Because if they were going to hire a new AD, last year would've been the year to do it.  Clean house and let the new AD choose a coach.  Putting in a new AD with a coach who is one year on the job sounds like a bad idea IMO, especially when the coach (Ferry) probably liked Amodio.  Maybe I am wrong, but it's just my guess.  

Also, Marvin Binney is transfering.  If Binney and Winters are gone, that definitely sucks.  Binney is easily replaced as he wasn't exactly the backup point we needed, but it would still prove that Ferry has trouble keeping his own guys just like Ron did.  Not trying to start a debate though.  

Dejan Kovacevic ‏@Dejan_Kovacevic 33mDuquesne AD Greg Amodio killed baseball/wrestling/swimming with aim of improving basketball: http://m.espn.go.com/extra/ncaa/story?storyId=4858124&src=desktop … How's that working out?

We are just getting blasted every where in twitter.   Everywhere.   Please fire Mr. Amodio.  Please. 

There's a big difference here. We all thought the same thing as Dejan on the Suzie move. How many agreed with Amodio when he started cutting sports. I recall a lot of uproar about it.


My take was that if it would benefit basketball, then OK.

No one sees the benefit yet. 

 

duqkurt wrote:

ElDuque wrote:

There's a big difference here. We all thought the same thing as Dejan on the Suzie move. How many agreed with Amodio when he started cutting sports. I recall a lot of uproar about it.


My take was that if it would benefit basketball, then OK.

No one sees the benefit yet. 

 

True.   Just another day in Amodio land.  
 

While there is plenty to bash GA about, this isn't one of them. When the big boys offer your coach more money, and a much better league, there is really very little that you can do. When only 2 non BCS schools got at large bids to the dance, that really had to tell Suzie how difficult it is to get anywhere at a school outside of the major conferences.

LittleMan wrote:

It's true that Amodio cannot be criticized for her leaving, but he outright lied when he cut the men's minor sports, first saying it was to save money, then later admitting he had to keep the male/female scholarship ratio in line. That was all due to football, a boneheaded decision if there ever was one. Duquesne will never be a Division I power, and it has to be significantly more expensive on a dollars and cents level to maintain a football team than the minor mens sports that he cut. I have had students tell me that they look out their dorm windows to see if the football team is coming off the practice field when they are ready for dinner. If so, they skip dinner. The team is so wild in the cafeteria that they'd rather not eat. What kind of "student-athlete" is that? They never said that about the wrestlers, swimmers or other minor sports teams.

Personally, I wouldn't care if they got rid of football, but I'm pretty sure that getting rid of it would have to come from the very top, not the AD. BC is the one who really pushed to increase the emphasis on football, as he had been a football coach, and the football program was the one thing that BC did a very good job with. There are powerful people who would get very angry if the football program were eliminated, so it was the programs that few really care about that got the axe instead.

I am no fan of football either, but I think you are right Duq81 and there are a lot of $$$ people behind it.  The one thing I guess you could say is that alot of those football players pay their own way so I guess that is a benefit to the school - just a thought.

They can't get rid of football now.  To be Division 1, you have to have 6 men's sports (if one is football) and 8 womens sports.   Or you have to have a minimum of 7 men's varsity sports without football.  If they cut football they would have to add an additional two men's varsity sports to be terrible at and embarrass us with. 

MrBrightside wrote:

No I didn't by choice as I figured everything would be like as you say, but this Susie thing is nonsensical for the reason I noted above.  Let me also say this, look at any of these AD's and Coaches (Dixon, Pitt, USC) and in the world of social media they are constantly having to refute rumors out of no where and face the wrath of bloggers and radio call ins.  The whole Ferry thing to Hofstra was a joke too, but anyone can generate a rumor in the world we live in and then some media guy jumps on it just to stir the pot and get attention - unbelievable.  I can tell you I am glad to be in the private sector!!!

Dejan tweeted that DU could have kept SMS for more money.  Not necessarily matching Pitt. 

But what is occurring with the media now is beyond this. He has burned so many bridges that they all are just piling on.  There are two participants in ant relationship.  He has never helped himself or Duquesne.  

But we do get to host the NCAA tournament next year. 

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Whatever happened to saying "you can go anywhere, but there".  The Panthers have no problem telling Russel Shell where he can transfer to. 

Doesnt Amodio realize that we are just going to be screwed forever in womens bb now?

I'm sorry. I'm not as big a person as you all are.  I want SMS to fail big time.  

True dat!   I will enjoy every spanking Duke gives her until the ACC breaks up. 

I wonder if Bobby Mo fans rooted against Danny Nee?