OT: St. Bonnie’s Mark Schmidt to UMass? (… or Not)

[tcf15]

 

[shizzle787]

If so, this is a good hire for UMass.

 

[Pudge]

Nothing splashy ... but clearly a very very solid basketball coach. He will do well in Amherst.

 

[UconnU]

Good time for Schmidt to get out. His 5 starters who all play 40 minutes are all graduating.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Probably a good hire, but the Bonnies fell well short of expectations this year with many talented seniors on the roster. He might need a fresh start more than anything.

 

[Storrs South]

That's a fake reporter, but given how long it's taken UMass to make a hire it probably is accurate and they are just waiting for the season to end for the Bonnies

 

[TRest]

Gonna have to wait a while longer

 

[metsfan2323]

Great low risk hire for UMASS if true.

 

[WrenchFan69]

Would be very funny if Schmidt went to UMass and someone hired Earl Grant away from BC

 

[storrsroars]

Don't recall seeing many lateral moves like this, especially among mid-majors. Schmidt turns 60 next season. Just don't think this hire moves their needle.

 

[TRest]

Don't recall seeing many lateral moves like this, especially among mid-majors. Schmidt turns 60 next season. Just don't think this hire moves their needle.

Saw the umass board mention that URI hired Jim Baron away from the Bonnie’s in the past.

 

[huskymedic]

Poor Blaud:

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Mr. French]

This makes zero sense, in every way.

 

[huskymedic]

Hiccup…

 

[TRest]

Clearly Blauds was lost without an editor (and copy editor) at the globe.

 

[navery12]

Is UMass even a better job than St. Bonaventure?

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Nice win for the Bonnies over UVa tonight. Is Schmidt a better coach than Bennett? Some say so.

 

[auror]

Hiccup…

Yeah... Bruiser had head coaching experience... at UMass. It ended poorly.

 

[Storrs South]

 

[CL82]

This is a solid, if not flashy higher. A decent UMass is good for Connecticut. I hope it works out for them. I wouldn’t mind having annual games in football, hockey, and basketball. That’s some thing that could eventually grow into a pretty decent rivalry.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Slow news night when we are covering a coach that might leave St. Bonaventure for UMass.

 

[UCTitleTown]

Slow news night when we are covering a coach that might leave St. Bonaventure for UMass.

Except for Calipari's run there 25 years ago, UMass has been an irrelevant program.

 

[uconnric]

This is a solid, if not flashy higher. A decent UMass is good for Connecticut.

Don't think it matters at all for us whether UMass is relevant or not.

 

[BGesus4]

Nice win for the Bonnies over UVa tonight. Is Schmidt a better coach than Bennett? Some say so.

Bennetts personality lost them that game

 

[Hey Adrien!]

I'd rather live in the Amherst area than in Olean.

Aside from that, I don't get the move for Schmidt.

More importantly, the tweet from the first post of this thread seems like bunk.

If I were to bet the next UMass coach? Bashir Mason of Wagner.

10 seasons at Wagner. 3 NEC regular season champions in the last 7 years. Only 38 years old. A Northeast guy who played at Drexel, was an assistant at Marist and has been part of the coaching staff at Wagner for a dozen years now.

 

[Storrs South]

I'd rather live in the Amherst area than in Olean.

Aside from that, I don't get the move for Schmidt.

More importantly, the tweet from the first post of this thread seems like bunk.

If I were to bet the next UMass coach? Bashir Mason of Wagner.

10 seasons at Wagner. 3 NEC regular season champions in the last 7 years. Only 38 years old. A Northeast guy who played at Drexel, was an assistant at Marist and has been part of the coaching staff at Wagner for a dozen years now.

Their season has been over for two weeks. UMass fired their head coach a month ago. If it was going to be him it would have already happened; you've seen all other head coaching searches took less than a week to complete. With backchanneling, these deals are basically set so that when they finish the postseason they are immediately whisked away to the new job.

The only coaches still competing are those in the NCAA and NIT tournaments so I'd frankly be shocked if it isn't a coach left from those two pools. If it isn't, that just shows UMass to be an utterly incompetent AD, which could very well be the case.

As a refresher, Dan Hurley lost to Duke in the NCAA Tournament March 17, 2018...UConn officially hired him March 22, 2018. These things move quickly (or at least should).

 

[metsfan2323]

Is UMass even a better job than St. Bonaventure?

UMASS is a better job if it pays more, also should be a better recruiting area if Schmidt can convince the in state talent to play for State U. Lastly don't discount the possibility that UMASS is going to pitch the Big East for entry should the Big East decide to add a school. Obviously the small school Bonnies would have no shot at the Big East.

 

[ThabeetDown]

Why are we so obsessed with UMass unless Kimani goes there? They have zero impact on UConn except with hockey. Not trolling genuinely confused.

 

[CL82]

Don't think it matters at all for us whether UMass is relevant or not.

Sort of. We’re fine if they’re not, but having a decent competitor in the state next-door could create the rivalry we are lacking. That’s good for the University. For what it’s worth we already play UMass annually in hockey, for which they are the defending national champions and just beat us in overtime for the Hokies championship, and in football, for which both programs have been pretty bad, adding an annual basketball game would be easy enough to do.