sparman
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05-05-11 05:07 PM - Post#105031
Maryland isn't quite Duke, but it's not Miami either, and I can think of one name likely to be mentioned as possible successor, and it's not Mitch Henderson or Brian Earl
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palestra38
Professor
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Reg: 11-21-04
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Re: Maryland's Gary Williams retiring
05-05-11 05:16 PM - Post#105032
In response to sparman
Fran Dunphy?
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Silver Maple
Postdoc
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Loc: Westfield, New Jersey
Reg: 11-23-04
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05-05-11 05:33 PM - Post#105033
In response to palestra38
Joe Scott?
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sparman
PhD Student
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Reg: 12-08-04
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05-05-11 05:39 PM - Post#105034
In response to Silver Maple
This is why, when people say Quakers are unimaginative, I tell them they couldn't be more wrong.
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cornellfan4
Masters Student
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Reg: 12-09-09
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05-05-11 06:01 PM - Post#105035
In response to sparman
Amaker?
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Buckeye Quake
PhD Student
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Reg: 11-21-04
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05-05-11 06:53 PM - Post#105037
In response to cornellfan4
This is a huge opening for a once proud and mighty program that has fallen on hard times lately. My initial thought was maybe a guy like Wojo. But I doubt they go the assistant route even if he is a Dookie and I think a Maryland native. How about Jamie Dixon from Pitt?
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Buckeye Quake
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05-05-11 07:00 PM - Post#105038
In response to Buckeye Quake
Oh and thre's a guy at Villanova who might get a sniff.
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Old Bear
Postdoc
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Reg: 11-23-04
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05-06-11 07:48 AM - Post#105044
In response to Buckeye Quake
Miller!
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1LotteryPick1969
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Reg: 11-21-04
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05-06-11 09:42 AM - Post#105046
In response to Old Bear
http://www.dukebasketballreport.com/articles/?p=40...
I thought this was a fair assessment of Gary by a rival. I went to high school in PG County MD, just a stones throw from College Park, and I have watched the program through all the good and bad years, and all the coaching drama.
I have mixed feelings about Gary leaving. His histrionics on the sideline have become a liablilty making it difficult to recruit the modern athlete, so in that sense his era had ended. But he was fundamentally honest and an excellent coach. I hope they do honor him by naming the floor after him.
I hope his replacement can build a program using DC/Northern Va/Baltimore talent, because there is a lot of talent in the area.
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palestra38
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05-06-11 12:16 PM - Post#105053
In response to 1LotteryPick1969
When he was having all kinds of personality issues with the prior AD, and everyone thought he would be fired, Penn was looking for a coach and thought he would have been a great foil to Amaker. I really don't think he is done as a coach and would make a good Ivy coach at this point in his career. Since Penn, Cornell, Brown and Columbia all have new coaches, I don't see that happening unless James Jones decides he has had enough at Yale (no way Yale fires him despite years of losing; after all, he cut down a net for them).
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Tiger69
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Reg: 11-23-04
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05-06-11 12:50 PM - Post#105058
In response to palestra38
Much as I've admired Gary Williams over the years as a straight-talking coach who seemed to get the best out of players less talented than those at Duke and UNC, I think that the Ivies would be too big a step down for him at this stage of his career. He doesn't need the money and he has nothing to prove.
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Dial Lodge
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Reg: 03-08-07
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Maryland's Gary Williams retiring
05-06-11 01:31 PM - Post#105062
In response to Tiger69
Before you guys start putting Amaker into this role, take a look at this article.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/mary...
There's no mention of Amaker as a prospect.
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Buckeye Quake
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05-06-11 01:48 PM - Post#105066
In response to Dial Lodge
Who said anything about Amaker? My first two choices were Dixon and Wright.
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Tiger69
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05-06-11 05:23 PM - Post#105071
In response to Buckeye Quake
I agree. I don't see what Amaker could offer Maryland over some of the others mentioned for this job.
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Buckeye Quake
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05-06-11 05:47 PM - Post#105072
In response to Tiger69
As I said earlier, I think they'd consider Wojo before Amaker. Although I don't think either is viable.
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Kit
Senior
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Loc: Central Massachusetts
Reg: 11-29-04
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05-08-11 01:05 PM - Post#105092
In response to Buckeye Quake
How about JT3? DC's not far from College Park, MD.
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Chuck
Masters Student
Posts: 995
Reg: 11-21-04
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05-08-11 04:59 PM - Post#105093
In response to Kit
Yeah, that would make sense...leave one of the powerhouses of the best b-ball conference to take over a 2nd tier team in league dominated by 2 teams.
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Silver Maple
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05-08-11 05:37 PM - Post#105094
In response to Chuck
I agree. Probably not the best move for Thompson. However, I'll bet he could use the opening as leverage for negotiating a fat raise.
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sparman
PhD Student
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Reg: 12-08-04
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Maryland's Gary Williams retiring
05-08-11 09:26 PM - Post#105097
In response to Silver Maple
My notion of Amaker was more tongue in cheek than serious, and the idea UM would hire a Dukie seemed far-fetched, but with every high profile candidate turning them down and "serious" sports writers mentioning Mooney, Chuckie Driesell, and the current assistant whose name I had never heard before and can't remember now, you have to start wondering.
JTIII isn't leaving Georgetown for UM, but to call GU a current powerhouse grossly overstates their current condition. Just ask Hoya fans.
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