Losses to Mt. St Mary’s and Charleston Southern we’re too much to bear.

Alum1 wrote:

GW18 wrote:

Miami message board heavily promoting CC to replace L

 
Mind posting the link to that Board? I found one site but no mention of CC. Lots of interest in Drake coach

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1) Wow. In the middle of the season, unexpected, however much they were struggling. Isn't that something you'd see more in the NBA than college?
Larranaga always seemed like a good guy both reputation-wise and in person. Though I'm sure the last few NIL years were another world, even though they paid really big money to some players.
2) Just weatherwise, one would think Miami would be a lure for a big name coach.
Still, CC would definitely be gone and in that seat, if our record was better. But if there ever was fortuitous timing for him to leave as our coach before conference play--and maybe Larranaga had this in mind, it would be now, when we are 11-2.
  Though it seems like our schedule, as such, is getting notice from even casual observers,
so the GW record as a mirage will likely get scrutiny.
3) If approached, CC should do what's best for him and his family. 
Much like players rarely have loyalty (except for our great Jun), there is no loyalty for coaches.
Larranaga's midseason departure demonstrates that.
  It's certainly possible CC might well be able to do better at a higher level he is very familiar with. He's a smart and good guy.
One of our former coaches (and us, for nearly a decade now) learned a bitter lesson about turning down a much better job.

DC Native wrote:

I would be very surprised if Miami hires Caputo. Since I started following GW in 1991, only one coach has "moved up" after leaving GW, Mike Jarvis, and things didn't go so well for him at St. Johns. Actually, he's the only coach that voluntarily left coaching the team... It would be nice to think of GW as a stepping stone for coaches to move on to better jobs, but history does not support that assertion.

John Keuster wound up having a good career in the NBA, even becoming a head coach at one point (of course, it took about 20 years for him shake the 1-27 season and get a head coaching shot).
For some reason, Tom Penders was allowed to return to coaching and ended up at Houston (I am not so sure I would ever have allowed him back on a college campus, much less on to the faculty, after his stint at GW).
Your point is well taken. I do think we will see both MoJo and Jamion back in the head coaching ranks in the coming years (if they are willing to deal with the NIL cesspool), but unless Miami (Fla) is defunding its hoops program to siphon more money off to the football team I do not think we need to worry that much about CC getting poached this year.
 

I am not worried about Coach Caputo returning to Miami. His sights are on GW's future.

GW18. I saw the same YouTube video. Nice to see that Cris Stock (Miami) really would like to poach Caputo.  And Buchanan, Jones, and Castro. 

Gwmayhem wrote:

  And if history is an indicator, I can only recall Mike Jarvis as being GW's only coach to leave DC for greener pastures.

Jonathan Tsipis left for Wisconsin (a similar thing to CC and Miami in that he had been an assistant there and GW was his "proving ground"). Not sure Joe McKeown to Northwestern counts since care for his son was a deciding factor, not glory or money.
Jarvis for five or six straight springs/summers would flirt with other schools before returning to GW, until he finally took the plunge at St John´s.
Other sports have seen coaches leave for paychecks that could cover both rent and groceries, something GW has a history of not providing.
 

We should all want CC to be a viable candidate for Miami. That would likely mean we had a good year. GW is not and will never be able to compete with a P4 school that wants one of our coaches. NIL and the potential national stage are big allures, especially for someone who has coached at that level albeit as an a assistant. If CC receives an offer, we will be looking for a new coach. It shouldn't even be a topic for discussion because we should all know how this will end. However, I do think it is far from a sure thing that Miami offers CC the job despite the buzz that is out  there. I would consider it a longshot at this point in time although a strong A-10 finish would change my opinion ... and that's not because CC isn't capable but because I think Miami will think they can attract a bigger name and perhaps not stay within the Larranaga tree.