HJS {l Wrote}:Has Eddie Fogler been hired by anyone this year to conduct their coaching search? Just wondering if we have to worry about Christian getting poached.
Onyx Blackman {l Wrote}:Can't help but think we would have been better off waiting a year to fire Donahue so we could hire Herb Sendek now.
mloyko {l Wrote}:TOS is reporting Bucknell's Dave Paulsen is being tossed around this week.
Would be a cheap, uninspiring, pathetic hire. A coach no one has heard about coming off a 16-14 record in the friggin Patriot League.
eepstein0 {l Wrote}:HJS {l Wrote}:eepstein0 {l Wrote}:HJS {l Wrote}:Cadillac90 {l Wrote}:2001Eagle {l Wrote}:Just so all if you can be as annoyed as I am by the tweet machine:
@CoachingChanges: Boston College name hearing most under the radar is Fran McCaffrey
Wasn't he Donahue's mentor of sorts?
No... you are thinking of Fran Dunphy (formerly of UPenn now at Temple).
I like Fran McCaffrey. He won't be coming to BC, but he's a good coach. Aside for the fact that no one in a Big 5 program is coming to BC, McCaffrey's 14-year-old son had surgery (the same day as Iowa's loss in the Tourney) to remove a tumor on his thyroid that was then determined to be malignant. He has another surgery in 2 weeks to determine the next course of treatment. I seriously doubt McCaffrey is thinking about future jobs right now.
I like McCaffrey. Boston has world class hospitals, Iowa does not...
I thought of that too. But, it seems like a strange way to land a coach. That said, the entire process has been strange. Further, no outcome is more bizarre than hiring Jim Christian... yes I am already at Chris Crane level on that possibility.
Again, the EO Coaching Staff will do the job for half the price of Christian and we'll probably win more games
HJS {l Wrote}:Article about incoming coaches:
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/the-m ... ncaab.html
eagle9903 {l Wrote}:HJS {l Wrote}:Article about incoming coaches:
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/the-m ... ncaab.html
ha, "pull a Boston College"
DavidGordonsFoot {l Wrote}:eagle9903 {l Wrote}:HJS {l Wrote}:Article about incoming coaches:
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/the-m ... ncaab.html
ha, "pull a Boston College"
Pat has titties. I like that.
DavidGordonsFoot {l Wrote}:dammit TRE you are really pissing me off
CorporalFunishment {l Wrote}:DavidGordonsFoot {l Wrote}:dammit TRE you are really pissing me off
Just ignore him. That's what I do.
After all, who really needs to see the picture of some guy sodomizing himself for the 100th time?
ILikeBC {l Wrote}:tubby smith to mephis
HJS {l Wrote}:ATLeagle {l Wrote}:Agreed that Dooley is better than Christian.
I am trusting Bates, but will bail if he gets some of these terrible names. Rehiring Skinner is better than some of these options.
Weren't we telling folks that we were waiting to interview coaches who were still in tournaments. I thought that was code-word for Archie Miller. http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketb ... w-contract
I find it strange that there is no news on that front... meanwhile the interest in Steve Lappas has somehow already gotten out. But, as the article alludes, perhaps he is only interested in the top 2 openings (at the time it was Marquette and Wake).
MattTheEagle {l Wrote}:It's tough looking back at this thread and now knowing we hired Christian. The coaching search was about as big of a blunder as it gets. There were plenty of good names we could have hired and somehow Bates ended up with Christian.
Corporal Funishment {l Wrote}:Do people not understand this or do they just like to complain? Archie Miller was NEVER going to come to BC. The problem was not that we were too stupid realize he was good. The problem was not that we offered too little money and just a little more could have gotten him but we were too stupid to realize the value of a good coach. Everyone wanted to hire Archie Miller. Better programs offered more money than we could ever hope to spend and he rejected them. He was waiting for a big-gum job and BC ain't one of them. Same with Gregg Marshall. Same with Chris Mack. That Archie Miller was never the coach at BC is not reasonable grounds for calling Bates or the administration incompetent. There are a thousand legitimate reasons to criticize the Master without resorting to this stupidity.
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twballgame9 {l Wrote}:Corporal Funishment {l Wrote}:Do people not understand this or do they just like to complain? Archie Miller was NEVER going to come to BC. The problem was not that we were too stupid realize he was good. The problem was not that we offered too little money and just a little more could have gotten him but we were too stupid to realize the value of a good coach. Everyone wanted to hire Archie Miller. Better programs offered more money than we could ever hope to spend and he rejected them. He was waiting for a big-gum job and BC ain't one of them. Same with Gregg Marshall. Same with Chris Mack. That Archie Miller was never the coach at BC is not reasonable grounds for calling Bates or the administration incompetent. There are a thousand legitimate reasons to criticize the Master without resorting to this stupidity.
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This isn't really how college coaching works, but I get where you are coming from. Good rant.
eepstein0 {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:Corporal Funishment {l Wrote}:Do people not understand this or do they just like to complain? Archie Miller was NEVER going to come to BC. The problem was not that we were too stupid realize he was good. The problem was not that we offered too little money and just a little more could have gotten him but we were too stupid to realize the value of a good coach. Everyone wanted to hire Archie Miller. Better programs offered more money than we could ever hope to spend and he rejected them. He was waiting for a big-gum job and BC ain't one of them. Same with Gregg Marshall. Same with Chris Mack. That Archie Miller was never the coach at BC is not reasonable grounds for calling Bates or the administration incompetent. There are a thousand legitimate reasons to criticize the Master without resorting to this stupidity.
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This isn't really how college coaching works, but I get where you are coming from. Good rant.
For around $3 million per year Chris Mack or Archie Miller would be the coach at BC
BCEagles25 {l Wrote}:But totally, I agree that if we want a good basketball program, we just have to pony up. I would love for them to stop trying to make the frugal angle work (we'll pay small for a solid coach and just spend on good expensive assistants) and just go for the throat and be a competitive program again
BC923 {l Wrote}:Howard Eisley is an assistant for the Knicks these days, is there any chance he might ever want to come back?
eepstein0 {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:Corporal Funishment {l Wrote}:Do people not understand this or do they just like to complain? Archie Miller was NEVER going to come to BC. The problem was not that we were too stupid realize he was good. The problem was not that we offered too little money and just a little more could have gotten him but we were too stupid to realize the value of a good coach. Everyone wanted to hire Archie Miller. Better programs offered more money than we could ever hope to spend and he rejected them. He was waiting for a big-gum job and BC ain't one of them. Same with Gregg Marshall. Same with Chris Mack. That Archie Miller was never the coach at BC is not reasonable grounds for calling Bates or the administration incompetent. There are a thousand legitimate reasons to criticize the Master without resorting to this stupidity.
Rant complete
This isn't really how college coaching works, but I get where you are coming from. Good rant.
For around $3 million per year Chris Mack or Archie Miller would be the coach at BC
jhiggi02 {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:I remember when the name used to be Brian Gregory.
There are limited jobs in the power conferences.
Really? Well Archie has turned down numerous better P5 programs, the latest being NCSU
jhiggi02 {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:jhiggi02 {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:I remember when the name used to be Brian Gregory.
There are limited jobs in the power conferences.
Really? Well Archie has turned down numerous better P5 programs, the latest being NCSU
Hey, I like a guy that bets on himself, and if he can sustain excellence to wait for the right job, more power to him. Or if he can get the school to pony up like Few.
But fact is that hot coaches in the mid major ranks are going to take ACC jobs more often than not if the cash is there. It's usually a huge pay raise and its the ACC, no matter how bad the team has been. And most of these guys are arrogant on top of it.
Frankly I don't think it would take much to turn around the basketball program and get it to competitive, and I bet there are a bunch of guys out there coaching at small schools thinking the same thing.
I generally agree with this. That said, Eppy picked the two exceptions to what you just said. Chris Mack also turned down an offer from Cal in 2014.
jhiggi02 {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:jhiggi02 {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:jhiggi02 {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:I remember when the name used to be Brian Gregory.
There are limited jobs in the power conferences.
Really? Well Archie has turned down numerous better P5 programs, the latest being NCSU
Hey, I like a guy that bets on himself, and if he can sustain excellence to wait for the right job, more power to him. Or if he can get the school to pony up like Few.
But fact is that hot coaches in the mid major ranks are going to take ACC jobs more often than not if the cash is there. It's usually a huge pay raise and its the ACC, no matter how bad the team has been. And most of these guys are arrogant on top of it.
Frankly I don't think it would take much to turn around the basketball program and get it to competitive, and I bet there are a bunch of guys out there coaching at small schools thinking the same thing.
I generally agree with this. That said, Eppy picked the two exceptions to what you just said. Chris Mack also turned down an offer from Cal in 2014.
But Miller did jump when he got a good bite. There certainly are guys that can keep a mid major going long enough to be picky, and some that just want to stay with that school no matter what.
I'm confused. My point wasn't that these two wouldn't jump for a top 5 program like IU, my point was that they wouldn't go to BC for 3 mil. Like you said, normal mid major coaches would. These two, and Marshall, are not the norm
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