Dunphy

[explorer88]

Mar 14, 2024 11:49:42 GMT -5 thelasallelunatic said:

Give Dunph another year, and get a plan in place. Michigan won like 9 games this year. Maybe get Phil on our staff a year early... it would cost us extra money, but would be the best staff in the A10.

I'm sure that Phil wants another bite at the apple.

I would be on board with that.

[roaddog77]

Mar 13, 2024 22:21:07 GMT -5 thelasallelunatic said:

Mar 13, 2024 22:15:51 GMT -5 explorerman said:

No thanks to G

Dunphy will be an interesting situation, college basketball is a different animal than he is used to. Jay Wright simply left, he didn’t want to be a part of this new system. Pitino is crying to the masses. “every good player in the MAAC got poached away”… Interesting look will be where did those players go.


Dunphy is admittedly behind on NIL. The school NIL is in the 6 figures after just rolling out. Not the worst feat.


Very interesting offseason where the roster needs a nice recharge and reboot.

Neptune will be available in about 24 hours.

Neptune almost was available if Moore missed that last second shot against DePaul.

[calsufan]

Hard no on Martelli. We certainly don't need an arrogant, "it's all about me" coach and we sure as hell don't want his sons coming in as a potential heir apparent to him.

[thelasallelunatic]

Neptune will be available in about 10 hours.

[giveansk1]

I'd be shocked if Phil isn't done at Michigan whether or not Howard comes back. His contract is up and he was previously expected to retire, no idea if a local opportunity would change that.

[thelasallelunatic]

Mar 14, 2024 12:03:53 GMT -5 calsufan said:

Hard no on Martelli. We certainly don't need an arrogant, "it's all about me" coach and we sure as hell don't want his sons coming in as a potential heir apparent to him.

I understand all that, but it's been a long time since we've had a winning season... like 9 years. That ends if Phil is at 20th and Olney.

[calsufan]

Mar 14, 2024 12:05:52 GMT -5 thelasallelunatic said:

Mar 14, 2024 12:03:53 GMT -5 calsufan said:

Hard no on Martelli. We certainly don't need an arrogant, "it's all about me" coach and we sure as hell don't want his sons coming in as a potential heir apparent to him.

I understand all that, but it's been a long time since we've had a winning season... like 9 years. That ends if Phil is at 20th and Olney.

I'd still pass on him. And there's no saying he still has "it". He was a real douche when the Joeys fired him and the same thing would happen here.

[MisterD]

Mar 14, 2024 12:05:52 GMT -5 thelasallelunatic said:

I understand all that, but it's been a long time since we've had a winning season... like 9 years. That ends if Phil is at 20th and Olney.

Cherry-picking the timespan to prove a point, but why would this be a certainty? He had 5 losing seasons and one .500 season over his last decade at St. Josephs of PA, a much easier place to win at than here.

[JoeFedorowicz]

Phil isn’t sitting on La Salle’s bench. Dunphy isn’t being an assistant coach. Come on guys.

[stlexplorer]

No to Martelli

[GlitterBro #2]

Mar 13, 2024 19:41:02 GMT -5 milkoliverwurst said:

Surely they talked about Dunphy's future plans with Deuce Jones during the recruiting process....

It may well be that when they recruited him, Dunphy had every intention of staying. Things change. 

If he does decide to step down, who could blame him at age 75? That's a tough schedule, flying around, running practices,  getting home late from games. At 52 I'm exhausted when I get home from night games.

The bigger concern if he does step down is...will Jones re-open his recruitment?  I would almost certainly say yes, because his stock seems to have gone up in the past month.

[thelasallelunatic]

Mar 14, 2024 13:28:32 GMT -5 MisterD said:

Mar 14, 2024 12:05:52 GMT -5 thelasallelunatic said:

I understand all that, but it's been a long time since we've had a winning season... like 9 years. That ends if Phil is at 20th and Olney.

Cherry-picking the timespan to prove a point, but why would this be a certainty? He had 5 losing seasons and one .500 season over his last decade at St. Josephs of PA, a much easier place to win at than here.

Hungry dogs run faster. Phil is hungry to prove St. Joes wrong. This is a Pitino at Iona type move. It works for all involved. Plus, we would get all the fringe benefits of Phil being our coach, the media appearances, eagles predictions, etc.

[thelasallelunatic]

Mar 14, 2024 13:48:12 GMT -5 JoeFedorowicz said:

Phil isn’t sitting on La Salle’s bench. Dunphy isn’t being an assistant coach. Come on guys.

I don't want Dunph as an assistant. I want Martelli as a one year assistant before he takes control of the program.

Here's the deal, if you're Phil, and want to be a head coach again, and want to be in the Philadelphia area again, it's either La Salle or Temple. Temple doesn't have a 75 year old coach.

These guys aren't fans. They don't walk around with their nose up in the air. It's a job opportunity, at an A10 school, with a renovated arena. He can get the bonus of beating Jill Bodenteiner's ass twice a year. Michigan won 9 games this year, Phil isn't going to be a hot commodity.

[MisterD]

Mar 14, 2024 14:20:57 GMT -5 thelasallelunatic said:

Hungry dogs run faster. Phil is hungry to prove St. Joes wrong. This is a Pitino at Iona type move. It works for all involved. Plus, we would get all the fringe benefits of Phil being our coach, the media appearances, eagles predictions, etc.

C'mon. The flipside of that logic is that you're advocating for a coach who got so content and apathetic that he hovered in mediocrity for a decade. There are like a dozen coaches, maybe, you can say would come to La Salle and absolutely go above .500 and Martelli isn't in the next dozen or next dozen dozen after them.

[thelasallelunatic]

Remove your dislike for him from the picture. If there's a nameless coach with his resume, you'd jump on it. I'm not arguing with you. You'd do it, I'd do it, every dude on this board would do it.

It's the right move Mr. D.

[JoeFedorowicz]

Neither Dunphy (and it was mentioned) or Phil Martelli are being an assistant at La Salle. It’s not happening. And I don’t think La Salle could afford Phil. And I don’t think he’d be interested. And I don’t think La Salle should be interested. I did think he was an option in the Ash aftermath.

We still have a coach. Until we don’t, we shouldn’t even be talking about this.

[MisterD]

Mar 14, 2024 14:45:21 GMT -5 thelasallelunatic said:

Remove your dislike for him from the picture. If there's a nameless coach with his resume, you'd jump on it. I'm not arguing with you. You'd do it, I'd do it, every dude on this board would do it.

Incredibly similar resume I'd also pass on because the success is a long time ago: www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/mike-jarvis-1.html

[mookie]

Mar 14, 2024 14:27:37 GMT -5 thelasallelunatic said:

Mar 14, 2024 13:48:12 GMT -5 JoeFedorowicz said:

Phil isn’t sitting on La Salle’s bench. Dunphy isn’t being an assistant coach. Come on guys.

I don't want Dunph as an assistant. I want Martelli as a one year assistant before he takes control of the program.

Here's the deal, if you're Phil, and want to be a head coach again, and want to be in the Philadelphia area again, it's either La Salle or Temple. Temple doesn't have a 75 year old coach.

These guys aren't fans. They don't walk around with their nose up in the air. It's a job opportunity, at an A10 school, with a renovated arena. He can get the bonus of beating Jill Bodenteiner's ass twice a year. Michigan won 9 games this year, Phil isn't going to be a hot commodity.

I think it’s still a different case. I have a hard time seeing Phil being willing to take an asst job at a school like La Salle in a city he coached at for multiple decades. Just me though…especially since if I put myself in his shoes, there’s no benefit to me taking an asst coach job “with a promise or agreement to take over 1 year from now”. At his level and with his experience, he could just sit out and wait. He’s not out of the recruiting world for an extended period of time so he’s not starting from scratch. That’s just my take and I can’t speak for him though…I just don’t see La Salle as a program that I would need to get in the door early for.

[mookie]

Mar 14, 2024 14:45:21 GMT -5 thelasallelunatic said:

Remove your dislike for him from the picture. If there's a nameless coach with his resume, you'd jump on it. I'm not arguing with you. You'd do it, I'd do it, every dude on this board would do it.

It's the right move Mr. D.

I agree with your premise and taking away the dislike factor it’s really a no brainer. The question really is do you trust him enough to do the job and to leave La Salle in a better state than before. The answer to that, for me, is no. No trust…

[JoeFedorowicz]

ITS NOT HAPPENING

[jb71]

Mar 14, 2024 12:05:52 GMT -5 thelasallelunatic said:

Mar 14, 2024 12:03:53 GMT -5 calsufan said:

Hard no on Martelli. We certainly don't need an arrogant, "it's all about me" coach and we sure as hell don't want his sons coming in as a potential heir apparent to him.

I understand all that, but it's been a long time since we've had a winning season... like 9 years. That ends if Phil is at 20th and Olney.

Plus Martelli is.69....Hardly the long term solution we want.

[thelasallelunatic]

I would take a 5 year plan over the current situation.

[thelasallelunatic]

Mar 14, 2024 14:54:36 GMT -5 JoeFedorowicz said:

Neither Dunphy (and it was mentioned) or Phil Martelli are being an assistant at La Salle. It’s not happening. And I don’t think La Salle could afford Phil. And I don’t think he’d be interested. And I don’t think La Salle should be interested. I did think he was an option in the Ash aftermath.

We still have a coach. Until we don’t, we shouldn’t even be talking about this.

Are you against any type of succession plan?

[I was in LA, were you]

I agree with Joe. Can we let the dust settle before we talk another head coach. Coach Dumphy is our man, I have full trust in all of his decision making. I believe that when he is ready, he will be heavily involved in naming his successor. Just out of curiosity, why are people taking a hard NO on Dr. G? From what I saw, he was a very good recruiter and a good coach. He did bring us to the sweet 16, that was amazing.

[I was in LA, were you]

Dunphy, typing in low light is treacherous.

[thelasallelunatic]

Mar 14, 2024 15:25:14 GMT -5 I was in LA, were you said:

I agree with Joe. Can we let the dust settle before we talk another head coach. Coach Dumphy is our man, I have full trust in all of his decision making. I believe that when he is ready, he will be heavily involved in naming his successor. Just out of curiosity, why are people taking a hard NO on Dr. G? From what I saw, he was a very good recruiter and a good coach. He did bring us to the sweet 16, that was amazing.

G is on my short list.

I have G, Martelli, Langel, and Sean Neal.

[mookie]

Mar 14, 2024 15:24:31 GMT -5 thelasallelunatic said:

Mar 14, 2024 14:54:36 GMT -5 JoeFedorowicz said:

Neither Dunphy (and it was mentioned) or Phil Martelli are being an assistant at La Salle. It’s not happening. And I don’t think La Salle could afford Phil. And I don’t think he’d be interested. And I don’t think La Salle should be interested. I did think he was an option in the Ash aftermath.

We still have a coach. Until we don’t, we shouldn’t even be talking about this.

Are you against any type of succession plan?

If Dunphy has told the Admin he’ll be here for several more years or he’ll be here for at least X number of years when he accepted then agree we shouldn’t be talking about it. I think the issue for many is that he was always viewed by many as a very short term option especially since (1) there weren’t many good options available at the time and (2) he came across as doing a favor to the program vs actually really wanting the job.

[JoeFedorowicz]

While Fran Dunphy wants to coach La Salle, he’ll be allowed to coach La Salle. Like within reason. But we’re talking about guys with 25 years of head coaching experience taking an assistant job at the 10th ranked A10 school with no money. And G isn’t coming back. So stop that too. You want a guy out of the game for the better part of a decade? And Sean Neal is ready for an opportunity but let’s not act like he’d be your option if he wasn’t a player here. And he wasn’t Jameer for Joes. And Langel has better offers than La Salle.

There are 100 college coaches that could take this job. Not knowing who they are is ok. Just do normal stuff. For once.

[JoeFedorowicz]

Mar 14, 2024 15:24:31 GMT -5 thelasallelunatic said:

Mar 14, 2024 14:54:36 GMT -5 JoeFedorowicz said:

Neither Dunphy (and it was mentioned) or Phil Martelli are being an assistant at La Salle. It’s not happening. And I don’t think La Salle could afford Phil. And I don’t think he’d be interested. And I don’t think La Salle should be interested. I did think he was an option in the Ash aftermath.

We still have a coach. Until we don’t, we shouldn’t even be talking about this.

Are you against any type of succession plan?

Dunphy says he doesn’t want to do it anymore. You post a job. You get applications. You do interviews. You hire someone. That’s how it works. Doesn’t need to be the British monarchy. Normal shit.

[mookie]

Mar 14, 2024 16:05:26 GMT -5 JoeFedorowicz said:

While Fran Dunphy wants to coach La Salle, he’ll be allowed to coach La Salle. Like within reason. But we’re talking about guys with 25 years of head coaching experience taking an assistant job at the 10th ranked A10 school with no money. And G isn’t coming back. So stop that too. You want a guy out of the game for the better part of a decade? And Sean Neal is ready for an opportunity but let’s not act like he’d be your option if he wasn’t a player here. And he wasn’t Jameer for Joes. And Langel has better offers than La Salle.

There are 100 college coaches that could take this job. Not knowing who they are is ok. Just do normal stuff. For once.

Not following the Sean Neal love. I don’t want him as coach at all unless it came down to him vs Gallagher.