high school coach, Penn assistant and then head coach, and now with the Owls. In fact, since he began coaching in 1971, the only time he’s been out of the Philly-area is for a couple of short stints at Army (first coaching job) and American (early 1980s).
Not sure why Gregory would want to leave Dayton, especially with the class he has coming in. Iowa a much bigger rebuilding job than the one he inherited from Oliver Purnell at UD.
Anyway, my 2 cents…[/quote]
I read somewhere that Gregory told Iowa he wasn’t interested. Of course, can’t really put much into that, prime example: the Sean Miller saga last year with him saying he wasn’t interested then next thing you know he’s the next head coach at AZ.
That seals it, we should definitely make a play for Mike Rice.[/quote]Especially with Saint John’s courting the likes of Steve Lavin. Rice probably doesn’t have a big enough ‘name’ for the Johnnies.
Interesting that Jones goes to UCF and the next day Whiteside declares for the NBA Draft, although it was stated the Whiteside had declared earlier, which makes this “lateral” move seem a lot less lateral now that he was losing his big time player…
[quote=“ninerID, post:72, topic:22789”]If I am Marshall, I take a very hard look at Lutz.[/quote]Agree. They still have half his former recruits on the team.
As concerns Jones move from Marshall to UCF, from what I’ve read a lot had to do with the new AD at former versus the new AD at the latter. UCF AD committed to men’s hoops, while the Marshall AD - a former Herd football player - not so much. A new Nike contract, plus a $100 million arena and chartered flights at UCF, didn’t hurt either (not to mention the increase in pay!). So Jones leaves his home state of West Virginia yet again for his adopted one of Florida.
As concerns Jones move from Marshall to UCF, from what I’ve read a lot had to do with the new AD at former versus the new AD at the latter. UCF AD committed to men’s hoops, while the Marshall AD - a former Herd football player - not so much. A new Nike contract, plus a $100 million arena and chartered flights at UCF, didn’t hurt either (not to mention the increase in pay!). So Jones leaves his home state of West Virginia yet again for his adopted one of Florida.[/quote]
BC is going to find it hard to get good coaches if it keeps firing its current coaches for having interest in potential jobs.
I thought Fordham would have hit the lotto if they hired their alum/former basketball team captain to be their next head coach. But it doesn’t sound like he was seriously considered. I guess that’s what happens when your school is stupid enough to hire Linda Bruno to lead your head coach search committee.
[font=arial][size=14px]"Well, you know, I'm a New Yorker. My sister went there. My niece went there. It's not a good job. I mean, I'm just going to tell you straight up. St. John's has a little bit of an inflated feeling about themselves. It's not a good job. Paul Hewitt has a better job. Billy Donovan has a way better job. Rick Pitino. I think they took a little risk by going after big names and then all of a sudden momentum now is swinging against them so they're dropping down. I think it makes them look a little bit bad. But it's not a good job. Facility wise, yeah, there's some talent in New York but there's a lot of politics in New York that you have to address. And so it's not the job that the St. John's family thinks it is. And that's what they're facing right now, the reality."[/size][/font]
[font=arial][size=14px]Maybe he's pissed because they turned him down for the job?[/size][/font]