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Is Kyle Neptune cooked, after Villanova loss to Columbia?

Saw a bunch of stuff on twitter about this matchup: the team Tony Bennett quit on who’s somehow an underdog to a flailing Nova.

I went with UVA +10 in a teaser action, they’re up double digits all game.

This cat is cooked.
 
UConnStats said:
IMO a coach Nova should have their eye on is Chris Gerlufsen of San Francisco. He’s kept them very competitive since Golden left, coaches a good offensive system, and is from Philly.
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Yeah but you're Villanova hiring Chris Gerlufsen. He of 0 NCAA tournaments (unless they make it this year).
 
superjohn said:
I get your point but Big East is a power conference in basketball.
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I'm not sure that the other power conferences would agree.

Power conferences don't have years where they only land three schools in the tournament (they actually said, when referring to SH getting snubbed that the BE is not a power conference) and sadly, things will not get better for the conference as a whole.
 
1. Fire Neptune
2. Convince Jay Wright to come back and coach for the remainder of the season
3. ???
4. Do a national coaching search at the end of the season
 
Every day that passes with Kyle Neptune as coach, the hole gets deeper and the harder it will be to climb back out
 
RuffRuff said:
Keep wondering where the other Hurley lands long term. ASU ain’t a bad place to be now that in the Big12, but his leash may be short there. He seems such a better fit for the BE.
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LOL that would be adding another rogues gallery portrait along side Pitino's in the BE coaching realm of villains' as we recall Bobby's days at Duke. He may be a Hurley and brother of Danny but he was a Duke villain in spades to Uconn in his day.
That said, there is nothing like more passion and rivalry being added to the BE and perhaps restore some of the conferences glory of days past.
 
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FfldCntyFan said:
I'm not sure that the other power conferences would agree.

Power conferences don't have years where they only land three schools in the tournament (they actually said, when referring to SH getting snubbed that the BE is not a power conference) and sadly, things will not get better for the conference as a whole.
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Nope, the other power conferences have a lot more teams than the Big East. The Big 10 now has 18 teams who can't win the tournament.
 
ctchamps said:
Cooley heading to his third BE team?
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I mean at least Nova alums care about that program. I know quite a few Georgetown alums and those folks barely know they have a basketball team.

Seriously though, it’s possible to right the Nova ship pretty quickly but they need to have a serious coaching process this time.
 
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WhereistheDove? said:
I mean at least Nova alums care about that program. I know quite a few Georgetown anlums and those folks barely know they have a basketball team.

Seriously though, it’s possible to right the Nova ship pretty quickly but they need to have a serious coaching process this time.
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They owe that to their fans and alums.
 
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Hope he doesn’t get fired, love seeing nova getting destroyed by ivys, f em.
 
Villanova's hired a new AD that starts in January. Does Neptune make it to January?
 
He should have been cooked when they looked at his one year coaching at Fordham. He's not really good enough for Fordham. The went 25-8 after he left. Never let the outgoing coach pick the successor.
 
HuskyHawk said:
He should have been cooked when they looked at his one year coaching at Fordham. He's not really good enough for Fordham. The went 25-8 after he left. Never let the outgoing coach pick the successor.
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It doesn't sound like Jay Wright picked him.
 
HuskyHawk said:
He should have been cooked when they looked at his one year coaching at Fordham. He's not really good enough for Fordham. The went 25-8 after he left. Never let the outgoing coach pick the successor.
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As a Fordham alum that 16-16 season was a success lol and we were looking forward to what he could do with the program. He brought in quite a few of those guys that were part of the 25-8 season, looking back at in hindsight maybe they don't achieve that record with Neptune instead of Urgo but they did fall back down the cliff last season.
 
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just now seeing this from a couple days ago but this is wild to tweet from the team's official twitter account

 
Bomber36 said:
Who is this guy melton?
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Guy Melton? I think he was a three star out of Montverde, but I could be wrong.
 
That Guy said:
1. Fire Neptune
2. Convince Jay Wright to come back and coach for the remainder of the season
3. ???
4. Do a national coaching search at the end of the season
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Why would Wright want to come back to coach that shat show?
 
Jay Wright was very impressed with Kyle Neptune's handling of adversity and recommended him to be the head coach at Villanova.
Wright's recommendation: Wright, who retired after the 2021-22 season, said he was impressed with Neptune's handling of adversity and that Neptune's job was to instill Villanova culture
 
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superjohn said:
I heard it wasn't really Wright's decision, he was happy with Neptune staying at Fordham.
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Not his decision, sure. But when a coach that brought you program to the very top strongly recommends a guy the President/AD can either go with it and not take much risk or go against it at his/her peril. Had Wright not pushed for him there's no chance he's who they hire.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Not his decision, sure. But when a coach that brought you program to the very top strongly recommends a guy the President/AD can either go with it and not take much risk or go against it at his/her peril. Had Wright not pushed for him there's no chance he's who they hire.
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exactly JW did not hire him but it was his recommendation. Neptune was interviewed 2 or 3 days after Wright resigned and hired the same day as his interview.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Not his decision, sure. But when a coach that brought you program to the very top strongly recommends a guy the President/AD can either go with it and not take much risk or go against it at his/her peril. Had Wright not pushed for him there's no chance he's who they hire.
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I heard he didn't push for him.
 
Anyone can write anything on the internet. Especially quotes from an anonymous source. Lol

I really truly think that Jay Wright tanked Nova on purpose pushing Neptune on them. He worked with him for 12 years. Famous micromanager of a program. Knew all of the ins and outs.

World class egomaniac. Routinely told former assistants who took head jobs at other schools that copying Villanova was not a recipe for success. Has no former successful assistants (for the most part). I think he tanked Nova on purpose to make himself look even better.

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Legendary College Basketball Coach Jay Wright Accused Of Tanking Villanova On Purpose

Villanova lost its second game of the 2024-25 college basketball season at home to Columbia on Wednesday night. The Wildcats dropped to 1-1 with the loss,
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Palatine said:
The Ivy's are tough at the beginning of the season. Usually seasoned teams who play a very good system.

In 2004 Yale almost beat one of our best teams ever in the season opener. We won by 10 points but after the game the Yale coach said the best team lost.

So I'm inclined to cut Neptune a little slack on this one.
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I was at the Gampel game in 2018 (Jan 21 per Chatsmith) when Yale beat UConn. Hugely disappointing performance by the men’s team.
 
CL82 said:
Why would Wright want to come back to coach that shat show?
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Friend of mine here in PA belongs to the same golf club as Jay Wright and spoke to him several months ago at an outing. He ain’t making a triumphant return…ever.
 
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