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Tony Stubblefield Fired

yungdowork said:
DePaul needs to find a way to be more competitive. I think Chicago would rally around the program a little bit if they had a reason to. DePaul has had 1 winning season and 18 losing seasons in the Big East. They've only had an overall positive record twice since 2005.

I really do feel like DePaul is a part of the Big East, and I don't love the idea of them going somewhere else, but being the doormat of the conference for so long is not helping the program anymore.
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The Meyers (Ray and Joey) didn't have much of a coaching tree. But of what little exists, I imagine they'll call Ty Corbin and see if he's interested in coming back to lead the program. He did get Utah to the NBA playoffs one year. He's an assistant for the Hornets currently and that doesn't seem a place anyone really wants to be.
 
yungdowork said:
DePaul needs to find a way to be more competitive. I think Chicago would rally around the program a little bit if they had a reason to. DePaul has had 1 winning season and 18 losing seasons in the Big East. They've only had an overall positive record twice since 2005.

I really do feel like DePaul is a part of the Big East, and I don't love the idea of them going somewhere else, but being the doormat of the conference for so long is not helping the program anymore.
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I lived in Chicago from 1993 until 2010. No one ever talked about DePaul. You have Northwestern right in the city and most of the South Side root for Illinois, Indiana or Notre Dame. When Notre Dame was part of the big east I would go to games there. It was usually a win and really good seats were easy to find. I just think there is just too much competition for them to gain anymore traction.
 
Tenspro2002 said:
It is really rare for a CBB coach to get fired midseason short of personal misconduct issues. DePaul being 3-14 and like #250 in D-I might make an exception. They need a program-builder (or re-builder) badly.
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Welcome to the NIl era:

Step 1: fire head coach to generate booster/donor excitement.

Step 2: fundraiser the bag

Step 3: use the bag to attract the best coach

Step 4: give the coach the bag to go buy his team.
 
auror said:
I don't think DePaul will be high enough in the pecking order to get Wade.
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Yes, but things can change. They are in a good conference and had a very good but now ancient history. I took my son to the 1991 McD game that included Donyell, 4 of the Fab 5, Glenn Robinson and other notables. There were two DePaul recruits, Howard Nathan and Tom Kleinschmidt. The right coach can make it work (see James Calhoun replacing Dominic Perno). Are they willing to pay?
 
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This has Tom Crean written all over it. I hope I’m wrong.

Will Wade should be call 1 (but he could probably get a better job, like Louisville).

Bobby Hurley would be fun, but doubt he’d want to coach against his brother (and Dan has mentioned he would hate to coach against him).
 
CTBasketball said:
Give Will Wade the job. Make DePaul a scummy program and get them to national relevance so I can visit for an away game and be entertained.
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How much upside is there hiring a coach that’s willing to do some dirt in the era of NIL? Not sure it’s that much of a differentiator.
 
McLovin said:
He’s a good coach - he has McNeese State of the Southland conference 84th in the KenPom with a 13-2 overall record…
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I’m not discounting that, just that his propensity to get fast and loose with NCAA rules probably won’t do much in this day and age.
 
will wade would be an idiot to take the worst job in a conference full of poverty mid majors.

to me he’s gotta be candidate #1 at wvu. they already have a ridiculous nil budget and he can win right away without a crazy rebuild.

honestly he could probably get any job he wanted this cycle.
 
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SilentDog said:
I lived in Chicago from 1993 until 2010. No one ever talked about DePaul. You have Northwestern right in the city and most of the South Side root for Illinois, Indiana or Notre Dame. When Notre Dame was part of the big east I would go to games there. It was usually a win and really good seats were easy to find. I just think there is just too much competition for them to gain anymore traction.
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The question is, would people have been talking about them if they weren't trash?

I see them as being similar to St. John's. They're each technically the flagship program of a big city. There are some diehards and a lot of casuals who get Johnnies fever when the team is good. I have a bunch of friends from Queens who go years without saying anything about SJU and then, bam, Pitino's the coach and all of a sudden we're talking college basketball. SJU has been getting 12K attendance at MSG for BE games. That's not bad.

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St. John’s basketball players, Rick Pitino in awe of Kevin Durant’s attendance

St. John's basketball players and Rick Pitino were in awe of Kevin Durant attending its game against Holy Cross on Saturday night.
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If DePaul hired a big name and lured some decent transfers, wouldn't basketball fans be interested? I realize DePaul and SJU aren't the same but there are striking similarities.
 
NJHusky said:
Why would he want to leave ASU for DePaul/Chicago, even if Danny wasn’t in the BE?
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Why would DePaul want him? Better off calling Herb Sendek
 
OkaForPrez said:
Welcome to the NIl era:

Step 1: fire head coach to generate booster/donor excitement.

Step 2: fundraiser the bag

Step 3: use the bag to attract the best coach

Step 4: give the coach the bag to go buy his team.
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DePaul had an experienced head coach sitting on the bench (hired this year) so this was pretty easy to fire Stubblefield. As you stated, now you have the time to get the boosters (if they still have any) on board, the NIL lined up, really research potential hires, and then let the coach recruit a competitive roster.
 
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Perhaps someone with deep Chicago ties is looking for a hobby. Imagine the transfer portal. Geez, of course I'm not serious.

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next hire will tell a lot about where DePaul's head is at. If they bargain-basement it, maybe time for the heave-ho.
 
aceboon said:
what has Scheyer done so far that would make someone believe he would have DePaul humming without the pre-built Duke brand him? Wojo didn't even do well at Marquette which had a much better starting position than DePaul did
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Scheyer is a putz, I would much rather have Tom Kleinschmidt.
 
nomar said:
The question is, would people have been talking about them if they weren't trash?

I see them as being similar to St. John's. They're each technically the flagship program of a big city. There are some diehards and a lot of casuals who get Johnnies fever when the team is good. I have a bunch of friends from Queens who go years without saying anything about SJU and then, bam, Pitino's the coach and all of a sudden we're talking college basketball. SJU has been getting 12K attendance at MSG for BE games. That's not bad.

stormthepaint.com

St. John’s basketball players, Rick Pitino in awe of Kevin Durant’s attendance

St. John's basketball players and Rick Pitino were in awe of Kevin Durant attending its game against Holy Cross on Saturday night.
stormthepaint.com stormthepaint.com

If DePaul hired a big name and lured some decent transfers, wouldn't basketball fans be interested? I realize DePaul and SJU aren't the same but there are striking similarities.
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Big benefit St. John’s has is Repole. He’s a heavy hitter and spending big on NIL. is there a similar DePaul booster? Worth billions and passionate about the university?
 
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DePaul needs a young head coach looking to make the next level. Not a long time assistant like the Stubblefield hire. Kleinschmidt coaches DePaul prep HS currently. He's well respected and was a good player for the Demons but the lack of college coaching experience probably knocks him out. Bryan Mullins would be a good hire. He's young and has done pretty well at SIU. He lost his best player Martin Domask (definitely in the top ten of portal transfers this year) to Illinois and still has SIU at 12-7 in the MVC. His dad runs the Illinois Wolves for you AAU folks. Ty Corbin is an interesting suggestion.
 
UConnSwag11 said:
Wonder who would want to go there
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What about him? Article talks about the pro's and
con's. He said he is happy with where he is now.

Problem is that if he belts a player or worse, University is on the hook for a negligent hire. And, if you think Hurley gets bad calls, what call would this guy get.
No enough mea culpas would help him, IMHO.

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Gene Sapakoff column: It's been three seasons without South Carolina native and former College of Charleston assistant coach Gregg Marshall on the sidelines after a career once on a Hall
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superjohn said:
Scheyer is a putz, I would much rather have Tom Kleinschmidt.
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Agreed and Scheyer has been underwhelming in development, coaching and pretty much anything not named recruiting. And it’s a vast difference recruiting Ks legacy at Duke vs well anywhere but especially DePaul. It’s arguable Duke has the most, or second most talent in college and it’s not exactly super young talent either and they have one good win against Baylor. He would have been a massive flop at DePaul.
 
DePaul has a very tough stretch coming up with Marquette, Creighton, SHU, Xavier. Creighton is the only away game. Maybe interim coach Matt Brady can win a game or two, that would be something.

Or Drew Valentine from Loyola Chicago, or the Big East trades DePaul for Loyola . . .
 
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