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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Apr 30, 2019 14:49:24 GMT -5
"We would have loved for Jay Wright to walk out on the floor, but even when we offered to double his salary, he still wasn’t coming. Nothing we can do about that. But I am proud of our effort. We didn’t assume anything, took our shots and I believe will end up with a solid coach who will embrace UCLA and build a program we all can be proud of and root for.” He makes about $3.8M at Nova, so, assuming this isn't hyperbole, he turned down a ton of cash. www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/la-sp-ucla-mick-cronin-coaching-search-20190429-story.html |
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Post by MisterD on Apr 30, 2019 15:04:14 GMT -5
Scared to embrace the challenge. Glad he's not our coach!
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Post by hoopsguest on Apr 30, 2019 15:30:17 GMT -5
Not a true doubling. Cost of living and taxes higher in LA. Still a raise though. At Villanova he has job security. They would run him out if he didn't win the whole thing in 4 years.
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Apr 30, 2019 20:54:18 GMT -5
If the Sixers get bounced by the Raptors, they should offer Jay 10M a year for 10 years.
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Post by sweat83 on May 1, 2019 4:35:07 GMT -5
Even for 10 million, I think he'd stay put.
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Post by glorydays on May 1, 2019 6:35:09 GMT -5
Scared to embrace the challenge. Glad he's not our coach! True, in Hollywood he wouldn't be close to being the best dressed. Very little competition for that title here in the Delaware Valley.... |
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on May 1, 2019 7:31:38 GMT -5
Even for 10 million, I think he'd stay put. And I wonder if he looks at his roster and wonders if he'll ever have the horses to get back to where they were. He's 57. He's got 10-15 years left to do this, tops. Could cash in and stay in the city. It would immediately make him the 2nd highest paid coach in the league. |
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Post by MisterD on May 1, 2019 8:53:25 GMT -5
And maybe he wants the challenge of actually coaching in a top league or a major city?
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Post by calsufan on May 1, 2019 9:32:47 GMT -5
If the Sixers get bounced by the Raptors, they should offer Jay 10M a year for 10 years. I'm a Sixers fan and I fully expect the Raptors to bounce them. They were hammered in the first game and barely escaped with a win in the second game. They won the second game for 2 reasons. 1.) The Raptors shot very poorly and 2.) the Sixers D was at another level. The Raptors don't normally miss like they did in game 2 and the Sixers don't normally play intense D like that game in and game out. Raptors in 6...maybe even 5. |
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Post by calsufan on May 1, 2019 9:38:19 GMT -5
Scared to embrace the challenge. Glad he's not our coach! True, in Hollywood he wouldn't be close to being the best dressed. Very little competition for that title here in the Delaware Valley....  What are you talking about? Philly people have style. |
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Post by MisterD on May 1, 2019 9:44:43 GMT -5
Duce Staley jerseys and big jeans.
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on May 1, 2019 9:46:18 GMT -5
I don't see him leaving. He doesn't strike me as a Larry Brown type that's always chasing the next thing. He had chances to leave before both for pros and P5 programs and didn't. I'm guessing his family connections keep him rooted locally...and let's face it, he has a great gig going at Villanova with a supportive administration that gives him what he needs to succeed. The only thing I wonder is if he looks at what happened to Phil as something that could happen to him with an administration change and a few down years...but that would be a real stretch quite frankly.
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Post by gymrat67 on May 1, 2019 12:14:35 GMT -5
IMO if the Sixers are eliminated by the Raptors, Brett Brown will be fired.
Jay Wright no longer has anything to prove to anyone at the D-1 collegiate level, and having to reload every year with " one and done " players who have little or no interest in playing defense, staying for four years, or graduating from college must be getting old by now.
Ergo, Jay Wright, at age 57, prudently recognizes that he owes it to his children and future grandkids to cash - in on the basketball legacy he has built and he takes the Sixers head coaching job this year for an initial salary of something like $10 million per year X 5 years, with at least the first $30 million guaranteed. Jay Wright's successor as head coach at Villanova will probably be current Quinnipiac University head coach and former long-time ( 2009 - 2016 ) Villanova assistant coach Baker Dunleavy.
[ Conversely, if the Sixers beat Toronto this year, Brett Brown gets one more year as head coach, and Jay Wright takes the Sixers job following next season. ]
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on May 2, 2019 13:26:56 GMT -5
Brown is locked in by his contract until 2022. The Sixers would have to pay out a big chunk to let him go, and then pony up a ton for Jay to get him to leave Nova. I don't see that happening, even if the Sixers are eliminated in 5.
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on May 2, 2019 13:50:59 GMT -5
Brown is underpaid by NBA standards and Josh Harris has the 10M in his couch cushions.
This isn't La Salle buying out Giannini.
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on May 2, 2019 14:41:11 GMT -5
Yes...that was implied by saying they'd have to pony up a ton to get Jay. He's not leaving Nova for Brown's salary.
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on May 2, 2019 14:45:47 GMT -5
Yes...that was implied by saying they'd have to pony up a ton to get Jay. He's not leaving Nova for Brown's salary. Specifically said 10M. Which would make him the 2nd best paid coach in the NBA. Think it gets it done. |
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Post by hoopsguest on May 2, 2019 15:18:56 GMT -5
Surely Jay Wright has a buyout to go to another college but does he have one for the NBA?
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Post by coachd on May 13, 2019 11:31:00 GMT -5
Even for 10 million, I think he'd stay put. He must be inheriting a fortune from DuPont to stay there! |
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Post by 23won on May 14, 2019 11:34:04 GMT -5
Would love to see the Sixers make an offer. It’d help the Sixers and hurt Nova at the same time. What could be better?
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Post by MisterD on May 14, 2019 11:48:55 GMT -5
Helping the Knicks and hurting Nova?
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on May 14, 2019 12:04:11 GMT -5
Brett Brown is retained so point is moot.
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Post by 23won on May 14, 2019 12:49:07 GMT -5
Brett Brown is retained so point is moot. And Brown will suck again, the team will underperform and they will seek a replacement. Brown rolled the ball out on the floor and let embiid stand outside our arc all night. Jimmy Butler became our PG in a crucial game 7 contrary to the way Ben ran the O all year . Based on those genius moves in crunch time I don't expect him to morph into Phil Jackson before he has another sh!t year of coaching. By the way Harris is a dope for announcing plans on keeping him the next day after a putrid coaching performance. methinks it is not moot and it wouldn’t surprise me if they “changed their mind” before next season. |
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on May 14, 2019 13:10:35 GMT -5
Brett Brown is retained so point is moot. it wouldn’t surprise me if they “changed their mind” before next season. He'd have to sell the team. He explicitly said that Brett was a) coming back and b) never in danger. |
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on May 14, 2019 14:48:01 GMT -5
You guys needs to trust the process
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Post by 23won on May 14, 2019 16:05:05 GMT -5
Harris made his billions by being a bottom feeding, self-absorbed control freak for which his “truths” are stretched beyond natural and supernatural limits (and subject to heavy negotiation especially around his intended definitions of the words he uses).
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Post by 1801olney on May 15, 2019 7:23:33 GMT -5
They still owe Brown $15M. Harris cool with eating that?
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Post by gymrat67 on Nov 13, 2021 12:40:19 GMT -5
Hope some of you stayed up late as I did last night to see the Villanova vs UCLA iron-cage match on ESPN2. Unquestionably one of the best early - season basketball games ( won by the Bruins in OT ) between two highly-ranked teams ( #2 vs #4 ) I have ever seen. Very physical game on both offense and defense by both teams, and, refreshingly, throughout the game the referees all swallowed their whistles and let the players play. ' Nova, UCLA deliver big - time thrills / Mike Jensen
www.inquirer.com/college-sports/villanova/ucla-villanova-overtime-20211113.html( Video ) # 4 Villanova vs # 2 UCLA -- Basketball game Highlights ( November 12, 2021 )
[ Note : suggest you start watching at approx. 10 minutes to go in the first half on the timer, and then watch the entire second half. ]
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Post by 23won on Nov 15, 2021 16:34:49 GMT -5
Hope some of you stayed up late as I did last night to see the Villanova vs UCLA iron-cage match on ESPN2. Unquestionably one of the best early - season basketball games ( won by the Bruins in OT ) between two highly-ranked teams ( #2 vs #4 ) I have ever seen. Very physical game on both offense and defense by both teams, and, refreshingly, throughout the game the referees all swallowed their whistles and let the players play. ' Nova, UCLA deliver big - time thrills / Mike Jensen
www.inquirer.com/college-sports/villanova/ucla-villanova-overtime-20211113.htmlWas away this weekend but DVR'd it. One of the best games in a while. Tough crowd and a lot of pressure. Nova had the game won but let it get away; could not convert last possession in regulation with score tied. Cronin had his team prepped and coached a great game - calm by his Cincy standards |
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