SteveChop
PhD Student
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Reg: 07-28-07
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03-19-19 02:04 PM - Post#282078
In response to palestra38
This really represents the end of an era in Philadelphia Mens BBall coaches. Jay Wright is now the dean of Philly coaches and Steve Donahue is now SECOND in terms of tenure at the Philly Big 6 schools after only 4 years.
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Mike Porter
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Loc: Los Angeles, CA
Reg: 11-21-04
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Martelli Fired 03-19-19 03:45 PM - Post#282097
In response to SteveChop
If you ever read the St Joes board, their fans have been ready for Coach Martelli to go for a long time.
He is a great guy and ambassador for Big 5, but the reality is that he never capitalized on that Elite 8 run with Jameer and had only been back to the big dance a few times since then.
A quick survey of their results, and they have lost 20 games in a season 3 times since their Elite 8 run. The same number of times they’ve made the tournament (3) since the Elite 8 run. In those 3 times they only won 1 game. The Elite 8 run was 15 years ago so there have been more ups and downs but more downs than ups it looks like (he seems to be about a .500 coach since then).
Can they do better? Who knows, but they know what they are going to get if they kept him and have ambitions to do more, so time will tell if they made the right choice.
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yoyo
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Reg: 03-25-09
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03-19-19 04:23 PM - Post#282114
In response to Mike Porter
and when jay wright goes to the sixers, Steve will be Dean
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10Q
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Loc: Suburban Philly
Reg: 11-21-04
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03-19-19 04:27 PM - Post#282116
In response to yoyo
Trust the Process. Trust Brett.
Plan B: Jay Wright
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rbg
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Martelli Fired 05-29-19 11:33 PM - Post#284873
In response to 10Q
Mike Jensen tweeted that Phil Martelli has an offer to be an assistant coach at Michigan.
https://mobile.twitter.com/jensenoffcampus/statu s/...
Mike Jensen
@jensenoffcampus
Phil Martelli has a firm offer from Michigan to be an assistant coach under new head coach Juwan Howard, according to several sources.
9:10 PM · May 29, 2019 ·
Edited by rbg on 05-29-19 11:33 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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palestra38
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Re: Martelli Fired 05-30-19 08:34 AM - Post#284878
In response to rbg
He can be Juwann Howard's Glen Miller
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SRP
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06-02-19 05:50 PM - Post#284926
In response to palestra38
Howard had a rep as a wise and wily player during most of his career. It will be interesting to see if that translates.
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palestra38
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06-03-19 04:52 PM - Post#284942
In response to SRP
Deal is done: https://www.inquirer.com/college-sports/st-joe s/ph...
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palestra38
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06-05-19 08:59 AM - Post#284970
In response to palestra38
Good article on how Martelli got to Ann Arbor:
https://www.inquirer.com/college-sports/phil-m arte...
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Penndemonium
PhD Student
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Reg: 11-29-04
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06-05-19 01:58 PM - Post#284974
In response to palestra38
Glad to see Martelli land on his feet. Perhaps this gives him a chance to live out some dreams that he wouldn't be able to at St. Joe's, even as an assistant. Michigan will recruit at the highest levels and he'll have a chance to be in the national discussion again.
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penn nation
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06-05-19 03:23 PM - Post#284979
In response to Penndemonium
The real question is how in the blazes is Juwan Howard the head coach and Martelli a mere assistant?
At least he'll have far more backup than Jerome did (not even bringing up the other stuff).
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palestra38
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06-05-19 03:28 PM - Post#284981
In response to penn nation
Kevin Ollie didn't have a clue....and hired Glen Miller to be the coach behind the scenes (where he does his best). Hiring an beloved alum is old school thinking---indeed, Bilsky did it rather than hire someone who knew what he was doing.
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