With the Hall and St. John's opened up, DePaul apparently to spend big money, I don't think Rutgers wants to sit back and wait with Fred Hill as their guy. I know the AD recently gave him the backing but with all of their geographical rivals seemingly upgrading, you have to wonder.
Fran McCaffery and a few others will be available and make sense for one of those schools.
i bet they sit tight though, at least i think that would be the smart move. while it can be tempting to make a move to try to show you are trying to compete with those other schools, canning your coach without a good idea where your next hire will come from is dangerous. add to that a number of openings at similar schools and you could a) wait too long and be SOL and without a coach or b) get in a spending war for a coach thats certainly not worth it. Fred Hill isn't an awful coach, so depending on other circumstances I haven't looked into (scholarship chart, etc) I say hang onto him at least for one more year.
Quote from: ChicosBailBonds on March 17, 2010, 01:51:23 PM
With the Hall and St. John's opened up, DePaul apparently to spend big money, I don't think Rutgers wants to sit back and wait with Fred Hill as their guy. I know the AD recently gave him the backing but with all of their geographical rivals seemingly upgrading, you have to wonder.
Fran McCaffery and a few others will be available and make sense for one of those schools.
Is it official that Norm Roberts is out at Saint John's? I read the New York times article but have not seen an official statement from the university yet. Is he coaching the NIT game tonight for Saint John's or is an intern coach taking his place?
Quote from: ChicosBailBonds on March 17, 2010, 01:51:23 PM
With the Hall and St. John's opened up, DePaul apparently to spend big money, I don't think Rutgers wants to sit back and wait with Fred Hill as their guy. I know the AD recently gave him the backing but with all of their geographical rivals seemingly upgrading, you have to wonder.
Fran McCaffery and a few others will be available and make sense for one of those schools.
recently = today (http://www.zagsblog.com/2010/03/17/gonzo-fired-from-seton-hall/)
From what I read, they don't have the money to make it happen this year. Sounds a lot like DePaul last year - though hopefully for Rutgers, without the bizarre cleaning out of the assistant staff.
The Jay Wright quote on Hill's retention is awesome, though: 'Told that Hill would be staying, Wright said, "Oh, great. Oh, good. Good."'
Quote from: DiaperDandy on March 17, 2010, 02:43:09 PM
Is it official that Norm Roberts is out at Saint John's? I read the New York times article but have not seen an official statement from the university yet. Is he coaching the NIT game tonight for Saint John's or is an intern coach taking his place?
A lot like the Ernie Kent situation. It was leaked last week he wasn't coming back but the official announcement was yesterday. The Roberts situation has been announced that he isn't coming back by the media but I don't think there has been an official goodbye yet.
Hard for me to believe that Rutgers wouldn't have the money from their alumni base to buyout Fred Hill, unless they have someone in mind that requires another year down the road. Of course, they could also be waiting to see if they are one of the Big Ten invitees as well.
Quote from: ChicosBailBonds on March 17, 2010, 01:51:23 PM
With the Hall and St. John's opened up, DePaul apparently to spend big money, I don't think Rutgers wants to sit back and wait with Fred Hill as their guy. I know the AD recently gave him the backing but with all of their geographical rivals seemingly upgrading, you have to wonder.
Fran McCaffery and a few others will be available and make sense for one of those schools.
It makes no sense for McCaffrey to bail on Siena for one of these jobs....SHU, SJU, DePaul and RU don't invest in hoops relative to their conference peers making the job that much more difficult. Paying a coach a handsome salary is one thing -- but that is only one piece of the equation that creates a successful program. I hope McCaffrey stays at Siena for a bit longer, he can do better than the dregs of the Big East.
Guess Fred stays.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/news?slug=ap-rutgers-hill
Fred stays.
I'll believe that DePaul is ready to spend big time money when DePaul actually spends big time money.
Quote from: NYWarrior on March 17, 2010, 04:24:52 PM
It makes no sense for McCaffrey to bail on Siena for one of these jobs....SHU, SJU, DePaul and RU don't invest in hoops relative to their conference peers making the job that much more difficult. Paying a coach a handsome salary is one thing -- but that is only one piece of the equation that creates a successful program. I hope McCaffrey stays at Siena for a bit longer, he can do better than the dregs of the Big East.
My assumption would be in order to lure Mr. McCaffrey that these programs would not only have to spend a lot of money on him, but show how they are going to commit to a better program overall. Siena coaches have been leaving in droves the last 30 years, maybe it's finally a job where someone will stay long term. These schools in that part of the country are obviously feeling the need to step up their programs with dollars, facilities, etc, or be left as bottom feeders forever.
I agree with you that he wouldn't or shouldn't take it in present state of those programs, but if the commitment was made to do X, Y, Z then it seems like a tremendous opportunity. No reason St. John's should be in the position they are in with the talent in NYC. It's not going to take much to reawaken that giant if they do it right.
I agree, If anyone saw the article on OTL a couple of weeks ago with the DePaul AD, it seemed apparent to me that she has no intention of paying a basketball coach anytime soon