HoosierPal Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Wow on both statements Just when Fordham was turning the corner….ugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy II Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 3 minutes ago, HoosierPal said: Wow on both statements Just when Fordham was turning the corner….ugh -yeah, this would be bad for the A10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Who would have thunk that the successor at Villanova would be a Fordham head coach… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 7 minutes ago, johnbj14 said: Talk about a bombshell, Jay Wright to retire and be replaced by Kyle Neptune of Fordham Whoa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Wright is deciding to walk away from the grind of college basketball. Privately, Wright has shared frustrations with some of the significant changes with the way the sport operates. NIL? Transfer portal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bay Area Billiken Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 In the words of the late, great Bill King, Holy Toledo! Fordham cannot turn the corner. Kyle Neptune did an incredible job with that team this past season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slu let the dogs out? Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Wow to Wright retiring and whoa to him being 60? I would’ve guessed 52, 55 tops. Was about to say that I can’t wait for him to come out of retirement to be our next head coach in 5 years. Although I guess Dunphy was just hired at the age of 103… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almaman Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Larry Brown still working too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 Fordham had a four star and two three stars lined up. They’ll jump ship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 44 minutes ago, HoosierPal said: Wright is deciding to walk away from the grind of college basketball. Privately, Wright has shared frustrations with some of the significant changes with the way the sport operates. NIL? Transfer portal? What else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiseOfTheBillikens Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 51 minutes ago, HoosierPal said: Wright is deciding to walk away from the grind of college basketball. Privately, Wright has shared frustrations with some of the significant changes with the way the sport operates. NIL? Transfer portal? Wowwwwwwwww Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnkielBreakers Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 1 hour ago, HoosierPal said: Wow on both statements Just when Fordham was turning the corner….ugh Jay Wright took the Yuri news pretty badly. HoosierPal, BilliesBy40 and JMM28 like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Old guy Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 2 hours ago, JMM28 said: Who would have thunk that the successor at Villanova would be a Fordham head coach… When I watched our game against Fordham, I was impressed with what Neptune was getting out of the Fordham team. Those kids were playing well, much better than what Fordham's level has been for a long time, and the change took place in a single year, amazing! Their coach was good, so why should he not be asked to be HC at Villanova. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Old guy said: When I watched our game against Fordham, I was impressed with what Neptune was getting out of the Fordham team. Those kids were playing well, much better than what Fordham's level has been for a long time, and the change took place in a single year, amazing! Their coach was good, so why should he not be asked to be HC at Villanova. First call Fordham needs to make is to Rick Pitino. He texted this week that the A10 is ready to take off and that "we need to get into a multibid league". After Pitino hangs up, Jared Grasso from Bryant is next call. Fordham Assistant Urgo has to be considered. Maybe he keeps some of the players. Phil Martelli? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheA_Bomb Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 NIL and the Portal has made it so you not only have to recruit HS, you recruit other college kids and your own team all the time. Think about this, now you have to have a NFL, NBA or EPL like scouting to check out other college players so you have some data if they jump into the portal. Day after winning the National Championship, UGA Football Coach Kirby Smart talked about the never ending grind of recruiting never ending and how coaches aren't getting a break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowry Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 Wonder if Fordham or Nova has a point guard looking for a new home? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatskablamo Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 9 hours ago, HoosierPal said: They have an endowed head coach - we need something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 From Gary Parrish: Wright offered no real explanation in his announcement on Twitter -- but he did say he's 'excited to hand over the reigns to Villanova's next coach." Put another way, he's excited to walk away -- and these next words are mine, not his -- from a profession that is more demanding and chaotic and exhausting than ever. Again, Wright has not said any of that -- publicly. But sources have indicated that he, like many of his colleagues, simply reached a point where the job wasn't nearly as fun as it used to be because of all of the things coaches now have to deal with that didn't use to exist. Name, image and likeness rights were long overdue. The one-time transfer waiver is fair. Alternative options for high school prospects are great. Social media is fun. But even the coaches who agree with each of those previous four sentences -- and, trust me, not all of them do -- acknowledge that the combination of those things has made their jobs complex and in many ways unappealing. Do you really believe it's a coincidence that North Carolina's Roy Williams, Duke's Mike Krzyzewski and Villanova's Jay Wright all retired within 13 months of each other -- or that Maryland's coach (Mark Turgeon) and Louisville's coach (Chris Mack) just straight quit in the middle of the season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicCityBilliken Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 8 minutes ago, HoosierPal said: From Gary Parrish: Wright offered no real explanation in his announcement on Twitter -- but he did say he's 'excited to hand over the reigns to Villanova's next coach." Put another way, he's excited to walk away -- and these next words are mine, not his -- from a profession that is more demanding and chaotic and exhausting than ever. Again, Wright has not said any of that -- publicly. But sources have indicated that he, like many of his colleagues, simply reached a point where the job wasn't nearly as fun as it used to be because of all of the things coaches now have to deal with that didn't use to exist. Name, image and likeness rights were long overdue. The one-time transfer waiver is fair. Alternative options for high school prospects are great. Social media is fun. But even the coaches who agree with each of those previous four sentences -- and, trust me, not all of them do -- acknowledge that the combination of those things has made their jobs complex and in many ways unappealing. Do you really believe it's a coincidence that North Carolina's Roy Williams, Duke's Mike Krzyzewski and Villanova's Jay Wright all retired within 13 months of each other -- or that Maryland's coach (Mark Turgeon) and Louisville's coach (Chris Mack) just straight quit in the middle of the season? Lumping Williams and Krzyzewski with Turgeon and Mack is a little misleading. Williams and Krzyzewski are in their 70s. Mack and Turgeon are still in their early 50s. All four made phenomenal salaries but Williams and Krzyzewski could always earn substantial bucks on the speaker and clinic circuit. Schasz likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 The coaching carousel threads across the web will be busier than normal over the next couple of years. There are coaches who have 20+ years in game, have made plenty of money who will opt to step away. Good luck to Kyle Neptune and other up and comers in navigating this new landscape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BLIKNS Posted April 25, 2022 Author Share Posted April 25, 2022 I hope Bruiser Flint gets the job, got to like a guy named Bruiser... Been awhile since he was at UMass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheA_Bomb Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 I predict basketball (football this is already starting) budgets will grow to add non-coaching staff. Staff to help manage social media, scout possible transfers, and maybe non-coaching analysts thar review film etc and advise the HC. All to ease expanding burdens. billikenbill likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 9 hours ago, TheA_Bomb said: I predict basketball (football this is already starting) budgets will grow to add non-coaching staff. Staff to help manage social media, scout possible transfers, and maybe non-coaching analysts thar review film etc and advise the HC. All to ease expanding burdens. This kind of thing is happening elsewhere. Take medical practice, those groups that remain independent oftentimes have more employees dealing with insurance, coding, and regulatory issues than engaging in delivering medical care. This is why the vast majority of medical practices have sold out to major health care outfits like Mercy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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