Head coach speculation for 2022-23

[PillPushr]

Not sure others here will agree, but I think Bruce Weber would work out here nicely.

[Jersey77]

Not sure others here will agree, but I think Bruce Weber would work out here nicely.

Look Weber is a good coach, but he is also a Midwestern guy and spent his whole career out there.

He will also be 66 when the season starts.

I just don't see him as being a fit here.

[PillPushr]

Not sure others here will agree, but I think Bruce Weber would work out here nicely.

Look Weber is a good coach, but he is also a Midwestern guy and spent his whole career out there.

He will also be 66 when the season starts.

I just don't see him as being a fit here.

Valid. I'm thinking he might have just enough time to stabilize the program, make us respectable again, and then hand over the program to someone in 5 years or so.

[rhodylaw]

My odds for head coach next season:

1. Cox (50%)
2. Some guy we have never really heard of who is a head coach, coaching at low level D1 (40%)
3. Assistant coach somewhere, likely with ties to DH (9%)
4. Home Run Hire - Miller, Mack, Crean (1%)

[URI_05]

My odds for head coach next season:

1. Cox (50%)
2. Some guy we have never really heard of who is a head coach, coaching at low level D1 (40%)
3. Assistant coach somewhere, likely with ties to DH (9%)
4. Home Run Hire - Miller, Mack, Crean (1%)

Weird to put 50% odds on Cox when he was fired 5 min before your post.

[rhodylaw]

My odds for head coach next season:

1. Cox (50%)
2. Some guy we have never really heard of who is a head coach, coaching at low level D1 (40%)
3. Assistant coach somewhere, likely with ties to DH (9%)
4. Home Run Hire - Miller, Mack, Crean (1%)

Weird to put 50% odds on Cox when he was fired 5 min before your post.

Wow - I am pleasantly surprised. Need to amend the odds I guess.

[giovanni]

An example of how out of touch the casual fan is, on Twitter I've seen Lamar's name a few times, TJ Buchanan (great Ram but how can anyone mention that with an inkling of knowledge), Tyson Wheeler and to a couple Jared Grasso would be a home run hire, IF URI could get him.

[RhodyNJ]

Bobby Hurley

[KingstonLane]

From Jeff Borzello:

Friday, 10:15 a.m.: Rhode Island made the expected move of parting ways with David Cox on Friday morning and now another attractive New England job is on the market. While there were some Archie Miller whispers a couple of weeks ago, two names expected to be in the mix for the Rams are Vermont's John Becker and Bryant's Jared Grasso. Becker has had a tremendous amount of success with the Catamounts, while Grasso guided Bryant to the NCAA tournament this season and has a strong reputation as a recruiter.

[LoveThoseRams]

How long before the new coach is announced?
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[Da_Process_Survivor]

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Whenever Bryant loses in the tournament...

[adam914]

If we go through all this and just end up with Becker, Grasso or Skerry it's going to be a bit of a letdown.

[Rhody74]

Unless it’s Archie Miller, it’s likely the next head coach is still playing. So it’ll be at least a couple of weeks.

[SGreenwell]

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Hurley was hired on March 22, after Baron was fired on March 4. Cox was hired on April 4, after Hurley left on March 22. So, that's roughly two to three weeks, although I think in both cases there were leaks / whispers that they were the strong contenders for the job.

[RhowdyRam02]

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2-3 weeks depending on who is hired I would guess

[RamIt!]

How long before the new coach is announced?
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Let's not forget this is a "State" job, so they have to legally post the job and take interviews for I think a month before they can officially hire anyone.

[Sweep The Leg]

Why does everyone love Grasso so much? Bryant is 202 in NET. 0-4 in Quad 1 & 2 games and 3-2 in Quad 3 teams. They beat the worst of the worst.

They lost 111-44 to Houston. If you take the amount of points Houston won by and used that as their score, they still win by 23, 67-44...

[giovanni]

[URI_05]

I like KMac’s list way better.

[SGreenwell]

Ha, these lists are all over the place - KMac's doesn't even have Becker, Grasso or Skerry on it. Brusier Flint is a name I haven't thought of in about a decade. I have no clue if any of these guys are more plugged in than the others.

ETA - Oops, he did have Grasso on his list! Thanks to Rhody15 and Giovanni for bringing that to my attention.

[Rhodymob05]

KMAC with a great list.

[Rhodyram]

Doesn't Pitino's buyout take him off the list?

[KingstonLane]

Kmac is clueless. He has no more insight than anyone here. He’s completely spitballing

[Brian Forster]

by Brian Forster » 14 minutes ago

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/09/spor ... ament.html

What about the guy at Merrimack also. he got banned from the NCAAs also.
For doing too good.

[RI_Bred]

Kmac is clueless. He has no more insight than anyone here. He’s completely spitballing

Hurley was retained at AZ. St., correct? What a doofus!

[BleedBlue87]

I don't get all the love for Grasso...

[Rhody15]

Ha, these lists are all over the place - KMac's doesn't even have Becker, Grasso or Skerry on it. Brusier Flint is a name I haven't thought of in about a decade. I have no clue if any of these guys are more plugged in than the others.

Grasso is on his list.

The more and I think about Grasso, the more I like it.

Young, hungry, a mad man (which can be good and bad) and works his ass off.

He got better players than he should’ve at Bryant, with 3 of his kids easily Being able to play in the A10 (Kiss, Pride Elias)

We don’t want someone who hasn’t/can’t recruit in the A10, but Grasso has 3 A10 type talents, which equals to him potentially being able to recruit players above the A10 talent wise.

[rambone 78]

Langel at Colgate should be a serious candidate once they are out of the dance next week.

[giovanni]

Kmac is clueless. He has no more insight than anyone here. He’s completely spitballing

And certainly not a URI fan.

[STC]

Hearing Bruiser Flint and Pat Skerry linked to URI makes me want to vomit.

[rambone 78]

Neither will be hired here.

[RF1]

Kmac is clueless. He has no more insight than anyone here. He’s completely spitballing

Unfortunately that is what all the supposed sports media members do these days when it comes to coaching openings. I am left to assume the Newhouse School at SU has pretty poor journalism teaching standards where rumor mongering is quite acceptable.

[giovanni]

Ha, these lists are all over the place - KMac's doesn't even have Becker, Grasso or Skerry on it. Brusier Flint is a name I haven't thought of in about a decade. I have no clue if any of these guys are more plugged in than the others.

Grasso is on his list. But I think he has about as much inside knowledge of URI as most of us

[TruePoint]

How long before the new coach is announced?
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Weeks?
Month?
Months?

Let's not forget this is a "State" job, so they have to legally post the job and take interviews for I think a month before they can officially hire anyone.

When we hired Hurley the news broke on March 16th. Baron was let go on March 4th, for context. So that one took under two weeks. Considering it took them less than 12 hours after the season ended to make the announcement on Cox, I’m interpreting that as they are going to move expeditiously here. If they have identified who they want and can come to terms with him, I doubt they will wait. The state hiring process formalities can be dealt with after the fact.

[rhodysurf]

I hope skerry is not actually a real candidate

[rhodysurf]

Timing with having new president and how fast they fired him gives me hope Thorr has something cooking

[SGreenwell]

Kmac is clueless. He has no more insight than anyone here. He’s completely spitballing

Hurley was retained at AZ. St., correct? What a doofus!

He got a vote of confidence, but I believe that was before the Stanford game. There's speculation that he could still be out, if pressure grows on the AD to make a move.

[Rhody74]

Bruiser Flint? I had to Google to see where he was. Looks like a Jim Baron kind of hire.

[adam914]

I know this has been mentioned before, but I really don't think it can be overstated how big of a hire this will end up being. We're about to get a pretty clear indication just how much the administration and donors are willing to invest to make us a consistent tournament contender.

[Rhody74]

Compensation will determine how good a coach we can get. If the big donors are on board maybe we can get an Archie Miller.

[RF1]

Many of the names being bandied about by the media have no real credibility and are no better than what many posters here are flinging out. I would not get too worked up this early in the process about names being publicly mentioned by so called journalists. They are for the most part just guesses and conjecture.

[bigappleram]

On a positive note the national media are all portraying it as an attractive job. They definitely don’t read some of the posts on this board.

[giovanni]

Many of the names being bandied about by the media have no real credibility and are no better than what many posters here are flinging out. I would not get too worked up this early in the process about names being publicly mentioned by so called journalists. They are for the most part just guesses and conjecture.

Exactly. Any potential list of potential candidates is sure to get a few clicks

[giovanni]

With the expediency of the announcement of determination I would think Thor has been working behind the scenes on this for some time and has one or two guys in mind that he is targeting, much like when he hired Danny. With that being said I'm sure there is always the possibility of a name that is unexpected for whatever reason to perhaps put his name in the mix

[Dre3000]

Kmac is clueless. He has no more insight than anyone here. He’s completely spitballing

Hurley was retained at AZ. St., correct? What a doofus!

There’s plenty of reasons why Hurley could be making a move on his own. Just because an AD says he’s keeping a guy doesn’t mean that guy wants to be there.

Look up the situation with Hurley’s wife and a former booster.

[bigappleram]

Richard Pitino being mentioned

[McRam]

Richard Pitino being mentioned

I saw that and says he is making 800k at New Mexico. I hope that is not our budget for this position.

[Rhodymob05]

Compensation will determine how good a coach we can get. If the big donors are on board maybe we can get an Archie Miller.

This is their shot and they know it.

[SnooterMagoo]

Dark horse candidate: Brett Campbell of St. Charles High School in Waldorf, MD. He is a URI alum, and has built a powerhouse at a new-build public school in short order. Would likely only command around 1m/year.

[reef]

Richard Pitino being mentioned

I saw that and says he is making 800k at New Mexico. I hope that is not our budget for this position.

Not a fan of little Pitino , Grasso or Becker I would hope Thorr can do better