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Post by Happy Fortune on Jun 17, 2020 12:24:46 GMT -5
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Post by glorydays on Jun 17, 2020 17:04:11 GMT -5
“There is no better choice to lead Temple Athletics than Fran Dunphy,” Chaney said. “His leadership and his calm demeanor is just what the University needs at this critical time. There truly is no better person than Fran.”
Added McKie: “Fran Dunphy is a pillar in the community and a Philadelphia icon. He has served as a head coach for 30 years, including 13 at Temple, worked as a special assistant to President Englert the past year. He is a man of impeccable character, and when asked to step in and serve as acting athletic director in a tumultuous time in intercollegiate athletics he never hesitated to answer the call. We are so fortunate to have him step in to lead our department through this critical period.”
Love Dunph. This kind of article that copies Temple’s press release should be sent to Vatican City. Let the canonization process begin.
I enjoyed Dunph’s Explo game commentary. Love Dunph.
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Post by 23won on Jun 17, 2020 20:16:58 GMT -5
Sh!t
No more Explo game color commentary?
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Post by sidclassof69 on Jun 17, 2020 21:20:15 GMT -5
This man should have been the head coach + AD at La Salle- years ago- but they signed G instead kept Brennan- WhenbDunphy was tuned down- he went to Temple( as Coach) instead- Major blunder by the school- IMO
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Post by explorer88 on Jun 18, 2020 8:36:02 GMT -5
This man should have been the head coach + AD at La Salle- years ago- but they signed G instead kept Brennan- WhenbDunphy was tuned down- he went to Temple( as Coach) instead- Major blunder by the school- IMO I don't buy the school didn't try to get Dunphy. I do think the school did what they could to convince him to come to La Salle. After Speedy was fired there was no way Dunphy was going to take that job. He just wasn't going to come to La Salle and follow the guy they fired, who was his good friend, and one who thought he was fired unjustly. If Speedy had retired it might have been a different story. I had heard many reasons from different people what made Dunphy turn La Salle down and I am sure some are totally false and some we probably correct. My three reasons in order are these: 1. Dupphy knew it would be hard to win at La Salle in this landscape with the lack of facilities. 2. He wasn't going to follow Speedy when he was fired unless La Salle just came up with a package he could not refuse which La Salle didn't have the funds to do. 3. Brennan
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Post by sidclassof69 on Jun 18, 2020 10:00:09 GMT -5
Disagree- WhenvFran left Penn , he was looking for a move up- The La Salle job was actually a move down( $$)- So, he wanted both the coaching position + the AD one- La Salle said “ No” to the AD. job( Brennan)- So Dunph moved onto Temple , which was a step up from both Penn+ La Salle, in both financial+ national recognition. BTW- I went to school with Dunph+ can tell you, that he bled Blue + Gold throughout.- Hoewver , as he grew older, had a family, etc- Financial responsibilities + advancement, became priorities. He also wanted the AD job at his alter mater , badly
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Post by explorer88 on Jun 18, 2020 10:17:57 GMT -5
Disagree- WhenvFran left Penn , he was looking for a move up- The La Salle job was actually a move down( $$)- So, he wanted both the coaching position + the AD one- La Salle said “ No” to the AD. job( Brennan)- So Dunph moved onto Temple , which was a step up from both Penn+ La Salle, in both financial+ national recognition. BTW- I went to school with Dunph+ can tell you, that he bled Blue + Gold throughout.- Hoewver , as he grew older, had a family, etc- Financial responsibilities + advancement, became priorities. He also wanted the AD job at his alter mater , badly You could be right. Everything I have ever heard was not confirmed. I can't blame La Salle for not giving him both jobs. It is too much for one person. 2000 and after recruiting landscape takes a lot out of a coach.
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Jun 18, 2020 16:19:09 GMT -5
This man should have been the head coach + AD at La Salle- years ago- but they signed G instead kept Brennan- WhenbDunphy was tuned down- he went to Temple( as Coach) instead- Major blunder by the school- IMO Pretty sure it was head coach and fire Brennan for Bradshaw and agree.
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Post by sidclassof69 on Jun 18, 2020 18:38:31 GMT -5
You may be right , Joe. U certainly are closer to the situation then most of us. I just remember him wanting to be AD- could be wrong🤔🤔🤔
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Post by hoopsguest on Jun 18, 2020 22:16:59 GMT -5
I thought it was be head coach but Brennan had no supervisory powers - Dunphy would report directly to the president (Br Michael)?
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Post by glorydays on Jun 19, 2020 6:06:31 GMT -5
The late poster forever had the scoop on this. Suffice it to say back in 2004 Dunph could have come to La Salle...probably accepted the job as coach on a Friday but asked Bros. Mike for the weekend to think about it. After a summer weekend of high pressure down the shore he decided to stay at Penn. I am sure Penn upped his $$$.
I believe that when Chaney's hand picked successor had some personal issues that Dunphy then became the logical pick at Temple guided in a process led by his old friend Bradshaw, the Temple AD. (They have been friends for well over 50 years.)
Look, I would love to have Dunph back in some capacity. We have the right coach now. Both Dunph and Bradshaw will agree on that.
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Post by big5vet on Jun 19, 2020 9:02:17 GMT -5
The late poster forever had the scoop on this. Suffice it to say back in 2004 Dunph could have come to La Salle...probably accepted the job as coach on a Friday but asked Bros. Mike for the weekend to think about it. After a summer weekend of high pressure down the shore he decided to stay at Penn. I am sure Penn upped his $$$. I believe that when Chaney's hand picked successor had some personal issues that Dunphy then became the logical pick at Temple guided in a process led by his old friend Bradshaw, the Temple AD. (They have been friends for well over 50 years.) Look, I would love to have Dunph back in some capacity. We have the right coach now. Both Dunph and Bradshaw will agree on that. This account is extremely close to my recollection of the events. I also believe that Ed Rendell, one of Philadephia's all time super fund raisers, helped in soliciting Penn deep pocketed alumni.
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Post by glorydays on Jun 19, 2020 9:42:36 GMT -5
Yes, Fast Eddie & an a few other prominent Penn alumni put the full court press on Dunph. I think the Penn AD, Steve Bilski, had little say...Dunph was coming back to Penn.
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Post by hykos1045 on Jun 20, 2020 15:37:29 GMT -5
This man should have been the head coach + AD at La Salle- years ago- but they signed G instead kept Brennan- WhenbDunphy was tuned down- he went to Temple( as Coach) instead- Major blunder by the school- IMO Well, all should agree that Dunphy was a better coach than G ever was, but both have the same number of NCAA wins (3). And even before that occurred in 2013, I never considered Fran's rejection to be the result of our "major blunder." I always thought of it as Dunphy's decision, not a result of La Salle's wrong moves. There is no guarantee Dunphy would have been as successful recruiting to La Salle as he was to Temple, there almost is an assurance he would not have recruited at a higher level than G did, because G pretty much maximized the value of what he could get from his first class in 2005 to the 2012 class before the value of our recruits unfortunately tailed off. Our decline in recruiting post-2013 nearly coincides with Temple's departure from the A10 conference and Villanova's rise to #1 in the nation. The A10 went from a prominent mid major conference to a low mid major by 2016. I don't know what exactly La Salle was supposed to do in this situation, but joining the AAC or Big East was never an option for us. Even Dayton may be unable to pull it off, and they actually pursued it.
I don't consider Temple as our measuring stick anyway. We need to win the A10 and finish in the top half of the A10. For Temple, they were already accomplishing this each and every year, but it wasn't enough. Different cultures have different objectives. Our competition is GMU and GW and Fordham, teams that Temple would go 6-0 with every year and we go 2-4. I never really understand why we seem to have a chip on the shoulder about this. There is no denying that this we are never on the same page as Temple, but it's not representative of any individual's failures, and no "Magic hire" is going to fix it. It seems to be a much longer road than one person can walk, including Dunphy.
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Post by sidclassof69 on Jun 20, 2020 18:15:19 GMT -5
Can not argue with any of your points,Hykos.Time to move on and hope Ash is given the time to develop the program.There is no easy fix here, and one can only hope , with time+ quality decisions, the program can get on it’s feet again.
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