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Jim Christian out @ Boston College

How some of y’all view the BCU job is truly astonishing to me but I can’t say I’m not surprised
 
SportsFan88 said:
How some of y’all view the BCU job is truly astonishing to me but I can’t say I’m not surprised
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How do some view the job? Not sure which direction you are seeing the replies sway?
 
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mauconnfan said:
How do some view the job? Not sure which direction you are seeing the replies sway?
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The direction I’m seeing is that the job is on par or maybe just a tier below the UCONN job LOL.. I honestly think BCU gotta be a bottom 5-10 power 5 job but maybe I’m wrong and I’m seeing things differently in the thread
 
freescooter said:
BC has 2 problems, maybe 3 if you count being the odd man in the ACC. First, they have not been good and are in a pretty deep hole. How do they recruit the northeast now? How do you get out? If I were going this route, though I’d sell the campus to condo developers and go after Pikiell. I doubt you’d get him but who knows and compared to Rutgers BC is a walk in the park.

Problem #2 is that BC basketball is the equivalent of UConn football to most of their alumni and fans. If the announcement had been “BC is dropping basketball” 75% of the BC alumni/fan base wouldn’t care that much. Less competition for resources for Hockey and football...

They can go a couple of ways it seems to me. They can try and bring in an older big name to jump start interest, a Pitino or a Beilien type who probably isn’t staying long but will generate some interest. You hope you can find his replacement to build on the momentum. They can bring in a pretty solid local guy like Amaker or one of the other locals. I‘d look at the guy at Yale too. But they sort of went that route before with Christian. Successful Ivy League coach with little success At BC. Or find another Dan Hurley type, successful at rebuilding at a lower level who wants to show his stuff in the most prestigious league in the country. I don’t know who that would be but in some ways it needs to be the anti-Hurley in the sense that you won’t win at BC by out recruiting teams in your conference and you won’t win lots of battles against the big boys in your neighborhood either so you need to be able to coach the heck out of your team. Hurley will win or lose based on the guys he gets. BC needs to find the right guys to fit a system. A young Jay Wright would be the perfect guy.
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Beilein had a system at WVU which worked with lesser players than at Michigan. Then, he started to get some really good recruits at Michigan.

He is a system guy. Is there a young Jay Wright anywhere?
 
SportsFan88 said:
The direction I’m seeing is that the job is on par or maybe just a tier below the UCONN job LOL.. I honestly think BCU gotta be a bottom 5-10 power 5 job but maybe I’m wrong and I’m seeing things differently in the thread
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I don't think most disagree much with you on this. The only thing potentially about it is maybe a high ranking assistant takes a chance on getting his feet wet. Or a really good coach like Becker gets a better paycheck. Other than that it'd a lose-lose job. Don't get me wrong a cheater may make it something competitive so maybe what's his name who's at Illinois now takes it after his gig at USF.
 
SportsFan88 said:
He can do a WHOLE lot better than the BCU job
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He certainly is qualified for a better position than at BCU.

Not sure if a currently successful major program wants him as a successor to a retiring coach. I don't think Duke or UNC would hire an older coach if their current coaches retire.
 
Didn't really pay any attention to Jim Christian's tenure, as BC has been very irrelevant for years now. However, this job is pretty much impossible. The only way I could see them building able to "build" themselves back up is to either hire a high profile coach ala Pitino, or take a chance on a coach from a mid major who is able to overpyrform for a couple years, which would then hopefully lead to better recruiting. So yeah, success isn't likely.
 
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brasssbonanzaa said:
Honestly, BC and Pitino make complete sense. New England guy who needs access to a power conference team and a program that needs invigoration and a reset.

If they hire a Porter Moser-eqsue coach, it's going to be more years of no one paying attention.
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Pitino is as New England as Carnegie Deli. He’s from New York.
 
mauconnfan said:
Not when I watched them, they had a few good guards a couple years ago and were in many games with that class but couldn't win. By no means do I suggest they were in them all to the last minutes/seconds of games but they were competitive for a while. Maybe I only saw the ones they played well in or over their heads.

Pitino would be real interesting for them but would a catholic school hire a pimp?
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This is probably not a question you want to hear the responses to.
 
It's a shame what BC has become. BC is not a basketball school and Boston is not a college sports town. Basketball is no better than 3rd in terms of interest (Hockey, Football) and could be even lower (Baseball), which makes them no better than 6th or 7th in the region. Far cry from the Early-Mid 90's heyday. The decline began when they forced Jim O'Brien's hand. Scoonie Penn and Michael Redd followed.
 
Lots of talk already about Howard eisley who is at Michigan as an assistant to Howard. No head coaching experience but he is an alum on a team that is having regular season success. Point being there isn’t going to be a deep pool of names we have all heard of clamoring for that job despite it being an ACC gig.
 
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mauconnfan said:
I don't think most disagree much with you on this. The only thing potentially about it is maybe a high ranking assistant takes a chance on getting his feet wet. Or a really good coach like Becker gets a better paycheck. Other than that it'd a lose-lose job. Don't get me wrong a cheater may make it something competitive so maybe what's his name who's at Illinois now takes it after his gig at USF.
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Antigua? And thanks for hearing me out brother
 
freescooter said:
Lots of things make UConn a much better job than BC. But if you could be successful in the ACC vs the new Big East, I guarantee 9 out of 10 coaches would take the ACC.
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Why exactly?
 
I am a huge northeast basketball fan, a BC alumni and I live 15 mins from campus. I did not know the full name of the BC basketball coach until today. They have NO juice even within the 128 belt. Nobody with options let alone Dan Hurley will look at this job.

they are likely firing the coach now because they realize how far down the pecking order they are this there best shot at getting an assistant with any talent is by offering months before any other program would reach out.
 
Such a shame Christian is out at BCU; hoped he stayed around with Bugger Eater for a few decades
 
scotty0330 said:
Lots of talk already about Howard eisley who is at Michigan as an assistant to Howard. No head coaching experience but he is an alum on a team that is having regular season success.
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Add the NBA asst coaching experience and this seems like a no-brainer. But can he recruit?
 
auggie22 said:
They have NO juice even within the 128 belt. Nobody with options let alone Dan Hurley will look at this job.
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I caught WEEI discussing this. They spent about 10 minutes on it. Half was explaining that they hardly ever discuss college hoop on the show, the other 5 minutes were spent laughing. Especially about the .217 ACC win pct.
 
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HooperScooper said:
Without looking up anything, I don't remember BCU being competitive very much in the last 7 seasons. They were the ACC's whipping boy. They had a few good wins but my recollection is that they were outclassed most games.
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All of the old BE teams that moved into the ACC have not done very well in basketball (in football either). The ACC wanted the Northeast/NYC exposure for recruiting. Unfortunately they didn't get NYC or New England's basketball team and football is an after thought in the Northeast. BC is very happy to win its 6th Frozen Four.
 
Waquoit said:
I caught WEEI discussing this. They spent about 10 minutes on it. Half was explaining that they hardly ever discuss college hoop on the show, the other 5 minutes were spent laughing. Especially about the .217 ACC win pct.
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Mazz is a BC guy but otherwise there is a mix of apathy and hate for the beagles.
 
mauconnfan said:
Just not a great job for anyone, tough to win as the black sheep of the ACC but who knows, right choice? Didn't think the guy did an awful job considering. He had them competitive a lot just not good enough to win
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UNDERSTAND it might be a geographical recruiting challenge but BRELIN is a GREAT COACH and should be in college basketball. they so screwed up when they got rid of O'BRIEN w all his boston connections. the yahoos wanting Pitino back will be the first dip shi** blasting hurley for losing recruits if that happened.
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mauconnfan said:
Not when I watched them, they had a few good guards a couple years ago and were in many games with that class but couldn't win. By no means do I suggest they were in them all to the last minutes/seconds of games but they were competitive for a while. Maybe I only saw the ones they played well in or over their heads.

Pitino would be real interesting for them but would a catholic school hire a pimp?
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understand it could be a geographical challenge but BREILIN is a GREAT GREAT coach and belongs in college basketball
BC messed up when they got rid of O'Brien, HE had had them rolling w all his boston connections.
It showed they were not serious about being big time players in college bball.
The Pitino YAHOOS will be the first to blast Hurley for recruiting when mr do anything to get recruits started operating.
 
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