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OT - Next Louisville Coach

tcf15 said:
The 247 Louisville mod proposed Scott Davenport, current head coach at Div-II Bellarmine University.

Connection to Louisville: Prior to coming to Bellarmine, Davenport served nine years as an assistant coach at the University of Louisville under national championship-winning Hall of Fame coaches Denny Crum and Rick Pitino.
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At this point, they're not hiring anybody that has had so much as a cup of coffee with Pitino at any point in time.
 
It's almost October, bb. Best case is you let them transfer after the semester ends and play for the new school come January. The problem is thAt it screws everyone on UL's schedule too Since they would almost have to end the season. It's one thing to screw UL or even the ACC but they also have other games.
 
freescooter said:
It's almost October, bb. Best case is you let them transfer after the semester ends and play for the new school come January. The problem is thAt it screws everyone on UL's schedule too Since they would almost have to end the season. It's one thing to screw UL or even the ACC but they also have other games.
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If their players all transferred, UL would forfeit all of those games and they'd all be Ws for the other team. Let the committee interpret that as they will in March.
 
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brasssbonanzaa said:
If their players all transferred, UL would forfeit all of those games and they'd all be Ws for the other team. Let the committee interpret that as they will in March.
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They'll have some holdovers and walk ons to play with.
 
Why are we saying kids will transfer if they waive the rule? Kids are leaving either way.
 
Kembacity said:
What is Peyton Siva up to?
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I thought he would be out of my nightmares forever when he graduated. The thought of him being Louisville's coach
and periodically having Uconn deal with him again as a head coach of that place for years on end just gave me an anxiety attack. Please no. If he could coach guys to play with his intensity.................never mind!
 
John Pelphrey?

I know he went to UK and connection to Pitino but he would get to go "home" and knows the SEC
 
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Acknowledging Baylor likely shares some pay-for-play and even scummier similarities with Loserville, the former's a prime example of throwing enough money out and hiring coaches willing to plug their noses.
 
KSC94 said:
So I know RJ's girlfriend rather well. RJ was the one to pick Brian Bowen up from the airport for his visit. Hoping he wasn't more involved than that. Would be really cool for him to get a shot, but I imagine they'd bring in someone jobless and mediocre, but with experience and clean. Crean would be the perfect hire but idk if he would even take the job with what's going on now.
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So when you say you "know her well" ...?
 
KSC94 said:
So I know RJ's girlfriend rather well. RJ was the one to pick Brian Bowen up from the airport for his visit. Hoping he wasn't more involved than that. Would be really cool for him to get a shot, but I imagine they'd bring in someone jobless and mediocre, but with experience and clean. Crean would be the perfect hire but idk if he would even take the job with what's going on now.
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There are very few out of work head coaches who wouldn't take a 1 or 2 year job at say $2M a year. Even if you don't win, the publicity you get only makes you more attractive for a small division 1 school down the road. Plus you bank some real money in the interim.
 
The longer this thing drags on without any NCAA ruling the worse it will be for Louisville and the ACC.

Players, coaches and other teams will be hesitant to play for/against them without knowing how things fall. It's a DeFacto death sentence because the FBI is grabbing computers and I'm sure they'd like to expand this probe. The NCAA will not touch this thing until the FBI finishes its investigation at the earliest.
 
businesslawyer said:
There are very few out of work head coaches who wouldn't take a 1 or 2 year job at say $2M a year. Even if you don't win, the publicity you get only makes you more attractive for a small division 1 school down the road. Plus you bank some real money in the interim.
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A big name coach will unlikely take the gig unless he is near the end of his career.
 
Waquoit said:
JC would take the gig if offered, I bet. He'd be a perfect short-term answer.
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A guy with an NCAA "institutional control" history is the last thing they need right now.
 
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Favs to be next @GoCards MBB HC (via @DaveMasonBOL )
M Cronin 6-1
B Williams 8-1
C Mack 8-1
A Enfield 10-1
K Davis 10-1
S Smart 10-1
Hoiberg 12-1
G Marshall 12-1
S Wojciechowski 14-1
 
None of them can be dumb enough to take this job until punishments are fully handed out.
 
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Hans Sprungfeld said:
Larry Brown!
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This is the one that makes the most sense to me. They really only need a guy for this year to coach their elite talent. Getting the death penalty after the season is a very real possibility. Brown doesn't care about sanctions or anything and wouldn't have enough time to make things worse.
 
KSC94 said:
This is the one that makes the most sense to me. They really only need a guy for this year to coach their elite talent. Getting the death penalty after the season is a very real possibility. Brown doesn't care about sanctions or anything and wouldn't have enough time to make things worse.
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Uh, Brown left SMU with NCAA violations. With what has gone on at UL, when/if they hire a temporary coach, it will be someone with no track record of NCAA violations.
 
I would think they would have to pull someone out of retirement to take this job. Maybe an ex-NBA coach. No one else will do this. Who wants that kind of attention?
 
brasssbonanzaa said:
Great, then they play the games. The point is, those players who joined the program and didn't accept money should be allowed to play for a legitimate program with a coach this year.
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The problem you get is without knowing what and how deep this goes, who are those guys? Beyond that for schools like St Francis and Albany and Southern Illinois the Louisville game is a payday and a recruiting tool not just a win/loss. Players can leave or not leave their choice but frankly I wouldn't want to let Louisville out of its obligation.
 
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