uvafan620 Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 I know you are all really hoping for majerus, but what is your status with Gillen? As a UVa fan, I know the benefits and drawbacks of Gillen, but overall he'd be very successful at a mid-major like SLU. Gillen is not great for player development, his teams don't play defense, and he burns a million timeouts (this gets very frustrating). However, the guy is a great person, very funny with witty one-liners, and he can recruit (especially in the A10, the ACC got a little overwhelming for him towards the end). He's had great success at Xavier and Providence, and was very well-liked at UVa (some fans called the dawning of 2000 beginning of the "Gillenium"), yet he failed to develop some of the talent he had in front of him, and eventually lost the fans and his team. I'm just wondering what his status is with SLU. However, Majerus would be great for you guys and you should first pursue him. He would bring increased credibility and talent to your program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mobile-iken Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 mid-major? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uvafan620 Posted April 20, 2007 Author Share Posted April 20, 2007 sorry if you take offense, but the A10 is usually considered mid-major, although some years it doesn't act like one. I have a lot of respect for A10 basketball. Two years ago UVa lost to Fordham at home (although we didn't have our best player, and only had 7 scholarship players), still I don't underestimate A10 schools. So what is Gillen's status? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeSmetBilliken Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Over the last two days, the focus has been almost entirely on Majerus. On Tuesday, when Soderberg was fired, there was a lot of talk on local radio about Gillen being a logical choice. Apparently, SLU athletic director Cheryl Levick met with Gillen during the season, seemingly to pick his brain about the basketball situation at SLU. If this Majerus thing doesn't work out, then Gillen could be a possibility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
courtside Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Does Gillen get to bring Bobby Gonzalez with him from Seton Hall? ;-) When he left Gillen, Gillen's success went down the tubes. Gillen would have to hire strong assistant coaches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uvafan620 Posted April 20, 2007 Author Share Posted April 20, 2007 Very true, but did Gillen have Bobby at Xavier, where he became their winningest coach? If I were SLU Gillen would be my 2nd choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uvafan620 Posted April 20, 2007 Author Share Posted April 20, 2007 nevermind, bobby was with Gillen at Xavier, Providence, and UVa (at the start). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STLfan Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 I think that is the perception that people outside of SLU are going to have being in the A10 or the MVC for that matter. I don’t remember us being called that much when we were in CUSA with Louisville, Cincinnati, Marquette, DePaul, Charlotte, and Memphis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
courtside Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 SLU was previously in conferences with heavyweight competition for a long time. SLU was stuck with few choices at the time.(much the fault of SLU's own) Coming here without doing much homework on that, and throwing around mid-major lossely, without more elaboration, won't win you many friends here. Just a tip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshoe Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 so that pretty much means we are mid-major. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billikan Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 I am not sure what this even means anymore. It seems like from a media point of view anyone who is not in the big 6 conferences--Big 10, Big 12, PAC 10, SEC, ACC and Big East-- is now a "mid major". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonwich Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 The one place that actually officially tries to define the term http://www.collegeinsider.com/mmpoll/ says we're not: "The Mid-Major Poll is made up of teams from the following conferences: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Horizon, Independents, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Continent, Mid-Eastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Sun Belt, West Coast." Wikipedia says we probably are, but the A-10 wasn't before we joined it. (The Wikipedia definition is actually pretty interesting, and I'd even say pretty accurate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-major ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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