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Post by theneumann64 on Mar 8, 2018 9:13:18 GMT -5
Joe, I agree with you. My comment on a woman coach was just because the thought had crossed my mind and it was funny to me to see someone else with the same thought. I don’t think it’ll seriously happen.
Our next coach, regardless of when that time comes, is probably someone that none of us has ever heard of at the moment.
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Post by coqui900 on Mar 8, 2018 10:30:19 GMT -5
He hasn't done anything at Fordham in his short tenure there but I am not opposed to Jeff Neubauer. He ran nice stuff at Eastern Kentucky. Not saying this is even possible, but in the eyes of a prospective coach, is La Salle's gig more desirable than Fordham's? Because as much as I don't want to be grouped in with them, we probably are a parallel in more ways than we'd want to acknowledge. Yes. We friggin' made it to the NIT and Sweet 16 not that long ago. We're in a basketball hotbed. New York basketball isn't what it was by any means. Fordham is the hardest academic school to get into in the A-10 (along with Richmond). There are just so many disadvantages at Fordham. We're really not as bad as we think we are. That's not to say that G shouldn't leave. But we're a better program than Fordham or Duquesne. They can never get anything going except for a fluke year. If you want to call our good years flukes, that's fine. But I think we're just in the middle of the pack. The A-10 is just a league always in flux. There is so much rotation. A few teams will get hot and have big runs. URI is in that now. St. Bonnie's is having their best year in ages. But Hurley might get a really big gig this off-season, and then what happens to URI? Or after Jaylen graduates from Bonnie's, what do they end up as? But VCU and Dayton looked like dynasties not that long ago and aren't so hot. UMass was friggin' the number one team in the country in the 90s and was in the play-in game with us yesterday, just a few years after they made the tournament. St. Joe's goes from being a tournament team to a really bad team pretty regularly. It happens. We have been near the top of the conference more than a few times under G. We have crapped the bed more than a few times under G. It's not really any different than anyone else, except that we crap the bed a few more times than we'd like. And even a lot of our crap the bed years were .500 teams.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2018 11:00:46 GMT -5
Not saying this is even possible, but in the eyes of a prospective coach, is La Salle's gig more desirable than Fordham's? Because as much as I don't want to be grouped in with them, we probably are a parallel in more ways than we'd want to acknowledge. Yes. We friggin' made it to the NIT and Sweet 16 not that long ago. We're in a basketball hotbed. New York basketball isn't what it was by any means. Fordham is the hardest academic school to get into in the A-10 (along with Richmond). There are just so many disadvantages at Fordham. We're really not as bad as we think we are. That's not to say that G shouldn't leave. But we're a better program than Fordham or Duquesne. They can never get anything going except for a fluke year. If you want to call our good years flukes, that's fine. But I think we're just in the middle of the pack. The A-10 is just a league always in flux. There is so much rotation. A few teams will get hot and have big runs. URI is in that now. St. Bonnie's is having their best year in ages. But Hurley might get a really big gig this off-season, and then what happens to URI? Or after Jaylen graduates from Bonnie's, what do they end up as? But VCU and Dayton looked like dynasties not that long ago and aren't so hot. UMass was friggin' the number one team in the country in the 90s and was in the play-in game with us yesterday, just a few years after they made the tournament. St. Joe's goes from being a tournament team to a really bad team pretty regularly. It happens. We have been near the top of the conference more than a few times under G. We have crapped the bed more than a few times under G. It's not really any different than anyone else, except that we crap the bed a few more times than we'd like. And even a lot of our crap the bed years were .500 teams. Read up on Davidson. It's landslide the most difficult school to get into. And it's not even close to any other school in the conference.
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Post by explorerman on Mar 8, 2018 11:20:03 GMT -5
Not saying this is even possible, but in the eyes of a prospective coach, is La Salle's gig more desirable than Fordham's? Because as much as I don't want to be grouped in with them, we probably are a parallel in more ways than we'd want to acknowledge. Yes. We friggin' made it to the NIT and Sweet 16 not that long ago. We're in a basketball hotbed. New York basketball isn't what it was by any means. Fordham is the hardest academic school to get into in the A-10 (along with Richmond). There are just so many disadvantages at Fordham. We're really not as bad as we think we are. That's not to say that G shouldn't leave. But we're a better program than Fordham or Duquesne. They can never get anything going except for a fluke year. If you want to call our good years flukes, that's fine. But I think we're just in the middle of the pack. The A-10 is just a league always in flux. There is so much rotation. A few teams will get hot and have big runs. URI is in that now. St. Bonnie's is having their best year in ages. But Hurley might get a really big gig this off-season, and then what happens to URI? Or after Jaylen graduates from Bonnie's, what do they end up as? But VCU and Dayton looked like dynasties not that long ago and aren't so hot. UMass was friggin' the number one team in the country in the 90s and was in the play-in game with us yesterday, just a few years after they made the tournament. St. Joe's goes from being a tournament team to a really bad team pretty regularly. It happens. We have been near the top of the conference more than a few times under G. We have crapped the bed more than a few times under G. It's not really any different than anyone else, except that we crap the bed a few more times than we'd like. And even a lot of our crap the bed years were .500 teams. Sure, we did make the Sweet Sixteen but everything is pretty much lost from those years.. Hell don't even get coverage from the local newspaper now. We don't have a strong media presence: Radio, TV or print. Teams that makes postseasons get coverage. Popularity moves quick. I mean the A-10 media/coaches don't even fully respect the program, we had one of most talented players to ever play in Tom Gola Arena and he gets placed on the 2nd team his senior year.. Seriously?.. That's bullshit.. The most remarkable thing about all of the movement within the program was how quickly we fell off. The nice part of college athletics and being in a conference with multi-bids is that you can get back quicker with the right hire and a couple breaks. All things considered, and as I said a couple years ago, when the sample size became big enough decision
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Post by coqui900 on Mar 8, 2018 11:23:00 GMT -5
Yes. We friggin' made it to the NIT and Sweet 16 not that long ago. We're in a basketball hotbed. New York basketball isn't what it was by any means. Fordham is the hardest academic school to get into in the A-10 (along with Richmond). There are just so many disadvantages at Fordham. We're really not as bad as we think we are. That's not to say that G shouldn't leave. But we're a better program than Fordham or Duquesne. They can never get anything going except for a fluke year. If you want to call our good years flukes, that's fine. But I think we're just in the middle of the pack. The A-10 is just a league always in flux. There is so much rotation. A few teams will get hot and have big runs. URI is in that now. St. Bonnie's is having their best year in ages. But Hurley might get a really big gig this off-season, and then what happens to URI? Or after Jaylen graduates from Bonnie's, what do they end up as? But VCU and Dayton looked like dynasties not that long ago and aren't so hot. UMass was friggin' the number one team in the country in the 90s and was in the play-in game with us yesterday, just a few years after they made the tournament. St. Joe's goes from being a tournament team to a really bad team pretty regularly. It happens. We have been near the top of the conference more than a few times under G. We have crapped the bed more than a few times under G. It's not really any different than anyone else, except that we crap the bed a few more times than we'd like. And even a lot of our crap the bed years were .500 teams. Sure, we did make the Sweet Sixteen but everything is pretty much lost from those years.. Hell don't even get coverage from the local newspaper now. We don't have a strong media presence: Radio, TV or print. Teams that makes postseasons get coverage. Popularity moves quick. I mean the A-10 media/coaches don't even fully respect the program, we had one of most talented players to ever play in Tom Gola Arena and he gets placed on the 2nd team his senior year.. Seriously?.. That's bullshit.. The most remarkable thing about all of the movement within the program was how quickly we fell off. The nice part of college athletics and being in a conference with multi-bids is that you can get back quicker with the right hire and a couple breaks. All things considered, and as I said a couple years ago, when the sample size became big enough decision No one but Nova gets any regular attention. Temple doesn't even. The Inky and Daily News cut back every department. I think they now have some deal with the City of Basketball Love guys, but I can't remember if that's true or not. Any of our local schools would get more attention if they came close to the Top 25. But if it's a flat year, no one will cover.
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Mar 8, 2018 11:25:15 GMT -5
A lot of the COBL guys freelance for DN and Inky.
Temple gets attention, as does Joes. Not as much as Nova, but they'll appear in a story. La Salle usually gets a blurb.
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Post by golasalle on Mar 8, 2018 14:46:04 GMT -5
A lot of the COBL guys freelance for DN and Inky. Temple gets attention, as does Joes. Not as much as Nova, but they'll appear in a story. La Salle usually gets a blurb. This isn't accurate. Smallwood did an article on pretty much every home game and it isn't any different for St. Joe or Temple. Way more than a blurb. As for road games, the Inquirer/DN no longer send reporters on the road except for maybe Villanova.
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Mar 8, 2018 14:58:06 GMT -5
Are they online only? I see Smallwood has been on the La Salle/Temple/Joes beat.
I usually leaf through the Inquirer sports section at work and don't usually see them. Maybe it's too early.
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Post by golasalle on Mar 8, 2018 15:22:32 GMT -5
Are they online only? I see Smallwood has been on the La Salle/Temple/Joes beat. I usually leaf through the Inquirer sports section at work and don't usually see them. Maybe it's too early. That may be the case. I get the Inquirer delivered to my home and there are always articles on our home games. It is possible that they did not make the earlier editions. I really don't notice much difference in the non-Villanova Big 5 coverage.
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Post by olneyave on Mar 8, 2018 15:45:02 GMT -5
A lot of the COBL guys freelance for DN and Inky. Temple gets attention, as does Joes. Not as much as Nova, but they'll appear in a story. La Salle usually gets a blurb. La Salle scores used to get mentioned in the sports talk "updates". Now, unless we are playing a Big 5 game.. I haven't heard us mentioned any time recently.
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Post by 1801olney on Mar 8, 2018 16:36:40 GMT -5
If it makes you guys feel any better, this picture was in the Daily News today. Attachment Deleted
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Post by explorer88 on Mar 8, 2018 16:37:44 GMT -5
If it makes you guys feel any better, this picture was in the Daily News today. View AttachmentThis picture would represent 95% of the fan base.
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Post by lasalle89 on Mar 8, 2018 17:02:47 GMT -5
Prez, BB , and the Board must bring in a new coach.
I like a lot of the names that have been mentioned. If LaSalle stays the course it would be disastrous.
Need some new blood to energize the program and the fan base.
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Mar 8, 2018 17:26:22 GMT -5
Prez, BB , and the Board must bring in a new coach. I like a lot of the names that have been mentioned. If LaSalle stays the course it would be disastrous. Need some new blood to energize the program and the fan base. The other day you posted that it was up to Prez and BB to decide what's best for La Salle. Now you're giving a mandate of what they MUST do. Which is it...your call or theirs?
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Mar 8, 2018 17:42:06 GMT -5
It’s definitely not his call.
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Post by lasalle89 on Mar 8, 2018 17:55:32 GMT -5
Prez, BB , and the Board must bring in a new coach. I like a lot of the names that have been mentioned. If LaSalle stays the course it would be disastrous. Need some new blood to energize the program and the fan base. The other day you posted that it was up to Prez and BB to decide what's best for La Salle. Now you're giving a mandate of what they MUST do. Which is it...your call or theirs? Please do not respond to my posts.
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Mar 8, 2018 17:57:45 GMT -5
The other day you posted that it was up to Prez and BB to decide what's best for La Salle. Now you're giving a mandate of what they MUST do. Which is it...your call or theirs? Please do not respond to my posts. OK. I won't respond to your posts (see what I did there)
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Mar 8, 2018 17:58:11 GMT -5
It’s definitely not his call. Unless he wants to fund the buyout...
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Post by explorerman on Mar 8, 2018 18:22:51 GMT -5
Again someone guide me to something detailing a massive buyout..
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Mar 8, 2018 18:26:29 GMT -5
Again someone guide me to something detailing a massive buyout.. As JB pointed out a few threads ago, donors would have to initiate it, not the school. It ain't happening.
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Post by thelasallelunatic on Mar 8, 2018 18:34:14 GMT -5
Again someone guide me to something detailing a massive buyout.. As JB pointed out a few threads ago, donors would have to initiate it, not the school. It ain't happening. I would be on the phone with Candy man right now if he were still with us...Man, I miss John
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Post by jimmywhispers on Mar 8, 2018 19:37:57 GMT -5
Joey Heyer is available
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Post by thelasallelunatic on Mar 8, 2018 19:59:00 GMT -5
Your boy Fran will be available in about a day or so... That's a real call you can actually make Honeybear.
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Post by durenduren on Mar 8, 2018 21:01:56 GMT -5
Your boy Fran will be available in about a day or so... That's a real call you can actually make Honeybear. Fran survives Tulane. Can our old friends Witchita send the Owls packing tomorrow?
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Post by belfieldhappyhour on Mar 8, 2018 21:15:32 GMT -5
I took a break for a day, and was hoping to the first on the Hammon bandwagon. Guess I'm a day late and a dollar short on that one. As for going outside the box to try to hire a woman, Hammon seems to be the most reasonable financially. Best I could determine, she makes $100,000 a year. I couldn't find any number on what Cheryl Reeve makes, but as coach/GM/President of Basketball Ops, who is signed thru 2019, I'm guessing she wouldn't even consider it.
As for Staley, this is from April 2017 story from the Post and Courier - "Staley’s new deal includes an increase in base salary to $650,000, and yearly increases in outside compensation (money from athletic department rights holders) that raises her total financial package to $1.4 million in the first year of the extension, and to $2.1 million in the final year, 2025. Her buyout increases from $700,000 in her old contract to $3.5 million in the first year of the new deal."
So, she is out.
If G is let go, tomorrow is what I'll call the safest day, as what few papers are left have their smallest readership on Saturdays. Not that that means anything anymore.
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Post by thelasallelunatic on Mar 8, 2018 21:39:15 GMT -5
So when do you think it will be announced?
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Post by luhoopsfan on Mar 8, 2018 21:45:59 GMT -5
So when do you think it will be announced? Nothing will be announced unless G somehow gets a new job. So, nothing will be announced.
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Post by explorer88 on Mar 8, 2018 22:12:58 GMT -5
So when do you think it will be announced? Nothing will be announced unless G somehow gets a new job. So, nothing will be announced. If that is what happens everyone can just stock up on antacid and endure another Groundhog Day next season. After next season they may make a change but maybe not because this administration like previous administrations will have basically said the program’s objective is not to win. If G survives this year why not keep him around for another 5 years? What is the rush? There are no more fans to answer to or influential alumni to answer to because they would obviously be okay with letting this charade continue. I am still hopeful this administration is willing to stop the pain. Allowing this continue would be ridiculous. Financial issues or not.
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Post by cjprof on Mar 8, 2018 22:20:19 GMT -5
. . . and how many on this board watched games during his tenure?
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Post by lasalle89 on Mar 9, 2018 0:26:56 GMT -5
Nothing will be announced unless G somehow gets a new job. So, nothing will be announced. If that is what happens everyone can just stock up on antacid and endure another Groundhog Day next season. After next season they may make a change but maybe not because this administration like previous administrations will have basically said the program’s objective is not to win. If G survives this year why not keep him around for another 5 years? What is the rush? There are no more fans to answer to or influential alumni to answer to because they would obviously be okay with letting this charade continue. I am still hopeful this administration is willing to stop the pain. Allowing this continue would be ridiculous. Financial issues or not. I agree. Bottom line... nice guy CAN NOT COACH. Let’s move forward. My prediction is BB will just let his contract expire and not renew. My hope is that he recognizes that G will win 10-12 games next year and say enough is enough and make the change. If G could not win with BJ... he certainly will not win without him.
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