Also swallowed Mack. I respect Holloway as a coach and understand why he might go there. But I am suspicious of the fit and wouldn’t be surprised if, like Shaka, it is not a very long tenure there.
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Silly Donovan
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As a St John’s fan, I would be more than happy to see Coach H get the Louisville job. Other then a few wins here and there, we have played second fiddle to the Hall for too many years now. In a year where everyone thought the Hall would be going nowhere, once again they finished ahead of the Johnnies. Coach H leaving gives us a better chance of re capturing the met area as the areas best team.
Depending what happens to Pikiell at Rutgers over time, can see Holloway being good there
Holloway seems to embrace and use the underdog chip on the shoulder thing. That doesn’t scream Louisville to me. I’m not saying he can’t win more there than Seton Hall. But Louisville will fire a coach for seasons that would excite a Seton Hall administration.
At the very least this should get him a nice raise and some added NIL budget
Last night Jay Wright said that you can only go so far at some schools and the urge to compete for a National Championship weighs on you. He of course was talking about his jump to Villanova and May’s jump to Michigan.
I was thinking the same. Almost wonder if he's interviewing just to get the leverage there
The school can find more money add to Holloway’s contract, but the NIL is more difficult.
While Seton Hall has had success, it still is stuck between big city SJU and NJ state school Rutgers.
If it CAN be done, Louisville coming to steal their guy will make it happen.
I am not necessarily disagreeing with you, because things miraculously get done when a gun is pointed at your head.
I am just pointing out it is not going to be easy.
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RedStormRising
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I imagine the Hall will do whatever it can to keep Sha. I see a well deserved raise and retention for Sha.
100% be Donald Copeland, right?
I imagine the Hall will do whatever it can to keep Sha. I see a well deserved raise and retention for Sha.
That's another great call. Copeland, Kimani, Brandin Knight, King Rice, Claxton. It'd be an interesting search. Maybe Porter Moser is even more desperate to leave. lol
I am one who is a great admirer of Shaheen but I would be shocked if Louisville was seriously considering him.
3 years ago he interviewed and was a finalist for the Fordham job.
This is a program who fired Chris Mack who was pretty successful at Xavier and at least early on at Louisville. This is a school that paid out tens of millions in buyouts for former AD Tom Jurich, Rick Pitino, Mack and now Payne. And didn't bat an eye.
This is a top 10 job with a rabid fanbase.
And the hire they are going to make to satisfy that fanbase is to hire a guy who has 1 NCAA appearance, no conference regular season titles, no BET wins and 3 years ago was coaching St Peter's and was a finalist for Fordham?
I am not saying he is not a good coach but that is a quantum leap of a hire for Louisville to make...
3 years ago he interviewed and was a finalist for the Fordham job.
This is a program who fired Chris Mack who was pretty successful at Xavier and at least early on at Louisville. This is a school that paid out tens of millions in buyouts for former AD Tom Jurich, Rick Pitino, Mack and now Payne. And didn't bat an eye.
This is a top 10 job with a rabid fanbase.
And the hire they are going to make to satisfy that fanbase is to hire a guy who has 1 NCAA appearance, no conference regular season titles, no BET wins and 3 years ago was coaching St Peter's and was a finalist for Fordham?
I am not saying he is not a good coach but that is a quantum leap of a hire for Louisville to make...
I mean, they were about to hire Dusty May. Resumes aren't very different.
Uh yeah they are.
FAU is a far better job than St Peter's. FAU got an at large bid this year, they didn’t get a 15 or 16 seed.
And yes Sha is coaching SHU now but the NCAA run at SPU is the big thing on his resume. If you take that away what exactly are you hiring him on?
If you take away Dusty May's Final 4 resume, what are you hiring him on? Sure as hell not a job for Michigan or Louisville.
Now of these three are big names I would have expected the Ville to go after.
Uh he went to the NCAAs again this year as an at large 8 seed.
His Final Four run was also as an 8/9 seed. And FAU spent a large portion of the year in the top 25.
St Peter's is arguably the worst job in one of the top 10 rated lowest conferences in the country. FAU plays in the AAC, a conference a few years ago that had UCONN and Houston.
You can't compare a 1 bid conference to a multi bid conference team/job. Not comparable