by HJS on Thu Apr 08, 2010 10:04 am
I have no insight other than what has been posted by the various news sources discussed.
To give a timeline...
Katz reported that Donahue was in Indianapolis talking to people about coming to BC as an assistant... this (Katz said) included at least one current head coach of an Ivy school.
Based on the above, Joe Jones immediately sprung to everyone's mind due to his close relationship with Capt. D, his great success at Villanova and his career stagnation at Columbia.
Some blogs guessed it was JJ.
The school newspaper queried that it could be Jones too. But, reportedly, someone at the school paper asked him if he was contacted and he denied being offered (perhaps a fine distinction) which the school paper took to mean that the rumor was false.
Jeff Goodman (among others) begane reporting Monday morning that BC did offer the position to JJ. Those tweets and blog entries quickly were updated to say that he was expected to take it.
Dick Weiss then reported that JJ was indeed resigning to take the assoc HC position at BC.
The school paper, citing unnamed sources, claimed that this was still in a rumor stage because no contract was signed.
Personally, I tend to believe the likes of Jeff Goodman, Andy Katz, Dick Weiss, Fox, ESPN and NY Daily News over that of Michele Cleary and Matt Velazquez of the Columbia Spectator. Really, I think these are kids just missing the fine points of officially being offered and signing a contract. I think it should be telling that the AD would not comment to them on the situation.
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