Carino on Big East & Willard
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Jerry with another timely and very appropriate article to help people understand why this and why that.
Willard is moving back to the big leagues where basketball is king!
Nova is probably a better fit for Willard.He's not a flashy guy.
Interesting question?
If Willard had stayed at SHU would this year have been the disaster it was?
I don't think so because I think he was experienced,connected and smart enough to see the impact of NIL in advance and would have convinced the University leadership to get out in front of it.
If Willard had stayed at SHU would this year have been the disaster it was?
I don't think so because I think he was experienced,connected and smart enough to see the impact of NIL in advance and would have convinced the University leadership to get out in front of it.
I do love seeing the Maryland fans having a breakdown now that the shoe is on the other foot.
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With the added bonus of them not currently having an AD so they’ll have to get that in place first before they can look for a new coach!
Thanks KW. Now they’ll be more threads then ever about you here. 😰
One thing i can share with you that the Nova Trustees had concerns on with Kevin, is Villanova leadership (clergy and laity) have always had a TIGHTLY aligned communication flow; and know Kevin has always has been unfiltered with the press, big east officials, amd the school admin.
That said they realize he is a solid choice, especially after the last 3 years, post Wright.
i said no bb coach at a p5 fb school would leave for a bb only. glad i was wrong.
They will not put up with his mediocrity. If he performs like Neptune, he'll be out of a job in two or three years.
In a first year that ended in a 71-53 NCAA Tournament Round of 32 loss to Alabama in 2023, new Maryland coach Kevin Willard had complaints. Plenty of them.
He was quick to tell anyone who would listen how much better things were in the Big East, the league he had just left after 12 seasons at Seton Hall. The scheduling, the travel, the emphasis on college basketball above all else.
www.cbssports.com
He was quick to tell anyone who would listen how much better things were in the Big East, the league he had just left after 12 seasons at Seton Hall. The scheduling, the travel, the emphasis on college basketball above all else.
'He played us like a drum': Inside Kevin Willard's turbulent Maryland departure
Highlighting a fight that is brewing on college campuses, Willard wanted a bigger piece of the pie than Maryland could offer
www.cbssports.com
they will part ways before he has a chance to make a mockery and do it himself, which at this point is a guarantee
Job at Holy Cross still waiting for him 😂
i could see a situation where Nova fires him after a 4v13 seed loss to holy cross. but that would require holy cross to not be terrible. so we'll go with Colgate
Neptune was a really bad hiring decision and he performed poorly. Villanova coaching history shows that the school does not fire coaches very often. Times have changed, but Willard timing coming into the job sets him up for success.
I posted the same thing two weeks ago. LOL! But this seems to be an unusual circumstance.
If Willard had stayed at SHU it would have been because the University was going to get out in front on NIL.
The next two to three years will be like a glimpse of alternate reality of what could have been if SHU had NIL resources and Willard (and Grant) stayed and continued instead of left.
