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Borges article on candidates

whaler11 said:
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?
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Donyell was in the Borges article. Would he sign up for head coach in waiting? I might.
 
whaler11 said:
I've done this in a dozen threads. Parker also was in on the Auburn AD hire.
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They’re a big hitter in the athletics fields
 
uconnphil2016 said:
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?
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Because if you aren't in the good graces of the search firms you don't get recommended and nobody hires anyone who isn't recommended by the search firms.

At the end of the day the idiots running athletic departments know WAY WAY WAY WAY less about sports than we do.

UConn's athletic department which has a billion national championships has been so woefully managed that they have been reduced to firing the basketball coach 'for cause' in an effort to bully him into a lower buy-out.

I wouldn't trust Dave Benedict to get my car home safely from a trip to the carwash. If they somehow don't end up with Hurley - they are going to make a hire so bad you are going to bleed from your eyes.
 
the Q said:
They’re a big hitter in the athletics fields
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They are a worthless tax on the process. If our state legislature was worth a damn they would pass a bill that eliminated their use.
 
Stinger92860 said:
Donyell was in the Borges article. Would he sign up for head coach in waiting? I might.
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Oh Good Lord him as coach in waiting is beyond insane. He finished 8th in the NEC by hiring the relative of their best player who has gotten kicked out of a half dozen programs. To date he has shown zero that would qualify him as coach in waiting.
 
noeynox said:
Interesting. Was there a particular thing about Benedict?

I'll get killed for this but Warde and him make me long for Hathaway.
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I don't know if I can point to a single thing that happened but he's completely inept. It's awesome that Edsall hates him already.
 
whaler11 said:
Oh Good Lord him as coach in waiting is beyond insane. He finished 8th in the NEC by hiring the relative of their best player who has gotten kicked out of a half dozen programs. To date he has shown zero that would qualify him as coach in waiting.
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Didn’t say I would hire him, but it could prove to be an interesting mix.
 
Could Brian Dutcher, Mark Few or Greg McDermott be good suitors?
 
whaler11 said:
They are a worthless tax on the process. If our state legislature was worth a damn they would pass a bill that eliminated their use.
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What about to replace herbst? She won’t be here long term
 
Stinger92860 said:
Didn’t say I would hire him, but it could prove to be an interesting mix.
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Well he's not going to come without a promise and you'd be insane to make the promise - so how is he involved in this at all?
 
whaler11 said:
I don't know if I can point to a single thing that happened but he's completely inept. It's awesome that Edsall hates him already.
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Probably says more about Edsall than him, but I agree there have been a host of moves that make you shake your head.
 
whaler11 said:
I don't know if I can point to a single thing that happened but he's completely inept. It's awesome that Edsall hates him already.
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I applaud DB for not letting the KO thing drag on and making the obvious choice quickly. But other than that, I share your lack of confidence in him. He’s seemingly made no progress getting us into a P5 conference and has never been an AD. Diaco and KO were easy decisions, let’s see what he’s really capable of now.
 
noeynox said:
Interesting. Was there a particular thing about Benedict?

I'll get killed for this but Warde and him make me long for Hathaway.
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Holy hell, no. Hathaway is, inarguably, the person most responsible for UConn not being in a power conference.

Warde wasn't great, and the jury is still out on Benedict (this hire will go a long way towards forming his legacy), but Hathaway was an unmitigated disaster. A loser all the way around.
 
whaler11 said:
Because if you aren't in the good graces of the search firms you don't get recommended and nobody hires anyone who isn't recommended by the search firms.

At the end of the day the idiots running athletic departments know WAY WAY WAY WAY less about sports than we do.

UConn's athletic department which has a billion national championships has been so woefully managed that they have been reduced to firing the basketball coach 'for cause' in an effort to bully him into a lower buy-out.

I wouldn't trust Dave Benedict to get my car home safely from a trip to the carwash. If they somehow don't end up with Hurley - they are going to make a hire so bad you are going to bleed from your eyes.
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I bet we end up with Tom Crean. Watch.
 
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