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dlarry Posted June 17, 2022 Author Share Posted June 17, 2022 Since BrianStl posted this at the same time feel free to use this thread for political hot takes and cool pictures of Hippo mascots. BrettJollyComedyHour, Young Charles, wgstl and 1 other like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someoneelse Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Boom!!! I wish the retiring Coach McKillop well. It was a joy to watch his teams play. As for the A-10, I'm a little sad, he was a good coach and a quality guy. The conference took a bit of a step back. MusicCityBilliken, HoosierPal, bauman and 1 other like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLU_Lax Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Matt McKillop has been coaching at Davidson for 14 years. I hope all the players stay, but won't this allow for players to jump into the portal? I assume the players were plugged into this a while back. With the immediate naming of Matt as HC, this isn't breaking news at Davidson. The timing, the day after one of his players wins the NBA crown and MVP, is interesting, or maybe not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wgstl Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 congrats to Ford and the Saint Louis Billikens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilliesBy40 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Make no mistake, this is a huge blow to the conference. BrettJollyComedyHour, billiken_roy, Billiken Rich and 2 others like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 1 minute ago, BilliesBy40 said: Make no mistake, this is a huge blow to the conference. Well, He is 71 and makes 400k a year. Indeed a blow to the conference, maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilliesBy40 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 11 minutes ago, wgstl said: Well, He is 71 and makes 400k a year. Indeed a blow to the conference, maybe. Do you disagree? The fact he only made $400k per year furthers my statement. Davidson is likely to become a play-in team fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 1 minute ago, BilliesBy40 said: Do you disagree? The fact he only made $400k per year furthers my statement. Davidson is likely to become a play-in team fast. Im just saying, a 71 year old making that much isn't too hard to see why he may retire. Especially when it benefits his own son. What do you mean likely to become a play-in team fast? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 His son replaces him. I expect his retirement will be more of the semi-retirement type. He’s a hell of a coach who deserves a lot of respect. He turned down at least 3 P5 jobs I know about. MusicCityBilliken likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilliesBy40 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 5 minutes ago, wgstl said: Im just saying, a 71 year old making that much isn't too hard to see why he may retire. Especially when it benefits his own son. What do you mean likely to become a play-in team fast? Sure, but that's a different issue. I mean all factors EXCEPT their (former) head coach point toward a school that will struggle to succeed in a conference like the A10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someoneelse Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Off the top of my head, I can't think of any son coaches that did as well as their father, Pitino, Thompson, Knight, Iba. Maybe I'm missing some high achieving sons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 McKillop's son may be one of the most qualified assistant coaches of all time. If he doesn't know how to teach his father's system after 14 years, nobody does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilliesBy40 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 3 minutes ago, someoneelse said: Off the top of my head, I can't think of any son coaches that did as well as their father, Pitino, Thompson, Knight, Iba. Maybe I'm missing some high achieving sons. Scott Drew is one of the only examples I can think of. It isn't a good way to hire a coach. someoneelse and JohnnyJumpUp like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicCityBilliken Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 19 minutes ago, someoneelse said: Off the top of my head, I can't think of any son coaches that did as well as their father, Pitino, Thompson, Knight, Iba. Maybe I'm missing some high achieving sons. Add Sutton. This maybe different, those all jumped into major P5 schools that expect instant gratification. Also a lot of those coaches had personality traits the sons probably did not relish. Pitino & Sutton were cheats, Thompson and Knight were bullies that could get away with it. Iba, I don't know, he was before my time Davidson maybe a little more less stressful at the beginning. Will see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 20 minutes ago, BilliesBy40 said: Scott Drew is one of the only examples I can think of. It isn't a good way to hire a coach. There's not many. Add in Bryce Drew, who does fine as long as he stays at the mid major level Dick and Tony Bennett Ralph and Kevin Willard But there aren't many sons with 14 years of experience taking over right after their most celebrated player wins an NBA title either. Matt McKillop is coming in with the wind at his back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 34 minutes ago, someoneelse said: Off the top of my head, I can't think of any son coaches that did as well as their father, Pitino, Thompson, Knight, Iba. Maybe I'm missing some high achieving sons. bennett at virginia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schasz Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Maybe this move could benefit the Bills as Coach McKillop sure did have CTF's number! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUBillsFan Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 58 minutes ago, 3star_recruit said: There's not many. Add in Bryce Drew, who does fine as long as he stays at the mid major level Dick and Tony Bennett Ralph and Kevin Willard But there aren't many sons with 14 years of experience taking over right after their most celebrated player wins an NBA title either. Matt McKillop is coming in with the wind at his back. There are also examples of dads who coached at the HS level who had son(s) who have been successful at the college level. Our own Travis Ford (dad Eddie) is an example. Danny Hurley is another example. Ray Meyer / Joey Meyer at DePaul is maybe the closest example of what is happening at Davidson. Ray coached 42 season (if I counted right) and then his son Joey took over after having been an AC under his dad for 11 seasons. McKillop has coached Davidson for, I believe, 33 seasons & his son Matt is taking over after having been an AC for 14 seasons. Joey Meyer was really successful during the first part of his career at DePaul: NCAAs in each of his 1st 5 seasons & 7 of his first 8 including 2 sweet 16s (NIT in the only non-NCAA season during that stretch). The wheels fell off a bit when DePaul joined the Great Midwest & then C-USA. He failed to make the NCAAs in each of his final 5 seasons & putting up an ugly 3-23 record in his final season. With hindsight Joey Meyer's drop off seems more to do with DePaul not putting resources into the program than any shortcomings he had himself. Bob McKillop really propped up the Davison program. He was largely underpaid & helped them to have success on a modest budget. Davidson will probably need to invest more into the program for his son to be successful even if his salary is still on the low side for A10 coaches. MusicCityBilliken and DOC like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taj79 Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 Bob got kids to come to Davidson. Will Matt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 My opinion, no factual basis to it, is that he probably does not want to deal with NILs at his age. bauman and billiken_roy like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compton Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 On 6/17/2022 at 3:50 PM, wgstl said: Im just saying, a 71 year old making that much isn't too hard to see why he may retire. Huh? Are you saying he's making enough to retire comfortably or not enough to incentivize him to keep working? Unlikely it's the latter given his general passion for the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills By 40 Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 2 hours ago, Compton said: Huh? Are you saying he's making enough to retire comfortably or not enough to incentivize him to keep working? Unlikely it's the latter given his general passion for the game. I think changes in the game, like Old Guy said with NIL, make it more difficult for someone at that age with this much experience to adapt - especially with a Davidson athletics budget. Knowing that his retirement would hand the keys to his son had to be further motivation to step aside, and it'd be naive to think he won't still have a major role in the program. At games, in practices, probably more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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