Not surprising at all.

C2 do you see Mark Few of Gonzaga taking this one?

Should have happened a LONG time ago.

We should hire Gregg Marshall.

(03-24-2017 07:10 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  Should have happened a LONG time ago.

We should hire Gregg Marshall.

He's making 3.3 million at WSU while JT III makes 3.6 at Georgetown. I'd say 3.3 probably goes further in KS than 3.6 does in DC. It's not all about money but it's something.

I don't think Greg Marshall or Mark Few are realistic targets for Georgetown. I'm not sure that I would go with Tommy Amaker, but that's probably more in line with who Georgetown is going to end up with.

(03-24-2017 08:34 AM)Dr. Isaly von Yinzer Wrote:  I don't think Greg Marshall or Mark Few are realistic targets for Georgetown. I'm not sure that I would go with Tommy Amaker, but that's probably more in line with who Georgetown is going to end up with.

Poor Harvard.

I am both shocked and incredibly excited that Georgetown has decided to make this move. This was an incredible tough decision for the school. The Thompson name is entrenched within the athletic program, including a brand new athletic facility that bears the Thompson name and a statue of Thompson. JT2 is the patriarch of Georgetown basketball - and is quite possibly the most visible member of the basketball program even today. In the end, the university must have felt that this was the best (and only) decision to possibly make.

Georgetown has the facilities, program prestige, recruiting area and conference to be a top program consistently in the nation. This job will absolutely get big names associated with it. However, this job doesn't need a big name - it needs a winner.

Georgetown and Villanova need to be at the top of the Big East, year-in and year-out. If St. Johns makes a big leap next year, and all indications point to that being the case, the conference will be in even stronger shape moving forward.

Hurley at Rhode Island, Smart at Texas, Miller at Dayton and even a Rice at Monmouth come to mind as guys who would be good choices.

I rather have Ewing than Amaker for sure

Rice @ Monmouth, wonder what his price tag is?
I'm sad to see JT3 go, but I'm confident that the school gave him a very fair chance to succeed, and had valid reasons for firing him. I would imagine that the decision was still difficult to make though.

I would be surprised if Ewing gets the job. Georgetown is a Jesuit school and I just don't think they hire a guy who testified about his strip bar encounters in mob related racketeering trial. Those things don't play well on campus. Shocked if they go after Marshall also. Besides the whole drunk crazy wife episode, he is not popular among ADs for whatever reason. From what I hear, the reason Marshall is still at WSU is not because he doesn't want a better job, its because he hasn't been offered a better job despite his numerous inquiries. Forget Shaka too. There is a reason that VCU wasn't considered for membership when the BE was formed and it had very little to do with it being a public school.

I think they want to make a splash hire. Chris Collins would be the type of candidate that would be a perfect fit. Would JT allow a guy like Collins to get he job?

(03-24-2017 10:40 AM)MU88 Wrote:  I would be surprised if Ewing gets the job. Georgetown is a Jesuit school and I just don't think they hire a guy who testified about his strip bar encounters in mob related racketeering trial. Those things don't play well on campus. Shocked if they go after Marshall also. Besides the whole drunk crazy wife episode, he is not popular among ADs for whatever reason. From what I hear, the reason Marshall is still at WSU is not because he doesn't want a better job, its because he hasn't been offered a better job despite his numerous inquiries. Forget Shaka too. There is a reason that VCU wasn't considered for membership when the BE was formed and it had very little to do with it being a public school.

I think they want to make a splash hire. Chris Collins would be the type of candidate that would be a perfect fit. Would JT allow a guy like Collins to get he job?

That's a load of crap about Shaka. He would be the PERFECT fit for Georgetown. His system there with VCU reminded me more of Georgetown Basketball than anything I've seen in 20 years.

Oh and VCU not getting in had everything to do with it being a public school. Not some folks hating on Havoc.

(03-24-2017 10:40 AM)MU88 Wrote:  I would be surprised if Ewing gets the job. Georgetown is a Jesuit school and I just don't think they hire a guy who testified about his strip bar encounters in mob related racketeering trial. Those things don't play well on campus. Shocked if they go after Marshall also. Besides the whole drunk crazy wife episode, he is not popular among ADs for whatever reason. From what I hear, the reason Marshall is still at WSU is not because he doesn't want a better job, its because he hasn't been offered a better job despite his numerous inquiries. Forget Shaka too. There is a reason that VCU wasn't considered for membership when the BE was formed and it had very little to do with it being a public school.

I think they want to make a splash hire. Chris Collins would be the type of candidate that would be a perfect fit. Would JT allow a guy like Collins to get he job?

What would be the attraction for Collins to move to G-Town?

And at some point, Coach K will retire, opening up Duke. Collins has to be near the top of that list.

(03-24-2017 10:50 AM)stever20 Wrote:  

(03-24-2017 10:40 AM)MU88 Wrote:  I would be surprised if Ewing gets the job. Georgetown is a Jesuit school and I just don't think they hire a guy who testified about his strip bar encounters in mob related racketeering trial. Those things don't play well on campus. Shocked if they go after Marshall also. Besides the whole drunk crazy wife episode, he is not popular among ADs for whatever reason. From what I hear, the reason Marshall is still at WSU is not because he doesn't want a better job, its because he hasn't been offered a better job despite his numerous inquiries. Forget Shaka too. There is a reason that VCU wasn't considered for membership when the BE was formed and it had very little to do with it being a public school.

I think they want to make a splash hire. Chris Collins would be the type of candidate that would be a perfect fit. Would JT allow a guy like Collins to get he job?

That's a load of crap about Shaka. He would be the PERFECT fit for Georgetown. His system there with VCU reminded me more of Georgetown Basketball than anything I've seen in 20 years.

Oh and VCU not getting in had everything to do with it being a public school. Not some folks hating on Havoc.

VCU wasn't considered because Georgetown thought VCU and Shaka were dirty. Go back and search the old posts, I mentioned it years ago. If you to question my info, fine. But, I had Creighton in the NBE 6 months before it was announced. My source on this really, really good.

Now, administrations change. Maybe the people at GT no longer have any animosity towards Shaka. Maybe their opinion hasn't changed, but their priorities have. Who knows? But, I will say this. If GT is interested in Shaka, it is Shaka's wife that will make the call. She nixed at least one other deal prior to Texas.

Tom crean needs a job. Leaving Texas would seem crazy for smart. Worst case, he gets fired someday with a huge payday and he than lands another job. My choice for gtown would be the southern cal coach

(03-24-2017 10:59 AM)dbackjon Wrote:  

(03-24-2017 10:40 AM)MU88 Wrote:  I would be surprised if Ewing gets the job. Georgetown is a Jesuit school and I just don't think they hire a guy who testified about his strip bar encounters in mob related racketeering trial. Those things don't play well on campus. Shocked if they go after Marshall also. Besides the whole drunk crazy wife episode, he is not popular among ADs for whatever reason. From what I hear, the reason Marshall is still at WSU is not because he doesn't want a better job, its because he hasn't been offered a better job despite his numerous inquiries. Forget Shaka too. There is a reason that VCU wasn't considered for membership when the BE was formed and it had very little to do with it being a public school.

I think they want to make a splash hire. Chris Collins would be the type of candidate that would be a perfect fit. Would JT allow a guy like Collins to get he job?

What would be the attraction for Collins to move to G-Town?

And at some point, Coach K will retire, opening up Duke. Collins has to be near the top of that list.

Jeff Capel is being groomed to take over at Duke when Krzyz--err...Alphabet Soup retires.

(03-24-2017 08:07 AM)mturn017 Wrote:  

(03-24-2017 07:10 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  Should have happened a LONG time ago.

We should hire Gregg Marshall.

He's making 3.3 million at WSU while JT III makes 3.6 at Georgetown. I'd say 3.3 probably goes further in KS than 3.6 does in DC. It's not all about money but it's something.

Would you rather live in Washington DC, one of the best places in the country to live, or Wichita, Kansas? Plus his wife's antics would fit right in there, eh?

It's not everything, but it's something.

I wouldn't love to live in Washington but I'd love to live in Northern Virginia or Southern Maryland. Also, Greg's gotta to be one of the biggest celebrities in Wichita. In Washington, he'd be a nobody, even if he won a national title or two.

Rumor has it that Marshall has thrown out $5 million as the starting point for negotiations. Most AD and others think that is a lot of money for a coach with 1 final four and 0 national championships. In 19 years he has made it past the opening weekend of the NCAAT twice (1 FF, 1 S16). 9 of those years were at Winthrop but still...

I don't know who is out there but Georgetown will be fine.

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