SLU_Billikens08 Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 I figured they probably aren't to reliable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonwich Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 BREAKING NEWS. Look who was on campus last night to negotiate his coaching contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACE Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Been trying to stay out of this , had figured Dooley`s game could surface. We are FGCU season ticket holders, and I am a fan of both FGCU and SLU. Dooley has the same fire in his belly that Soderberg has, hard nosed and expects his players to play that way. Have mixed thoughts on Dooley, I still think the jury is still out on him. Has had alot of transfers come in, mostly Florida kids, but has a 3 player class,one from Jax, Philly and Compton<CA. Got a top 150 recruit from North Carolina last year.( was top 100 till he committed to FGCU, sound familiar). Article about Dooley in today`s Fort Myers paper www.news-press.com Scheduling has been very tough , hard to get anyone to come to Dunk City. Had 4 wins that didn`t count in rpi( 3 NAIA and 1 d-2), but beat UMass and LaSalle As bad as we were had a higher RPI than FGCU, but when it mattered his young team delivered. I don`t know how I feel, but think Dooley is a back up plan Ugh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLU_Billikens08 Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 This could end up like the Painter situation at Mizzou. They put all their eggs in one basket thinking they had him and than end up with the "walking probation" Frank Haith. I just hope May has a good backup plan and its not Dooley or Terry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westy03 Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 I figured they probably aren't to reliable. Before you know it they will be reporting on how women's college basketball turns women into lesbians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_davola Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 This could end up like the Painter situation at Mizzou. They put all their eggs in one basket thinking they had him and than end up with the "walking probation" Frank Haith. I just hope May has a good backup plan and its not Dooley or Terry. Take a xanax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 At some point Drew will be frustrated by producing tourney ready teams that didn't make it because of a 1 bid league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlebill Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 They probably just read this message board. I was thinking the same thing. Their "hot names" everyday coincide with who is being talked about most on this board the day before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 At some point Drew will be frustrated by producing tourney ready teams that didn't make it because of a 1 bid league.Bingo. This current team would be a terror in the tournament. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettFlight5 Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 I was thinking the same thing. Their "hot names" everyday coincide with who is being talked about most on this board the day before. So can we start the Tom Izzo to SLU rumors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizziken Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 So if, in fact, Drew is our primary target, what schools could reasonably 'outbid' us for his services at this point? Currently, Pittsburgh and Stanford are the only two. I highly highly doubt Stanford would be competing with us for a coaching candidate, and I think that Drew would be an unorthodox hire for Pitt, but who knows. We need to be monitoring that situation I guess. Tulane, UNLV, Western Kentucky? I really don't see any of these 3 as threats for Bryce Drew. At this moment, I think SLU is definitely among the best 5 coaching vacancies, and arguably among the Top 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicCityBilliken Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 At some point Drew will be frustrated by producing tourney ready teams that didn't make it because of a 1 bid league. Chokes on the big one. Horizon is an 18th RPI ranked conference. Best he done is 2 second round finishes in the NCAA's and some early exit NIT and CIT. If we are throwing out 7 figures, we can do way better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 At some point Drew will be frustrated by producing tourney ready teams that didn't make it because of a 1 bid league. A- 10 teams with a grade of A-....VCU , St. J , Dayton...all went to NCAA tourney Horizon teams with a grade of A-.....Valpo.......NIT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshoe Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Chokes on the big one. Horizon is an 18th RPI ranked conference. Best he done is 2 second round finishes in the NCAA's and some early exit NIT and CIT. If we are throwing out 7 figures, we can do way better. Just stop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Chokes on the big one. Horizon is an 18th RPI ranked conference. Best he done is 2 second round finishes in the NCAA's and some early exit NIT and CIT. If we are throwing out 7 figures, we can do way better. Are you forgetting that Second Rd. exit is the best we've done as a program? What he could accomplish this year is the best we've ever done. He's doing all this in a conference with a gym. Wake up to reality, please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Chokes on the big one. Horizon is an 18th RPI ranked conference. Best he done is 2 second round finishes in the NCAA's and some early exit NIT and CIT. If we are throwing out 7 figures, we can do way better. It's also hard to beat every team that is required for them to do, 3 times in one season. Are you telling me that you would be mad as a SLU fan, if SLU won the regular season every year but lost in the conference tournament? You would still be dancing? It would be a bummer, since winning is fun, but you're still sitting pretty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwyjibo Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 BREAKING NEWS. Look who was on campus last night to negotiate his coaching contract. That is totally awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milwaukeebill Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Are you forgetting that Second Rd. exit is the best we've done as a program? What he could accomplish this year is the best we've ever done. He's doing all this in a ###### conference with a ###### gym. Wake up to reality, please. Love the "he's never led a team past the 2nd round" argument. Dude has had 5 years, we've had 40. Far more embarrassing for us then it is for him and reflects a lot more about our program then it does a guy who has coached for 5 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettFlight5 Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Bryce Drew would be a good hire. This program would do well to get him. This program is at a pretty low point (near last in league 2 years running)...so this next hire will be telling as to where SLU is as a program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACE Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 IF Stallings is a possibility, we should know one way or the other by this week. No reason it should drag on any longer. We're not really hearing much, so maybe that ship has sailed. If Drew is in play, obviously we'll have to wait until the end of the NIT. Other than Billikitty a few weeks ago, haven't seen any credible reports linking us to Anthony Grant. If he is the top target you would figure that we would hear something this week. No way Donovan would hold Grant back if he wants to return to college as a head coach. But things appear to be very quiet, so not sure if this is even a possibility. I hope we don't get strung along with Drew and then are left scrambling for Plan B & C options... and then if we are dragging this into April, it puts the new coach at a disadvantage for any spring recruiting that likely needs to be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waldo027 Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Are you forgetting that Second Rd. exit is the best we've done as a program? What he could accomplish this year is the best we've ever done. He's doing all this in a ###### conference with a ###### gym. Wake up to reality, please. He has a terrible case of SLU-is-Kentucky syndrome. Our goal here is to get the tournament consistently. A Sweet 16 would be historic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_davola Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 IF Stallings is a possibility, we should know one way or the other by this week. No reason it should drag on any longer. We're not really hearing much, so maybe that ship has sailed. If Drew is in play, obviously we'll have to wait until the end of the NIT. Other than Billikitty a few weeks ago, haven't seen any credible reports linking us to Anthony Grant. If he is the top target you would figure that we would hear something this week. No way Donovan would hold Grant back if he wants to return to college as a head coach. But things appear to be very quiet, so not sure if this is even a possibility. I hope we don't get strung along with Drew and then are left scrambling for Plan B & C options... and then if we are dragging this into April, it puts the new coach at a disadvantage for any spring recruiting that likely needs to be done. Platt as an interim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettFlight5 Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Platt as an interim. Shutter the program please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicCityBilliken Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 He has a terrible case of SLU-is-Kentucky syndrome. Our goal here is to get the tournament consistently. A Sweet 16 would be historic. Yea, I guess I am. Why did the Big East dismiss us? Why no NBA players? Okay Willie, who everyone treats as a pariah here. I want the program to be like X and Gonzaga. Since we had not had success like they did on hiring within (Sodie & Crews), we have an opportunity to hit the home run now with a name coach from a major conference. Let's not settle, like we always seem to do. Only when we didn't was with Spoon and Majerus. That turned out pretty good and think both had some SLU Office of the President support, would have been better. Bryce reminds me of Chris Mooney, nice guy, had some good years at AFA and one sweet 16, since then he is the most over-rated mediocre coach in the A10. With Bryce, our future will be just NITs and CBIs, I don't think he can compete in the A10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoastBilliken Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 We seem to have a history of dragging out our A recruits that really don't seem to have much interest in us to begin with until the last minute and scrambling for a B and C replacement which is usually to late for our b replacement so we settle with our c. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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