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| | I think it's good that everyone's so upset about Keno's impending departure, it means we care. |
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| | I'm trying to handle this with class but as more time goes by the more I feel used and abused. I'm pissed off. |
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| | that's one way to look at it, but most of us would have traded our first born for a season like the dogs just had. i don't know how much of the success was really keno's doing, but it was one hell of a roller coaster ride. if the basketball gods would have said "we'll give you a 28 win season and a conference title, but after the season you have to give us your coach" who wouldn't have jumped at that chance? |
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| I think for those of us who have been following this team for 20 or 30 years, we would probably have preferred 4 or 5 more losses and a returning coach. At least I would. This is not like SIU where the program was solidly in place when they started losing coaches.
I suppose the little weasel will sneak into town in the night and leave under cover of darkness, never to return. |
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| Look, folks, its $1 million a year for SEVEN years. Let's not be too angry. Providence could not afford to be rejected by a third coach and still have any credibility as a Big East program. The put out a huge deal he couldn't refuse. Even if Drake pulled out a $500k per year deal to keep him, which seems to be about the best DU could have done, Keno would still be banking at least $3.5 million more than that over the next seven years at Providence.
He didn't leave just to get out of Drake or the Valley. He left for lifetime financial security for his family. Be honest with yourselves and ask if your loyalty to Drake is worth $3-5 million.
Plus, we all know how turbulent the coaching profession can be. Just ask Royce Waltman (2 NCAA Tourney Bids) or Barry Hinson (annual over/under win total of 20) how well the loyalty plan works, even in the Valley.
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| Maybe he'll get to Providence and he'll freak out when he's putting on his friar robe sort of like dana altman did when he did the pig call at arkansas. then he'll come back.
my loyalty could be purchased for much less than 3 million. |
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| | If Drake is unwilling or unable to pay a coach even a modest salary (300 - 400K) then why bother be D1. We should then be D3. |
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At least we've moved beyond denial.
 Fear the squirrels |
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| Mc Bulldog (4/15/2008)
I'm trying to handle this with class but as more time goes by the more I feel used and abused. I'm pissed off.
You're mad because you are afraid of how Drake will respond. I understand the sentiment and simply cannot fathom the pain of having to go through another Rudy/Kanaskie debacle. I trust SHC and hope Maxwell is not a roadblock.
I like the idea of a Pearle assistant. It keeps the Dr. Tom/Keno connection alive and it hopefully would mean a continuation of the same style of play.
Let Josh Parker play! |
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| | Big Turk, I am right w/you. The problem we have now is that we are going to have to pay a new coach 250-300K just to get a look. If all this talk about Maxwell is true, I think the guy has to go. We are not an Ivy League school & let's quit pretending we are. We need basketball to be successful & this guy does not have a clue. |
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