I'm sure Penny is safe at Memphis given his recruiting prowess and the fact that he's Penny at Memphis, but man is he a terrible coach.
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I'm sure Penny is safe at Memphis given his recruiting prowess and the fact that he's Penny at Memphis, but man is he a terrible coach.
His daughter starting there next year makes that an interesting proposition, otherwise why would he want that job? Also risky to pick just bc his daughter is going there to play, what if she hates it or isn’t good enough and wants to transfer? Will be interesting to see.Quote:
Originally Posted by drudy23
I think it’s better when the punching bag is not the same team, every — single — year. Besides, Georgetown is raring to take that mantle.Quote:
Originally Posted by MHettel
I think Vandy is a tough job in the SEC. If Mack takes it he better get good NIL and get Vandy to get flexible with the Academic requirements.
Yeah if I’m Mack I’m taking the slu job if offered over vandy. Slu should be good. St. Louis and southern Illinois is a good recruiting bed and slu has a very nice arena modeled after Cintas. It shouldn’t be as hard as ford made it seem to win thereQuote:
Originally Posted by Xavgrad08
Correct. Ford was awful. Majerus has shown what a good coach can do at SLU. They have the facilities, the market, the fan support, and the money, just need the coach. Ford was the highest paid coach in the A10 which is criminal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xville
I’m from St. Louis and can say confidently that it is NOT a basketball town. SLU has some fans, and more when they are good. But as far as general enthusiasm for college basketball it will fall well short of Cincy and then 100 mile radius of Cincy.Quote:
Originally Posted by D-West & PO-Z
Mack might be in for a surprise if he took that job
I am not saying it is a basketball town, it is a baseball town first and foremost then a hockey town. And for the record I don't think anyone would call Cincinnati a basketball town.Quote:
Originally Posted by MHettel
They were one of the worst teams in the A10 this year and averaged over 5,600 fans per game and that is following up on a growing number of years of frustration with Ford and the AD.
Last year they were better but still not a tourney team and averaged 6,700 fans.
The fan support is enough to sell out the 10,600 person arena when the team is good. I saw it first hand with Majerus.
How many fans do you think X would bring in if we kept a coach for a decade who made 1 NCAA tourney and never won a tourney game?
Ok I just looked it up and I was off a little if what I found was accurate.
SLU sold out the big games but on average in Majerus' good years they brought in around 8,000 fans.
St. Louis can be tough for SLU to some extent with so many Mizzou and Illinois fans in the city but SLU also hasn't experienced any sustained winning. (Heading that way with Majerus before his death).
Def have money though and facilities and with a consistent winner big games sell out and they could average close to that.
Correct. Im from there and in the a-10, there is no other team that has the resources slu has besides maybe Dayton. They should be top 3 in the league every year, but need the right coach. And as I said just recruiting St. Louis and southern Illinois is good enough to put a very solid a-10 team together.Quote:
Originally Posted by D-West & PO-Z