Wojo

[Pakuni]

Well, if nothing else MU would be pretty good at floor slapping and flopping.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources--marquette-targeting-duke-assistant-steve-wojciechowski-in-coaching-search-225509835-ncaab.html

[Hards Alumni]

We are just all over the map, aren't we.

[marquette09]

If we do go the assistant route, this may be the best option

[Hards Alumni]

 Retweeted by Adam Zagoria
Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA 6m

Yahoo Sources: Duke assistant Steve Wojciechowski has emerged as a target for Marquette. http://yhoo.it/1h9Koia

[NickelDimer]

#Impact hire
#Aim high

[Marqus Howard]

I think this would be a great hire.

[Silkk the Shaka]

I'm gonna spew chunks if this happens

[ChicosBailBonds]

I'm gonna spew chunks if this happens

You loved Buzz.....

[NickelDimer]

This hire would be flat out embarassing

[Dish]

Track record of Duke assistants taking gigs is, shall we say, very mediocre.

[GooooMarquette]

Track record of Duke assistants taking gigs is, shall we say, very mediocre.

Yep.  Not excited about this one.

Maybe the list would be shorter if someone announced the coaches and assistants that we aren't targeting.

[mr.MUskie]

Yeah, but was it hidden in a haiku?

[Ari Gold]

Fits the model of a Cords hire. Crean and O'Neill were both assistants from major college programs before MU.

[Hards Alumni]

I can think of worse candidates.

[Pakuni]

This hire would be flat out embarassing

Explain further.

[ChicosBailBonds]

I can think of worse candidates.

Jane Fonda....Obama....

[tower912]

Feels like recruiting under Buzz.    An offer out to everybody.   

[Class71]

#Impact hire
#Aim high

The process is not working!

[Pakuni]

Track record of Duke assistants taking gigs is, shall we say, very mediocre.

I'm not particularly pro or con Wojo, but I'm not sure the track record of Duke assistants has much to do with this. Either the guy can coach and recruit or he can't. What Quin Snyder or Bob Bender did a decade ago has zero impact on that.

[Dish]

Can someone please go to the Duke boards and get their insight. I can't go on until we do. Thanks so much in advance.

(Teal it up)

[Silkk the Shaka]

You loved Buzz.....

Relevance?

[Dish]

I'm not particularly pro or con Wojo, but I'm not sure the track record of Duke assistants has much to do with this. Either the guy can coach and recruit or he can't. What Quin Snyder or Bob Bender did a decade ago has zero impact on that.

I understand what you're saying, but I don't think Coach K gives a $hit about prepping his assistants. Not that he has to.

[longer]

Look at a Coach K coaching tree. Besides Brey, his assistants do not pan out. And what has Brey really done in the tournament? I think this hire would be an awful mistake

[4everwarriors]

Has DUKEInsider chimed in?

[mr.MUskie]

Steve Wojciechowski has been at Duke for almost 20 years. He played for Mike Krzyzewski from 1994 to 1998 and has coached there ever since he graduated. He's been a part of two national championships and has helped coach Team USA for the last eight years.
In short, he knows what it means to be a part of something special – and right now, what Duke's football team is doing is special.
"I'll tell you what, the excitement is incredible with what Coach (David) Cutcliffe and the football team have done around here in building just a terrific culture," Wojciechowski said on The Morning Show. "The school has embraced it, the student body has embraced it and certainly we're all proud to watch them and the job that they've done. It's unlike anything I've ever seen at Duke since I've been at Duke, and it's going on 20 years. The time has come. And Coach Cutcliffe and his staff have got Duke football heading in an amazing direction."
No. 20 Duke (10-2) plays No. 1 Florida State (12-0) for the ACC Championship this Saturday. The Blue Devils are 29-point underdogs.
Of course, should Cutcliffe need any advice on how to build or maintain a program, there's a certain basketball coach at Duke he can approach.
"Our program certainly has been very supportive of the football program," Wojciechowski said, "but I think the school in general has made a bigger commitment to seeing and helping the football program be successful. So I think it starts at the very top."
Wojciechowski added that Duke's basketball team, which is ranked 10th nationally, is extremely excited for the football team.
"A lot of our guys are close to football players," he said. "A lot of times on campuses, the guys you find yourself around the most outside of your own team are the other athletes, whether it's the men's or women's sports. Our guys are really excited for what's going on for the football team and their players."
As for the rest of Duke's 6,000 undergrads?
"I think they're having the time of their life," Wojciechowski said.
Wojciechowski said it obviously takes an incredible commitment from coaches and players to take a program from obscurity to prominence.
"You go through adversity," he said. "You have to become tougher and stronger from both mental and physical standpoints. Our players, we've been able to sustain success. Hopefully it's helped their friends learn how to build and create this successful movement that the football program is having."
Wojciechowski has been on Duke's sideline for more than 15 years. He's had opportunities to become a head coach but has turned them down. One day, however, he won't.
"I have had chances (to leave), and I want to be a head coach," he said, "but I have to balance that. I have a special situation here. One, I was able to start coaching at a real young age (22). I started younger than most. I've had some amazing experiences at Duke. I think that'll prepare me when the time comes when I am a head coach.
"I love Duke," he continued. "I love working for Coach K. But I also want to have my own program. When the time's right, I'll know it. And it'll be right for me. It'll be right for my wife and my kids. And hopefully when that time comes, I'll be ready to build my own program that's similar to the one we have here in terms of having high-character kids – guys who, when they step between the lines, play as hard as they possibly can for each other.
"There's a few times I've been (close to leaving). I think that time is approaching."
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Steve Wojciechowski
December 5, 2013