It was a lot better, the whole attitude seemed more up beat, into the game.   Still need some work, lots of wasted possessions, not a lot of time to work on things before A10 starts, so hopefully they get better tomorrow.    The young guys are looking good, Harris, Okhani, Baker....would like to see more Acuff, thought we would with Maceo out.   Kelly is moving good even with that albatross around his knee.
First 4 home games are at LaRoche, with no fans.    Our guys played well at LaRoche.
 

Duq 81, first of all, I hope your health situation has improved and you are on the road to a full recovery !!  Secondly I was Ferry’s biggest critic and could not stand anything he did in his tenure as the head coach while at Duquesne. In my humble opinion, Dambrot best recruits are Williams and Sin as incoming freshman and Steele as a grad student. Where as Ferry’s were Mike, Lewis and Ovie.  I would say that is a wash or maybe a slight advantage to Ferry. Also, Ferry’s best two recruits came in the year after Harper took office as AD. Ferry just missed out on Ja Morant ! I think the turnaround is more the administration than the coach. 

   Let me explain, we all know that Duquesne’s administration was a big deterrent for the basketball program prior to the present day administration. This administration has increased the number of coaches on the staff, they increased the recruiting budget, they put into motion the renovation of the facilities and of course they paid a coach One million dollars to show they mean business. Not only that, the AD, soften the out of conference schedule considerably for Dambrot.  This would make it easier to get guys situated while achieving a nice record. Also, Dambrot has coached while the Atlantic 10 has been on a downward trend with the exception of Dayton. Having said that, the A-10 is loaded for at least the next two years.  URI, VCU, St Bona are young and talented and are only going to get better as the season progresses.St Louis and Richmond are veteran established teams built to go far in the tournament this year. Dayton and Davidson are very formidable teams. That would place us 8th in the A10 this year when we were supposed to be in the top 4. Next years team is anybody’s guess because we haven’t seen the freshman enough, but we are losing a lot. In summary, to my point, is the A10 was better until now under Ferry. The purse strings were loosened by the administration in Ferry’s last year and all of Dambrot’s years. The out of conference schedule is easier in Dambrot tenure than Ferry.

i am no way bashing Dambrot, just pointing out a few advantages he has had compared to Ferry while coaching and recruiting for the Dukes.

Wildwood13 wrote:

Duq 81, first of all, I hope your health situation has improved and you are on the road to a full recovery !!  Secondly I was Ferry’s biggest critic and could not stand anything he did in his tenure as the head coach while at Duquesne. In my humble opinion, Dambrot best recruits are Williams and Sin as incoming freshman and Steele as a grad student. Where as Ferry’s were Mike, Lewis and Ovie.  I would say that is a wash or maybe a slight advantage to Ferry. Also, Ferry’s best two recruits came in the year after Harper took office as AD. Ferry just missed out on Ja Morant ! I think the turnaround is more the administration than the coach. 

   Let me explain, we all know that Duquesne’s administration was a big deterrent for the basketball program prior to the present day administration. This administration has increased the number of coaches on the staff, they increased the recruiting budget, they put into motion the renovation of the facilities and of course they paid a coach One million dollars to show they mean business. Not only that, the AD, soften the out of conference schedule considerably for Dambrot.  This would make it easier to get guys situated while achieving a nice record. Also, Dambrot has coached while the Atlantic 10 has been on a downward trend with the exception of Dayton. Having said that, the A-10 is loaded for at least the next two years.  URI, VCU, St Bona are young and talented and are only going to get better as the season progresses.St Louis and Richmond are veteran established teams built to go far in the tournament this year. Dayton and Davidson are very formidable teams. That would place us 8th in the A10 this year when we were supposed to be in the top 4. Next years team is anybody’s guess because we haven’t seen the freshman enough, but we are losing a lot. In summary, to my point, is the A10 was better until now under Ferry. The purse strings were loosened by the administration in Ferry’s last year and all of Dambrot’s years. The out of conference schedule is easier in Dambrot tenure than Ferry.

i am no way bashing Dambrot, just pointing out a few advantages he has had compared to Ferry while coaching and recruiting for the Dukes.

The situation has actually slowly but continually gotten better since the period where DAP's staff didn't even have cell phones. I remember some laughing at that, but it showed how little was being put into the program. Since then each coach has gotten a bit more to work with and I think we're finally at an acceptable level, which shows on the floor.