Per usual I was wrong about Vincent being interested.   I admit when I am wrong. 

Takes two to tango. Do we know if Darcie is interested in us?

Tough break for the coach, it looks like he was undermined by some of his players and their parents, who used the opportunity presented by the Rice fiasco to take him down.  I'm sure he won't be the last coach that is in the new anti "RIce" culture.  I still think it looks bad when the parents are so deeply involved, because it calls into question theier motives for trashing the coach.

I wonder if he was going to interview at DU.   I wasn't too impressed with his résumé if he was. 

Well we have no idea if he is telling the truth, or if it was Duquesne.  We will just have to wait and see.   If the coach is from a D2 program, he was probably going to interview at DU....and that tells me that we have seen the glory days of womens bb at DU. 

godukes1970 wrote:

duqkurt wrote:

Well we have no idea if he is telling the truth, or if it was Duquesne.  We will just have to wait and see.   If the coach is from a D2 program, he was probably going to interview at DU....and that tells me that we have seen the glory days of womens bb at DU. 

Speculation based on speculation is speculation to at least the 3rd power.  Predicting the demise of Duquesne's women's basketball program based on this article is nonsense. 

I guess you may have missed my point.   I said I didn't know if the guy was interviewing at DU.  Or if he was even telling the truth about having an interview for any D1 opening. 

I also said we will have to wait and see.

That being said, if we hire Clarion's or Edinboro's coach, I will stand my point.  

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ElDuque wrote:

He was pretty successful at his level, but I presume Suzie's replacement will represent the same "next level" philosophy that has been applied to the men's position. That in my mind would rule out both Angus and Dan Burt. Angus had the benefit of Pitt's abundant resources and still got her *** handed to he by Suzie, so I doubt she could come to the land of little toys and somehow start to take Suzie's lunch money. And Burt, while he contributed to our success, hasn't had a successful head gig anywhere. I would interview Burt but not Angus ... personal opinion.

 

Why would Suzie's replacement represent a "next level" philosophy? Suzie wasn't fired, and probably could have been coach for as long as she wanted.

Agnus shouldn't be considered.  0-32 in the Big East her last two seasons speaks for itself.  She's also getting paid to not coach the next two years...not sure if she would even be interested or care.

I'd be fine with Burt even though he wasn't a HC before, as would I be with a successful D2 coach.  Crowley from St. Bona was a non-D1 coach before becoming an assistant at Bona then upgraded to HC.  Nothing wrong with hiring a quality assistant either and going the Xavier men's model.

As far as building on SMS's success, it will be much harder from here on out ED.  SMS at Pitt will put up a wall around the WPIAL, and we'll either get 2nd tier locals rather than 1B locals that don't go to a top 10 program like we are now or have to increase the recruiting travel budget in addition to the scholarship budget, as the new coach will likely fill out all schollies.

rogabee, I agree with you that it's going to be difficult to compete with Suzie at Pitt with all those resources. She (or maybe better said Dan Burt?) also has those strong hooks into Canada. The only good news is that she can only command 13 roster spots. Locally, you have to hope for girls who want a good Catholic education, who maybe grow up in Duquesne families (who am I kidding?), who maybe want the opportunity to compete against Pitt. New staff will also have to go outside the city a little, and there really are plenty of good players out there.

The McConnell family aren't Duquesne fans.

ElDuque wrote:

rogabee, I agree with you that it's going to be difficult to compete with Suzie at Pitt with all those resources. She (or maybe better said Dan Burt?) also has those strong hooks into Canada. The only good news is that she can only command 13 roster spots. Locally, you have to hope for girls who want a good Catholic education, who maybe grow up in Duquesne families (who am I kidding?), who maybe want the opportunity to compete against Pitt. New staff will also have to go outside the city a little, and there really are plenty of good players out there.

As I understand it, NCAA rules allow D-1 women's basketball teams 15 athletic scholarships. 
 

FAM wrote:

Just as the ARmpitt blocked Shell from going to Arizona our AD can block any of our players from transferring to Pitt.  I just hope he has the colunes to do it.

He damn well better.