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Calhoun did say he felt like he could still coach another yr and that he has a contract offer on the table but he hasn't seen it yet. He did miss quite a few games this yr with an illness though, so i'm better the contract has some incentives or whatever in it.
Not sure if this has been posted anywhere, but other names I have heard other than what you guys are posting for Depaul are: Ben Howland and Chris Collins.
The Barbee, Rod Strickland connection is probably why Gottleib has Barbee pegged as the favorite.
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Interesting quote from Digger Phelps- "If DePaul builds an arena near campus it is over. They are the biggest sleeping giant in college basketball. A new arena will make that one of the best jobs in the country," said ESPN analyst and former Notre Dame coach Digger Phelps.
Sorry I can't quite agree with Digger- I doubt the addition of an on-campus arena will make that much difference immediately with DePaul. It will help, and with the right coach could help DePaul rebuild and contend in the Big East, but I suspect it could take 5-10 years, maybe longer. They have been talking about this for decades.
Interesting quote from Digger Phelps- "If DePaul builds an arena near campus it is over. They are the biggest sleeping giant in college basketball. A new arena will make that one of the best jobs in the country," said ESPN analyst and former Notre Dame coach Digger Phelps.
Sorry I can't quite agree with Digger- I doubt the addition of an on-campus arena will make that much difference immediately with DePaul. It will help, and with the right coach could help DePaul rebuild and contend in the Big East, but I suspect it could take 5-10 years.
Digger has never been short on hyperbole, but the on-campus arena certainly wouldn't hurt. I was never sold on the AllState Arena being the reason DePaul wasn't good, the facilities are nice and new, and Lincoln Park is one of the best places for young people in the city. I think the problem has been more of who's been leading the program, and the money they've put into the program rather than where they play their home games.
The question about an on- or near-campus arena has always been a question of land and where it would come from. Lincoln Park is one of the most expensive neighborhoods in Chicago. It's mostly residential, and mostly occupied by very, very wealthy people. DePaul had to scratch and claw with local residents and city councilmen for a long time just to build a brand new, state-of-the-art student athletic complex on their campus (think Markin Center). It sounds like this site they're talking about near the river over on Southport may be the 'perfect storm' as far as getting an arena built near campus.
I'm not a DePaul fan by any stretch, but if this whole thing came to fruition I think it would be pretty neat. They have some longtime, passionate fans like BU does that long for the glory days, and they deserve better than they've gotten over the past few years. Putting a DePaul arena near campus would be the college basketball equivalent of putting the Blackhawks on TV.
Not sure if this has been posted anywhere, but other names I have heard other than what you guys are posting for Depaul are: Ben Howland and Chris Collins.
The Barbee, Rod Strickland connection is probably why Gottleib has Barbee pegged as the favorite.
I cannot see Ben Howland leaving UCLA for DePaul, unless there is a rumor his job is in jeopardy. Chris Collins is waiting for the Duke job, so I could see him take another job until that opens up but the DePaul poses some risk for a guy not yet established. I'd have to bet if DePaul is looking at building a close to campus arena they will need a big time name recruiter. The next Calipari type guy, a proven recruiter/winner.
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??” Thomas Jefferson
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Also not a big DePaul fan (though no dislike either), but I like to view them as a future conference mate (I can dream right?) and so wish them well when it comes to program development.
UCLA IS ONE OF THE PREMIER basketball schools in the country, has a massive following and their fan base is all of southern California...
so honestly, how is there even a remote reason why they shouldn't sell out or pack 13,000 in every single night??
Instead...they drew home crowds as tiny as 5900 vs. NMSU, and even drew abysmally small crowds of
-7500 for conference rival Oregon State
-and 6503 for conference rival Washington back in January when Washington was still in the top 25!!!
-Their home average crowd of just 8081 (down 2000 per game from last year) is only about 60% capacity!!!!
-they barely filled 11,000 seats for their fierce rival USC, and didn't a single sellout this season...not even close!
They didn't have a sellout last year either and haven't had one since 2007-2008 (1/19/0
Let me ask a question -- if a new coach came in to BU and by his 6th or 7th year had the team at all time worst levels of play...going 14-17 with a roster full of 5-Star and 4-Star Blue-chippers....
and, driving 30-40% of the fan base away, leaving the arena more than 40% empty, and turning the program (in UCLA's case, it's one of history's TOP THREE programs ever!) into a mediocre program losing home games to Fullerton State, and going on losing streaks of 6 games at a time to teams as soft as long Beach & Portland...
then wouldn't his job be in jeapordy??????
T it is ONE year of not doing so well! He is a final 4 coach multiple times and he is in So. Cal which means nice days translates to why not head outside for most of the year. There are so many things to chose from in So. Cal and fans are a bit fair weather that if you are not vying for a national trophy and your venue is no longer the place to be seen well they do not show up. The AD knows that and I'd be shocked if Ben Howland gets the boot. I mean real shocked! It's a different culture down there even from SF. You can't use the same logic about So. Cal as you would Peoria.
"Educate and inform the whole mass of the people...they are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty."
??” Thomas Jefferson
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I know...but really, really not doing so well...and don't forget that attendances really dipped last year then again this year...so for some reason, fans just haven't been pleased for a couple seasons..
But you have made my point for me, and I fully agree with you....as I am using Howland of an example where a bad year or two do not mean the guy should be fired...
UCLA IS ONE OF THE PREMIER basketball schools in the country, has a massive following and their fan base is all of southern California...
so honestly, how is there even a remote reason why they shouldn't sell out or pack 13,000 in every single night??
Instead...they drew home crowds as tiny as 5900 vs. NMSU, and even drew abysmally small crowds of
-7500 for conference rival Oregon State
-and 6503 for conference rival Washington back in January when Washington was still in the top 25!!!
-Their home average crowd of just 8081 (down 2000 per game from last year) is only about 60% capacity!!!!
-they barely filled 11,000 seats for their fierce rival USC, and didn't a single sellout this season...not even close!
They didn't have a sellout last year either and haven't had one since 2007-2008 (1/19/0
Let me ask a question -- if a new coach came in to BU and by his 6th or 7th year had the team at all time worst levels of play...going 14-17 with a roster full of 5-Star and 4-Star Blue-chippers....
and, driving 30-40% of the fan base away, leaving the arena more than 40% empty, and turning the program (in UCLA's case, it's one of history's TOP THREE programs ever!) into a mediocre program losing home games to Fullerton State, and going on losing streaks of 6 games at a time to teams as soft as long Beach & Portland...
then wouldn't his job be in jeapordy??????
If the guy had taken us to several Final Fours and national title games, then I would say no. A pretty silly question really.
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