Possible Coaching Candidates

If Shanley, Cragg and the BOT look at this board at all, and if they have any kind of a pulse on what the fan base wants, then there's really only one person that they can hire as our next coach. It's a no brainer.
 
In a story in the Lexington Herald-Leader posted on Yahoo News, “Both BetOnline and SportsBetting.ag posted odds Friday morning showing Pitino as the 1-2 favorite to land the Georgetown job. Both betting outlets had former Notre Dame coach Mike Brey as the second choice at 5-1, Penn State Coach Micah Shrewsberry next at 6-1, followed by Providence Coach Ed Cooley and North Carolina State Coach Kevin Keatts at 8-1.” https://www.yahoo.com/news/rick-pitino-nearing-return-big-181748328.html
 
Look for the announcement that season tickets for 2023-24 season go on sale a week from Monday. :unsure:
 
For the past month I was hoping that Pitino to SJU would become one of the worst kept secrets in CBB circles by this time of the year. I'm ecstatic that it seems to have actually happened.

I have no inside info, but this has to be 99% done just based on all the circumstantial evidence.

- Pitino has been subtly dropping hints over the past year+ that he'd want this job and more recently of much he hates the one-bid league he's currently in and how he wants to make one more big splash before he's done.
- All of the media attention surrounding Pitino to SJU over the past 24-48 hours that has leaked. Usually there's not this much smoke without fire from both local and national CBB guys unless it's pretty much a done deal.
- The buzz that has generated from these leaks puts Shanley and SJU in a position where if it somehow falls through it will look worse now than it did during the last search.
- The fact that Shanley has been working on this for a couple weeks and it's perceived to being close to done makes me think that if it wasn't gonna happen it would have fallen through long before the "significant mutual interest" became public.

Georgetown either wasn't interested in Pitino or know they couldn't beat SJU for him. Pitino isn't moving to Lubbock. Maybe Texas throws a wrench into things but they've been open for a while and mutual interest would have likely been reported by now for them if there was any.

At this point, Pitino not ending up as coach here would end up as the school's biggest blunder in half a century and the biggest failure of Shanley's career. It just has to happen now.
 
MugCostanza said:
For the past month I was hoping that Pitino to SJU would become one of the worst kept secrets in CBB circles by this time of the year. I'm ecstatic that it seems to have actually happened.

I have no inside info, but this has to be 99% done just based on all the circumstantial evidence.

- Pitino has been subtly dropping hints over the past year+ that he'd want this job and more recently of much he hates the one-bid league he's currently in and how he wants to make one more big splash before he's done.
- All of the media attention surrounding Pitino to SJU over the past 24-48 hours that has leaked. Usually there's not this much smoke without fire from both local and national CBB guys unless it's pretty much a done deal.
- The buzz that has generated from these leaks puts Shanley and SJU in a position where if it somehow falls through it will look worse now than it did during the last search.
- The fact that Shanley has been working on this for a couple weeks and it's perceived to being close to done makes me think that if it wasn't gonna happen it would have fallen through long before the "significant mutual interest" became public.

Georgetown either wasn't interested in Pitino or know they couldn't beat SJU for him. Pitino isn't moving to Lubbock. Maybe Texas throws a wrench into things but they've been open for a while and mutual interest would have likely been reported by now for them if there was any.

At this point, Pitino not ending up as coach here would end up as the school's biggest blunder in half a century and the biggest failure of Shanley's career. It just has to happen now.
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If we don’t get him I’m heading straight to Ace Hardware to buy my pitchfork! 🤣
 
Any chance of getting the best of both worlds, i.e., SJU hires Pitino and Rick brings Speedy on board as his lead AC and heir apparent?
 
kranmars said:
This can easily be information dropped by a Georgetown source as a way of saving face because they know Pitino wants SJU.

Goodman bought this because he cannot find it in him to give SJU accolades for beating an opponent for such a move.
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Goodman has been saying this for months that Rick would love gtown, so I think you could be right.
 
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