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It's Tulane,who gives a monkey's uncle. Sure can tell the Huskies are in off season now.
 
Tulane had some pretty decent teams when Perry Clark was head coach. His leaving for Miami was the downfall of both Tulane's program and Clark's career.
 
Fishy said:
He's not Larry Brown - he's a journeyman NBA coach who hasn't been able to latch onto another gig.

I don't see this helping Tulane - it looks like one of those hires where you can't get at the in-demand younger coaches, so you opt for the used up old guy because you think you need a name at the press conference.

(Edit - the guy above referencing Hill at Fordham nailed it.)
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I don't see how this can hurt Tulane either though, considering they are Tulane University. It's not like they have a high mountain to fall off of.
Yes, he was a journeyman coach in the NBA, but it's so rare to find an NBA team with the same coach for more than like 7 years. I think the Spurs are the only team currently?
Dunleavy was an NBA Coach of the Year at one point, and coached multiple teams for multiple years each. The man can coach. If this were a better program, then it would certainly be a head-scratcher.
 
Maybe Tulane is going to try to move on up. Shocked to see they have a 1.2 billion dollar endowment, when I think ours is more 450m.
 
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RayIsTheGOAT said:
Yes, he was a journeyman coach in the NBA, but it's so rare to find an NBA team with the same coach for more than like 7 years. I think the Spurs are the only team currently?
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And Eric Spoelstra oddly enough.
 
huskyinfl said:
Maybe Tulane is going to try to move on up. Shocked to see they have a 1.2 billion dollar endowment, when I think ours is more 450m.
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Really? That's seems pretty low for a big up and coming state school.
 
I don't know cuddly diddly about Bob Hill.

But Mike Dunleavy is no Bob Hill. And he's got a network that is relatively extensive. He's lineage of Frank McGuire & has National/NY depth. We can say ... They're Tulane. Tulane is saying ... Look at BOTH Kelvin Sampson & Larry Brown. They needed that. Bringing a newby Josh Pastner/Orlando Antigua seems like more of a prayer to me.

This comes down to Staff. Both Sampson & Brown won their good starts there.
 
intlzncster said:
Really? That's seems pretty low for a big up and coming state school.
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Which is low? Ours is 437m I rounded up to feel better. Yale has over 25 billion. A few years ago we were in 200's... But the state kicking in a billion every 10+ years is nice.
Tulane is private.
 
huskyinfl said:
Which is low? Ours is 437m I rounded up to feel better. Yale has over 25 billion. A few years ago we were in 200's... But the state kicking in a billion every 10+ years is nice.
Tulane is private.
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Ours is low. We are the big up and coming state school.
 
intlzncster said:
And Eric Spoelstra oddly enough.
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That's true forgot about him. The Heat are just always solid and I think that's more a result of Wade and Riley, and Spoelstra is kind of just there along for the ride. It's not like NBA coaches have a significant impact unless you're among the best 3-4 coaches.
 
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Husky15 said:
Wonder if Baker Dunleavy will leave Nova to coach with his dad
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Jays RH man good call. Should be interesting to see after helping in the FF run. Guessing he can recruit too.
 
RayIsTheGOAT said:
That's true forgot about him. The Heat are just always solid and I think that's more a result of Wade and Riley, and Spoelstra is kind of just there along for the ride. It's not like NBA coaches have a significant impact unless you're among the best 3-4 coaches.
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Brad Stevens for one has had a Yuuuuge impact
 
imno1 said:
Brad Stevens for one has had a Yuuuuge impact
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I know it sounds crazy, but he might be in the 3-4 best coaches. What he's doing with the Celtics is pretty damn amazing.
 
From the people who know, who has the better hire Pitt or Tulane?
 
Western Kentucky just hired Rick Stansbury which about 25,000 times better than what Tulane or Pitt managed.
 
pnow15 said:
Gotta love the fact the AAC is no way accepting the 2nd rate stature foisted upon it by the P-5.
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This. We might get out. But Tulane never will. So if all of the schools in the AAC that aren't us and Cincy raise the bar that is a great thing.
 
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J187Money said:
This. We might get out. But Tulane never will. So if all of the schools in the AAC that aren't us and Cincy raise the bar that is a great thing.
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The more noise schools in the league make, the harder it will be for the P5 to leave them behind. Houston football appears poised to become what WVU was in the old BE. They just need some company. The collapse of UCF is troubling, and surprising. Need more than just one elite team. The hires in basketball are encouraging, but the league will rise or fall on the performance of UConn, Cincy, Memphis, Temple, Houston, and SMU. Need to reach a point where all 6 are strong threats to make the tournament, with the top 3 threats to make deep runs most years. No other G5 league is in a position to do this.
 
This is pretty simple.

You can't say this about Dunleavy a priori. Like Sampson & Larry Brown (both successes) ... You'll know all by about September.

In both Houston & SMU, they lined up outstanding assistants & grabbed 3-5 kids that have had 2-3 year impacts. Despite Dunleavy not having college bonafides, he could have just the juice needed like these two. Nope ... Bob Hill didn't. Couldn't. Wasn't. Not the guy you'd give to greater NYC. Nor Eddie Jordan. Let's see in 5 months.
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
His last act in the NBA was winning an arbitration against the Clippers where they wrote him a check for $13M, so he's probably alright.
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At $13 Million I'll bet he got less than Sterling's girlfriend V.Stiviano
 
FDNY99 said:
At $13 Million I'll bet he got less than Sterling's girlfriend V.Stiviano
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Anyone who's been in LA knows everyone sued Donald Sterling. Elgin Baylor did. He pulled lots of sleazy exits on contracts ... acted like a USFL owner in the snooty owners group of the NBA. That's why he fell so quick. No fellow owner would ever support that schmuck.
 
Pudge said:
Anyone who's been in LA knows everyone sued Donald Sterling. Elgin Baylor did. He pulled lots of sleazy exits on contracts ... acted like a USFL owner in the snooty owners group of the NBA. That's why he fell so quick. No fellow owner would ever support that schmuck.
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That was pretty evident at how quick he was forced to sell his team.
 
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Pudge said:
This is pretty simple.

You can't say this about Dunleavy a priori. Like Sampson & Larry Brown (both successes) ... You'll know all by about September.

In both Houston & SMU, they lined up outstanding assistants & grabbed 3-5 kids that have had 2-3 year impacts. Despite Dunleavy not having college bonafides, he could have just the juice needed like these two. Nope ... Bob Hill didn't. Couldn't. Wasn't. Not the guy you'd give to greater NYC. Nor Eddie Jordan. Let's see in 5 months.
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Larry Brown is a legendary coach who won titles at both the NBA and college level. Sampson was at the minimum a very good college coach who after his exile from the college game became a lead assistant in the NBA and was actually getting talked up as a potential NBA coach down the line before he took the Houston job. Dunleavy was a retread NBA coach with a sub .500 career record, Hill actually has a better record than him but really there is no big difference, they are both generic coaches that carry no weight. Dunleavy probably has a better mouthpiece on him since I can't imagine him being any duller than Hill based on my interactions with him while I worked in the Fordham athletic dept, but at the end of the day I don't see this hire doing much for Tulane. If he achieves moderate success I'll be the first to admit I'm wrong, just don't really understand where your viewpoint of him comes from. The only thing remarkable about him that I remember about him during his stints in the NBA were the oversized Di()k Tracy villain suits he wore in the sidelines.
 
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Pudge said:
This is pretty simple.

You can't say this about Dunleavy a priori. Like Sampson & Larry Brown (both successes) ... You'll know all by about September.

In both Houston & SMU, they lined up outstanding assistants & grabbed 3-5 kids that have had 2-3 year impacts. Despite Dunleavy not having college bonafides, he could have just the juice needed like these two. Nope ... Bob Hill didn't. Couldn't. Wasn't. Not the guy you'd give to greater NYC. Nor Eddie Jordan. Let's see in 5 months.
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Dunleavy, because of his pro experience will have a HUGE international pipeline
This will bring guys in that get little attention from US colleges
Unlike Larry Brown who coached NBA when international players were not looked at - I envision MD to do a lot here
What 7 foot Chech wouldn't want to play in Florida?
 
gtcam said:
Dunleavy, because of his pro experience will have a HUGE international pipeline
This will bring guys in that get little attention from US colleges
Unlike Larry Brown who coached NBA when international players were not looked at - I envision MD to do a lot here
What 7 foot Chech wouldn't want to play in Florida?
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Are you a real person or is this some kind of bot?
 
superjohn said:
SMU hired Brown because he's one of the best basketball coaches ever. Are you seriously trying to compare Mike Dunleavy to Larry Brown in terms of basketball acumen?
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Please show me where Brown is one of the best ever - don't give me the HoF crap - he was given that due to longevity
I gave a comparative of both their NBA results - what else do you have?
Danny Manning gave him a NCAA title as Melo gave to the Picker - neither HoF worthy
With the BB HoF its more who you know vs what you did in some cases
And when you say one of the best ever - how many people are you including in this best ever category - Christ I can see at least 3 current NBA and at least 6 current CBB coaches with much better records/results plus dozens retired - you must have a huge best ever catagory
 
gtcam said:
Please show me where Brown is one of the best ever - don't give me the HoF crap - he was given that due to longevity
I gave a comparative of both their NBA results - what else do you have?
Danny Manning gave him a NCAA title as Melo gave to the Picker - neither HoF worthy
With the BB HoF its more who you know vs what you did in some cases
And when you say one of the best ever - how many people are you including in this best ever category - Christ I can see at least 3 current NBA and at least 6 current CBB coaches with much better records/results plus dozens retired - you must have a huge best ever catagory
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Amazing.
 
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