Anyone aware - Is this a series game & we get a return game with DePaul at the Coop next year?

I guess FS1 constitutes a national TV game. Can’t remember last time the Dukes had this type of exposure. Yes cbs sports & Nbc sports but this game will be televised west mountain central mid Atlantic south & east. Time to show up. Show some pride. Go Duquesne. 

Kids are playing hard.

FAM wrote:

With 4:05 left the score is 80-56,  A friend of mine called me and said that Duquesne can't talk about scheduling cupcakes.  He said that Duquesne University basketball is NOW the CUPCAKE that other teams schedule to pad THEIR record.  I had no response.

Sent my emails to those in charge. This is WAY TOO pathetic for even the most patient KD lovers. Total embarrassment. Chuck Cooper would not approve.

 

No disprespect El Presidente, but Ayers, Easley, and Wiliams have all played two or three full years. Only sophs because of Covid. Every team in America is young in that regard. If you thing this coaching staff needs more time to develop these guys that's fine, but if not write your letters to the the AD, assistant AD, and president like FAM suggested in an earlier post. I did earlier and expressed my thoughts to them. I for one think this is a total joke of a coaching staff. If anyone disagrees please tell me. If Dambrot was let go how many D-1 programs would hire him at this point. I say ZERO.

Rayrich wrote:

No disprespect El Presidente, but Ayers, Easley, and Wiliams have all played two or three full years. Only sophs because of Covid. Every team in America is young in that regard. If you thing this coaching staff needs more time to develop these guys that's fine, but if not write your letters to the the AD, assistant AD, and president like FAM suggested in an earlier post. I did earlier and expressed my thoughts to them. I for one think this is a total joke of a coaching staff. If anyone disagrees please tell me. If Dambrot was let go how many D-1 programs would hire him at this point. I say ZERO.

Maybe when you & FAM write your emails to the AD don’t forget to enclose a check for one million dollars. Maybe both of you can buy out Dambrots contract. If not which I’m just guessing I really don’t think the Ad or President cares what anyone on this board believes about the current state of the program. Money talks whiners walk. 

IronDuke,
I’ll say it again, since your love of DU bball n Dambrot is a strong impetus for your remarks.  Dambrot isn’t going anywhere… he has two years left and will be given the opportunity to change his record around. Everyone wants him to be successful. Folks are upset and rightly so.  There are no more DU excuses. He got the salary he wanted, the recruiting freedom he wanted, the Fieldhouse he wanted, and more.  These are his players he recruited the last few years. He has NOT produced thus far. I hope he does and want him to. But for heavens sake, look at his record so far this year… one in which he said that this is his best team ever. What worries me more is the two players he recruited for next year…two kids not recruited by any strong teams in the USA.
With all of that said, I want Dambrot to succeed and hope we don’t lose another game this year. I, like you, love DU bball. Though I don’t have a million dollars I do have season tickets and also contribute. I am also tired of DU losing.
BTW, I can tell you that they do care about the state of the program… do you think Ferry got fired before his contract was up  because he was successful?  Plus, with the salaries and new Fieldhouse the University has more money invested in bball than ever before.

FAM wrote:

BTW, I can tell you that they do care about the state of the program….

I’m not here to beat a dead horse or cause arguments but who cares in the “they” you refer to above  Gormley and Harper?    They are getting paid.  They don’t care. 

If people cared, we wouldn’t not be in this position year after year after year.

FAM wrote:

With 4:05 left the score is 80-56,  A friend of mine called me and said that Duquesne can't talk about scheduling cupcakes.  He said that Duquesne University basketball is NOW the CUPCAKE that other teams schedule to pad THEIR record.  I had no response.

That same thought crossed my mind watching the game.

Doyle Brunson said, "After 1/2 hour at the poker table if you can't figure out who the sucker is - you're it."

Nothing wrong with making your displeasure known to the AD and Co., but realistically, Dambrot isn't going anywhere. He'll have at least one more year to point the program in the right direction and what success he does have may be more about ensuring that his successor comes from his staff rather than getting him an extension.

BTW, DePaul was the consensus last-place pick in the Big East by ESPN, CBS Sports and SI. They're a perennial doormat in a conference that's been pretty top-heavy in recent years. This is a rebuilding year for them under a first-year head coach. So let's not pretend we went up against a really good team that's loaded with NBA prospects. I certainly didn't expect a win last night, because well, we simply don't have a very good team this year. But I expected us to compete for more than a half. A quality A10 team should be able to compete against a second-division Big East team anywhere, anytime. Instead we fared as well there as some MAC also-rans did, so what does that tell you? I'd like to think there are some quality pieces on this team that will work better together over time, but last night was a reminder that little progress is being made on that front by this coaching staff. 

Who was coaching in 2014-15?  

Do any of you want the next coach coming from this current staff?   You cant be serious if you even entertain that thought for more than a second.  

Scary part is, where would the next coach even come from?   D2?   NAIA?   High school?   Or some loser from a mid major looking for a paycheck?    

Last edited by townsonkid (12/08/2021 1:13 pm)

Townson:  Ferry was the coach then.  Here are the records of the last 4 DU coaches.

Nee -2001-06 -                            41-103
Everhart - 2006-12-                     99-89
Ferry - 2012-17-                          60-97
Dambrot - 2017-12/8/21              68-54