Who does GB lose other then Sykes? Not sure a big payday is coming soon.......He isn't likely to get a big payday until he makes the tournament and makes some noise in it.
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Who does GB lose other then Sykes? Not sure a big payday is coming soon.......He isn't likely to get a big payday until he makes the tournament and makes some noise in it.
I wonder, if Wardle had got in and made a run to the Sweet 16 or Elite 8, would he be coaching Marquette right now?
Go home Ponsetto, you're drunk. Two winning seasons as a head coach and never took his team further than the CBI. But hey, the President will come to a game!
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Craig Robinson has been contacted by DePaul intermediaries in regards to their open HC position.
This needs to be a home run hire for DePaul. They are putting a lot of money into a new facility, and have a couple years to get it right before they move in.
I really don't think Craig Robinson is a home run hire. I'm not sure what's up with Howland, but he would be a far better name.
Rumor is that Robinson is in play at UIC, not DePaul
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports...16-column.html
DePaul Needs a Young, Energetic Coach Who Can Establish Identity by David Haugh
Before DePaul can judge any short list of potential basketball coaches, perhaps university President Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider needs to re-evaluate the person making it.
Athletic director Jean Lenti Ponsetto offers DePaul 40 years of institutional knowledge, integrity and experience that still could serve a valuable purpose in various other roles in the department. Nobody on campus represents DePaul with any more pride or class. But the fact remains that Lenti Ponsetto has hired two men's basketball coaches at DePaul since officially taking over as AD in July 2002 and Jerry Wainwright and Oliver Purnell both failed miserably following Dave Leitao.
What makes anybody on the DePaul Board of Trustees confident Lenti Ponsetto will get it right now? The success of other Blue Demons programs on Lenti Ponsetto's watch, while impressive, means little; basketball defines tenures and determines legacies at DePaul.
If the DePaul powers that be allow Lenti Ponsetto to find Purnell's replacement, out of practicality, they at least can help her make a better decision this time. Hire an independent consultant familiar with Chicago but not necessarily one of those national search firms that recommends somebody with limited exposure to the city's recruiting rhythms. Freshen the approach to reduce the chances of the next coach becoming Lenti Ponsetto's third strike. The key for the new guy isn't being from Chicago as much as knowing from experience where to locate players once he arrives.
Lenti Ponsetto declined all interview requests until completing the search, which has begun. The man she eventually introduces should be someone who instills an identity and installs a system — what Chris Collins did for Northwestern. The next DePaul coach should be someone with a proven track record of recruiting elite talent and young enough to relate to the AAU generation. The successor must exude energy and enthusiasm, a guy hungry to use DePaul to land a bigger job if he wishes rather than a sleepy coach content to collect fat paychecks on his way to retirement.
Stop hiring guys in their late 50s on their last coaching stops. Stop believing DePaul must hire a coach who connects with the Mark Aguirre era. The recruits who will turn the program around weren't alive when Aguirre helped make DePaul more relevant locally than the Bulls. The notion of reconnecting with DePaul's past sounds romantic, but it's unnecessary.
The parity of the Big East permits programs such as DePaul more opportunities than the previously bloated version full of football schools. In theory, the job should be more appealing now with fewer teams because schools such as Georgetown and St. John's win without sparkling facilities. In reality, it will be up to whomever Lenti Ponsetto hires to have a team ready to compete for a conference title by the time DePaul's 10,000-seat McCormick Place arena is scheduled to open before the 2017-18 season.
The team the next Blue Demons coach will inherit possesses a roster that was good enough to begin conference play 5-2. The nucleus of Billy Garrett Jr., Thomas Hamilton IV, Myke Henry and Rashaun Stimage gives the next coach more than Purnell had in 2011. But besides recruiting, DePaul's new coach must excel at teaching because Purnell's players too seldom progressed.
Look what Providence did in hiring Ed Cooley, a longtime Boston College assistant who succeeded in his first head-coaching job at Fairfield. The Friars have made the NCAAs in two of Cooley's first four years. He was 42 when he took the job. DePaul would be wise to follow a similar model.
Manhattan coach Steve Masiello, 37, for example, helped sign three top-10 recruiting classes in six years at Louisville before taking over his own program, which copies coach Rick Pitino's unrelenting, attacking 94-foot game. The Jaspers play a distinctive style. Masiello also navigated Chicago well enough to land former Morgan Park star Wayne Blackshear for Louisville, where a mutual friend introduced him to Casey Urlacher and his older brother Brian. Masiello and the Urlachers remain friends, with Brian labeling Masiello "a stud'' when asked about him Monday.
Buffalo coach Bobby Hurley wouldn't come with Urlacher's endorsement but with a Duke pedigree and the kind of quick Mid-American Conference success John Groce converted into the Illinois job. Valparaiso's Bryce Drew, Green Bay's Brian Wardle and LaSalle's John Giannini — all candidates according to a source — offer the right mix of experience and ambition. In a fluid process, other names could emerge with no connection to DePaul's past but a solid plan for its future. What mid-major NCAA coach will go on a run?
The Blue Demons stayed home from the NCAA tournament for the 11th straight year, but Chicago is well-represented in the 68-team field. It's up to Lenti Ponsetto, ideally with some help, to find a coach who finally gives elite prospects in America's worst major-college basketball city a reason to stay home.