Willard

[its haLL baLL]

Probably tried to keep it I the Nova family. 3 years like that over there and the standard says you gotta go. We have 3 bad years and it’s well the previous guy got a 6th year. The standard hasn’t moved up in 15 years

They have the money to pay the buyout, raise NIL funds, and pay a new coach. SHU doesn't.

I don't think that's the only reason and agree with you that Sha has a longer leash here than he's probably earned, but Nova can make decisions without factoring in money and SHU can't.

 

[Hall Is Life]

They have the money to pay the buyout, raise NIL funds, and pay a new coach. SHU doesn't.

I don't think that's the only reason and agree with you that Sha has a longer leash here than he's probably earned, but Nova can make decisions without factoring in money and SHU can't.

Nova wouldn’t have extended their coach off of an NIT title.

 

[NYShoreGuy]

many here tell me SMU is money central...their athletics program has been largely irrelevant since the death penalty. football has one aac title and I think two shares in cusa for division.

 

[Piratz]

They have the money to pay the buyout, raise NIL funds, and pay a new coach. SHU doesn't.

I don't think that's the only reason and agree with you that Sha has a longer leash here than he's probably earned, but Nova can make decisions without factoring in money and SHU can't.

And Sha owns SHU people. Look at his contract and renewal. Resistance is futile it seems which is why I’m concerned moving forward.

Willard’s had 8/10 NCAAT years in the BE/B10. He’s a good coach. I’d like to see how that compares to other P5 coaches.

 

[King of S]

It’s known Willard and his family really miss New Jersey. Maybe going to Nova gets him a little closer to NJ and back in the Big East.

 

[MichiganStoleTitle]

It’s known Willard and his family really miss New Jersey. Maybe going to Nova gets him a little closer to NJ and back in the Big East.

South Jersey might as well be Alabama. I don’t even eat the stuff but you’ll never hear me calling it pork roll!

 

[SHUHoopsFan]

South Jersey might as well be Alabama. I don’t even eat the stuff but you’ll never hear me calling it pork roll!

South Jersey to me is anything south of the Driscoll Bridge. I agree it might as well be Alabama.

 

[SHUSource]

Didn’t King Jay promote Neptune? Swing and a miss. Willard has now proven successful at two destinations. He would be a good hire by anybody and obviously Jay sees it that way too. This board can’t get enough of Willard’s NCAA Tournament shortcomings. I hope this is the year he quiets everyone down and makes it to a S16 and beyond. Maybe he wants to come back to The Hall to show Sha how it’s done!

He's knows how to do it when he's completely handcuffed by lack of institutional support? This is laughable.

 

[NYShoreGuy]

South Jersey to me is anything south of the Driscoll Bridge. I agree it might as well be Alabama.

The math formula for south jersey is take the amount of exits on gsp and divide by 2

 

[Seton75]

South Jersey to me is anything south of the Driscoll Bridge. I agree it might as well be Alabama.

Yeah, except in the summer lol.

 

[Fishjam]

Nova the type of crowd to cut their hot dogs with a fork in knife. Willard’s the same cut.

Willard doesn't like hot dogs.

 

[Hall Is Life]

He's knows how to do it when he's completely handcuffed by lack of institutional support? This is laughable.

You think Willard would be in the same position as Sha if he were still here? Now that’s laughable. One knows how to play the game. The other is still trying to figure out how to tie his shoes.

 

[Hall Is Life]

Willard doesn't like hot dogs.

I forgot about this! Too funny.

 

[SPK145]

You think Willard would be in the same position as Sha if he were still here? Now that’s laughable. One knows how to play the game. The other is still trying to figure out how to tie his shoes.

What? Willard is one of the reasons Seton Hall started so late to the P4P game. That's common knowledge.

Tired of your agenda. Did Sha steal your girlfriend or something?

 

[Fishjam]

Referenced how bad their nil was pretty quick

I’ve said this soo many times..and the same few come at me hard…everyone complains about their NIL..legit or not

NIL is the #1 thing to request for their programs. For years it was facilities and assistant coach money. Those were seen as the publicly accepted ways to ask for help in recruiting. NIL quickly replaces those things since the day it was made.

 

[Hall Is Life]

What? Willard is one of then reasons Seton Hall started so late to the P4P game. That's common knowledge.

Tired of your agenda. Did Sha steal your girlfriend or something?

So it’s Willard’s fault that Sha STILL doesn’t have NIL money? Ok salt pepper ketchup.

 

[Gohall129]

many here tell me SMU is money central...their athletics program has been largely irrelevant since the death penalty. football has one aac title and I think two shares in cusa for division.

They just made the College football playoff. That’s relevant

 

[Gohall129]

Willard doesn't like hot dogs.

He ate one at the last midnight nadness we did maybe 2013 with kobyashi. That was the reference

 

[Blueswayedshus]

That was a typical Willard’ “I am so funny” performance. Instead of playing along with it, he had a glass of wine.

 

[SHUHoopsFan]

What? Willard is one of the reasons Seton Hall started so late to the P4P game. That's common knowledge.

Tired of your agenda. Did Sha steal your girlfriend or something?

Exactly but I do think we'd be further along with him. Willard saw the game different. He stayed old before everyone else decided to stay old. I don't know if he had a different plan for this but he continuously proved everyone wrong. Everyone just kept waiting for Seton Hall to fall and it never really happened. Just a guess he would've found a way

 

[lloyde dobler]

I saw a comment the other day from a Providence fan that said he thinks Kim English wants to be a college basketball head coach, but he’s not sure if English wants to do it at Providence.

That’s the feeling I always had about Willard and Seton Hall, and now maybe Maryland as well.

 

[Gohall129]

I saw a comment the other day from a Providence fan that said he thinks Kim English wants to be a college basketball head coach, but he’s not sure if English wants to do it at Providence.

That’s the feeling I always had about Willard and Seton Hall, and now maybe Maryland as well.

Agreed on Willard and Kim. Kim took the job thinking after 3 seasons he’d be in the SEC

 

[SHUSource]

You think Willard would be in the same position as Sha if he were still here? Now that’s laughable. One knows how to play the game. The other is still trying to figure out how to tie his shoes.

Yeah, pretty similar, I'm sure. I think Holloway is a little better recruiter (in an equal situation, that is), and though they are different in many stylistic ways, they are similar levels of coaches to me. The one thing I'll maintain is that Holloway's intensity is the thing that will let him drive a tournament team further than Willard has shown the ability to do. (Interestingly, perhaps, I have Maryland going to the Sweet Sixteen this year; the path seems manageable.)

But no, I don't think with the same budgetary restrictions that we'd be any better this year with Willard instead of Sha. The one caveat to that is the possibility that Willard would've allocated his paltry budget differently this year, building a top-heavy roster instead of trying to go ten deep. To his credit, Sha has admitted that tactic failed (which is as plainly obvious as could be).

 

[dehere23]

Reading the preseason stuff here after the BE coaches poll was announced, Beef Steak, etc….

Hope Sha and the rest of the staff have learned a hard lesson on the player evaluation front.

 

[SHUSource]

Reading the preseason stuff here after the BE coaches poll was announced, Beef Steak, etc….

Hope Sha and the rest of the staff have learned a hard lesson on the player evaluation front.

I think they certainly have. How can they not have?

 

[JoePeppitone2012]

I think they certainly have. How can they not have?

I don’t know everything that could go wrong did go wrong for a university with a D1 basketball program from top (president) to bottom

 

[SHU Advisory]

Willard doesn't like hot dogs.

Ahh... The Grey Poupon Midnight Madness Night where Willard "competed" in the inaugural New Big East kickoff night where all , then 10 teams, midnight madness events were televised on FS1. Willard participated, with Bozella and former Seton Hall stars against then Japanese Coney Island king.

Willard sipped a cab, while cutting up a single dog with fork and knife, while all the competitors downed dogs competively.

It was very funny watching inside Walsh, but typical of Willard not to be one of the boys.

 

[Piratz]

I’m dying… 12 years here got us back to relevancy and it’ll be dominated by the wine drinking at the hot dog event + 1 NCAAT win.

 

[SHUHitman]

He ate one at the last midnight nadness we did maybe 2013 with kobyashi. That was the reference

Correction - He pretended to eat one. He went the entire length of time sipping wine and "preparing" to eat the hot dog LOL

 

[U-Hall]

Willard should be thanking SHU every day for not firing him after that 1st round blow-out to Marquette in the BE tournament.
I highly doubt that he would have been in consideration for any other high-major coaching positions if he had been fired.