I'm busting the professor's chops but I do think he's right. Clearly Ferry will sit down with Harper after this year, point to Mike, Lewis, Smith & Castro and the incoming freshmen, talk about the "opportunity" to backfill for James, Steele and Robinson, and we'll have two more years of the same. Small guards, cross midcourt and hoist, start coaching after you get off to a disastrous noncon start ...

Professor , today wasn't much fun, but it used to be a thrill and excitement for me also to go see the Dukes play.......

theprofessor1099 wrote:

ElDuque, I apologize for ruining your day!  That wasn't my intention but I had recently attended a DU function where there was a plea for funds (less than what Ferry makes in one season) to fund some partial student subsidies for a seemingly worthwhile academic program.  As I listened to the speaker and the request for contributions, I was thinking if they don't have the money to support this academic program, there is no way they are going to eat Ferry's contract. 
If the results this year don't improve, I hope I am wrong and a new coach is hired.  Duq81 makes a good point and he might be right.  They did eat Ron's remaining salary (which makes his firing and the hiring of Ferry even more bothersome) but Ron was making only about half of what Ferry is reportedly making.  I assume the assistant coaches are on 1 year deals.
I just want Duquesne to be competitive again.  I'm not getting any younger and I am old enough to remember when going to games was the highlight of my week.  I don't really care who coaches the team.  I liked Ron because he was a good guy but more importantly, he made basketball at Duquesne fun again.  If Ferry does that, that's fine with me.

Was said in jest. As I said above, I agree with you that the Ferry will be docked here for years to come. Results be damned.

theprofessor1099 wrote:

All of the talk about Ferry possibly being fired at the end of this year when he would be owed over $600K is interesting but I don't see it happening.  Ferry won't be fired unless and until Duquesne doesn't owe him a penny.  The administration will ride out his contract.  What's the difference if the "stink streak" extends one more year?  If the team is lousy, we might as well "Rip Van Winkle" ourselves until Ferry has coached for each of the years in his contract.  I might be wrong but history says not.

The difference if the "stink streak" extends one more year?? Well, when you get to be 65, one more year becomes problematical!