Dakich - Jay Wright interview

[olehead]

Much more complicated. Howie graduated from Nova in 1980. Going into 1982, they had a nice schedule in front of them including Clemson. In late spring the Trustees cut football out of the blue with no debate, due to a change in direction. A lot of recruits headed there got screwed. Many ended up at places like App. State, Eastern Kentucky, etc.. Others less heavily recruited were screwed and transferred to D3 schools that were glad to have them.

The school is not remotely like UConn. It always was a basketball school and part of the P5, which has its own Philly basketball tradition. It's a classic catholic college and precisely where it belongs in football. To suggest a top 20 national flagship state university should carry a second rate 1AA program is living in the past. We are "all in" with of the largest athletic budgets in the country. If we went with your "all-in", we would partially in, and there would be absolutely zero opportunity of ultimately landing in a P5. We have to stay the course and fight get to he next level. That's all in.

Stay the course, we will ultimately land in a P5 be like stay the course trickle down theory will get everyone paid

 

[80shusky]

Lappas>Ollie

Weak at best. You can certainly do better than Lappas as a comp.

 

[Chuck]

Timing is everything. Great job by Villanova getting rid of an adequate Lappas in order to jump on Wright. Nobody thought Lappas was in danger of being fired that year, although he was floundering. Wright was almost definitely headed to Rutgers, who fired their coach to get Wright. It would've been tough for Wright to turn the RU job down. Because of his family ties to Villanova, he still may've jumped there when the job eventually became available, but things could've turned out differently for all involved. Rutgers could've stopped being Rutgers, or Wright could've failed and tarnished his future. Villanova could've gone through a half dozen coaches like BC.