Borges article on candidates

[CL82]

We've hired a search firm. That sounds like we're willing to wait.

Nah, that's just pro forma cover the AD.

 

[gampelcrazies]

Why do you need to hire a search firm to run a background check?

To make sure there’s no skeletons in the closet. I’m not saying that for a fact. It’s just something I heard before.

 

[Matt1010]

Donovan is a pipe dream but that would be amazing. This would never happen but I'd take a couple years of Calhoun with Dunleavy as coach in waiting.

 

[the Q]

Donovan is a pipe dream but that would be amazing. This would never happen but I'd take a couple years of Calhoun with Dunleavy as coach in waiting.

I literally just mentioned this in a convo offline. But I agree I doubt it happens

 

[ZenConn]

Why hire a search firm when you have the BY?

 

[noeynox]

According to Goodman, they have hired the Parker Search Firm.

Paging @whaler11

 

[noeynox]

Frank Martin is dirty...plus he sweats too much. Pass

His intensity has always reminded me of Calhoun.

 

[huskyrob1]

According to Goodman, they have hired the Parker Search Firm.

Search firms blow, all Benedict needs to do is call Hurley talk about the New England weather for ten minutes, then tell him the job is his if he wants it and wish him luck in the NCAA'S. Done deal.

I have not heard another name that excites me. Hurley would have us in the tournament in two years.

 

[uconnphil2016]

It’s an industry accepted scam.

What a joke.

It's so that when AD Dave or Herbst wants to go somewhere else, the search firm will recommend them

 

[uconnever]

This list sucks!

Donovan is the only impact name on there and he ain't coming. We needed Ollie gone, but I have a bad feeling about our future. Too many average coaches on that list.

 

[whaler11]

Paging @whaler11

The state legislature should step in on this garbage.

It's using state money to further the careers of individual employees.

It's white collar crime.

They gave David the Oaf a raise - he can't hire a basketball coach without help?

 

[Tex-Lager93]

Billy Donovan or Frank Martin would be awesome.

Either would make me so happy. When the transition to Ollie took place, I said Bennett or Martin. Tony’s teams are a bit too boring - but I’ll stand by Martin - he reminds me of Calhoun...in Cuban form. Billy Donovan? If only - that would bring Championships...

 

[Stinger92860]

....and imagine how Calhoun would feel.....

Then JC needs to come back ASAP, as long as someone else picks the coach in waiting. JC plus Donyell is intriguing.

 

[noeynox]

The state legislature should step in on this garbage.

It's using state money to further the careers of individual employees.

It's white collar crime.

They gave David the Oaf a raise - he can't hire a basketball coach without help?

Off the Benedict bandwagon I see. I don't enough of what they do, background checks? I do know they draw your ire.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

It's so that when AD Dave or Herbst wants to go somewhere else, the search firm will recommend them

Pretty much.

 

[whaler11]

Where in the world did the Donyell rumors come from?

He's quitting a head coaching job after the amount of work he did to get one?

 

[Tex-Lager93]

yeah. pass

I wouldn’t discount the every 4-year plan. Like 1999, 2004, 2011, 2014.

 

[whaler11]

Off the Benedict bandwagon I see. I don't enough of what they do, background checks? I do know they draw your ire.

I've been off the Benedict bandwagon for a long time. They don't do squadoosh other than waste taxpayer money.

It's time for someone to answer why Ollie goes for cause and the people who made the deal skate.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

Off the Benedict bandwagon I see. I don't enough of what they do, background checks? I do know they draw your ire.

Go back and look at the press conference when Kevin Stallings was hired at Pitt 2 years ago. First question right out of the gate. High comedy.

 

[the Q]

The state legislature should step in on this garbage.

It's using state money to further the careers of individual employees.

It's white collar crime.

They gave David the Oaf a raise - he can't hire a basketball coach without help?

I literally did this in another thread. Parker was who got Uconn ad Dave.

 

[the Q]

....and imagine how Calhoun would feel.....

Then JC needs to come back ASAP, as long as someone else picks the coach in waiting. JC plus Donyell is intriguing.

The more I look at these lists....the more jc for a few years with a coaching in waiting (Dunleavy is my preferred choice) seems more and more appealing.

 

[whaler11]

I literally did this in another thread. Parker was who got Uconn ad Dave.

I've done this in a dozen threads. Parker also was in on the Auburn AD hire.

 

[uconnphil2016]

The state legislature should step in on this garbage.

It's using state money to further the careers of individual employees.

It's white collar crime.

They gave David the Oaf a raise - he can't hire a basketball coach without help?

You're right. It's insanity. The thing that I don't understand is that it's not actually a good way to further one's career, because you're now making hiring decisions based not on merit, but on who's in good favor with the search firm. Like others noted, this can lead to hiring guys like Diaco. Why not trust your own judgment, make a good hire, and advance by actually being good at your job?

 

[jibsey]

Donovan

 

[noeynox]

I've been off the Benedict bandwagon for a long time. They don't do squadoosh other than waste taxpayer money.

It's time for someone to answer why Ollie goes for cause and the people who made the deal skate.

Interesting. Was there a particular thing about Benedict?

I'll get killed for this but Warde and him make me long for Hathaway.