phil95 wrote:

He consistently peddled BS for 7 years to cover for his lack of coaching success.

Why are you so concerned with what I think? You believe KD was a straight shooter prone to candor. I don't.

CityDuke wrote:

What did that man do to you Phil?

Thanks for posting Bluffhunter. So cool to see Dambrot up there with those two talking hoops! He fit in like a glove. Maybe he moves that direction in retirement? Or some sort of commentary? I always appreciated his candor and commentary after games. It would be awesome to see him as some sort of college basketball pundit or something. I could see it.

Maybe the name of this forum should be called “ Duquesne haters United.” 😂😂😂On a serious note I hope  Coach Dambrots wife  is doing well  with her treatment.👍

FAM wrote:

It’s the Smurfs meets Frankenstein in the Lion King animated version.  Come on Harper, please fix it!  (:

Fam I have to admit your post is hilarious 😂👍

phil95 wrote:

https://pittsburghsportsnow.com/2024/04/02/bronny-james-not-in-transfer-portal-according-to-lebron/

I believe you are incorrect Phil95.

stew wrote:

I would like to drive over to watch Dru be introduced as the 18th head coach at Duquesne.Any information
would be extremely welcome.Thank you. Happy Easter.

Stew you are a super fan driving what I assume is a great distance. Shoo Shoo Rah Rah . Your the man Stew👍

VBC wrote:

phil95 wrote:

What was the consensus among the DU fan base about Satalin's hiring? 
 

I wasn't happy when Mike Rice was fired, but I was not surprised.  He and Father Nesti, the school's president at the time, were like oil and water. I've always said think of Mike Rice as that aggressive jock in HS gym class who teased and bullied the most timid kid in the class.  Donald Nesti was that timid kid. One losing season was all that was needed for Nesti to fire Rice due to various behind the scenes issues that I won't go into here.

The Dukes were poised to hire Gary Williams away from American after Rice was fired.  A contract was tentatively agree upon and Williams flew to Pittsburgh to iron out the details.  Mossie Murphy and Red Manning picked up Williams at the airport and on the way into town let Williams know that they intended to continue to have great influence over the program.  Williams didn't want that type of interference and the deal fell through.  He would later coach Boston College, Ohio State and Maryland.

Jim Satalin was attending the Final Four in 1982 with no thought of leaving SBU.  While sitting in the stands during a game he was approached by someone representing Duquesne (I can't remember who, but this was told to me directly by Jim himself) and he was offered a contract for so much more than he was making at SBU that he couldn't turn it down.  The Dukes had a new coach.

I like Jim and thought he did a good job given the circumstances.  He was greatly hindered by the false accusations of rape against 4 of the players.  I won't go into detail here but I will say that I know more about what happened than the average Dukes fan of the time.  All 4 of those men had their lives disrupted by a young woman's lies.  Those lies damaged our program for years.  Another thing that hindered Jim was that Duquesne was not St. Bonaventure. At SBU Jim had that alum's passion about the school in recruiting that he just didn't have

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