Mentzinger wrote:

I'd take Frank Martin (umASS rumors) or Ben Howland in a second. Two coaches with Final Four experience. I'm pretty shocked Mizzou didn't go with Kim English but glad, since that would have created even more competition for us. On paper, Mason probably a better job than GW at this point.

1) Disagree about Mason bring a better job.  Their arena is a dump and their school doesn’t have a ton to sell, at least not compared to GW.  Probably the only advantage over GW is lower academic standards to get guys admitted.

2) It’s been said before but if you are going to hire a Martin or Howland on the way down, you’d better due your due diligence to make sure they wouldn’t act like Karl Hobbs in terms of focusing on the negatives and disadvantages compared to what they are used to, rather than focusing on the strengths.

FQ, you are living in the last decade. GW Men's Basketball is now a perennial bottom feeder in the A-10 and has been after Mojo's 1st year (with Cavs, Yuta and company). 

Mason, with their current AD, blows away GW as far as attractiveness to those in the business.

The Patriot Center has all the charm of an abandoned shopping mall repurposed to be a music venue, only with crummy acoustics and in an area that resembles what happens when people flee to the suburbs because their city neighborhood has become too diverse. That said, it does have a pretty impressive piece of drapery hanging from the celling that the Smith Center lacks...
 

Like it or hate it, they have to be averaging more fans than the pathetic 500 or less I saw on ESPN plus in that "superior" Smith Center. A prettier empty arena doesn't help our players none...

Here is the tweet that Mike K posted the link to along with another interesting one from the same source    



    [color=inherit]Samurai Hoops[/color][/url] [url=https://twitter.com/samurai_hoops]@samurai_hoops·14h Caputo deeply tied to Team Takeover and Keith Stevens, wife political lobbyist with deep ties to DC @CurryHicksSageQuote Tweet    

   [color=inherit]Curry In A Search Induced Haze[/color] @CurryHicksSage· =inherit14hReplying to @samurai_hoops
First two would both be really solid. Williford better plugged into DMV though I think GW can cast a fairly wide net recruiting wise and Caputo would be very solid as well. Feel like Jim should give him Miami if they make a run here.       

 [color=inherit]Samurai Hoops[/color][/url] [url=https://twitter.com/samurai_hoops]@samurai_hoops·14h Caputo with a significant lead according to our sources, heavy Miami ties in GW admin, Caputo + wife heavy ties to DC… Williford at UVA trying to make late push, ties to area as well. James Jones the third horse in race.

Last edited by Florida Colonial (3/22/2022 7:20 am)

From HoopDirt.com
Nothing new other than the addition of "a current Big Ten assistant"

Name that I’ve heard at George Washington include Yale’s James Jones, Miami associate head coach Chris Caputo, former Louisville interim head coach Mike Pegues, and a current Big Ten assistant.
 

Florida Colonial wrote:

From HoopDirt.com
Nothing new other than the addition of "a current Big Ten assistant"

Name that I’ve heard at George Washington include Yale’s James Jones, Miami associate head coach Chris Caputo, former Louisville interim head coach Mike Pegues, and a current Big Ten assistant.
 

If I were to bet Danny Manning.is in the mix.

Last edited by GWRising (3/22/2022 10:36 am)

Free Quebec wrote:

GWRising wrote:

Florida Colonial wrote:

From HoopDirt.com
Nothing new other than the addition of "a current Big Ten assistant"

Name that I’ve heard at George Washington include Yale’s James Jones, Miami associate head coach Chris Caputo, former Louisville interim head coach Mike Pegues, and a current Big Ten assistant.
 

If I were to bet Danny Manning.is in the mix.

Dear GW Administration,

If you want to restore faith and hope in GW basketball, please don’t hire a coach with a career .450 winning percentage as a head coach. He may be one of the best college basketball players or all time, but so is Patrick Ewing and look how well that is working out.

Never ever underestimate GW's apparent need to win the press conference after so much bad publicity.

Last edited by GWRising (3/22/2022 10:53 am)

GWRising wrote:

Florida Colonial wrote:

From HoopDirt.com
Nothing new other than the addition of "a current Big Ten assistant"

Name that I’ve heard at George Washington include Yale’s James Jones, Miami associate head coach Chris Caputo, former Louisville interim head coach Mike Pegues, and a current Big Ten assistant.
 

If I were to bet Danny Manning.is in the mix.

If we’re looking at Manning not sure why we wouldn’t kick the tires on Turgeon instead

GWRising wrote:

Free Quebec wrote:

GWRising wrote:

If I were to bet Danny Manning.is in the mix.

Dear GW Administration,

If you want to restore faith and hope in GW basketball, please don’t hire a coach with a career .450 winning percentage as a head coach. He may be one of the best college basketball players or all time, but so is Patrick Ewing and look how well that is working out.

Never ever underestimate GW's apparent need to win the press conference after so much bad publicity.

How do you win a press conference by hiring a losing coach who no one will be excited about?