Good post Duques102. On the topic of defense, don't forget Omaha came close to scoring 100 second half points on us at home, granted, with the help of Three Stooges refereeing. It's clearly an area that has to be addressed.

I have said many times, and you interpret this as hate and/or bashing, that Ferry is a creature of habit. Small lineups, lots of threes indiscriminate of the ability of the person to launch them, little defense, little trust in anyone but starters. I'm not close to the program, I know neither Nash nor Ferry, but I would have presumed a close relationship. Maybe like a bench coach in baseball. Losing Nash regardless of the next stop has to be painful, even if you support the change.

Based on your post, I'd say Ferry needs someone who can recruit.  I don't think internal promotions and hiring a recent graduate meet this need.

I think it is very poor that as I write this there is still no Official announcement by Duquesne of Nash leaving.  You would think that Ferry would want to acknowledge the service of Nash, and wish his long time friend well on the Official Website.. I also think there may be more to the story and suspect there could have been a falling out.  Of course Duquesne does not have a good record when it comes to handling the news on coaches leaving.

maybe its  a combo of things: he saw writing on the wall on the bluff, a diff opportunity came up, so he took it.
im not surprised ferry made no mention of it. he is an egotistical jerk, or typical new yorker.
if nash was primary recruiter, its a big loss
if nash was in charge of run and gun o and the defense, no big loss
will be tough to find a good assistant to come here under the current circumstances.
fwiw, I've also heard nash's wife is an amazing golfer, so maybe the move to warm weather sold her. maybe there is opportunity for her there too.

Duques102 wrote:

http://www.salarylist.com/company/IMG-Academies-Salary.htm

The tennis director made $200,000 in 2012. Safe to say he's making some coin.

Heelsdukesfan are you from North Carolina? I grew up in Winston Salem.

Tennis is still the big thing down there. IMG began as the bollettieri tennis academy and grew into the monstrosity that it is today. Numerous tennis stars, including Sharapova grew up there. That's why you see the discrepancy in pay for the individual sport directors

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Ferry is caught off-guard with the Nash move and scrambling to solidify his 2016 commits.  Would not be the first decommit upon a lead recruiter taking leave.

That my friends is the post of the year!

Ferry incentivizing recruits with minutes. Thank you for a hearty laugh on a stressful day.

I'm not disagreeing with you at all. And it would certainly explain the lineup at the exit door.

But Ferry being caught off guard by this is perplexing. Or not, I guess. If you can't figure out what it takes to win in a conference after playing more than 100 games in it, you're equally unlikely to figure out that not keeping promises will come back to haunt you. Even after it happens a half-dozen times.

Dukes2012 wrote:

ElDuque wrote:

I'm not disagreeing with you at all. And it would certainly explain the lineup at the exit door.

But Ferry being caught off guard by this is perplexing. Or not, I guess. If you can't figure out what it takes to win in a conference after playing more than 100 games in it, you're equally unlikely to figure out that not keeping promises will come back to haunt you. Even after it happens a half-dozen times.

There's a lot of speculation going on in this thread but assuming that the kids that have left did so because they didn't play as much as ferry may have told them they would, then shame on them. It's an indication of how wimpy my generation has become. We expect things to be handed to us. We all have gripes about ferry's distribution of minutes, but if any of those kids demanded playing time on account of their out-playing others in practice, they would have found their way onto the court. This could partially explain the epidemic of transferring in college sports.

Totally agree, kids nowadays just want to be somewhere were they are fawned over, treated like a star, told how great they are etc. It's pathetic, that type of stuff used to be earned by hard work, dedication, and a willingness to put the team before yourself. Nowadays if things get hard or a kid doesn't feel like he's being "respected" he can just up and leave instead of facing the issue and actually dealing with adversity. The transfer rule just reinforces that "they just don't get how special I am" type of attitude kids have these days. Sad

Title IX, my friend. Women's bowling recruits, lacrosse, tennis. That's what we're working on right now.

I don't know if it's policy, but we seldom announce assistants leaving. Of course you do something when a John Rosato retires, but other coaching changes get handled when the newcomer is introduced. I think.

Or as Larry the Cable Guy would say, A-thoink.

This entire cluster gives me pause about Harper and in my opinion is a misstep that he should have addressed. I love how ED and I where portrayed as, junior detectives!!!  102 correct read the tea leaves falling out is probably mild.

The Dome wrote:

This entire cluster gives me pause about Harper and in my opinion is a misstep that he should have addressed. I love how ED and I where portrayed as, junior detectives!!!  102 correct read the tea leaves falling out is probably mild.

 
What I lack in experience on the detective force, I make up for with an innate bullPitt detector.

godukes1970 wrote:

Duques102 wrote:

I think a lot of that low level web maintenance stuff would probably be the responsibility of a student employee who is probably gone for the summer, but it is still pathetic they haven't made this incredibly easy amendment. That being said, this issue pales in comparison to the fact that there was no media release from the school outlining the associate head coach leaving the program. At the very least it shows negligence, something we have come to realize our athletic department does at a professional level, and





even more to me suggests an outright lack of class by Ferry. Why would they not mention it unless there was some kind of falling out? 

  

Take a gander at this article that appeared in the Pgh. P-G's May 3rd edition on page E-7 under the heading: Scoreboard - Morning Briefing: http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/duquesne/2016/05/02/Duquesne-basketball-assistant-Brian-Nash-takes-job-at-IMG-Academy/stories/201605020158

I think that too much of a stink has been made about the absence of a post on the Dukes' website about Brian Nash's leaving Duquesne for another job.  Perhaps Brian's departure will be covered in the Dukes' post about the hiring of his replacement.  Not a big deal in my opinion!


 

I agree, really no big deal, but a slow news time so the detective have some extra time on their hands!

Today Coach Ferry's main lieutenant, Nash, is to report to his new High School job in Florida.  Another sad commentary among the DU basketball coaching ranks is now in the books going back as far as Chick Davies (thanks to 81) a near century ago.  Am aware of J Carroll's brief fling in the NBA some years ago and of course our Susie at Pitt but other than that has any coach in DU basketball history ever improved his coaching lot after succumbing to basketball coaching graveyard, aka the bluff?