Depaul looking for a new coach

If that is true, I wonder what Garret and Hamilton do. I could see them picking up and leaving.

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Originally Posted by TedBaxter

http://www.depaulbluedemons.com/spor...031715aaa.html

Was this a front?

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You can hire a search firm to do all sorts of things. Background checks for instance.

Waste of money as they've missed on some background checks from what I can remember. Not a fan of Parker,

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Originally Posted by TedBaxter

Waste of money as they've missed on some background checks from what I can remember. Not a fan of Parker,

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I have never worked with them, but they can only do so much. The administration is the problem here. Roy Schmidt is alluding that this is to land a player. My guess it its LoVett. My other guess is that Leitao has agreed to hold onto the assistant coach that handled his recruitment.

Sounds like Garrett was handling the LoVett recruitment. Maybe hiring Leitao ensures they keep Billy Jr and land LoVett? If so that is monumentally stupid. You don't hire a recruit for 1/2 players, you hire them for the program.

I can picture that blue blob in the office, finalizing the deal. Organizes her papers, tucks them under her arm with a huge grin on her fat face thinking "yup, nailed it!".

Here's what I suspect...

It was reported that Bryce Drew turned down the initial DePaul offer. I don't think it was money, so what else? Well, Marcus LoVett is on campus this weekend. Billy Garrett Sr is handling his recruitment.

Supposedly DePaul feels they have a lot at stake with LoVett. If Drew wanted all his own assistants, DePaul might lose not only Garrett Sr, but Garrett Jr and LoVett.

So instead, they hire Leitao, who they already know on past history will put up with their crap, he keeps Garrett, they keep their roster and prized recruit (not that LoVett is much of a prize).

That's my guess.

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Originally Posted by Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77"

Here's what I suspect...

It was reported that Bryce Drew turned down the initial DePaul offer. I don't think it was money, so what else? Well, Marcus LoVett is on campus this weekend. Billy Garrett Sr is handling his recruitment.

Supposedly DePaul feels they have a lot at stake with LoVett. If Drew wanted all his own assistants, DePaul might lose not only Garrett Sr, but Garrett Jr and LoVett.

So instead, they hire Leitao, who they already know on past history will put up with their crap, he keeps Garrett, they keep their roster and prized recruit (not that LoVett is much of a prize).

That's my guess.

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According to Jon Rothstein, Bobby Hurley turned down DePaul because he felt the committment (financial/resources) was not sufficient to compete at the top level of the Big East. Oh, and Leito was the only person interviewed that was willing to retain Garrett on the staff.

Brian Wardle would be a solid hire. He knows how to work with low budgets at Green Bay.

I think Wardle would have been a good hire for DePaul, but if Wardle ever wants the Marquette job, he would not take that job.

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Originally Posted by MU/Panther

Brian Wardle would be a solid hire. He knows how to work with low budgets at Green Bay.

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Yeah, and that's one reason he is now at Bradley.

I wonder if people still think Dayton would be a bad addition to the Big East? I would be happy to take Dayton over the current iteration of DePaul.

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Originally Posted by MulliganMusings

I wonder if people still think Dayton would be a bad addition to the Big East? I would be happy to take Dayton over the current iteration of DePaul.

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Maybe we could offer DePaul, a home and home series for each A10 team, and Fordham's choice of any one Big East assistant in exchange for Dayton?

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Originally Posted by MulliganMusings

I wonder if people still think Dayton would be a bad addition to the Big East? I would be happy to take Dayton over the current iteration of DePaul.

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They play in Chicago, that means a lot of tv sets.

DePaul needs some type of momentum heading into their new arena, and I'm not sure this is the coach to do it.

You have to wonder what the administration at DePaul is doing. *Are they so restricting the AD from a financial commitment to the program standpoint that this is the best the AD can do? *

I could just see this - AD to Administration: I've got two really good candidates, Drew and Hurley. *They both want this $$$ salary and a recruiting budget of $$$. *

Admin to AD: Don't you know we are building a new facility, we don't have that kind of money. Remember when we were in the NCAA a decade or so ago? I heard things haven't worked out so well for him after he left, see if he would come back for $ and no change to the recruiting budget.

Could it be that the Administration is fine spending less and letting the AD take all the heat in exchange for her keeping her job and not complaining?

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Originally Posted by Goose85

They play in Chicago, that means a lot of tv sets.

DePaul needs some type of momentum heading into their new arena, and I'm not sure this is the coach to do it.

You have to wonder what the administration at DePaul is doing. *Are they so restricting the AD from a financial commitment to the program standpoint that this is the best the AD can do? *

I could just see this - AD to Administration: I've got two really good candidates, Drew and Hurley. *They both want this $$$ salary and a recruiting budget of $$$. *

Admin to AD: Don't you know we are building a new facility, we don't have that kind of money. Remember when we were in the NCAA a decade or so ago? I heard things haven't worked out so well for him after he left, see if he would come back for $ and no change to the recruiting budget.

Could it be that the Administration is fine spending less and letting the AD take all the heat in exchange for her keeping her job and not complaining?

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This is on honest question: How much does that matter?

What I mean is, do advertisers just look at the market size to determine what they are going to spend? Or, do they look at TV ratings? Our FS1 numbers are not good and I don't think people in Chicago are watching the Big East due to Depaul. On the other hand, the potential for them to watch due to Depaul is there.

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Originally Posted by Mucrisco

This is on honest question: How much does that matter?

What I mean is, do advertisers just look at the market size to determine what they are going to spend? Or, do they look at TV ratings? Our FS1 numbers are not good and I don't think people in Chicago are watching the Big East due to Depaul. On the other hand, the potential for them to watch due to Depaul is there.

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Why did the Big 10 want Rutgers? Rutgers increases the amount the BTN can get cable / dish companies to pay / charge customers each month for the BTN in the New York, New Jersey area. If you can go from $.10 per month to $1.00 per month for each cable / dish subscriber that is big money, even if Rutgers never wins a Big 10 title.

I'm not sure Fox has the same setup, but if DePaul and St. John's became very good again, could Fox increase the monthly charge to cable companies for Fox sports?

If DePaul were to improve, that could immediately add viewers in a big market, same with St. John's.
If Dayton were to be in the Big East, and they improved to the point they were an annual tourney team, is there a big upside for Fox?

I believe that the BTN and FS1 operate differently. You are talking about a network (FS1) giving a conference a contract for x $'s to televise their games.

The other (BTN) is a network owned by the conference that gets the $'s direct for the carriers and therefore there is no contract between the network and conference.

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Originally Posted by IrwinFletcher

I believe that the BTN and FS1 operate differently. You are talking about a network (FS1) giving a conference a contract for x $'s to televise their games.

The other (BTN) is a network owned by the conference that gets the $'s direct for the carriers and therefore there is no contract between the network and conference.

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Fox owns 51% of the BTN and handles all of its operations.

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Originally Posted by TheSultan

Fox owns 51% of the BTN and handles all of its operations.

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That is fine, but it is still two different scenarios.

When Rutgers joined the Big 10ish, the BTN was added to the cable/satellite packages for residents in the area. So subscribers saw their costs go up a dime (or a quarter or a dollar, whatever it was). In turn, a portion of that revenue to the cable/satellite companies was paid out to the BTN. And when you are talking 10 million households, thats a lot of money.

The FS1 contract with the BE (or the ESPN contract with the ACC) is a dollar fee for a certain amount of time paid to the conferences for televising those events.

If you want a more detailed explanation, maybe we can get Chicos over here to do a better job than i do.

No I understand what you are saying. Thanks.

But these networks charge a certain amount to each cable provider, wasn't there a dispute between AT&T and Fox that prevented the Big East conference tourney from being shown locally?

May be a different setup, but each network does do their own deals with providers, so Fox may be able to command more if Chicagoans are interested in the Big East product. Doesn't mean more for the Big East, but it could mean more to Fox in fees charged and advertisements.

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Originally Posted by IrwinFletcher

That is fine, but it is still two different scenarios.

When Rutgers joined the Big 10ish, the BTN was added to the cable/satellite packages for residents in the area. So subscribers saw their costs go up a dime (or a quarter or a dollar, whatever it was). In turn, a portion of that revenue to the cable/satellite companies was paid out to the BTN. And when you are talking 10 million households, thats a lot of money.

The FS1 contract with the BE (or the ESPN contract with the ACC) is a dollar fee for a certain amount of time paid to the conferences for televising those events.

If you want a more detailed explanation, maybe we can get Chicos over here to do a better job than i do.

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For the love of God, no.

http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/jon-...rward-thinking

Not a complimentary article on the Leitao hiring.