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03-20-19 07:50 PM - Post#282268
In response to mrjames
But GW is not a "higher-level" job even if they pay more in salary. Is their basketball budget going to be competitive with other A10 schools? Is the A10 going to be generally higher-ranked than the Ivies?
If Jones could get a Big East job or a decent Mountain West job, that would be a clear step up. GW? A dumpster fire in a declining league, what with the Lonergan departure under a cloud, the hasty hiring of the in-over-his-head-assistan t, and a situation that looks like this:
"The Colonials have reached the NCAA Tournament only four times in the last 20 seasons and once since the 2013-14 campaign.
According to data provided by the U.S. Department of Education, GW’s 2016 budget for the men’s basketball program ($2.94 million) ranked below the Atlantic 10 Conference average of $4.3 million and 13th among the league’s 14 teams. The 2018-19 numbers are comparable, according to a source.
Thompson’s individual salary alone at Georgetown, based on published reports, topped GW’s 2016 basketball budget."
https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/ncaa/candi dat...
The above article contains the usual aspirational claims from the administration (interestingly off the record), but no concrete budget commitment to back those up. It also mentions many other candidates, but not James Jones.
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