Last place is ours, along with UMass, who should also be looking for a new coach.

I would be okay with Schmidt.  He certainly can coach better than Ferry and he might be someone who would be okay to returning to the burg.  I also posted a possible replacement in another thread.  I am done with my analysis and I appreciate the patience of those who have read my repeated comments because what the hell else can you say?  Now it is time to move on to find a coach...since we are worried about Mr. Harper doing it maybe we need to send him suggestions.  I sure hope he gets rid of Ferry at the end of this year and doesn't use the Palumbo upgrade as an excuse to keep him.  Surely, the embarrassment of the attendance alone should have made an impact on him last night.

president wrote:

Schmidt would certainly be an upgrade if he had any interest at all!  Seems to have a pretty good thing going where he is. Not sure he would entertain a move unless it was a huge salary difference. There have to be potential candidates out there who would be interested and get the job done. The trick is finding them which can only be done through a thorough search. Let's not just grab the first warm body that we see. Obviously, that doesn't work!

I agree. The salary would have to be significantly increased, but I could also see him thinking that recruiting would be easier in Pittsburgh than olean. If a decent offer is made, I wouldn't be surprised if he at least considered it.

Dukes2012 wrote:

president wrote:

Schmidt would certainly be an upgrade if he had any interest at all!  Seems to have a pretty good thing going where he is. Not sure he would entertain a move unless it was a huge salary difference. There have to be potential candidates out there who would be interested and get the job done. The trick is finding them which can only be done through a thorough search. Let's not just grab the first warm body that we see. Obviously, that doesn't work!

I agree. The salary would have to be significantly increased, but I could also see him thinking that recruiting would be easier in Pittsburgh than olean. If a decent offer is made, I wouldn't be surprised if he at least considered it.

Wasn't the money paid to Jim Ferry OMG type money?
 

I must say current student, your posts are succinct, to the point, and reminders on how you feel.

The bigs for the Bonnies were really raw and not very good at all.  I can't believe they wouldn't have committed a lot of fouls if we could have challenged them inside against the 1-3-1.  I have seen guys use a screen on the top guy, but that is usually kind of a desperation move.  You can also have two guys in the backcourt as you advance the ball and reverse it just before the 10-second line to take the point man out of the play for the defense, since he was coming out nearly to half court. They did get the ball to the corner a few times an got open 3's, some of which were converted, but we aren't going to win many games on three-point shots, so if that was the strategy against the 1-3-1 I don't think it would have won them the game anyway.  The 1-3-1 is also a poor defense to rebound out of for the defensive team, so you should have offensive rebound opportunities since they have a guard playing under the basket; but the Dukes didn't take advantage.  Usually some ball-reversal from the elbow to beat the defensive wing to the basket on the opposite side can work, at least you beat him to the rebounding position before he can drop down.  Whatever the strategy, our guards looked baffled again, just as they did against the teams that beat us with the extended half court defenses early in the season.  It was very frustrating to watch this take place so late in the season.  One would think that it would be cleaned up by now.

Look for 7 in a row on Saturday at Dayton - not that I'll be watching.  Is the season over yet!  Good grief, the alarm can't go off fast enough to wake us from this nightmare!

BTW, I'm not sure that a Brandon Knight hire would be advisable at this point in his young career. Although we could and have done worse!!

Dukes2012 wrote:

president wrote:

Schmidt would certainly be an upgrade if he had any interest at all!  Seems to have a pretty good thing going where he is. Not sure he would entertain a move unless it was a huge salary difference. There have to be potential candidates out there who would be interested and get the job done. The trick is finding them which can only be done through a thorough search. Let's not just grab the first warm body that we see. Obviously, that doesn't work!

I agree. The salary would have to be significantly increased, but I could also see him thinking that recruiting would be easier in Pittsburgh than olean. If a decent offer is made, I wouldn't be surprised if he at least considered it.

LMAO!!!!! That's what Jim Satalin thought, much to his everlasting regret.