I agree. Not a lot of NIL $, not paying for better assistant coaches. Spot on!!  Though I might switch around Fordham and LaSalle.

Send a pic to the AD and President!  Also, don’t believe the BS that the AD had interest from some really good coaches when Dambrot retired.

BTW, I am tired of losing to Dayton.

If there had been interest from really good coaches the news would have leaked into the media from the schools those coaches were potentially leaving, the beat writers for those schools, the prospective coachs' agents, etc...

Plenty of people knew in February of 2024 that KD was retiring. Duquesne had a long time to recruit a promising, experienced coach to a school on a serious upswing.

I find it impossible to believe that the school was willing to put up the money to be salary competitive with at least the top 3rd of the A-10, had interest from great candidates, & decided to hire Dru instead.

FAM's BS call hits the nail on the head.

FAM wrote:

I agree. Not a lot of NIL $, not paying for better assistant coaches. Spot on!!  Though I might switch around Fordham and LaSalle.

Send a pic to the AD and President!  Also, don’t believe the BS that the AD had interest from some really good coaches when Dambrot retired.

BTW, I am tired of losing to Dayton.

levon1975 wrote:

This is an outrage!  Either go in with the right support structure or get out of the league altogether.  Neither the Men’s or Women’s program can compete in this league without a commitment from the University.

I think the A10 may soon be a very different league. Senators are trying to influence the big east to let both Dayton and Saint Louis in. Strange times we live in.

https://www.schmitt.senate.gov/media/press-releases/senators-schmitt-husted-call-for-big-east-conference-membership-for-saint-louis-university-university-of-dayton/

BluffHunter wrote:

levon1975 wrote:

This is an outrage!  Either go in with the right support structure or get out of the league altogether.  Neither the Men’s or Women’s program can compete in this league without a commitment from the University.

I think the A10 may soon be a very different league. Senators are trying to influence the big east to let both Dayton and Saint Louis in. Strange times we live in.

https://www.schmitt.senate.gov/media/press-releases/senators-schmitt-husted-call-for-big-east-conference-membership-for-saint-louis-university-university-of-dayton/

Crazy times indeed. glad that the dear Senators are so focused on issues of national importance. But…. Good news for the Dukes if that happens - the Dukes job ranking will go into the Too 10 from 12th ☹️

Saint Louis would be an attractive Big East candidate. Large market that is adjacent to the current Big East footprint. Don’t know if this still holds true, but Xavier has been a long standing barrier to Dayton joining the Big East (did not want to share the regional TV market).

I do believe that the NIL insanity and transfer portal are starting to take its toll on some Big East members - DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette and to a lesser extent Xavier.  The cost to run a big time college program and compete in a major conference continues to skyrocket.

And with the change from President Gormley to President Dausey, who knows what the future holds for Duquesne Athletics.