Bison137
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01-09-22 06:39 PM - Post#332982
In response to HuskyColonial
Jamion Christian should be added to the list. He’ll be fired after the season but I think he’s a good coach.
I'm not so sure he will be fired for another year - although his team's performance has certainly been poor. But he reportedly has two more years left at maybe $500,000 per year, and if there isn't a cheap buyout, then GWU may not want to swallow that sort of pill. In the past few years, they paid at least $650k, maybe more, to settle with Lonergan. And then they fired Maurice Joseph after two years of a five-year contract. That probably cost them the better part of $1,000,000 - which they may still be paying.
I too like Jamion, but his team's results have been a lot poorer than I expected at all three spots. One other thing is that if Bucknell hired him, he might bolt very quickly unless there was a really prohibitive buyout in his contract. I could see him jump at the chance to get back to the DMV area. An opening at Towson, William & Mary, or even Delaware would likely see him sending his resume. Maybe even a level lower, like UMBC.
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DoCtoR62
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01-09-22 09:12 PM - Post#332988
In response to Bison137
Jamion Christian should be added to the list. He’ll be fired after the season but I think he’s a good coach.
I'm not so sure he will be fired for another year - although his team's performance has certainly been poor. But he reportedly has two more years left at maybe $500,000 per year, and if there isn't a cheap buyout, then GWU may not want to swallow that sort of pill. In the past few years, they paid at least $650k, maybe more, to settle with Lonergan. And then they fired Maurice Joseph after two years of a five-year contract. That probably cost them the better part of $1,000,000 - which they may still be paying.
I too like Jamion, but his team's results have been a lot poorer than I expected at all three spots. One other thing is that if Bucknell hired him, he might bolt very quickly unless there was a really prohibitive buyout in his contract. I could see him jump at the chance to get back to the DMV area. An opening at Towson, William & Mary, or even Delaware would likely see him sending his resume. Maybe even a level lower, like UMBC.
Regardless what happens at GW, this would not happen. Jamion and Nathan consider each other among their closest friends in the coaching fraternity, so much so that you might recall they ended the Bucknell-MSM series because they didn’t want to coach against one another. I know Jamion well and don’t see him wanting to replace his friend who just got fired, especially with some of the BS personal insults directed at Nathan by Bucknell fans. References to buffets, frosty’s, et.al are classless!!
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HuskyColonial
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01-10-22 11:22 AM - Post#332996
In response to DoCtoR62
Since you brought up being classless, let’s talk about that. I think classless is literally stopping coaching in the middle of games and sitting with your arms folded while kids run up and down the court aimlessly. Classless is being paid over $300,000 a year not including additional benefits to do absolutely nothing differently game after game after game and expecting a different result.
Poking fun at a grown man’s weight is childish for sure even if it’s a metaphor for how well compensated he is without results. But if cracks about Davis spending too much time at Hoss’s are the problem here, I’ll stop mentioning that and I’ll focus on more classy things like the transferring players, declining season ticket sales, and the 22-39 record over the last three seasons without Paulsen’s recruits.
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Bison137
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01-19-22 11:11 PM - Post#333754
In response to HuskyColonial
Bump
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HuskyColonial
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01-20-22 09:13 AM - Post#333765
In response to Bison137
Forgot we started this. Thanks.
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mcapodee
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01-20-22 10:44 AM - Post#333769
In response to HuskyColonial
Bring DP back
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vic42
Freshman
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01-20-22 01:43 PM - Post#333786
In response to mcapodee
Dane Fischer would be a great pick. He knows the Bucknell mindset & the student athlete types to recruit. He was the main recruiter for DP & seemed to be the only one DP would talk to during games. Maybe W&M would let him out of his contract.
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bisonmania
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01-20-22 01:59 PM - Post#333788
In response to vic42
I am all in on the John Griffin hire. I might be biased because I personally know him. But I feel he would be a great hire! He would bring back the good brand of basketball fill seats and talk to the fans! Plus he speaks very highly of Bucknell.
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Bison137
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01-20-22 02:04 PM - Post#333790
In response to vic42
Dane Fischer would be a great pick. He knows the Bucknell mindset & the student athlete types to recruit. He was the main recruiter for DP & seemed to be the only one DP would talk to during games. Maybe W&M would let him out of his contract.
I like Dane, but so far things haven't worked out for him at W&M, so they might be happy to see him go elsewhere. This year they are ranked #346 and have a record of 3-14.
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Paulie777
PhD Student
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01-20-22 04:49 PM - Post#333809
In response to Bison137
Here's one.
https://www.wfsb.com/news/high-school-girl s-basket...
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Bison137
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01-21-22 07:31 PM - Post#333898
In response to Paulie777
One up-to-date stat. Bucknell is now #349 in the nation defensively. (There are 358 D1 schools - including eight that are still transitioning from D2/D3.) Defense is very much a function of coaching.
Also #355 in forcing turnovers. You can't make this stuff up. Hopefully Jermaine Truax knows something about basketball.
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Bison54
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01-25-22 06:17 PM - Post#334249
In response to Bison137
Is a pattern beginning? When will the next one fall?
Announcements from the office of the AD. Jeremy Cook is announced a day after the new Field Hockey recruiting class is introduced.
The timing of Lisa Francisco's leaving seems odd.
https://bucknellbison.com/news/2022/1/20/womens -go...
https://bucknellbison.com/news/2022/1/25/buckne ll-...
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Bison137
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01-25-22 06:23 PM - Post#334250
In response to Bison54
It's very disappointing seeing Jeremy Cook leave. He had done a very good job, and just announced what seems to be a strong recruiting class.
Can we convince Nathan Davis to step down also?
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Bison89
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01-25-22 08:28 PM - Post#334251
In response to Bison137
Can we convince Nathan Davis to step down also?
I doubt it, especially if there is $300k or more remaining on his contract for next year.
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HuskyColonial
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01-25-22 11:53 PM - Post#334259
In response to Bison89
I think the Administration will let his contract run out and then do a dopey job search in which the hire is obvious.
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HoleinOne
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02-07-22 11:17 AM - Post#335697
In response to HuskyColonial
Tough decision. "Recycled," ex-Bucknell coaches not the answer. Bringing back a coach with a losing record, as most have, not a good look for recruits. Someone who has coached at a higher-level school likely has not been successful and wants to do well for as short a time as it takes for them to get another big job. Bucknell has a history that goes back to Jim Valvano of supporting basketball and being a great place to accelerate a career. Likely our next coach has not been mentioned on this Board.
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MrPhillie
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02-07-22 07:48 PM - Post#335763
In response to HoleinOne
Hiring successful D3 coaches is definitely a pattern at Bucknell.
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river rat
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02-09-22 02:32 PM - Post#335908
In response to MrPhillie
What about thinking big and stealing Matt Langel from Colgate?
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bison63
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02-09-22 06:04 PM - Post#335923
In response to river rat
Out of courtesy for another PL member that would never happen. But even if we would be willing to do that, why would Matt Lange make what is at best a parallel move, and at worst a step backwards?
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JPM
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 02-13-22 08:28 AM - Post#336276
In response to MrPhillie
One of the great mid-major bball programs is in shambles.
The program needs a reboot.
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