Even the players are getting inpatient

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Last edited by Florida Colonial (3/30/2022 9:00 am)

moneybox wrote:

Why did GW fire Christian? 29-50!

I agree based on his record it was not nuts to fire him. Where I disagree if GW knew their compensation etc was not strong why fire him without having a candidate you know you can sign? Every day means less options for adding staff and players.
 

Any of insiders have a guess about timeline now to manage our expectations?

It's kind of odd if Caputo was a done deal or almost a done deal, news would/will come out this
week. Negotiations for these positions postseason generally don't drag on that long once the decision is made, in this case when time seems to be of the essence.
  Maybe a Final Four coach has decided to cap his career by foregoing big money and taking on the challenging of resurrecting post-Lonergan GW.

Vogel actually said "The GW men’s basketball program will attract incredible candidates and I look forward to introducing our next head coach to you later this month or early April."  So time is running out

Rising, stop making excuses for JC now that he is gone. Your comment about ML having key players that wouldn't be admitted under JC is complete garbage. ML (like JC) was known for recruiting talented students and players. You can't name 1 player who academically questionable under his tenure. In fact, many of his players excelled in the classroom despite English being their 2nd language.

We got Mojo and JC at a bargain rate because they weren't really qualified to lead an A-10 team based on their experience/track record as a .500% coach in weak conferences.

Looks like the same thing will happen again. It's not just about the money at GW. Every single candidate has read the DeadSpin article and an established/successful candidate will be hesitant on coming to GW regardless of the salary. Add in the other things discussed (charters, asst $, practice facility, student apathy, etc) and the best we will get is the Caputo's of the world.

Raise High my friends!

I am torn between "am glad they are taking their time to get this right" to "holy shit!! Everyone is turning them down because they are lowballing it."

Not beyond the realm of possibility are:  "what the hell is going on here", "why isn't Tanya making this call", and "why did we fire a guy with two years left on his contract".

Some actual news:

Live broadcast going on now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPlWmeTcNqY

GW talk about 22 min in.  It's the first D1 job update they mention.  Says it will be done by next week.

Guy who runs Hoop Dirt says that GW has the final four set:

1. Chris Caputo
2. Mike Pegues
3. Jason Williford
4. HC at a low level school in the area-ish (I think this might be Rob Jones at Norfolk State or Jeff Jones at ODU).

There's some rumblings that Williford has pulled out in the last 24 hours but that hasn't been confirmed.

Some rumblings a new 4th was added in Becker but as we've discussed, it may be that he's out too.  

So it may end up being just Caputo, Pegues, and low level HC from the area-ish.  Guy from Hoop Dirt says the low level HC would be a "phenomenal hire"

Last edited by GW0509 (3/30/2022 5:27 pm)

Joel Joseph wrote:

Rising, stop making excuses for JC now that he is gone. Your comment about ML having key players that wouldn't be admitted under JC is complete garbage. ML (like JC) was known for recruiting talented students and players. You can't name 1 player who academically questionable under his tenure. In fact, many of his players excelled in the classroom despite English being their 2nd language.

We got Mojo and JC at a bargain rate because they weren't really qualified to lead an A-10 team based on their experience/track record as a .500% coach in weak conferences.

Looks like the same thing will happen again. It's not just about the money at GW. Every single candidate has read the DeadSpin article and an established/successful candidate will be hesitant on coming to GW regardless of the salary. Add in the other things discussed (charters, asst $, practice facility, student apathy, etc) and the best we will get is the Caputo's of the world.

Raise High my friends!

Joel, you missed the point. It's not that ML had players who weren't academically sound or qualified to play at GW, It was that these players would not have been admitted under the current regime. My point was it is absurd that these players who were both academically successful and a credit to the GW community would not have been admitted had JC brought them to the table in 2021. This has to do with the fact that GW raised the TOEFL scores as a bright line test for international students. ML would have gone nuts over this and rightfully so. To be blunt, a lot of kids won't measure up to GW's  current TOEFL standards regardless of the coach. This is just one aspect of how GW has lost its way.

Last edited by GWRising (3/30/2022 5:45 pm)

Florida Colonial wrote:

GW059
Thanks. Great info.

I would guess its Robert Jones of Norfolk State

 How about Griffin Aldrich at Longwood or Dan Earl at VMI if we are spitballing names?