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BattleTested wrote: ↑4 weeks ago

adam914 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago

BattleTested wrote: ↑4 weeks ago I'm hearing we've already hired KJ's replacement and he's already here recruiting... And no it was not an in house hire.
I'd expect there to be an announcement in the next couple days

Good to know, thanks for the info! I assumed that was the case. No reason to think Archie was going to just sit around and let us be short handed on the staff.

Exactly.. My source told me its a solid a hire. Former head coach who took last year off.

adam914 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago Ok, here is my conspiracy theory for the day...our friend RV has heard who the new assistant is, and it will fall in to category 3 listed below. He's putting this tweet out now to get out in front of it so he can say it was a bad hire once it's announced.

adam914 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago Here is my rushed and probably flawed list based on some very quick research of 2023 head coaches that lost their job and did not coach this year.

I'm going to guess maybe Brian Gregory? Reunion of old Dayton coaches? Total speculation and guess on my part. I'm sure I either missed some guys or missed that some of these guys may have gotten other jobs.

Nate James - Austin Peay
Juan Dixon - Coppin State
Josh Pastner - Georgia Tech
G.G Smith - High Point
Mike Jordan - Lafayette
Bill Herrion - New Hampshire
Brian Kennedy - NJIT
Kermit Davis - Ole Miss
Baker Dunleavy - Quinnipiac
Brian Gregory - South Florida
Aaron McKie - Temple

sevegny7 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago

adam914 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago Here is my rushed and probably flawed list based on some very quick research of 2023 head coaches that lost their job and did not coach this year.

I'm going to guess maybe Brian Gregory? Reunion of old Dayton coaches? Total speculation and guess on my part. I'm sure I either missed some guys or missed that some of these guys may have gotten other jobs.

Nate James - Austin Peay
Juan Dixon - Coppin State
Josh Pastner - Georgia Tech
G.G Smith - High Point
Mike Jordan - Lafayette
Bill Herrion - New Hampshire
Brian Kennedy - NJIT
Kermit Davis - Ole Miss
Baker Dunleavy - Quinnipiac
Brian Gregory - South Florida
Aaron McKie - Temple

I dont know if it has to be a coach that was just fired. Just a coach that was not coaching last season.

Like is Tom Crean a possible candidate which falls into the speculation guidelines.

adam914 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago

sevegny7 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago

adam914 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago Here is my rushed and probably flawed list based on some very quick research of 2023 head coaches that lost their job and did not coach this year.

I'm going to guess maybe Brian Gregory? Reunion of old Dayton coaches? Total speculation and guess on my part. I'm sure I either missed some guys or missed that some of these guys may have gotten other jobs.

Nate James - Austin Peay
Juan Dixon - Coppin State
Josh Pastner - Georgia Tech
G.G Smith - High Point
Mike Jordan - Lafayette
Bill Herrion - New Hampshire
Brian Kennedy - NJIT
Kermit Davis - Ole Miss
Baker Dunleavy - Quinnipiac
Brian Gregory - South Florida
Aaron McKie - Temple

I dont know if it has to be a coach that was just fired. Just a coach that was not coaching last season.

Like is Tom Crean a possible candidate which falls into the speculation guidelines.

Yeah, I just looked at coaches who left their jobs after 2023 and didn't coach in 2024 (not necessarily fired) based on the post that said the person didn't coach "this past season". But it's entirely possible I am reading too much in to this.

steviep123 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago

BattleTested wrote: ↑4 weeks ago

adam914 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago

Good to know, thanks for the info! I assumed that was the case. No reason to think Archie was going to just sit around and let us be short handed on the staff.

Exactly.. My source told me its a solid a hire. Former head coach who took last year off.

Hmmm...if someone felt like it they could scour the 2023 coaching carousel to see who doesn't have a job....

Edit - that's 39 pages long, but this might be helpful:

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... es-2023-24

BattleTested wrote: ↑4 weeks ago

Billyboy78 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago How could we have hired a coach when it is required to be posted for 30 days (or whatever the time frame is)? There has been no posting.

Im guessing we found a way around that, just like every other state school typically does.. Think about it, have you ever actually heard a coach say "We can't hire anyone until after we waited 30 days"

RhowdyRam02 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago

steviep123 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago

BattleTested wrote: ↑4 weeks ago

Exactly.. My source told me its a solid a hire. Former head coach who took last year off.

Hmmm...if someone felt like it they could scour the 2023 coaching carousel to see who doesn't have a job....

Edit - that's 39 pages long, but this might be helpful:

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... es-2023-24

Arkansas State Red Wolves: Mike Balado
Austin Peay Governors: Nate James
California Golden Bears: Mark Fox
Cal State Northridge Matadors: Trent Johnson
Coppin State Eagles: Juan Dixon
Georgetown Hoyas: Patrick Ewing
Georgia Southern Eagles: Brian Burg
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets: Josh Pastner
Green Bay Phoenix: Will Ryan
High Point Panthers: GG Smith
Lafayette Leopards: Mike Jordan
McNeese Cowboys: John Aiken
New Hampshire: Bill Herrion
NJIT Highlanders: Brian Kennedy
Ole Miss Rebels: Kermit Davis
Quinnipiac Bobcats: Baker Dunleavy
St. John's Red Storm: Mike Anderson
South Florida Bulls: Brian Gregory
Southern Jaguars: Sean Woods
Syracuse Orange: Jim Boeheim
Temple Owls: Aaron McKie
West Virginia Mountaineers: Bob Huggins
Wichita State Shockers: Isaac Brown
Wofford Terriers: Jay McAuley

Some of these guys still have basketball related jobs, like Baker Dunleavy is Villanova GM, but all of these guys are no longer coaching in college basketball according to wikipedia. Obviously a couple of these names don't make sense for URI assistant, but I included them to have the full list

RhodyKyle wrote: ↑4 weeks ago

RhowdyRam02 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago

steviep123 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago

Hmmm...if someone felt like it they could scour the 2023 coaching carousel to see who doesn't have a job....

Edit - that's 39 pages long, but this might be helpful:

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... es-2023-24

Arkansas State Red Wolves: Mike Balado
Austin Peay Governors: Nate James
California Golden Bears: Mark Fox
Cal State Northridge Matadors: Trent Johnson
Coppin State Eagles: Juan Dixon
Georgetown Hoyas: Patrick Ewing
Georgia Southern Eagles: Brian Burg
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets: Josh Pastner
Green Bay Phoenix: Will Ryan
High Point Panthers: GG Smith
Lafayette Leopards: Mike Jordan
McNeese Cowboys: John Aiken
New Hampshire: Bill Herrion
NJIT Highlanders: Brian Kennedy
Ole Miss Rebels: Kermit Davis
Quinnipiac Bobcats: Baker Dunleavy
St. John's Red Storm: Mike Anderson
South Florida Bulls: Brian Gregory
Southern Jaguars: Sean Woods
Syracuse Orange: Jim Boeheim
Temple Owls: Aaron McKie
West Virginia Mountaineers: Bob Huggins
Wichita State Shockers: Isaac Brown
Wofford Terriers: Jay McAuley

Some of these guys still have basketball related jobs, like Baker Dunleavy is Villanova GM, but all of these guys are no longer coaching in college basketball according to wikipedia. Obviously a couple of these names don't make sense for URI assistant, but I included them to have the full list

Give me Brian Gregory and let's go from Gonzaga of the East to Dayton of the East

Billyboy78 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago

BattleTested wrote: ↑4 weeks ago

Billyboy78 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago How could we have hired a coach when it is required to be posted for 30 days (or whatever the time frame is)? There has been no posting.

Im guessing we found a way around that, just like every other state school typically does.. Think about it, have you ever actually heard a coach say "We can't hire anyone until after we waited 30 days"

In the past, it was a requirement. Has that changed?

adam914 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago File this info under "paying way too much attention to Twitter follows"...but Brian Gregory is followed on twitter by...Ben Hammond...

BattleTested wrote: ↑4 weeks ago

RhowdyRam02 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago

BattleTested wrote: ↑4 weeks ago

Sounds we hired a former head coach who didn't coach this past season based on my sources

Is this good news? Hasn't it widely been assumed that Archie sitting out a year and Kenny Johnson sitting out two years were bad things in that their connections kind of dried up and needed to be reestablished?

I disagree with that notion.. There's been plenty of coaches who have sat out a year and then come back recharged. They don't lose their connections because they took a year off, these guys are not wired like that. If they intend to coach again, they maintain those lines of communication

adam914 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago File this info under "paying way too much attention to Twitter follows"...but Brian Gregory is followed on twitter by...Ben Hammond...

Jdrums#3 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago

adam914 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago File this info under "paying way too much attention to Twitter follows"...but Brian Gregory is followed on twitter by...Ben Hammond...

Another conspiracy…

Hammond’s coming back!

adam914 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago File this info under "paying way too much attention to Twitter follows"...but Brian Gregory is followed on twitter by...Ben Hammond...

Billyboy78 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago

adam914 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago File this info under "paying way too much attention to Twitter follows"...but Brian Gregory is followed on twitter by...Ben Hammond...

And Dubsky.

RhodyKyle wrote: ↑4 weeks ago

adam914 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago File this info under "paying way too much attention to Twitter follows"...but Brian Gregory is followed on twitter by...Ben Hammond...

I'm all in on this one

RIFan wrote: ↑4 weeks ago

BattleTested wrote: ↑4 weeks ago

RhowdyRam02 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago

Is this good news? Hasn't it widely been assumed that Archie sitting out a year and Kenny Johnson sitting out two years were bad things in that their connections kind of dried up and needed to be reestablished?

I disagree with that notion.. There's been plenty of coaches who have sat out a year and then come back recharged. They don't lose their connections because they took a year off, these guys are not wired like that. If they intend to coach again, they maintain those lines of communication

I agree. But that was not the line that was toed around here the last 2 years as to why our recruiting stunk…the narrative was that Archie and KJ we’re not in the loop and it would take a while to get back in the game so to speak. Now the reason is lack of NIL.

BattleTested wrote: ↑4 weeks ago Looks like math is hard for me.. my source said he was last a head coach in 2022..So he has been out the past 2 seasons. So we should be looking at guys who left their jobs at the end of the 2022 season. My bad!!!

BattleTested wrote: ↑4 weeks ago

steviep123 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago

McRam wrote: ↑4 weeks ago

What is the ONE word that would describe not replacing KJ in order to save money?

Smalltime. Or as 105 said, typical. Think Big - we don't.

Sounds we hired a former head coach who didn't coach this past season based on my sources

Dino611 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago I have a very good theory (not a source this time lol) but it could be Mark Turgeon, he was seen behind the URI bench at the GW and GM away games in DC & Virginia and checks the boxes of former head coach and hasn’t coached since ‘22

McRam wrote: ↑4 weeks ago

Dino611 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago I have a very good theory (not a source this time lol) but it could be Mark Turgeon, he was seen behind the URI bench at the GW and GM away games in DC & Virginia and checks the boxes of former head coach and hasn’t coached since ‘22

And he has a connection to Rhody via the Mitchell twins!

reef wrote: ↑4 weeks ago

BattleTested wrote: ↑4 weeks ago Looks like math is hard for me.. my source said he was last a head coach in 2022..So he has been out the past 2 seasons. So we should be looking at guys who left their jobs at the end of the 2022 season. My bad!!!

Cool can we compile the list of coaches who lost their jobs after 2022 ?

Dino611 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago I have a very good theory (not a source this time lol) but it could be Mark Turgeon, he was seen behind the URI bench at the GW and GM away games in DC & Virginia and checks the boxes of former head coach and hasn’t coached since ‘22

McRam wrote: ↑4 weeks ago

Dino611 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago I have a very good theory (not a source this time lol) but it could be Mark Turgeon, he was seen behind the URI bench at the GW and GM away games in DC & Virginia and checks the boxes of former head coach and hasn’t coached since ‘22

And he has a connection to Rhody via the Mitchell twins!

Jdrums#3 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago When you think about it, an assistant coaching job at Rhody isn’t a bad gig for an ex-HC who just wants to work with/develop players, breakdown opponents, game plan, help out a buddy.

You get to live near the ocean for a time, clear your head, eventually move up if an opportunity comes along, if that’s an interim goal towards being a HC again.

Dino611 wrote: ↑4 weeks ago I have a very good theory (not a source this time lol) but it could be Mark Turgeon, he was seen behind the URI bench at the GW and GM away games in DC & Virginia and checks the boxes of former head coach and hasn’t coached since ‘22

Billyboy78 wrote: ↑3 weeks ago If we've already hired an assistant, as someone here suggested, why hasn't it been announced? Is that, for some reason, a secret too?

Billyboy78 wrote: ↑3 weeks ago If we've already hired an assistant, as someone here suggested, why hasn't it been announced? Is that, for some reason, a secret too?

BattleTested wrote: ↑3 weeks ago

Billyboy78 wrote: ↑3 weeks ago If we've already hired an assistant, as someone here suggested, why hasn't it been announced? Is that, for some reason, a secret too?

Probably waiting for all the HR, Background check stuff to come back.. No reason to be snarky about it there Billy Boy

BattleTested wrote: ↑3 weeks ago

Billyboy78 wrote: ↑3 weeks ago If we've already hired an assistant, as someone here suggested, why hasn't it been announced? Is that, for some reason, a secret too?

Probably waiting for all the HR, Background check stuff to come back.. No reason to be snarky about it there Billy Boy

Billyboy78 wrote: ↑3 weeks ago

BattleTested wrote: ↑3 weeks ago

Billyboy78 wrote: ↑3 weeks ago If we've already hired an assistant, as someone here suggested, why hasn't it been announced? Is that, for some reason, a secret too?

Probably waiting for all the HR, Background check stuff to come back.. No reason to be snarky about it there Billy Boy

Not being snarky. Just trying to understand.

NYGFan_Section208 wrote: ↑3 weeks ago

Billyboy78 wrote: ↑3 weeks ago

BattleTested wrote: ↑3 weeks ago

Probably waiting for all the HR, Background check stuff to come back.. No reason to be snarky about it there Billy Boy

Not being snarky. Just trying to understand.

My guess is someone has been working for Rhody that we don't know about (I'm sure some know) while KJ has been working for GT. I don't see this as a huge deal. Either they're covered in that area for now, or they aren't...and if they aren't, it'll be evident enough at some point. I trust that Arch has the right/enough folks working on this. If/when an announcement is made, it's not going to all of a sudden turn on the team building jets, like the right player announcement would.