DePaul Fires Stubblefield

[Scoop Snoop]

Do gas stoves still have pilot lights?

Ours doesn't, but Tower's point-even if he did not have his professional experience-is valid. All it takes is one thing to go wrong and things go bad very quickly.  I like gas much better for cooking but have no argument with the risks outlined. I think much of the risk can be reduced if people do not ignore the tell-tale sulfur odor just because "it's not that strong". A hint of a gas leak is all it takes for me to track it down or call in the pros.

[Class71]

Dusty May. Offer $1-1.5M/Yr and pay the $400k+ buyout.

[Galway Eagle]

Dusty May. Offer $1-1.5M/Yr and pay the $400k+ buyout.

I have to imagine he's got his eyes on IU. Mike Woodson hasn't exactly set the world on fire relative to what IU wants to be

[Pepe Sylvia]

Dusty May. Offer $1-1.5M/Yr and pay the $400k+ buyout.

I think you gotta double that salary to get May to take the Depaul job. They were paying Purnell 2.2 a decade ago.

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

Wants a new coach by April 1. 

https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-depaul-dewayne-peevy-20240123-yxhw4ykn65fmraewyqhsbiqnti-story.html

[Daniel]

Wants a new coach by April 1. 

https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-depaul-dewayne-peevy-20240123-yxhw4ykn65fmraewyqhsbiqnti-story.html

Then they have someone in mind and some gears have been cranking already….

[Lennys Tap]

Someone posted I4 in jest, but honestly, why not?  No buyout, he seems to have a redeemed affinity for MU which would probably reflect well on the conference and urban private school environment, and honestly his connection to D Wade could be as effective a selling point to Chicago talent as anyone else they'll get.

Well, he doesn’t have much to do and the Harbaugh family doesn’t allow him in the sidelines, so….nah.

[Jay Bee]

Take whoever loses to this year’s Abilene Christian

[NCMUFan]

Wojo should take the job to show Marquette it made a mistake.

[MUBurrow]

Article in The Athletic says Brian Wardle on DePaul’s list

That article also mentioned Rashon Burno.  I know we've all had moments of pessimism about our program at one time or another, but imagine seeing a guy who is 0-6 in the MAC in his third year on the job mentioned as a candidate to be the next head coach of your Big East program.

[lawdog77]

Any coach who wants to make seven figures coaching a Big East team in the nation's third-biggest media market and home of the nation's best prep basketball.

Other than that, probably not many.........................

Source?

One team in the high school top 50
https://www.usbasket.com/High-Schools/top-100.aspx?list=teams

2 players in 247's Top 100

I would argue NY/NJ is a bigger hotbed of talent,

[swoopem]

Source?

One team in the high school top 50
https://www.usbasket.com/High-Schools/top-100.aspx?list=teams

2 players in 247's Top 100

I would argue NY/NJ is a bigger hotbed of talent,

I thought people always say the DMV area is the best for hoops

[lawdog77]

That might generally be true, but not when your "local recruiting" is Chicagoland.

I can't even count how many Chicagoland kids are in the league right now let alone playing D1 hoops.

17 total from Illinois. One star and  a few good players and the rest not so much
Name   City   State   Team
Patrick Beverley   Chicago   Illinois   Philadelphia 76ers
Robert Covington   Bellwood   Illinois   Philadelphia 76ers
Javon Freeman-Liberty   Good Hope   Illinois   Toronto Raptors
Jevon Carter   Oak Park   Illinois   Chicago Bulls
Ayo Dosunmu   Chicago   Illinois   Chicago Bulls
Max Strus   Hickory Hills   Illinois   Cleveland Cavaliers
Jett Howard   Chicago   Illinois   Orlando Magic
Patrick Baldwin   Evanston   Illinois   Washington Wizards
Talen Horton-Tucker   Chicago   Illinois   Utah Jazz
Anthony Davis   Chicago   Illinois   Los Angeles Lakers
Max Christie   Arlington Heights   Illinois   Los Angeles Lakers
Jordan Goodwin   Centreville   Illinois   Phoenix Suns
Richaun Holmes   Lockport   Illinois   Dallas Mavericks
Fred VanVleet   Rockford   Illinois   Houston Rockets
Derrick Rose   Chicago   Illinois   Memphis Grizzlies
John Konchar   West Chicago   Illinois   Memphis Grizzlies
E.J. Liddell   Belleville   Illinois   New Orleans Pelicans

New York City has 27

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

17 total from Illinois. One star and  a few good players and the rest not so much

IOW, two more than from Wisconsin.

[drewm88]

Because he was terrible at his last stop and feels like the "old, retread" that De Paul usually hires.

Crean would have been great for DePaul at one point. His ability and interest in firing up the fan base would have been a boon for the program. That point has long passed, though.

[rocky_warrior]

Back to Matt Brady -

Given Marist & JMU talent, he regularly had his teams around the 150s in Torvik (182 average).  I don't expect miracles to end the season, or particularly tonight.  But I do expect DePaul to be playing better by the end of the year.  I don't know how good his recruiting was, but I have to presume the "talent" that Stubblefield recruited is at least as good as he's coached before, and he appears to be at least a decent coach relative to Stubblefield

https://barttorvik.com/coach-history.php?coach=Matt%20Brady

[DienerTime34]

Crean would have been great for DePaul at one point. His ability and interest in firing up the fan base would have been a boon for the program. That point has long passed, though.

It does feel like Georgia was Crean's last coaching stop. I do think he would have done a lot better at DePaul in 2018 than he wound up doing at Georgia.

[1SE]

Has there ever been a worse team than DePaul in the New or Old BE?  oooffff.

[Uncle Rico]

Has there ever been a worse team than DePaul in the New or Old BE?  oooffff.

DePaul is currently 296th in KenPom which would easily be the worst Big East season in the KenPom era.  It’s possible there were worst teams prior to that but seems unlikely. 

South Florida went 1-15 in conference in 2006 and was 171.  West Virginia did the same in 2002 and was 192.  2007 Cincinnati was 2-14 in league and 141 in KenPom.  GTown was 0-19 in ‘22 and was 175 in KenPom.

Sub-200 KenPom teams

2023 Georgetown 219 KenPom
2016 St. John’s 211 KenPom
2009 DePaul 206 KenPom (winless in league)
2007 Rutgers 208 KenPom
2004 St. John’s 200 KenPom
2001 Virginia Tech 234 KenPom

I think it’s safe to say they are the on pace to be the worst team in the history of the Big East

[We R Final Four]

Has there ever been a worse team than DePaul in the New or Old BE?  oooffff.

Georgetown yesterday. They looked worse than ND when we played them.

[Uncle Rico]

1982-83 Seton Hall went 1-15 in league and 6-23 overall with a -12 per game point differential.  That’s probably in the discussion

1993-94 Miami went 0-18 in league and 7-20 overall with a -8 per game point differential

DePaul has a -15 per game point differential this season

[1SE]

1982-83 Seton Hall went 1-15 in league and 6-23 overall with a -12 per game point differential.  That’s probably in the discussion

1993-94 Miami went 0-18 in league and 7-20 overall with a -8 per game point differential

DePaul has a -15 per game point differential this season

With Georgetown as the only game they've lost by single digits (in conference). To our great ignominy we're their second closest conference loss. Fire Shaka.

[WhiteTrash]

As awful as DePaul is, they beat Louisville by 7. What does that say about the ACC?

[Uncle Rico]

As awful as DePaul is, they beat Louisville by 7. What does that say about the ACC?

Nothing