DePaul Coach

[MU_Iceman]

For DePaul to succeed, they need someone with the connections to the recruiting world that can get players.  That is why I think the Barbee/Rod Strickland combo would be a great start.

Iceman...it is Chris Lowery, not Steve. But combine him with Lance Irvin, that would be another good option.

My mistake...yes, Chris...and I agree that any coach that can develop a pipeline with the Mac Irvin squads would be a big signing for DePaul...Lowery just so happens to already have it...

If Lowery were to sign on to coach a Big East team, people would see just how valuable his relationships really are...they'd turn that program around (from a talent perspective, anyways) in a hurry...

[goodgreatgrand]

I was listening to the Score in Chicago, and Boers and Bernstein were saying that DePaul was going after another Big East coach who is not happy in his current situation.  DePaul is apparently going to pay this time too.

Any ideas who this could be?

Perhaps the Associate head coach at Syracuse, Mike Hopkins. He has been under Boeheim forever and is supposedly getting anxious. He was named Boeheim's successor but he isnt going anywhere anytime soon. Plus, there are rumblings that the program might actually prefer he get head coaching experience before Boeheim retires. If he goes anywhere, there will def. be an opt-out clause so he can go back to Cuse. 

[AlienWarrior]

Lavin

[T-Bone]

The information about a new arena was in the Tribune the other day. It involves the property currently housing Finkl. They are relocating and the property is somehow unfit for residential use.

Finkl was/is a steel recycling plant, essentially in the western portion of the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago.  Easier to re-zone as commercial instead of residential.  Either way it would be huge for DePaul to get that land in conjunction with finding a head coach that could wait it out a couple years for that to happen.  Hell, I'd go to DePaul (read Big East) games if they were a quick hop on the el away. 

My guess, is that they find someone who is willing to take the job for a couple years and kindly step aside for a "name" coach when/if they get a new facility built. 

[savwa]

I do know that Children's Memorial, right in the heart of Lincoln Park, is going to be moving some of their buildings to downtown Chicago in the next year or so.  DePaul could definitely bid on the property there and build a smaller stadium essentially on their campus.  The price of the real estate will be more costly by Children's but the return on the investment would be something they would reap for years.  If DePaul had a stadium on campus, not only would the students have a more convenient and nicer venue but the residents in Chicago would flock to see games any day of the week because its cheaper than going to a Bulls or Hawks game.  The lack of an on campus stadium is the one thing keeping DePaul from becoming a potential monster destination for talent.  Lavin could be a solid choice.  I also heard talk of the Butler coach.

[dpu70]

You guys are just full of speculation.  And, the fact are that no one knows what DePaul is doing in their Coach search.

Those like Lavin, Gillispie, Ty Corbin, and Reggie Theus have all been mentioned.  But, since our team has been without a HC since Jan, and these guys are not currently Coaching, Don't you think they would have been tapped by now?  Because, they are still out there tells most of us they are NOT the right choices.

The AD has made statements that money will not be an object.  And, She favors a current Coach in the Top 6 conferences.  Who that may be, is still an unknown.  And, may be for a while, since many of the possibilities are still coaching post season.

I would suspect that, should the preferred Coach's team be eliminated, there will be announcement shortly afterward.

[MUBurrow]

Because, they are still out there tells most of us they are NOT the right choices.

Solid logic. Why would a guy like Lavin take a crappy job? He has a sweet TV gig and I really don't think has any interest in coaching a cinderella MAC team. Same for Theus - if he wanted to work, he could easily get a job on an NBA staff, etc. Gillespie is clearly unemployed for personal reasons. Most of these guys are just waiting for the right opportunity, its not a matter of them not being able to find a job.  Its March 16, and three Big Six jobs have already opened up (DePaul, Iowa, Auburn) with a really tasty job seemingly about to (Oregon). No reason for these guys to take jobs they don't want when most if not all of these schools will at least give them a call, as will most other schools whose jobs open up.

[LenBiasWindSprints]

How about Gillespie(sic) for Depaul?  I am surprised his name isn't out there a little more after his sabtical this season.

Isn't he a drinking man?

[GGGG]

Solid logic. Why would a guy like Lavin take a crappy job? He has a sweet TV gig and I really don't think has any interest in coaching a cinderella MAC team. Same for Theus - if he wanted to work, he could easily get a job on an NBA staff, etc. Gillespie is clearly unemployed for personal reasons. Most of these guys are just waiting for the right opportunity, its not a matter of them not being able to find a job.  Its March 16, and three Big Six jobs have already opened up (DePaul, Iowa, Auburn) with a really tasty job seemingly about to (Oregon). No reason for these guys to take jobs they don't want when most if not all of these schools will at least give them a call, as will most other schools whose jobs open up.

Reggie Theus is still collecting on his original Sacramento Kings contract though this NBA season.  Honestly, I doubt either you or I really know if he would prefer being the head guy on a college bench versus an NBA assistant.  However, the guys he recruited at NMSU are playing in the NCAA tournament this year, and he clearly showed he could recruit at Louisville. 

He was a long time Bull so he knows the Chicago area really well too.

[dpu70]

OK, so the AD was on Mully and Hanley this morning and reafirmed that the new HC "should" come from a BCS School.  This time the words were not "will", but "should".

Does that leave the door open for Brad Stevens?  Tony Barbee?  Drew?  or another?

It has been said that Dixon is against Pitt move to the Big10, and would leave if it did.  But, doesn't that say that Pitt has to make the first announcement?  The Pitt AD and Wannstadt are in favor of it.  And, at Pitt, Football rules.

[Skatastrophy]

Why isn't there talk of replacing the AD?  Isn't she not so great?

[bma725]

Why isn't there talk of replacing the AD?  Isn't she not so great?

Because their other sports are experiencing unprecedented success since she took over 8 years ago.  It's not as if she's a complete failure, the other sports are doing so well that she keeps winning awards for her work.  She just doesn't seem to be able to fix the basketball problem.

[StillWarriors]

Because their other sports are experiencing unprecedented success since she took over 8 years ago.  It's not as if she's a complete failure, the other sports are doing so well that she keeps winning awards for her work.  She just doesn't seem to be able to fix the basketball problem.

She has pretty much followed her marching orders from what I understand, not that the administration expected things to be this bad. DePaul hasn't committed to winning like MU has. Her family is very well ingrained at the school (her brother, I believe, has coached the extremely successful women's softball team for years), she is well respected nationally in sports admin circles, and I would be surprised if they bailed on her at this point, though certainly one would think she'd be getting some heat after the last two years of men's hoops.

[dpu70]

Well, she has just stated the School's Position on the Score.

"Our next Coach will be the top 2 or 3 highest paid Coaches in the Big East."
"He is still Coaching and we respect his position."

Her purse strings have been opened.  The Administration finally sees the light.

No more mid-major, dog faced, joke telling coach.

[PBRme]

Pitino  -- Better Italian food in Chicago

[Lighthouse 84]

She has pretty much followed her marching orders from what I understand, not that the administration expected things to be this bad. DePaul hasn't committed to winning like MU has. Her family is very well ingrained at the school (her brother, I believe, has coached the extremely successful women's softball team for years), she is well respected nationally in sports admin circles, and I would be surprised if they bailed on her at this point, though certainly one would think she'd be getting some heat after the last two years of men's hoops.

You'd think her husband, Joe Ponsetto, would give her sh!t about how poor the team is.  He was a 9th round pick from Depaul by the Bulls in 1978l

[dpu70]

Funny you mention Pitino.  He was in Chi recruiting last month.  Did stop by DePaul on the visit.  That created a buzz.  It was also rumored he needed a change of scenery to save his marriage.

But, most thought his next stop would be the NBA.

[MU B2002]

Pitino  -- Better Italian food in Chicago

I would assume no, since my Gillispie suggestion was met with the moral standards selection criteria.

[PBRme]

Funny you mention Pitino.  He was in Chi recruiting last month.  Did stop by DePaul on the visit.  That created a buzz.  It was also rumored he needed a change of scenery to save his marriage.

But, most thought his next stop would be the NBA.

Deperation may lower the moral standards

[dpu70]

DePaul holds a presser this afternoon.  If Ms Ponsetto repeats what she said on Score, it will be on ESPN

[dpu70]

She put a hold on a new arena.  She said even with poor teams, DePaul has out drawn UIC, Loyola and Northwestern.  And, they all have theirown arena.

Allstate will fill up with a winner.  It did before.

I get the impression that the BE must have sent a message to DePaul to shape up or get out.  They desperately want the Chicago market and rivalry among the West teams, including MU.  JMO

If Pitt leaves, does Memphis replace them?

[MarquetteDano]

So now Dixon and Pitino have been mentioned for Depaul.  Whether or not these are true, I find this bothersome.

Big East schools should not be cannibalizing their own teams for coaches, much like the we don't allow transfers from one Big East school to another.

[Ari Gold]

Here are DePaul's requirements to coach their program.


Feel free to apply
via deadspin: http://deadspin.com/5494668/depaul-coach-search-reaches-new-low

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

DePaul holds a presser this afternoon.  If Ms Ponsetto repeats what she said on Score, it will be on ESPN

So she said, on The Score, that they have their coach, he's still coaching and they're not going to announce until after the tournament? If she said that, it's kind of a huge blunder on her part.

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

Forget it. I just listened to that interview. What an awful job by Mully and Hanley, by the way. Just let her babble and babble. But they don't have their coach. They want to talk to people after the tournament, though.