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[hersheypa]

I wouldn’t be surprised if Nova made a run at Kevin Willard. Seems like a big East coach and would thrive there with novas NIL

 

[Amaseinyourface]

It needed to happen, hopefully they get the next hire right, and hopefully Neptune lands on his feet at a lower level and has some success

Could see him doing similar to Lavall Jordan and latching on to a different BE staff for a few years.

 

[Amaseinyourface]

I wouldn’t be surprised if Nova made a run at Kevin Willard. Seems like a big East coach and would thrive there with novas NIL

Could make the argument for Maryland being the better job. Seems like he’s got them going now and would be a weird time to change it up. Just my opinion.

 

[RedStormNC]

Could make the argument for Maryland being the better job. Seems like he’s got them going now and would be a weird time to change it up. Just my opinion.

Unless on hot seat, very few BE jobs I can see any B10 or SEC leaving conf for given direction power conf going next few years

 

[sjc88]

Unless on hot seat, very few BE jobs I can see any B10 or SEC leaving conf for given direction power conf going next few years

Big State schools have a huge financial edge for Coaches. My guess is if Maryland wants Willard Nova would be pressed to match dollar for dollar.

 

[hersheypa]

Unless on hot seat, very few BE jobs I can see any B10 or SEC leaving conf for given direction power conf going next few years

Maryland is still a second class citizen in the Big Ten. In the near term Nova is the better job. Long term who knows.

Obviously all my opinion. All I posted was that I could see Nova making a run at him. Test the waters

 

[SJU2000alum15]

Like many said Neptune is a very nice guy, but so was Norm! Both were just in over their heads Nova made the right decision here.

 

[dk423]

Hope Neptune lands on his feet. Seems like a good guy. Really difficult job. Had only one year of head coaching experience beforehand.

Great for the conference that they made the move. We need them to be big time.

 

[sjc88]

Maryland is still a second class citizen in the Big Ten. In the near term Nova is the better job. Long term who knows.

Obviously all my opinion. All I posted was that I could see Nova making a run at him. Test the waters

College GameDay also mentioned Willard. Interestingly they also mentioned Shaka Smart but then quickly added he’ll tell them he’s very happy at Marquette.

 

[lawmanfan]

Hopefully they do not hire Speedy and he remains in the mix as a Pitino successor.

Maybe Nova has someone in mind but it feels to me like "we know Neptune isn't the guy so we need to fire him, now it's coaching search time"

 

[paultzman]

Hopefully they do not hire Speedy and he remains in the mix as a Pitino successor.

Maybe Nova has someone in mind but it feels to me like "we know Neptune isn't the guy so we need to fire him, now it's coaching search time"

Highly doubt Speedy in mix, imo they will have more proven guys.

With imminent portal period, Nova will act quickly and suspect they already have someone in mind, who they already had under radar talks with.

 

[NCJohnnie]

I wonder if there'd be any mutual interest between Nova and Mick Cronin.

 

[Mullins Revenge]

Rumored names to watch for the Villanova head coaching job:• Ryan Odom - VCU• Richard Pitino - New Mexico• Chris Collins - Northwestern

Uninspiring list if you ask me.

 

[stjohnnie75]

 

[SeattleJohnny]

excuse my ignorance but wtf is the crown tournament? Is this an NIT competitor?

 

[Mullins Revenge]

excuse my ignorance but wtf is the crown tournament? Is this an NIT competitor?

They may be giving NIL money for winning.

 

[Mullins Revenge]

excuse my ignorance but wtf is the crown tournament? Is this an NIT competitor?

Nova is a 3 seed in the "Nobodys Interested" region.

 

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UCONN fans at last nights game referred to Creighton as their kryptonite