BREAKING: Jeter won't pursue BU job

[srw]

sidjohn obviously isnt interested if jeter wasnt first choice.

[Beninator]

sidjohn obviously isnt interested if jeter wasnt first choice.

Agree, but we may need to try again???

[real fan]

First off 79-80 was a misprint and 2nd, you know, the guy could be staying because of family...there are other things than basketball...

From a source I know it has nothing to do with pay, facilities, players, or management!


So take that for what it's worth, that said what's the list down to now?

Fife
Lusk
Gard
Montgomery
Muller
Johnson

Who else?


There are still names out there BUT we need to nail someone down soon as everyone seems to be finishing up matters this week

From the start I liked;
Lusk
Montgomery
Gard
Mueller
Do not understand the Fife hype and do not see Johnson leaving the East area for this job.
The one thing I do know is they need to get this done soon because we will end up losing players if this continues to drag out longer, hoping that our administration is not the reason why some coaches will not coach here.

[tornado]

here's a??
If Rob Jeter isn't avail..then why not lure Howard Moore with the $700,000 - surely he's got
almost the exact same pedigree......and would jump in a heartbeat.....

"Moore, 37, comes to UIC after spending the previous five seasons as an assistant coach at Wisconsin,
his alma mater, under head coach Bo Ryan. Moore joined the Badgers staff in 2005 and helped lead them to the NCAA
Tournament in each of his five seasons in Madison. The team advanced past the first round of the Big Dance
in each of the last four seasons and produced a memorable Sweet 16 run in 2008."


..just curious -- why no thrill up the leg for a virtual carbon copy in Moore? Are we gonna let one lousy 7-24 year at UIC turn us off?

[SFP]

The one thing I do know is they need to get this done soon because we will end up losing players if this continues to drag out longer, hoping that our administration is not the reason why some coaches will not coach here.

This is the one thing that I am most concerned with if we want a resemblance of a decent season. Perceptions can only manifest itself the wrong way the longer it takes unless they have the right guy but for some reason they need to wait. Then hopefully they will go up to every player and recruit and tell them, please just wait and you'll be happy!

[Braveman]

Very interesting....

Indeed, this must be some of the "additional information" that Kaplan had that nobody in Peoria knows about....

And glee is felt throughout the land, as the "I told you so crowd" celebrates.....

[amckillip]

I was worried that we were going to land Ron Jeter, now I find out we can't even land him??? And people on this site are really trying to tell me this is viewed as a top 50 coaching job.

I love BU and this is VERY concerning to me. We need to get a good hire and quick, if we don't even BU fans are going to start to think something is up, let alone prospective coaches...

[BradleyBrave]

I love BU and this is VERY concerning to me. We need to get a good hire and quick, if we don't even BU fans are going to start to think something is up, let alone prospective coaches...

I agree we need to get something done sooner than later. There are things that the new guy will need to get busy on real quick!

[Stryker]

I was worried that we were going to land Ron Jeter, now I find out we can't even land him??? And people on this site are really trying to tell me this is viewed as a top 50 coaching job.

I love BU and this is VERY concerning to me. We need to get a good hire and quick, if we don't even BU fans are going to start to think something is up, let alone prospective coaches...

Kansas needs to lose so we can get Barry Hinson in here...

[Da Coach]

I was worried that we were going to land Ron Jeter, now I find out we can't even land him??? And people on this site are really trying to tell me this is viewed as a top 50 coaching job.

I love BU and this is VERY concerning to me. We need to get a good hire and quick, if we don't even BU fans are going to start to think something is up, let alone prospective coaches...

The Bradley job was somewhere just outside of the Top 50 nationally.
In a very short time, it isn't there any more, and that is just what some "fans" here apparently wanted. Just realize things could get a lot worse before they get any better.

[patrick_o'brian]

The Bradley job was somewhere just outside of the Top 50 nationally.
In a very short time, it isn't there any more, and that is just what some "fans" here apparently wanted. Just realize things could get a lot worse before they get any better.

I said this before. 3-5 years if it is a "good" hire 5-7 if it is bad. Why don't you guys listen to me!

[SycamoreFanatic]

From an interested outsider looking in......................something don't smell right over there on the hill? Is Cowboy Jerry Jones calling the shots or wtf ??????????????????

You have a primo chance to rise BU above the immediate futures of instate conference neighbors SIU and IL St. right away and things aren't sounding well?

[bu fan 9]

I would say he is not a yes man and knew he wouldn't las long.

[lake Camelot]

Honestly, I'm sure many on here won't agree with me but I wouldn't go by what is said on here and think we are in trouble. Things are a mess right now but eventually we will have a coach in place. The players will either stay or leave depending on what they think of the new coach. It may be rebuilding or it may be decent right away. We will be back though.

[bu fan 9]

It is hard to win without big money donors and a lot of them are done. Good luck.