1LotteryPick1969
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03-18-22 04:07 PM - Post#339534
In response to rbg
Of the possible motivations to take GW:
1. Salary
2. Recruit with scholarships to offer
3. ??
Does he have any ties to the DC area?
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LocalTiger
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03-18-22 04:10 PM - Post#339536
In response to 1LotteryPick1969
multiple bids, but I think he can get a better job IF he wants to
leave Yale. He has built some thing special with you guys.
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james
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03-18-22 04:14 PM - Post#339537
In response to LocalTiger
No he is a Long Island guy
He is loved at Yale. And loves the place. Lives on campus. It wld be surprising to me
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1LotteryPick1969
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03-18-22 04:55 PM - Post#339540
In response to james
I spent three years post-graduate education at GW, played hoops in Smith Center.
The campus is nothing special, but I loved being at Foggy Bottom--all of DC is available: restaurants, museums, Kennedy Center, two Shakespeare theaters.
Still would prefer a true Ivy League campus.
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james
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03-19-22 11:15 AM - Post#339575
In response to 1LotteryPick1969
I think jj would theoretically leave for the right situation and more guaranteed money.
But bar is pretty high I think given comfort at yale. He is also like the only af am head coach I think as of late but that cld have changed
But looking at comments from 3 yrs ago. No yale can’t pay more than harvard as amaker is juiced by an association that is better funded -guys like Steve baller etc
our association isn’t very big. so it’s abt what the school pays and he is compensated well for iL but not compared to amaker or any revenue league.
so that is why u can never say never
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james
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03-19-22 11:16 AM - Post#339576
In response to james
Baller=balmer who is a baller
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Ever True
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03-21-22 05:02 PM - Post#339711
In response to james
https://hoopdirt.com/daily-dirt-sunday-edi tion-3-2...
New rumor that James is involved in the search for a new coach at USD of the West Coast Conference. Seems like an odd one to me, given his east coast roots. Maybe angling for leverage in contract re-negotiations?
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PennFan10
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03-21-22 05:05 PM - Post#339712
In response to Ever True
HoopDirt has a low reliability factor. I wouldn't put much stock into what appears there. Doesn't mean it's not true, but it's just as likely to be true as it is false in my experience.
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Ever True
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03-21-22 11:40 PM - Post#339766
In response to PennFan10
Thanks for the heads up!
A reporter from the San Diego Union-Tribune just tweeted - https://twitter.com/sdutzeigler/status/15 060405766... - that James Jones' name has come up in conversations, so maybe this story does have legs.
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PennFan10
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George Washington - James Jones Rumor
03-22-22 11:49 AM - Post#339779
In response to Ever True
Jeff Goodman: https://twitter.com/GoodmanHoops
And Jon Rothstein: https://twitter.com/JonRothstein
are much more reliable sources.
Goodman retweeted Ziegler's report about Jones being involved as USD so likely true.
Edited by PennFan10 on 03-22-22 11:50 AM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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Silver Maple
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03-22-22 12:11 PM - Post#339780
In response to PennFan10
San Diego is a thoroughly lovely place. I've never seriously considered relocating, but if I did, SD would be at the top of the list.
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PennFan10
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03-22-22 01:13 PM - Post#339784
In response to Silver Maple
Absolutely stunning campus, up on a hill overlooking the ocean and the SD area. Great facilities and good academic school. Very different life than in New Haven for sure.
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LocalTiger
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03-22-22 03:17 PM - Post#339787
In response to PennFan10
great league which got 3 bids this year. Beating Gonzaga,
St. Mary"s, BYU, USF, Santa Clara would be a challenge,
but maybe that appeals to his competitive streak.
he has commented that people told him Yaale would never compete
with Princeton/Penn.
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penn nation
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03-22-22 03:24 PM - Post#339788
In response to LocalTiger
Yes, the top half of that conference is about as good as a top half of any conference in the country.
Was surprised Saint Mary's lost in the second round, but then again they ran into a UCLA team that might well be headed back to the Final Four. That should not have been a second round matchup.
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rbg
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03-30-22 01:49 PM - Post#339988
In response to penn nation
https://hoopdirt.com/daily-dirt-3-30-22/
- Yale’s James Jones picking up steam at San Diego. Stay tuned… -
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Tiger69
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 03-30-22 02:31 PM - Post#339989
In response to rbg
Yale would be tough to leave. But not New Haven. Especially for San Diego.
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PennFan10
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03-30-22 02:46 PM - Post#339991
In response to Tiger69
The San Diego AD is on record as saying he would have his hire by the Final Four.....so we have 2 days to wait.
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palestra38
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03-30-22 03:01 PM - Post#339992
In response to Tiger69
I was just in New Haven this past weekend. Visiting daughter in med school. It's surprisingly nice---much nicer than when I went there to call games for Penn in the '70s. Of course, it's not San Diego.....
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iogyhufi
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03-30-22 03:50 PM - Post#339993
In response to palestra38
https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/1 509255042...
Rothstein reporting that Coach Jones just reupped at Yale through the 30-31 season. Obviously, this doesn't mean he stays the whole time, but it probably puts paid to the idea that he leaves for another mid-major, if for no other reason than that his buyout would probably be quite high.
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penn nation
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George Washington - James Jones Rumor
03-31-22 12:44 PM - Post#340019
In response to palestra38
It’s not bad at all. Am in the area from time to time. Mandy Patinkin was doing a show at the Shubert Theater right before COVID hit so I made sure to take Mrs. Nation, who loves him. Suffice it to say she enjoyed it more than Air Supply.
There’s also an excellent vegetarian place that is a New Haven institution, Claire’s Cornicopia, maybe a block or so away from there. Also happens to be kosher but most of its clientele probably aren’t even aware of that fact.
Edited by penn nation on 03-31-22 12:47 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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