Coaching Carousel 2024

[hskr4life]

A month ahead of last year I think!  Let’s get it on!

 

 

[Navin R. Johnson]

43 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

A month ahead of last year I think!  Let’s get it on!

 

 

 

With the hotbed of talent in Chicago how can DePaul not be better than what they are?  I know many on this board can remember the good teams they had in the 80's and 90's.

[hhcmatt]

41 minutes ago, Navin R. Johnson said:

 

With the hotbed of talent in Chicago how can DePaul not be better than what they are?  I know many on this board can remember the good teams they had in the 80's and 90's.

 

Their games since the 80s have been at arenas that aren't close to campus. Unless they get a Tim Miles-esque program builder it's likely going to be another coach who can't get Chicago kids to go to a Chicago University.

[hskr4life]

Pretty sure I saw their NIL collective (don’t know if it was whole school or just basketball) was in the ballpark of 200K too.  Which… in either situation just isn’t going to get it done in 2024.

 

Edit: Saw it here

 

 

Edited January 22, 2024 by hskr4life

[AuroranHusker]

DePaul needs to invest more $$$ into more of an ON campus arena like Northwestern had done. Hard to imagine that those 80s/90s Ray Meyer Blue Demons must be rollin' in their graves knowing that lowly NW is a better program.

 

 

Edited January 22, 2024 by AuroranHusker

[Navin R. Johnson]

43 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

 

Their games since the 80s have been at arenas that aren't close to campus. Unless they get a Tim Miles-esque program builder it's likely going to be another coach who can't get Chicago kids to go to a Chicago University.

 

So, let the Tim Miles to DePaul rumors start up?

[AuroranHusker]

4 minutes ago, Navin R. Johnson said:

 

So, let the Tim Miles to DePaul rumors start up?

 

If he is the guy to rally up San Jose St. to greater heights, that to me, means that the Blue Demons' situation, he can be the one to do it in Northwestern's neighborhood. Think of the battles that Collins & Miles could make with Underwood for the city's better players who fall down to them from the Dukes, KUs, and North Carolinas of the world

[hhcmatt]

15 minutes ago, Navin R. Johnson said:

 

So, let the Tim Miles to DePaul rumors start up?

 

History says that whoever might work for DePaul isn't going to be who they will hire.

[tcp]

1 hour ago, Navin R. Johnson said:

 

With the hotbed of talent in Chicago how can DePaul not be better than what they are?  I know many on this board can remember the good teams they had in the 80's and 90's.

 

Junking the Meyers turned out to be the wrong move for DePaul. 

[49r]

 
History says that whoever might work for DePaul isn't going to be who they will hire.

Was gonna say they could do worse and most likely will.

[cipsucks]

2 hours ago, Navin R. Johnson said:

 

With the hotbed of talent in Chicago how can DePaul not be better than what they are?  I know many on this board can remember the good teams they had in the 80's and 90's.

I remember how good Andre Smith was!  Sam Hoiberg is doing the city proud, right now.  

[sevenab1]

I was living in the Chicago area when Teddy Grubbs and Mark Aquire were playing for DePaul.  Around 1983, Grubbs was having personal problems and quite the team.  The Chicagoland coaches were not happy with the way the Grubbs situation was handled by DePaul and their  recruiting around the Chicago area to a big hit.

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[Norm Peterson]

 

[Norm Peterson]

It's hit the Big Ten already. Question now is whether Juwan Howard will still be the coach at Michigan when we play them there. I'm hoping so because an interim might get them to play more to their ability.

[Norm Peterson]

Ohio St started the season 12-2 (2-1). Since then, they're 2-11 for a total of 4 conference wins and solidly in 13th place. Their last six games are vs. Purdue, @Minnesota, @Michigan State, vs. Nebraska, vs. Michigan, and @Rutgers. They'll be lucky to post one more win. The Michigan game will be a contest of which team has quit the least.

[hskr4life]

Yikes Bucks probably knew this was coming.  Interesting time to do it though.  Came back and showed fight last night against Wisco and they had just beaten Maryland.

[Navin R. Johnson]

1 minute ago, hskr4life said:

Yikes Bucks probably knew this was coming.  Interesting time to do it though.  Came back and showed fight last night against Wisco and they had just beaten Maryland.

 

I guess the last thing you want to happen with a coach you want to fire is for him to catch fire at the end of the year.

[hskr4life]

Just now, Navin R. Johnson said:

 

I guess the last thing you want to happen with a coach you want to fire is for him to catch fire at the end of the year.

True!  No flash in the pan happening here!

[thrasher31]

It'll be interesting if any of the current players choose to portal within the 30 day window to get a jump start in the process. There is some talent on that team, and I really like Thornton and Gayle. Their wings in Middleton and royal are solid also. 

[hskr4life]

OSU playing chess and not checkers.

[Norm Peterson]

10 minutes ago, Navin R. Johnson said:

I guess the last thing you want to happen with a coach you want to fire is for him to catch fire at the end of the year.

 

If Steve Pederson had figured that out, Rick Majerus would have been our head coach instead of Doc Sadler.

[AuroranHusker]

43 minutes ago, Norm Peterson said:

 

 

 

I figured they'd let Holtmann go, but what's the point of doing so in mid-Febr., let alone Valentine's Day? I thought they looked decent at Wisconsin, despite falling way behind, they forced their way back to a 62-54 defeat. The team seems to have competed hard, too.

[AuroranHusker]

I suppose losing 16 consecutive road games finally did in Chris Holtmann at Ohio St. That's a very bitter pill for Buckeyes to accept mediocrity...

 

 

[AuroranHusker]

9 minutes ago, Norm Peterson said:

 

If Steve Pederson had figured that out, Rick Majerus would have been our head coach instead of Doc Sadler.

 

Pedey took Majerus to a steak dinner in Omaha near Regency Mall.... oh, what could have been ?!?

 

 

[AuroranHusker]

18 minutes ago, thrasher31 said:

It'll be interesting if any of the current players choose to portal within the 30 day window to get a jump start in the process. There is some talent on that team, and I really like Thornton and Gayle. Their wings in Middleton and royal are solid also. 

 

Ohio St. always has a plethora of talent, how they were used was baffling at times in the past few years. That's Chris Holtmann to figure it out & he never did... NU should definitely kick the tires on a big, PG, or a shooter, basically anyone talented enough for the Big Ten. lol