Hilltopper wrote:

King Rice with impressive mix experience & youth coach staff.  Of his top 6, 5 were mid 70 to 86% free-throw percentage and one just under 70%.  Imagine that on the bluff.

I don't know how much a coach has to do with free throw shooting. I've seen some horrible free throw shooting from teams with great coaches.

Ferry took 5 years to win 60 games here, Rice won 55 in the last two. Wonder if Ziese and the rest of those clowns will still say Ferry should have been retained if a guy like this comes in. Head and shoulders better than Ferry. I don't even know how one could argue that.

stew wrote:

Is this for real or are you guys just playing ,making up stories.??I dont believe it.We will probably end up
hiring the assistant basketball coach at Thomas Jefferson High School on Old Clairton Road .
 

 
Hey Stew,
Remember when a former Duquesne Assitant became head coach of Upper St. Clair High School  and later hired a former ( fired) head coach from Duquesne University?

Actually, Lindsey Timmons was in line until Lawrence signed with the Dolphins.

Yep.  I read this too.  I just pray he accepts now.  I would assume if he interviewed for the job, that he would want the position.  Let's hope D. Harper pulls his best Jerry Mcguire and shows Rice the money.

Mulder wrote:

Don't like the link to Stallings necessarily.  Is that an advantage?  But seems like a solid pick otherwise.

Don't even see how it's relevant, everyone has to start somewhere.

stew wrote:

I been hoping and prayin almost all my life and I dont believe he will come to Duquesne unless the
renovation package involves a retractable roof at Palumbo so the team can be introduced when
they arrive in a hot air balloon. King is a showman .

Funny but point well taken. Give that guy whatever he wants, go above and beyond and don't be cheap. There's a lot at stake here

Mike DeCourcey says Rice would be great for Duquesne. #TrustedSource #TheRestCanKissMy*

CLK wrote:

All the media A-holes are out in force dissing Duquesne, and doing their best to dissuade King Rice.  

Can you imagine Duquesne having a better coach than Pitt?  The local talking heads wouldn't know how to handle it.  They would praise Stallings, for whatever reason(his son is a nice kid), and bash DU for overpaying Rice.  
It would be awesome!!!

My take on the Rice/DU saga:  DU made a generous multi-year offer to include Mr Rice and staff, and received a verbal okay. Subsequently, Mr Rice goes back to his employer and learns he has a pay-back clause for nullifying his deal thus requesting DU pick it up. 

​We shall see. 

I would assume that the opinion of a bunch of no-name regional basketball reporters is going to have little to no influence on rice's decision, though. He's been around a long time and is in a better position to gauge the quality of Duquesne's offer and the support level going forward.

This stuff is complicated.  King Rice signed an extension last year at Monmouth that runs through the 20-21 season (4 more years).  His current salary, nor any contract buyout terms, was not reported. Rice's original contract was reported to be $201,000 in salary in 2013; based on other MAAC head coach contracts, I'm guessing that he currently making $400-$450K.  Just need to let this play out.