Interesting...I actually think he is a decent coach - Minny isn't the easiest place to win.
Gross- Fran is why we beat them the other night. He is a whiner and has a team full of whiners. Instead of playing us for the ball, they played the refs. They got lucky with Garza and the coaches' son is a good player. When both of them are gone they will be a team left with 1-2 good players ala the Illini of the last decade. Sure they will be .500 in the conference but the Garza run is over.
As a Bronx native and with his NYC-area connections, he seems like a natural for St. John's or Seton Hall, but both of those coaches are currently doing well enough to avoid the hot seat, yet not so well that bigger programs are calling.
The formula of hiring high-profile, relatively young coach recently fired from a B1G school worked once there with Alford.
Yeah he's good in that area for sure. Pitt was usually my "2nd team" growing up as my family is originally from Pittsburgh. When Howland and Dixon had that program rolling, they actually had some good success getting NY kids to Pitt. It has been done before. Honestly I'm pretty surprised Capel has struggled this much, although he was taking over a dumpster fire. Idk. I think this is just my way of putting off the inevitability of Antigua leaving.
Guess they had no intentions of interviewing anyone, or else it was already a done deal behind the scenes. Does NCAA have any policy on interviewing processes similar to NFL, NBA, or MLB?
At this point, we all should be surprised the next time someone from the Coach K tree actually has success.
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You’re so wrong about Iowa, but, yes, Go Illini.
It's a state university so I assume they have similar posting requirements for such positions as other comparable schools do. AD apparently is in the Pitino/Donovan tree (played for Donovan at FLA?), which (I assume) is why it happened so swiftly.
He is very close to the new AD but I don’t think it happens. Think they are trying to get Cleveland St coach or Porter.
Capel is not getting fired soon- he walked into a disaster. Pitt will take time. In his first year, he took an 8 win team to 14 and then 16 the year after. This year wasn't a big improvement but it will take some respectability before he can really effectively recruit.
DePaul needs to find a coach with a recognizable name to dig themselves out of the almost insurmountable rut they are in. OA would be looking at PROBABLY a no win situation there. He's got a top assistant job, for a now established program...he'd go to DePaul only if he was hell bent on being a head coach. There will be other jobs that open up in years to come when mid major coaches jump to high major jobs....then OA can follow that path. Who knows what his ultimate goals are.
I agree that OA would be in a tough situation at DePaul. I disagree, though, on what they need. They need the right young guy willing to put in the hours to build a program from absolute zero. A "name" might get a couple of sexy transfers for a year or two and then jump ship (see: Pitino), but likely wouldn't build up something sustainable.
Kansas State improved quite a bit toward the end of the season, and had one of the youngest teams in college basketball. Probably enough to save Weber's neck.
I would not take DePaul if I were Antigua. It's a bad fit. DePaul needs an established guy to come in and make a real big difference. And unless you are that guy, it is just a coaching graveyard. DePaul got a new athletic director so that's a start. A new person making the hire. I don't like him at all, but DePaul needs to go get a guy like Rick Pitino. Maybe he wouldn't come- Iona is a better basketball school right now and he's in the NYC area where I think he probably wants to be. But DePaul needs to step it up and find someone who gives them instant credibility basketball-wise.
What about one of the Irvins? Recruit Chicago and hire good assistants.
