(02-05-2019 03:32 PM)PGJMU2 Wrote:  

(02-05-2019 02:56 PM)RamDawg Wrote:  

(02-05-2019 01:15 PM)Dukes84 Wrote:  

(02-04-2019 06:21 PM)PGJMU2 Wrote:  

(02-04-2019 06:00 PM)JMUNation Wrote:  His father had an agreement with UNCG that he would pay Wes’s salary if Wes was given the job of head coach. That made it much easier to remain patient plus who knows how much else the elder Miller has donated to the school.

I imagine the school started paying Wes’s salary once Wes started to win but before that, they had a free head coach.

well that is interesting. the point remains, that it can take more than 3 years and in Wes's case, 4 years, to see if a coach can build a program.

BTW, what is Richmond paying Mooney? $1 million bucks. what is miami paying laranagga, $1.5million. so paying big bucks doesnt guarantee success. what did mason pay Hewitt, $1 million?

I think Georgetown is paying Ewing about $4M a year. Hewitt probably made close to $1M. Paulsen was making about $750K a year as his replacement. Mooney is probably around $1M. Smart is getting something like $3.5M a year with Texas and Wade is getting $2.5M with LSU.

Richmond is a tough place to coach basketball so Mooney is only part of the problem over there. It's tough to recruit good athletes that want to attend a school of 3000 students, not to mention the work load for their "high academic standards" and the UofR culture (or lack of) Mooney and the ticks are much more suited to be playing in the CAA compared to the A10. He's a good coach but wont find success on a regular basis when you don't have the athletes to compete with your real peers. Mooney at JMU would be worth around 500 - 600K plus incentives and would probably be quite successful.

I believe JMU has the athletes but not the commitment to the coaching.

doesnt Davidson face the same issues as Richmond? Davidson is currently 7-1 and in first place in the A10.

although generally, I agree with you, Richmond sux and no body should ever want to go there.

(02-05-2019 03:54 PM)HyperDuke Wrote:  

(02-05-2019 02:56 PM)RamDawg Wrote:  Richmond is a tough place to coach basketball so Mooney is only part of the problem over there. It's tough to recruit good athletes that want to attend a school of 3000 spoiled rich kids from New Jersey and the UofR culture (or lack of) Mooney and the ticks are much more suited to be playing in the CAA compared to the A10. He's a good coach but wont find success on a regular basis when you don't have the athletes to compete with your real peers. Mooney at JMU would be worth around 500 - 600K plus incentives and would probably be quite successful.

I believe JMU has the athletes but not the commitment to the coaching.

FIFY

(02-06-2019 10:13 AM)AssyrianDuke Wrote:  Didn't SLAW have twins as well? Or am I thinking about someone else?

(02-07-2019 08:22 AM)Deez Nuts Wrote:  DukemanX gonna act all shocked and stuff when HCLR is coaching next season.

(02-07-2019 03:49 PM)fanofallthatisjmu Wrote:  Also, put together a Zone reunion and I'll be there.

(02-19-2019 11:08 AM)RamDawg Wrote:  Not really related to Coach Rowe or "Targets for next....." but interesting article showing who may be on the coaching hot seats. http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/25930674/reverse-hot-seat-why-embattled-coaches-stay

If I were the person responsible for hiring a mid-major coach, I wouldn't be looking at head coaches from unsuccessful major programs like those mentioned in the ESPN article but an assistant from a successful major program.

(02-19-2019 11:08 AM)RamDawg Wrote:  Not really related to Coach Rowe or "Targets for next....." but interesting article showing who may be on the coaching hot seats. http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/25930674/reverse-hot-seat-why-embattled-coaches-stay

If I were the person responsible for hiring a mid-major coach, I wouldn't be looking at head coaches from unsuccessful major programs like those mentioned in the ESPN article but an assistant from a successful major program.

(02-07-2019 04:18 PM)BleedingPurple Wrote:  

(02-07-2019 08:22 AM)Deez Nuts Wrote:  DukemanX gonna act all shocked and stuff when HCLR is coaching next season.

I agree Lou will be guiding the Dukes next season. Not stating whether he should or shouldn't be the HC for another year, but he'll be there. Sure would be easier to accept it we could walk away from this season with 15+ wins.

(02-19-2019 12:13 PM)2Buck Wrote:  

(02-07-2019 04:18 PM)BleedingPurple Wrote:  

(02-07-2019 08:22 AM)Deez Nuts Wrote:  DukemanX gonna act all shocked and stuff when HCLR is coaching next season.

I agree Lou will be guiding the Dukes next season. Not stating whether he should or shouldn't be the HC for another year, but he'll be there. Sure would be easier to accept it we could walk away from this season with 15+ wins.

He will be, and my biggest fear is the sheer talent he's recruiting brings about a slight improvement (18 wins, 10-8 in the CAA or something) but the team never plays to its potential due to Coach Rowe's limitations. We could have Brady 2.0 but with the opposite problem (good coach/mediocre program leader vs good program leader/mediocre coach) but the same middling results. If Christmas is a stud, is he going to stay around for an under-performing team? Rowe really needs a mentor.

(02-19-2019 01:42 PM)AssyrianDuke Wrote:  I'm sure he's been mentioned in here before, but how would Mike Lonergan jive among the fans here?

(02-19-2019 01:42 PM)AssyrianDuke Wrote:  I'm sure he's been mentioned in here before, but how would Mike Lonergan jive among the fans here?