Glad Mojo has a job BUT I DONT CARE! He is part of the ML PN Cesspool of topics. UNLESS bringing up any of this is actually germane to NOW STOP! Just stop! It literally doesn’t matter. I’d support the moderator flagging topics if this nonsense persists. I’m not admonishing anyone in particular but keep it current. We have a nice clean board let’s keep this way.

Let's keep things nice around here and not ruin yet another board. The thread is about Mojo and not ML. Why we cannot just wish both the best in their future endeavors without unnecessary jabs is beyond me. Consider this a warning.

Regarding FDU, I think it is more of an interpretation of how the job is viewed in relation to the conference vs. the conference itself. The NEC is without a doubt one of the lowest rated conferences in D1 basketball (probably only above the MEAC and SWAC) which makes the job far from the most desirable. 

However, the fact that Herenda has kept the Knights at .500 or higher in conference the last four seasons has made the job more desirable in comparison to the rest of the conference. Every mid-major is trying to become the next Gonzaga (and haven't succeeded), but it's not impossible for FDU to become the next New Mexico State, Iona, or Texas Southern in dominating their conference if they can retain their talent. Robert Morris and Wagner are usually pretty decent as well in their conference (and to a slightly lesser extent, Mount St. Mary's), but the other teams just lack the consistent history of winning. 

Winning consistently in a low conference is just not an easy feat, which is why I think what JC did at Mount St. Mary's was pretty impressive having a win percentage of just 52% in his six years there. At one point, no conference was being wiped of its talent more than the NEC (and JC experienced that himself with Wilson and Long) so the start of every season was effectively starting from scratch. Of late, the up transfers from the NEC haven't fared as well at the power six level, so maybe that will allow some of these schools to keep their best talent. For the sake of the schools in that conference, I hope that is the case in the future. 
 

Exactly Thomas, that's what I posted a few comment back.
Getting hired instantly, at a school that just won an NCAA Tourney game is an undeniably good move for Mojo, and puts him with his Head Coaching experience next in line for the top gig.
Good luck Maurice Joseph!

Following in the footsteps of Roland Houston.

Interesting move for MoJo in that this is clearly an upgrade over FDU yet at the same time, Paulsen's seat has to be considered lukewarm at best and more likely, quite hot.  Nevertheless, am glad to see he's back in the area.  Hard to believe that Maceo is the lone member of our roster who MoJo has coached.  A lot can change in a year.

It would be nice if MoJo could work as an assistant for a head coach that would take him under his wing, sort of the way JC learned from Bob Johnson.  From what I've read, that experience really gave JC his head coach foundation.  If MoJo can get a command on how to assemble and prepare his team, and adapt as required during the game, he should be a really good D1 coach.  For all I know, he might be ready now.  Maybe that's why he took the GMU job, if in fact Paulsen is on the hot-seat.  I still feel MoJo got into a bad situation on GW and don't fault him at all for failing to succeed.  I'm not sure anyone other than a top-tier coach could have done much here in the wake of all the crazy controversy.  I just hope MoJo does well, except when they play GW   

Collecting A-10 jobs like Thanos collects Infinity Stones

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Richmond coach Chris Mooney has hired Maurice Joseph as assistant coach, source told @Stadium. Joseph was at George Mason last season and was head coach at GW prior to that. I love this hire for Mooney and the Spiders.

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Remember when we used to own Richmond?  Hobbs had a span where he was 7-1 against them and Lonergan had a 4-1 streak vs. the Spiders as well.

Presently, Richmond has won 11 of the past 12 against us.

And now, this.  As if they needed more motivation.

GWRising:

1) It was meant as a joke.  The kind of statement that you roll your eyes out while smiling.

2) And yet, behind every joke lies some truth and this is no exception.  Can you really not envision a scenario where the Spider players take to MoJo and then rally around the fact that GW is the school who dumped him?  Even if you don't agree that this may provide any real motivation, I would be hard-pressed to believe that you really do not see this angle.

Be that as it may, do you really think MoJo enjoyed being fired?  Do you really believe he looked at his own firing as a favor to him?  

If you're playing for the guy and you like the guy and your opponent is the school that fired him, it's just human nature to expect an added level of motivation even if it's relatively minor.  

Another Monday, another paranoid personality disorder expression above. GW69? Are you available to help?