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SLU Men's Basketball Head Coaching Candidates
cgeldmacher replied to Pistol's topic in Billikens.com Main Board
I do. When I was a kid and when I was a student at SLU I never got as worked up about the Billikens as I have as an adult. I think the same is true of the other guys on this board. Maybe it's something about being older. Maybe it has to do with the fact that message boards exist now. I am constantly having to back myself off of getting too upset about things like which coach we might get now that Ford has been fired. Right now, a group of adults are arguing back and forth, to the point of name calling, about a few coaches who we may or may not hire. The reality is that we don't know how any of them will do. Schertz could get us to an Elite 8 in a few years or be the next Soderberg. Ahearn could make us into perennial A-10 champs and get us into the Big East or could be terrible. The reality is that we just don't know, but guys on this board are at each other's throats acting like they absolutely, positively do know what the future would be for either of these guys. And before anyone throws out the "that's what message boards are" understand that the question was are we more stressed and angry as older fans. The answer is definitely yes. -
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Can players have multiyear deals? If so, can they be enforced? Now you've got me thinking.
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Look, I've questioned Schertz resume before, but I am willing to admit that he might just be a really good basketball mind that recruits diamonds in the rough and coaches them to becoming more than they were when he brought them in. I still don't think he's proven anything with his 29 NET and zero signature wins, but I'm willing to admit that he could be the answer for us. If we hire him, I will be fully behind him and hoping we get Avila on a treadmill to improve his conditioning. At the same time, Ahearn could be just as much of an answer for us. He could come in and really turn things around. The idea that anyone on this board knows for a fact that he would not work out is crazy. Right now, both Schertz and Ahearn have the same amount of big time Division 1 wins (0). Either one could be the answer and either one could bomb out.
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Sounds like she’s the best recruiter we’ve had in the past few years.
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I would love to see TJ and this group somehow get to play in the NCAA Tournament. I know that is extremely unlikely, but I'm going to cheer for it until that dream dies. I have very little doubt that this dream will not happen and that Ford will be fired by the end of the week. However, I will never cheer against the Billikens or for their direct opponent.
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Surface parking across from Chaifetz would be a start.
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Free pickles and salsa for all student athletes at the O'Loughlin Center.
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I'm sorry, but that is what any AD in the country would say. Pick whomever you think is the best AD in NCAA sports. That person will publicly support every coach they have up until the day that coach is fired. Even after the coach is fired, they will say nice things about the coach and that it was a hard decision and so on. It's just how the business is done. Submarining your coaches, including the ones on the road to being fired, is not how anyone does it.
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2024 SLU Men's Basketball Head Coaching Search
cgeldmacher replied to thetorch's topic in Billikens.com Main Board
I've said Mack before and that may be a pipe dream, but he should be the first call (that call may have been made a month or two ago). After that, Moser, if he's available and wants to come here. I think Devries has better track record during his time at Drake than Scherz (3 NCAA appearances in the past 4 years and the year he didn't make it, he went 25-11). Take a look at what Will Wade did with McNeese State this year. They are 28-3 with a win at Michigan. Last year, McNeese State was 11-23. He's proven he knows how to quickly turn around a program. Also, he's one of these guys that may appreciate our position in the basketball world and understand that he could become a Mark Few type coach by staying here rather than trying to go P5 again. Apparently, Wade is being mentioned for DePaul. If he would consider DePaul, maybe he would consider SLU since he has familiarity with SLU and may know more than others the potential here. -
2024 SLU Men's Basketball Head Coaching Search
cgeldmacher replied to thetorch's topic in Billikens.com Main Board
I'm going to reiterate that I think everyone is going a bit overboard for Scherz. The only thing Drake has going for it this season is its NET ranking. Right now, it does not appear as if they will make the tournament. They have beat no one other than Drake once. They have also lost to Drake twice. Let's dig deeper. ISU lost to Drake by 9 on the road. ISU beat Drake by 8 at home. Then ISU lost to Drake by 4 at a neutral site. SLU's worst team, by results, in many, many years lost to Drake by 6 on the road. Sounds rather comparable. Do we really want comparable for our next hire? ISU's only Q1 victory is to the same team that accounts for 2 of its 5 Q1 losses. Their other Q1 losses were to Alabama by 22 and Michigan State by 12. Other than that, they didn't play anyone of consequence, and certainly did not beat anyone of consequence. I question what Ford's record would have been with SLU's team this year if he played ISU's schedule. This is all not to say that Scherz may not be a hell of a coach. It is only to say that this season is not necessarily evidence that he is a hell of a coach. I want SLU to make the best hire, and that guy may be someone different than Scherz. -
I would tell him, win the next seven straight and you can keep your job
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I agree, and I think that is another indictment of Ford and the coaching staff. Holmes got a foul about a minute into the game. After that, I was screaming for the Bills to get the ball to Ezewiro and just let him go at Holmes and try to get him his 2nd foul. Any coach I can think of that knows the game would have done this. Our guys got no instruction to implement this strategy. Just baffling. Getting Holmes a 2nd foul in the first few minutes of the game would have been huge.
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I watched it pretty closely from across the arena in 102. They guy had seats near the corridor the refs exit through. He walked 2 or 3 rows down and yelled at them on the way off the court at halftime. Rather than just walking into the tunnel, the refs engaged with the guy and then two of them started waving their arms in a "you're out of here" motion. A cop then walked over and told the guy to stay put. To his credit, he did. I would have walked off and found other seats figuring the refs were kicking me out. About ten minutes after the "incident" someone came down the aisle and escorted the guy and his buddy out of the building. At least, I assume they were kicked out, but didn't see what happened after they walked up the stairs. I think it was rather weak of the refs. They could have just walked on through. I'm sure it's not the first time someone has given them negative feedback as they walk off the court. Also, if five fans had been yelling instead of just one, the refs wouldn't have felt so bold as to kick them all out. The fact that this guy was on an island by himself is what lead to his fate. Sometimes, I feel as if we have too many apathetic fans down low compared to other schools. I, for one, wanted to buy this guy a beer, but didn't get the chance.
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Brad would be great player if the game was played half court
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Raising Canes is giving out red and black Pom poms near one of the entrances tonight. Smart marketing move Raising Canes.