Hot Mess: NYC area College Coaching

[LutherRackleyRulez]

Per NY Times....


Little Job Security for Basketball Coaches in New York City Area

Bob Hurley, the St. Anthony High School coach and recent Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, has been a model of stability in his 38 years at the small Jersey City school. By his standards of stillness, the coaching changes among colleges in the New York City area have been dizzying.

“Holy moly!” he said. “I’ve never seen anything like this.”

Since the first week of March, 8 of the area’s 13 Division I men’s basketball coaching positions have been open at some point. There have been resignations, résumés sent out via e-mail messages and interviews with third-party representatives. As the dominoes have fallen, more shifts have resulted.

“The first thing these coaches need to know is to keep their leases nearby,” said the retired St. John’s coach Lou Carnesecca, a New York City native who won 526 games in 24 seasons at the university. “It’s absolutely crazy.”

A lot has changed since Carnesecca’s teams were a national power in the 1980s and early ’90s. None of the metropolitan area’s 13 Division I teams has earned an invitation to the N.C.A.A. tournament since 2006, when Iona got in — and promptly lost to Louisiana State.

“Survive and advance used to be a term we used for the tournament; now it’s for the job market every spring,” said Tom Pecora, who left his job as the coach at Hofstra to take the same job at Fordham.




http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/10/sports/ncaabasketball/10hoops.html?ref=ncaabasketball

[LutherRackleyRulez]

Per ZagsBlog.....



Rutgers Looking Like Fordham ‘All Over Again’

When Jio Fontan wanted to leave Fordham last December, he was given a conditional release and prohibited from landing at a number of schools.

It was perfectly understandable for Fontan to be prevented from transferring within the Atlantic 10 Conference, but he was also restricted from joining nearly half a dozen Big East schools, including Rutgers.

Fontan, a 6-foot point guard who played for Bob Hurley at St. Anthony, once sat courtside at Rutgers but never had any serious intention of coming to the school. He ultimately landed at Southern Cal.

Four months later, Mike Rosario, Fontan’s close friend and former St. Anthony teammate, is going through a similar experience as Rutgers attempts to buy out head coach Fred Hill.

Only this time, Rutgers is the school telling a star player where he can and cannot go.





http://www.zagsblog.com/2010/04/10/rutgers-looking-like-fordham-all-over-again/#more-31576

[LutherRackleyRulez]

Per ZagsBlog....



Gonzo Sues Seton Hall Over Firing

Former Seton Hall basketball coach Bobby Gonzalez sued the university Friday over his dismissal last month, claiming he was fired without cause and is owed two years of salary under terms of his contract.

The outspoken Gonzalez was fired March 17, the day after the Pirates lost 87-69 to Texas Tech in the opening round of the NIT. Seton Hall finished 19-13, its best season under Gonzalez, who departed with a 66-59 overall record and a 29-45 mark in the Big East. The Pirates failed to reach the NCAA tournament during his four years.

“Seton Hall had the right to terminate his contract, but Seton Hall doesn’t have the right to walk away from its contractual obligations to him,” said Gerald Krovatin, an attorney representing Gonzalez.

Gonzalez accompanied Krovatin to U.S. District Court on Friday, but didn’t comment on the situation except to say he was “very excited to move forward and I’m actively pursuing other options.”

University officials wouldn’t comment on the lawsuit Friday, but at the time of the firing Patrick Hobbs, the university’s law school dean who has been overseeing the athletic department since July, referred to “the conduct of those associated with the program” as a factor in the decision.





http://www.zagsblog.com/2010/04/09/gonzo-sues-seton-hall-over-firing/

[LutherRackleyRulez]

Per NJ.com....



Rutgers men's basketball coach Fred Hill has weekend
to accept university's settlement offer

Fred Hill will be fired as men's basketball coach at Rutgers if he does not accept a settlement offer to leave the position by Monday.

Rutgers is holding firm on its settlement offer of $600,000 to Fred Hill and is prepared to fire the embattled basketball coach with cause if he doesn't accept it by Monday, April 12, according to two people with knowledge of the situation.

The two sides did not communicate Friday, they said.

The people requested anonymity because they are not authorized to speak for the university or for Hill, who is due $1.8 million over the remaining three years of his contract. Hill has been told he will not return next year, though he has not officially been fired yet and refuses to resign.

In fact, he spent Friday at the Rutgers Athletic Center, overseeing the players' weightlifting session.

The school, meanwhile, has started on a draft to fire him with cause if he doesn't accept the equivalent of one year's salary by the Monday deadline -- an outcome that will almost certainly result in a legal battle. The decision to fire with cause means Rutgers is looking not to pay any of the $1.8 million Hill is owed.

Hill, 51, went 44-77 during his four years as the Scarlet Knights' head coach and was told as recently as three weeks ago that he would be back next season.

“Fred Hill is under contract as our men’s basketball head coach. We had a productive meeting and look forward to working together to build the program,” Pernetti said in a statement at the time.

That changed abruptly on April 1, when Hill’s outburst during a Rutgers baseball game against Pittsburgh, combined with the news that star guard Mike Rosario was looking to transfer and other off-court issues that suddenly surfaced, put his job in jeopardy again.




http://www.nj.com/rutgersbasketball/index.ssf/2010/04/rutgers_mens_basketball_coach_2.html

[Masterofreality]

New York College Basketball is an abject mess.

Really not sure if Lube Hair Lavin can help St. Johns either.

I'll take any players like TuTu Holloway out of there any day, though.

[LutherRackleyRulez]

Per ZagsBlog.....


USC’s O’Neill Denies Rosario Tampering Charges;
Jordan, Greenberg Interested in Rutgers’ Job

USC coach Kevin O’Neill adamantly denies that his program tampered with Rutgers guard Mike Rosario.

“I can assure you that nobody on my staff, nor myself, has talked to him,” O’Neill told The Orange-County Register. “He has not contacted us. I don’t know what that’s all about.”

According to Gannett New Jersey, Rutgers will file tampering charges against USC in the Rosario transfer case. The school will also seek to prevent Rosario from going to Kansas and Florida, Gannett reported.



http://www.zagsblog.com/2010/04/11/uscs-oneill-denies-rosario-tampering-charges-jordan-greenberg-interested-in-rutgers-job/#more-31603

[LutherRackleyRulez]

Per ZagsBlog.....


Source: Rutgers Reached Out to Bob Knight

Rutgers athletic director Tim Pernetti has “formally” reached out to legendary coach Bob Knight, according to a trusted source who spoke with a person in the Rutgers athletic department.

“They have formally reached out to him,” the source said. “But I doubt it’s going to go anywhere. His name has popped up for every single big coaching opening in the last few years.”

Reached by phone, Gary O’Hagan, IMG’s director of coaching, said, “I have no knowledge of that.”

Knight is an IMG client.

Pat Knight, Bob’s son and the head coach at Texas Tech, said his father would consider coaching again and interested schools should give him a ring.




http://www.zagsblog.com/2010/04/12/source-rutgers-reached-out-to-bob-knight/

[LutherRackleyRulez]

Sources:
Pernetti and Hill to meet Wednesday, termination possible

Rutgers athletics director Tim Pernetti and deposed men’s basketball Fred Hill will meet Wednesday, and strong indications are that Hill will be fired at the meeting.

Hill, who was told last week that he won’t be returning for his fifth season, had until Monday to decide whether he was going to accept a $600,000 settlement offer or see his contract terminated for cause. When the deadline passed, Pernetti handed Hill a list of alleged contract violations, multiple sources confirmed.

Pernetti and Hill haven’t met since, with Wednesday’s encounter expected to be when Rutgers takes the next step toward hiring its next coach. Once he’s fired, Hill will have 14 days to file an appeal through the university’s grievance process, according to the terms of his contract. After the appeal goes through, Hill will be heard by Rutgers President Richard McCormick, who sources say has given his full support to Pernetti in his decision to oust the Scarlet Knights coach.


http://blogs.mycentraljersey.com/rutgers/2010/04/13/sources-pernetti-and-hill-to-meet-wednesday-termination-possible/#more-7223

[LutherRackleyRulez]

Per Gary Parrish/CBS Sports....


Rutgers must cave to Hill now or see program cave later

Fred Hill is still technically Rutgers' basketball coach.

But his career is done.

He'll never coach another game at Rutgers and, almost certainly, will never again coach at the Division I level unless he accepts a job on a buddy's staff because Hill now has what amounts to a terminal disease in this profession: He hasn't won on the court, and he has been a problem away from it. Thus, he's done at 51 and in a stare down with Rutgers over the terms under which he'll exit. If there's a bigger mess in college basketball, man, I haven't seen it.

By the time Rutgers actually gets around to firing Fred Hill, the only candidate available for the job will be Fred Hill," Tweeted Star-Ledger columnist Steve Politi. "I kid, of course, but seriously -- fire the guy already. This is embarrassing for everybody involved."



http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/story/13230126/rutgers-must-cave-to-hill-now-or-see-program-cave-later?tag=coverlist_footer;coverlist_photo_content

[smileyy]

I'm sure Dereck Whittenburg would listen if Rutgers called...

If you combined Rutgers and Fordham's basketball programs, would they be mediocre or twice as pathetic? They could call themselves the Rutham Fordgeries.

[LutherRackleyRulez]

Per ESPN/AP.....


Hill resigns as Rutgers coach

NEWARK, N.J. -- Fred Hill has resigned as Rutgers basketball coach.

The university had told Hill that he would not return to his coaching job after an incident in which he yelled at Pittsburgh coaches following an April 1 baseball game at Rutgers.

The Scarlet Knights baseball team is coached by Hill's father.

Rutgers athletic director Tim Pernetti told Hill not to attend another game between the teams later that week, but Hill disobeyed the instructions.

Pernetti eventually investigated the incidents and told Hill he would not be back as coach.

Pernetti offered Hill a $600,000 buyout. Hill, who was due $1.9 million under terms of his contract, rejected the offer.

The two sides have met over the past two weeks trying to reach an agreement.


http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/news/story?id=5115504

[LutherRackleyRulez]

Per SNY.tv......


Rice would be perfect fit at Rutgers
Current Colonials coach has vote of legend Bob Hurley

Robert Morris coach Mike Rice is said to have great passion and be a great leader. (AP)
Ask legendary St. Anthony coach Bob Hurley who should replace Fred Hill at Rutgers and he doesn't hesitate.

"Mike Rice," Hurley said unequivocally. "I hope they look at Mike Rice."

Rice, 41, has led Robert Morris to back-to-back Northeast Conference tournament titles and NCAA appearances. The Colonials are 73-31 on his watch over the last three seasons. He did recently sign a one-year contract extension through the 2016-17 season, but if offered a Big East job he would have to consider it.

"I think he would be the guy that could win there," said Hoop Group president Rob Kennedy, Rice's old boss at that organization. "He's a personality that's going to fight windmills every day and he can do that. If they [Rutgers] don't think that there's a reason why they haven't been to the NCAA tournament since 1991, there are some windmills there that you've got to fight. You've got to have toughness, tenacity and passion to fight through those windmills and Mike's got that laser-beam focus that he can do that every day."



http://web.sny.tv/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100419&content_id=9427054&oid=2&vkey=21

[LutherRackleyRulez]

Per NY Daily News.....


Rutgers targeting former Ohio State coach Jim O'Brien
as replacement for Fred Hill

Jim O'Brien is said to be Rutgers' top choice to replace Fred Hill, who agreed to a settlement on Monday and resigned as the Scarlet Knights' men's basketball coach.

Sources have told the Daily News the job likely will go to former Ohio State coach Jim O'Brien, who the sources said may have already signed a multiyear contract worth $850,000 per.


http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/2010/04/20/2010-04-20_rutgers_targets_obrien.html

[LutherRackleyRulez]

Per ZagsBlog......


RU Targets New Coach

Rutgers is targeting Fran Fraschilla, Eddie Jordan and Jim O’Brien to replace Fred Hill, multiple sources with knowledge said.

“I believe they’ve reached out to all three,” a source close to the program said.

The source said Fraschilla, the former St. John’s and Manhattan head coach who now serves as an ESPN analyst, remained the No. 1 choice.

The question is whether Fraschilla, like St. John’s coach Steve Lavin before him, would leave ESPN for a Big East rebuilding project.

Fraschilla politely declined comment when reached Tuesday via text.

“I think what it’s gonna take is a commitment from the university,” the source said. “They have to prove to him that there’s a commitment to the program and if there isn’t then he’s not gonna take the job.”

Bob Hurley, the Hall of Fame St. Anthony coach who has endorsed Robert Morris coach Mike Rice, said he doubts Fraschilla will take the job.

“Both of his sons are in school in Dallas,” Hurley said of Fraschilla. “I have a feeling that he’s just going to stay with ESPN.”




http://www.zagsblog.com/2010/04/21/ru-targets-new-coach-miller-biruta-updates/#more-32186

[LutherRackleyRulez]

Per ZagsBlog...


Hurley Advising Rutgers on Search

Bob Hurley advised Seton Hall on its coaching search and now the Hall of Fame coach is serving the same role at Rutgers.

Rutgers AD Tim Pernetti has reached out to a group of people for advice, including Hurley, former Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy and NBA Commissioner David Stern, a Rutgers alum. Tara Sullivan of The Record reported the Van Gundy and Stern news.

“I’m one of a group of people,” Hurley said. “I shared my feelings about some of the candidates.”

Among the names in the mix at Rutgers are Fran Fraschilla, Eddie Jordan, Jim O’Brien and Fran Dunphy***.

“Those are among the names that we’ve talked about,” Hurley said.

Former Nets coach Lawrence Frank has been touted as a potential candidate, but he told me at a recent Knicks game that he had no interest in coaching at the college level.



http://www.zagsblog.com/2010/04/23/hurley-advising-rutgers-on-search/#more-32362

[LutherRackleyRulez]

Per ZagsBlog......


Gregory Not Interested in Rutgers

Dayton coach Brian Gregory is reportedly a candidate for the Rutgers’ vacancy, but he says he hasn’t had any official conversations with Rutgers AD Tim Pernetti and is not interested in the job.

“I’m not interested in leaving Dayton. … I’m concerned with helping this team and the incoming players have a great summer and continuing to recruit the guys who can help us in the future,” Gregory told Doug Harris of the Dayton Daily News.

Gregory was reportedly offered the jobs at Boston College and Iowa but turned them down. He has a contract at Dayton that runs through 2018.

He spent 10 years as an assistant at Michigan State, which would be an attractive piece of his resume should Rutgers end up in the Big Ten.




http://www.zagsblog.com/2010/04/27/gregory-not-interested-in-rutgers/#more-32578

[LutherRackleyRulez]

Per ZagsBlog.....


Jordan Out of Mix at Rutgers

Eddie Jordan is out of the mix at Rutgers.

The former Rutgers star and Philadelphia 76ers head coach withdrew his name from consideration on Tuesday.

The news was first reported by Gannett New Jersey and confirmed by a team source.

“Word is Jordan backed out,” the team source said.

A second source close to the 76ers indicated Jordan wanted to keep his NBA options open. With several job openings looming, Jordan hopes to remain in the pros.

“With the climate around the league, there’s potentially a lot of jobs going to be open in the NBA,” the 76ers source said.

Jordan was the point guard on the 1976 Rutgers Final Four team and also served as a volunteer assistant and an assistant at his alma mater. He had been endorsed by Phil “The Thrill” Sellers, the all-time leading scorer and rebounder in program history.

Fran Fraschilla, Mike Rice, Fran Dunphy and Al Skinner remain options at Rutgers.




http://www.zagsblog.com/2010/04/28/jordan-out-of-mix-at-rutgers/#more-32676

[LutherRackleyRulez]

Per NY Post...

Hofstra's new coach charged with DWI
after falling asleep at wheel: cops

The new head coach of Hofstra University's men's basketball team was arrested early today on DWI charges after a police officer found him asleep at the wheel of his car with the motor running, authorities said.

Tim Welsh, 49, was driving a silver 2006 Lexus in Levittown at about 1 a.m. when an officer saw that the former ESPN analyst was stopped at a green light.

Nassau County Det. Lt. Kevin Smith said Welsh "was discovered by a patrol officer asleep. ... His foot was on the brake. He was asleep and the motor was running."

Once the officer secured vehicle, Welsh awoke and got out, police said.

"He had bloodshot eyes, slurring of speech and was unsteady on his feet," Smith said.

Police sources said Welsh blew a .18 during a sobriety test -- more than twice the legal state limit of .08.




http://www.nypostonline.com/p/news/local/hofstra_new_hoops_coach_charged_nBVHZWZ2lSacvIgmiX 785J

[MADXSTER]

Thanks LLR for all of the updates. Why NYC kids want to stay in NYC is beyond me. Most of those programs aren't very good and have problems every time you turn around.

[LutherRackleyRulez]

Per NY Times.....


Hofstra Coach Is Suspended for D.U.I. Arrest

Hofstra has suspended its men’s basketball coach, Tim Welsh, indefinitely after he was arrested early Friday morning and charged with driving while intoxicated by the Nassau County police.

According to the police, they saw Welsh’s Lexus stopped at a green light in Levittown, N.Y., at about 1 a.m. He was taken into custody, given a sobriety test and booked. He pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Friday morning.

Hofstra officials, in a statement, said they did not hear of the arrest from Welsh.

“We have learned through media reports of the charges against Mr. Welsh,” the statement said. “Effective immediately, he has been suspended without pay, while the university investigates the charges against him.”

Welsh must return to court Tuesday for a hearing.

Welsh, 49, was hired by Hofstra on March 31 to replace Tom Pecora, who left to coach Fordham. Welsh was a head coach for a total of 13 seasons at Iona and Providence, taking the Friars to the N.C.A.A. tournament twice in 10 seasons there. For the past two years, Welsh has been working as an analyst for ESPN, mostly on Big East broadcasts. Welsh’s five-year contract from Hofstra was reported to be for $600,000 per year.



http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/01/sports/ncaabasketball/01hofstra.html?ref=ncaabasketball

[LutherRackleyRulez]

Per ZagsBlog.....


RU Close to Naming Coach

Rutgers has wrapped up its interviews and could have a new coach by the beginning of next week.

ESPN.com reported that former Boston College Al Skinner interviewed Friday with athletic director Tim Pernetti.

“He definitely interviewed [Friday],” a source close to the situation confirmed.

Fran Fraschilla and Mike Rice previously interviewed to replace Fred Hill.


http://www.zagsblog.com/2010/05/01/rutgers-close-to-naming-coach/#more-32857

[LutherRackleyRulez]

Per NY Times....



New Hofstra Basketball Coach Resigns After Arrest

Tim Welsh resigned as the Hofstra men’s basketball coach before he could even coach a game after being arrested last week and charged with driving while intoxicated, the university announced Monday.

Welsh, 49, was hired March 31 to replace Tom Pecora, who left to become Fordham’s coach, and signed a five-year contract worth a reported $3 million. His tenure ended abruptly after his arrest early Friday morning in Levittown, N.Y.

The Nassau County police said they charged Welsh after finding him behind the wheel of his Lexus, stopped at a green light, and after he failed a sobriety test. He pleaded not guilty at his arraignment.

Hofstra officials said Friday that they learned of Welsh’s arrest through news reports, and they quickly suspended him without pay.

“Tim Welsh today tendered his resignation as the Hofstra University men’s basketball coach,” the university said in a statement Monday. “The university accepted the resignation in the best interests of the university and of the men’s basketball program.”

University officials said they would have no further comment Monday on Welsh or the search for his replacement. Welsh’s voicemail at the university was not accepting messages.

Hofstra will now search for a new coach in the latest bit of turmoil that has seemed to envelop New York metropolitan area teams, which has included the dismissals of Seton Hall’s Bobby Gonzalez, Rutgers’s Fred Hill, St. John’s Norm Roberts and Fordham’s Dereck Whittenburg.



http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/sports/ncaabasketball/04hofstra.html?ref=sports

[LutherRackleyRulez]

Per NY Times.....


Rutgers Hires Coach From Robert Morris

Mike Rice, who coached a Robert Morris team that took second-seeded Villanova to overtime before losing, 73-70, in the first round of the N.C.A.A. men’s basketball tournament, has agreed to become the next coach at Rutgers.

The decision to hire Rice was confirmed by a person close to him who spoke on the condition of anonymity because no official announcement had been made.

Rice replaces Fred Hill, who resigned April 19 after a month that included his being reprimanded for a profanity-laced tirade at a Rutgers baseball game and his refusing a $600,000 buyout offer.


http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/sports/ncaabasketball/04rutgers.html?ref=ncaabasketball

[LutherRackleyRulez]

Per Adam Zagoria....


Rice set to take over at Rutgers
Former Robert Morris coach replaces controversial Fred Hill

Mike Rice will be the next head coach at Rutgers, multiple sources with knowledge of the situation confirmed to SNY.

A press conference is expected later this week.

Rice, 41, signed a contract extension April 9 at Robert Morris through the 2016-17 season. But that was before the Rutgers job came open when Fred Hill resigned April 19 after unleashing a profanity-filled tirade at a Rutgers baseball game and then defying Rutgers athletic director Tim Pernetti’s order to avoid future games.

Rice, who declined comment, went 73-31 in three seasons at Robert Morris, leading the Colonials to back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances.

He was also involved in the Fordham and Seton Hall coaching searches but appears to have found his home at Rutgers

“He’s been involved with a few jobs the last couple months,” Hall of Fame St. Anthony coach Bob Hurley said. “I’m sure the wait was well worth it because I know he’s going to do a terrific job here. He’s recruited at the Northeast Conference level. He’s recruited at the Atlantic 10 level and at the Big East level and he ran camps. He even worked at my camps up at the Poconos. Mike has a lot of friends in the business. He’s young and he’s got a lot of juice.

“I think they need somebody there with a lot of juice because they have a lot of work to be done.”


http://web.sny.tv/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100503&content_id=9770744&oid=2&vkey=21

[LutherRackleyRulez]

Per Goodman/FoxSports....


SOURCES:
HOFSTRA HIRES ASSISTANT CASSARA TO MULTI-YEAR DEAL

Hofstra has hired assistant Mo Cassara to a multi-year deal.

According to multiple sources, the 36-year-old Cassara will take over for Tim Welsh – who was forced to resign after being suspended after an arrest on Friday for driving while intoxicated.

Cassara, who was hired by Welsh last month along with Steve DeMeo and Allen Griffin, was previously an assistant at Boston College for four years under Al Skinner and was also the head coach at Clark University for two seasons.

Cassara is a terrific young coach who wasn’t given the opportunity by Skinner to go out and recruit at BC.

Cassara also spent a year under Brian Gregory at Dayton and was 90-21 as the head coach at Worcester Academy – where he coached current pros Jarrett Jack and Craig Smith.

Cassara, a New York native, replaces Tom Pecora, who left to take the Fordham job. Hofstra was 19-15 last season and is expected to challenge for the CAA title this year with the return of guard Charles Jenkins.


http://community.foxsports.com/goodmanonfox/blog/2010/05/05/sources:_hofstra_hires_assistant_cassara_to_multi-year_deal

[LutherRackleyRulez]

Per ZagsBlog....


Hill Meets With Former Rutgers Players

Just when you thought basketball in the Soprano State couldn’t get any stranger, here comes this gem.

Just 24 hours before Mike Rice is to be introduced as the new Rutgers coach Thursday at a press conference, former coach Fred Hill met with his old players Wednesday at an off-campus location.

“The players did meet with him off campus,” a relative of one player said.

Asked what Hill said, the relative said, “Sorry things didn’t work out and that he cared for them.’”

Hill reached out over the weekend to forward Jonathan Mitchell and expressed his interest in meeting with the players, but that was before the news broke Monday that Rice would be the new coach.

Still, the players agreed to meet with Hill, who resigned April 19 in the wake of a profanity-laced tirade at a baseball game.

To quote the group OMC, “How bizarre. How bizarre.”




http://www.zagsblog.com/2010/05/05/hill-meets-with-former-rutgers-players/#more-33124

[LutherRackleyRulez]

Per ESPN.....


Surveying the NY/NJ coaching wreckage

In the movie "I Am Legend," Will Smith's character is the last man alive after a deadly plague wipes out New York City.

Barry Rohrssen knows how Smith feels. The Manhattan coach is the basketball equivalent of a cockroach following a nuclear disaster, skittering around and wondering where exactly everyone went.

Stretching back to Dereck Whittenburg's dismissal at Fordham in December, 11 Division I schools in New York and New Jersey have changed coaches, a wildly spinning carousel that has extended from the shores of Lake Cayuga, down to the boroughs and across the Hudson.

And once Hofstra hires a replacement for Tim Welsh -- who resigned Monday without ever coaching a game for the Pride after being charged with DWI -- the extended metropolitan area will have the ignominious distinction of hiring 12 coaches for 11 vacancies.




http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=oneil_dana&id=5164662

[LutherRackleyRulez]

Per ZagsBlog......


Bobby Gonzalez Breaks Media Silence

Here’s Gonzo’s first interview since being fired in March by Seton Hall. He spoke to The Star-Ledger and had a few choice words for AD Joe Quinlan, Pat Hobbs, Dean of the Law School, and outgoing president Msr. Sheeran.

Bobby Gonzalez on what happened the day he was fired from Seton Hall



http://www.zagsblog.com/2010/06/06/bobby-gonzalez-breaks-media-silence/

[LutherRackleyRulez]

Per ZagsBlog.......


Morton to Fordham, Young to Rice; Golden Hoops Returns to New York City


There was a flurry of coaching movement Wednesday in the New York area.




http://www.zagsblog.com/2010/06/09/morton-to-fordham-young-to-rice-golden-hoops-returns-to-new-york-city/#more-35077

[DC Muskie]

Per ZagsBlog......


Bobby Gonzalez Breaks Media Silence

Here’s Gonzo’s first interview since being fired in March by Seton Hall. He spoke to The Star-Ledger and had a few choice words for AD Joe Quinlan, Pat Hobbs, Dean of the Law School, and outgoing president Msr. Sheeran.

Bobby Gonzalez on what happened the day he was fired from Seton Hall



http://www.zagsblog.com/2010/06/06/bobby-gonzalez-breaks-media-silence/





Incredible. Absolutely incredible.

[xsteve1]

Gonzalez would be better off keeping his mouth shut. He's screwing his future. Egomaniac.

[LutherRackleyRulez]

Per Adam Zagoria......


Tirade helped cost Gonzalez his job
Coach directed expletives at Seton Hall dean

Seton Hall fired Bobby Gonzalez six days after an expletive-laced tirade directed at a university dean during a phone conversation March 11, according to court documents obtained by SNY.tv.

After Pat Hobbs, dean of the Seton Hall School of Law and overseer of the men's basketball program, telephoned Gonzalez to inquire about the coach's profanity-laced tirade directed at a Bergen Record reporter and alleged threat toward that reporter, Gonzalez screamed into the phone.

"Nobody's gonna tell me how to run my motherf---ing program. Not you, not Monsignor, not Joe Quinlan. This is my f---ing program. My f---ing program," Gonzalez screamed, according to the counterclaim filed Tuesday by Seton Hall in response to Gonzalez's April lawsuit.

Dean Hobbs hung up on Gonzalez, the document states, and the coach was fired March 17.





http://web.sny.tv/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100614&content_id=11176312&oid=2&vkey=21

[Masterofreality]

Per Adam Zagoria......


Tirade helped cost Gonzalez his job
Coach directed expletives at Seton Hall dean

Seton Hall fired Bobby Gonzalez six days after an expletive-laced tirade directed at a university dean during a phone conversation March 11, according to court documents obtained by SNY.tv.

After Pat Hobbs, dean of the Seton Hall School of Law and overseer of the men's basketball program, telephoned Gonzalez to inquire about the coach's profanity-laced tirade directed at a Bergen Record reporter and alleged threat toward that reporter, Gonzalez screamed into the phone.

"Nobody's gonna tell me how to run my motherf---ing program. Not you, not Monsignor, not Joe Quinlan. This is my f---ing program. My f---ing program," Gonzalez screamed, according to the counterclaim filed Tuesday by Seton Hall in response to Gonzalez's April lawsuit.

Dean Hobbs hung up on Gonzalez, the document states, and the coach was fired March 17.





http://web.sny.tv/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100614&content_id=11176312&oid=2&vkey=21



................And out the window goes a head coaching career........FOREVER!!!!

[muskiefan82]

................And out the window goes a head coaching career........FOREVER!!!!

So.....now it isn't his f...ing program anymore.

Stupid.

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Per Goodman/FoxSports.......


THE RETURN OF GONZO

I spent all day yesterday dealing with the NBA Draft. It was entertaining, but nothing more so than when former Seton Hall coach Bobby Gonzalez went at me (as he has done numerous times to me and just about every other writer) during the NBA Draft.

Gonzalez had a beef about what I wrote (that he admittedly said he didn’t read) a few weeks back.

My guess is someone conveyed the following line to Gonzo that I wrote within a piece that was clearly focused on new coach Kevin Willard:

``Gonzalez loaded up with at-risk kids and that’s part of the reason why he’s no longer employed at Seton Hall.’’

No one can argue with that. Not even Gonzo.

But he tried.



http://community.foxsports.com/goodmanonfox/blog/2010/06/25/the_draft,_one_forgotten_winner_and_the_return_of_ gonzo

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Per ZagsBlog....


Seton Hall, Gonzo Settle Lawsuit


Seton Hall and Bobby Gonzalez have apparently settled their differences.

Judge Stanley R. Chesler on Monday dismissed the lawsuit Gonzalez filed against the university after it dismissed him March 17 for cause. The lawsuit claimed he had “satisfactorily performed his duties.”

Seton Hall maintained that Gonzalez was fired with cause six days after a profanity-laced tirade at Patrick Hobbs, the Dean of the Seton Hall Law School and his acting boss.

Kevin Marino, Seton Hall’s attorney, and Gerald Krovatin, Gonzalez’s attorney, were not immediately available for comment. Seton Hall has issued no statement.

Gonzalez appeared at several recent Team USA practices in New York and said he hoped to find work in the NBA or on TV.






http://www.zagsblog.com/2010/08/16/seton-hall-gonzo-settle-lawsuit/