Depaul looking for a new coach

[warriorfan4life]

Goodman is now saying that he hasn't signed the extension and intends to interview at DePaul. Really if Hurley is doing this to force DePaul's hands, I would back peddle pretty damn quick.

I take the opposite view, that Hurley wants to make sure that DePaul will no longer be a clown show operation if he commits to them. He has a nice fall back plan in place at Buffalo, and can afford to not jump on the first opportunity. I would not blame Hurley for wanting to expedite the process, as you want to either get started with the process at DePaul or continuing build the program he is currently working for.

[TheSultan]

If Hurley agreed to an extension with Buffalo, but has that signed that agreement to leverage a DePaul offer, I would not find him to be a coach interested in the long term development of the DePaul program and I would want nothing to do with him.

There are plenty of one-hit-wonder coaches along the side of the road. (Keno Davis...Stan Heath...) IMO for as much of a clusterf*ck as DePaul is, Hurley needs them more than vice versa. It's not as though he is a guaranteed, no brainer hire.

[warriorfan4life]

If Hurley agreed to an extension with Buffalo, but has that signed that agreement to leverage a DePaul offer, I would not find him to be a coach interested in the long term development of the DePaul program and I would want nothing to do with him.

There are plenty of one-hit-wonder coaches along the side of the road. (Keno Davis...Stan Heath...) IMO for as much of a clusterf*ck as DePaul is, Hurley needs them more than vice versa. It's not as though he is a guaranteed, no brainer hire.

Hurley returns the core of a really good team at Buffalo and has a couple of nice additions coming in. A year from now, he could have far betters offers then DePaul.

BTW, Keno Davis is at Central Michigan and they lost in the MAC title game to Buffalo. Even with the unmitigated disaster that was his Providence run, he still landed on his feet at a MAC program.

[TheSultan]

Hurley returns the core of a really good team at Buffalo and has a couple of nice additions coming in. A year from now, he could have far betters offers then DePaul.

And if I were DePaul, I would tell him to enjoy his next season there. If Buffalo made an offer, and he merely took it under consideration, that's one thing. But if Hurley "verbally agreed" to an offer, but didn't sign it to force DePaul's hand, he isn't trustworthy. No thanks.

[MU88]

Keno Davis has turned Central Michigan around after leaving PC, so he has gone two out of three. Haith, while not a star, did get USF in the NCAAs, which a major accomplishment. He also got Arkansas into the tourney, two years in a row right before being fired. Add that to his run at Kent State, and I think he has had a decent, albeit not great, career.

Not everyone fits every job. Altman was pretty much a bust at Kansas State, but won at Creighton and now, Oregon. Granted, some guys win can every stop, Pitino and Callipari for example, but others need to fit the position. I think most coaches bust as some schools for two reasons, they are not equipped to get the top talent needed to step up (McDermott at ISU) or down a level, or the lack of institutional support handcuffs the coach (Purnell at DePaul). Very few bad coaches end up heading D-1 programs.

To me, Hurley is a bad fit for DePaul. DePaul seems to want to win, but they want the coach to recruit four year, student-athletes. They don't seem to want to take path Fat Pat took them on (questionable academic kids, one and dones, etc). However, that is what Hurley has been at Buffalo, a kind of ISU light. I am not saying Hurley's approach won't turn DePaul around. I think it could/will. But, I think Hurley's approach is going to generate disputes within the university about the direction of the bball program, just like Buzz and Willliams/Pilarz. If it happens, I don't see this marriage having a happy ending.

[Goose85]

Keno Davis has turned Central Michigan around after leaving PC, so he has gone two out of three. Haith, while not a star, did get USF in the NCAAs, which a major accomplishment. He also got Arkansas into the tourney, two years in a row right before being fired. Add that to his run at Kent State, and I think he has had a decent, albeit not great, career.

Not everyone fits every job. Altman was pretty much a bust at Kansas State, but won at Creighton and now, Oregon.

Good point. I'm sure the New England Patriots are happy they took a chance on a guy that busted in his previous head coaching gig.

[milkbone]

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/03/...ls-top-target/

[Goose85]

Zagsblog indicates Hurley is scheduled for an interview.

http://zagsblog.com/articles/bobby-h...or-depaul-job/

[MUBasketball]

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/03/...ls-top-target/

Interesting. There doesn't seem to be a consensus about who DePaul's top target is.

I try not to jump to conclusions since there's always stuff going on behind the scenes that us regular joe's don't know about, but why in the hell has Ponsetto not interviewed Drew and/or Hurley yet? Especially Drew, he's right down the road from Chicago.

[Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77"]

Zagsblog indicates Hurley is scheduled for an interview.

http://zagsblog.com/articles/bobby-h...or-depaul-job/

I hope DePaul does get both Hurley and Drew in, but am I the only one that found it hilarious that "Ben Howland, who this week took the Mississippi State job, wasn’t interested in the Big East school." Again, Howland trying to put out PR spin to make it look like he was the best candidate for every job ever and that any job that didn't hire him was apparently beneath him. If DPU had been interested, Howland would have walked over hot coals to Chicago in a tutu to get that job. To get any HM job. He took Mississippi State because they were the first job to actually show reciprocal interest.