Brad Posted March 15, 2017 Group: Admin Topic Count: 13,332 Content Count: 97,002 Reputation: 10,809 Days Won: 469 Joined: 05/19/2000 Share Posted March 15, 2017 2 hours ago, footnfan1 said: 6 year deal? That is pretty solid. I was thinking they might have to go 7 even...What's the comp component? Quick search did not reveal.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptorcj Posted March 15, 2017 Group: Member Topic Count: 18 Content Count: 8,878 Reputation: 1,266 Days Won: 28 Joined: 07/12/2013 Share Posted March 15, 2017 We're putting a lot of stock in him, hope he's able to bring us up out of this pit. Go Bulls! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTrue Posted March 15, 2017 Group: Member Topic Count: 152 Content Count: 19,395 Reputation: 6,097 Days Won: 233 Joined: 01/13/2011 Share Posted March 15, 2017 I get it. Whoever we hire has to know we're committed to the long haul turnaround. If not in actual time, it has to be financially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple B Posted March 15, 2017 Group: Moderator Topic Count: 1,612 Content Count: 74,539 Reputation: 10,818 Days Won: 422 Joined: 11/25/2005 Share Posted March 15, 2017 4 minutes ago, JTrue said: I get it. Whoever we hire has to know we're committed to the long haul turnaround. If not in actual time, it has to be financially. After the last two firings, that was probably key with any new hire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTrue Posted March 15, 2017 Group: Member Topic Count: 152 Content Count: 19,395 Reputation: 6,097 Days Won: 233 Joined: 01/13/2011 Share Posted March 15, 2017 7 minutes ago, Triple B said: After the last two firings, that was probably key with any new hire. Exactly. That was probably the first thing discussed. No one is going to take us at our word that we're committed, put your money where your mouth is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jg233 Posted March 15, 2017 Group: Member Topic Count: 8 Content Count: 1,079 Reputation: 254 Days Won: 2 Joined: 01/20/2010 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Jim Calhoun and John Calipari are not coming back. Temple has only been really good playing in the A10. The AAC is a slightly better league than the A10 and I don't see it getting any better. It's a 2-3 bid league, maybe 4 in a really good year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullyPulpit Posted March 15, 2017 Group: Member Topic Count: 365 Content Count: 6,466 Reputation: 1,893 Days Won: 35 Joined: 02/02/2005 Share Posted March 15, 2017 12 hours ago, jg233 said: Jim Calhoun and John Calipari are not coming back. Temple has only been really good playing in the A10. The AAC is a slightly better league than the A10 and I don't see it getting any better. It's a 2-3 bid league, maybe 4 in a really good year. Could get better if Wichita State joins us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiggetTime Posted March 15, 2017 Group: Member Topic Count: 2 Content Count: 10 Reputation: 2 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/14/2017 Author Share Posted March 15, 2017 (edited) 13 hours ago, jg233 said: Jim Calhoun and John Calipari are not coming back. Temple has only been really good playing in the A10. The AAC is a slightly better league than the A10 and I don't see it getting any better. It's a 2-3 bid league, maybe 4 in a really good year. Temple and UConn have excellent classes coming in. Look at this class: https://connecticut.rivals.com/commitments/basketball/2017 With Cincinnati and SMU winning around 30 games this year, when you figure in a full scholarship roster at UConn, Memphis, Temple, UCF... and when you understand that Haith had a team full of Freshmen this year at Tulsa, and both Houston and UCF made the NIT this year with very thin rosters, this conference is going to be stacked in short order. It's foolish to think that UConn (after winning two National Championships in the last 6 years) is going to stay down. Not when they're still signing Top 50 dudes. Mid majors don't have that pedigree. This is a major conference, and to treat it otherwise would be to the peril of the Bulls. (that's with or without Wichita). Anyone who has watched the Mustangs and the Bearcats will tell you. That kind of talent doesn't play in the A10. Most people who follow the AAC understand that the conference had less than half a handful of teams playing with a full allotment of used scholarships. All of those teams you criticized had no depth. The Bulls wont have the luxury of playing the 2017 versions of the rest of the conference. Edited March 15, 2017 by DiggetTime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiggetTime Posted March 15, 2017 Group: Member Topic Count: 2 Content Count: 10 Reputation: 2 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/14/2017 Author Share Posted March 15, 2017 (edited) 14 hours ago, jg233 said: Temple has only been really good playing in the A10. The AAC is a slightly better league than the A10 If Temple was only really good playing in the A10, then logic would say the AAC has been a significant step up from the A10 for them. They are recruiting a much higher caliber athlete now. Dunphy is getting guys in this years class that didn't give him a sniff in the A10. Its an outstanding class. Edited March 15, 2017 by DiggetTime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paisa el Toro Posted March 15, 2017 Group: Member Topic Count: 132 Content Count: 10,380 Reputation: 1,058 Days Won: 18 Joined: 08/11/2003 Share Posted March 15, 2017 (edited) 18 hours ago, footnfan1 said: 6 year deal? That is pretty solid. That tells me that few "quality coaches" wanted this job. Gregory was willing to do it, if he was provided the time. He certainly got it. We're also paying Antigua and Heath to not coach here next season. Thankfully, Gregory still gets paid some money from GaTech, so that helps offset his costs for a few seasons. Edited March 15, 2017 by Paisa el Toro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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