Duquesne is not in the ACC.

 

Monroe, you are right, but I'll take it one step further -- contracts are not somewhat 'signed to be broken'. They are usually more often broken than not -- from either side. That's why early termination clauses are built-in. 

 

JG parlayed a Sweet 16 at Ohio into a gig at a first division Big Ten job at Illinois. It made sense with his stock high and formerly coaching in the Big Ten as an assistant. JC parlayed two good seasons at Ohio and 12 years of head coaching experience as a D1 coach to get himself a payday at a second division ACC school. BC is a second tier ACC job and no different than an average Big East or Atlantic 10 job. The difference is the BC job is a rare position where they can afford to triple JC's salary and where a coach of JC's talents could benefit their program. A Duke or Syracuse is not going to bother with JC. A LaSalle or Seton Hall would love to have JC but won't pay to get him out of Ohio. JC understands this market position and that is why he couldn't turn it down. Its the best job he's ever going to get in his career.

JC was brought it from TCU with a 450k base salary (not including Media income or bonuses) and increased travel budget with uses of a charter plane after Groce won 29 with the idea of sustaining success. JC then wins 24 and 25 wins respectively his first 2 years. That to me is a continuation of a high level and in any conference a step up from the MAC puts you into the NCAAs with those kind of win totals. It validated the move to bring a hire profile coach to Athens and this time the program has a chance to go even bigger with the next hire. Take the 500,000 in buyout money from Boston College and you can raise the base salary to 600,000 for the next 3 years with 50,000 left over. The administration sees the basketball program as the crown jewel of the athletic department and no way do I see them going backwards to an average MAC hire. Personally I'd like to see the next coach bring in a specialized defensive philosophy like Tony Bennett that can shut the MAC down and is built for a sweet 16 run physically. The goal should be to become the name brand school of the MAC and run through regular seasons undefeated. Things have changed vastly over the last 10 years. The Ohio job today is no different at this point than the better jobs in the A10. Its a program that buys home games and has averaged over 23 wins a season for the past 5 years. If there was ever a time to dream big this is the time.

How did that turn out?

 

Nice generic, can't be denied..can't be reasoned with...denial.

I can't believe the heat on this board to have a new coach on board, preserving player attachment to OHIO, within 36 hours.



 

Actually Xavier is kind of in the same boat we are. They want long term and felt jaded when Miller left for Arizona. They want Mack to be there for life as long as he wins. And dont forget before Prosser was Pete Gillen who started the winning tradition. He was there for 9-10 seasons.