duq81, Don't get me wrong, would love to get the sexy coach. However, it seems like the hot young coaches are taking a pass on DU.  I certainly would like to see Moton, Davis or Dooley be our next coach, but I think the well has been poisoned and the more rejection in the media the harder it gets.. Like I said previously Driscoll is not the sexy choice but is solid, and unlike Ferry did who not have the prior D1 coaching experience at major schools he does. As far as his record it is a testament to his coaching that he could a wreck of a program line North Florida to the NCAA and NIT.  I still have faith in Harper, but even  armed with a million bucks it a hard task. 

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I would never belittle anyone or attempt to stomp on someone's dream, but the scrawls of a senior journalism major at a school 450 miles away aren't gospel. Why doesn't everyone walk to your nearest watering hole have a drink and then watch tonight's games.

JT3 fired at Georgetown; bring him in for an interview?

I guess at some point Brandon Knight becomes attractive.  

The Dome wrote:

I would never belittle anyone or attempt to stomp on someone's dream, but the scrawls of a senior journalism major at a school 450 miles away aren't gospel. Why doesn't everyone walk to your nearest watering hole have a drink and then watch tonight's games.

I am so down with this. Anyone have any preferences of who you'd like to see win? Personally would love to see Purdue and Xavier pull off upsets

As I have been saying; no time to panic based on Social media nonsense; stay focused on the prize(a quality coach) and have the patience to wait for something factual to be released. 
I'm sure we'll be reading rumors about Georgetown now , so perhaps our search can be a little less visible on Social media.
We don't need a guy who is afraid of a challenge; no different than buying stocks, high risk but also high reward.  A guy who brings in a few good players and wins here will look like a friggin genius and have lots of $$$ thrown his way.  It doesn't take that much to win in the A-10 right now.  Give the new coach great support bring in some guys who can play and we're in our way; not rocket science!

levon1975 wrote:

As I have been saying; no time to panic based on Social media nonsense; stay focused on the prize(a quality coach) and have the patience to wait for something factual to be released.
I'm sure we'll be reading rumors about Georgetown now , so perhaps our search can be a little less visible on Social media.
We don't need a guy who is afraid of a challenge; no different than buying stocks, high risk but also high reward. A guy who brings in a few good players and wins here will look like a friggin genius and have lots of $$$ thrown his way. It doesn't take that much to win in the A-10 right now. Give the new coach great support bring in some guys who can play and we're in our way; not rocket science!

Agreed.  I just don't know how much longer I can deal with this.  I was so happy when Fife was considered a done deal because I knew I could just relax and get behind the new coach.  Now I have to wait for more news to leak.  Today is basically over as far as news.  

Colin Dunlap said to watch out for Karl Hobbs

I like the guy from Ball State--Whitford.  He has good credentials and seems solid.  I would like to see him offered the job--if he would take it.

Did anyone see the mess going on at Umass right now?  They just cancelled the Kelsey Press conference 15 mins before it was supposed to happen.  I wonder if Gtown reached out to him?  Would be nice for someone else to share in our misery.  I know that's childish, but I'm at that point.

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Duques102 wrote:

CLK wrote:

This is getting embarrassing.
 

 
I guess we are now seeing the negative side of trying to be ambitious and punch above our weight a little bit in terms of going after candidates. This really sucks.

This is the ghost of administrations past. The gift that keeps on giving. I kind of feel bad for Harper and gormley. They've shown they are serious about winning but the reputation the program has earned over the past several decades is a huge burden.

 
Bingo!  Nesti destroyed the program, and Murray & Dougherty didn't care that much--it wasn't a priority.  I am somewhat skeptical about the various media reports, though.  Coaches are notorious for leaking nonexistent talks in order to advance their own agenda.  Also, a search firm contacts multiple individuals to gauge interest--doesn't mean that substantive talks are taking place.

New twist;  Pat Kelsey backs out of UMASS job!!  They have to be frantic; at least we are still actively looking.  They thought they were done!

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http://www.espn.com/espn/now?nowId=21-0636564064104880755-4


Sigh...  Been a rough search to say the least.

Ok, unlike some A Hole shooting his mouth off on Twitter, this reliable source at least said "Becker looked into the vacant Duquesne job." Other reports, like the K Rice one had it like Becker said "Duquesne Who?"  So at least we know that we are really looking and offering.