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Post by DanMcQ on Mar 23, 2017 17:01:14 GMT -5
No surprise here.
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Mar 23, 2017 17:13:13 GMT -5
I am in no way an "inside baseball" type of guy at Georgetown, but I know Tagliabue is well respected, obviously. Do people think this is a good thing? Is it less likely that the university will go the cheap route with him leading the way? I am legitimately asking for opinions on this. I really have no clue myself.
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Post by DanMcQ on Mar 23, 2017 17:15:19 GMT -5
Yes, it is a good thing. Paul is the real deal.
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Post by deacon on Mar 23, 2017 17:16:07 GMT -5
Great to hear.
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Post by McBricks on Mar 23, 2017 17:16:12 GMT -5
I am in no way an "inside baseball" type of guy at Georgetown, but I know Tagliabue is well respected, obviously. Do people think this is a good thing? Is it less likely that the university will go the cheap route with him leading the way? I am legitimately asking for opinions on this. I really have no clue myself. Depending on what actually happened behind closed doors (which we'll never know), I'd love Zo to be on this selection committee. And maybe Ted Leonsis. And certainly SFHoya99.
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Post by wrestlemania on Mar 23, 2017 17:26:23 GMT -5
Promising development -- doubt Tagliabue would have agreed to do it unless it was going to be a bona fide search with real money on the table.
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Post by vv83 on Mar 23, 2017 17:32:15 GMT -5
Tagliabue ran the freaking NFL - he is not going to lead a small-thinking, half-a**ed process. This is definitely good news.
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Post by Elvado on Mar 23, 2017 18:33:11 GMT -5
Also wore 33...
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Post by kettlehill on Mar 23, 2017 18:40:21 GMT -5
Terrific news. One does wonder, however, don't we still have a coach? Had he resigned yet?
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Post by Hoya Rich on Mar 23, 2017 18:49:46 GMT -5
Yeah, good news about Tagliabue. I would think this will be a strong, national search that avoids falling into the "insular" trap.
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Post by bamahoya11 on Mar 23, 2017 18:59:17 GMT -5
Really like that Tagliabue is leading the search. He has serious credibility in the sports world and should have a deep understanding of how to handle a complicated process like this. In some ways, our job has already generated more interest than I expected it would. One of the big challenges will be separating all of the calls and figuring out who to really target. To me, Tagliabue signifies credibility, a willingness to make a serious decision to put the program on a long-term plan for national competitiveness, and it also suggests to me that the Board will play a powerful role at this stage. I think all of those things are good signs.
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Post by joey0403p on Mar 23, 2017 19:19:24 GMT -5
I read that as reed will do the work and report to tags. Could be wrong
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Post by richfame on Mar 23, 2017 19:38:31 GMT -5
Tagliabue ran the freaking NFL - he is not going to lead a small-thinking, half-a**ed process. This is definitely good news. Awful commissioner no?
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Post by royski on Mar 23, 2017 19:41:12 GMT -5
Tagliabue ran the freaking NFL - he is not going to lead a small-thinking, half-a**ed process. This is definitely good news. Awful commissioner no? Yes, but still overqualified to lead this coaching search, which is a good thing.
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Post by richfame on Mar 23, 2017 19:53:50 GMT -5
Yes, but still overqualified to lead this coaching search, which is a good thing. Great!!
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Post by vv83 on Mar 23, 2017 20:05:39 GMT -5
Tagliabue ran the freaking NFL - he is not going to lead a small-thinking, half-a**ed process. This is definitely good news. Awful commissioner no? Rozelle is the only really good commissioner the NFL has had since the 1950s. But guys like Tagliabue and Goodell still oversaw a multibillion dollar business conglomerate that increased massively in profit and value under their watch. Tagliabue is a pro who understands sports as a business at the highest possible level. That is the kind of expertise we want helping to lead this search. Our program is special and unique in many ways which should not be lost in this process. But running the basketball program as a big time business has not been our specialty, and having someone like Tagliabue leading the search gives me confidence that this aspect of the program won't be the low priority it sometimes has been in the past.
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Post by bamahoya11 on Mar 23, 2017 20:24:53 GMT -5
The big question that I have going forward is who is truly in charge of the basketball program at Georgetown, and where they see that program fitting into the University's profile. If you had asked me this time yesterday, I would have said that Jack DeGioia was in control of the program, but he trusted and leaned on the Thompsons (both JTIII and his dad) for their expertise in steering the University's day-to-day path in the college basketball universe. That's what we saw when Georgetown made the decision to champion the reconstitution of the Big East around basketball. DeGioia was front and center, but he was plainly relying on guidance from the Thompsons. DeGioia really trusted the Thompsons, I think, and gave them substantial latitude to determine the course of Georgetown basketball.
But today really upends that theory of control. Reading the announcement, it seems clear that this was not a decision that DeGioia personally wanted to make. It seems like the Board had a lot of influence over this decision, which suggests that folks like Alonzo Mourning may hold a significant amount of power.
I think this becomes the big question once a coach is named. For now, obviously, the focus turns to Tagliabue and Reed to see how they run the search. But someday soon their job will be done and a new coach will be named. Once that happens, a new era really will take hold over Georgetown, and it'll be interesting to see who is holding the reigns and what the expectations are. Will the new coach take charge, earn the confidence of the administration, and be able to put his own stamp on the program? This is the ideal outcome because it would mean that someone could finally bring the basketball program into the 21st century, with more media availability, greater fan and alumni outreach, and all sorts of positive changes. Will a key non-coaching figure (Mourning, JTII, etc.) have a key role of influence in shaping the administration's posture toward the program? And, does the University continue to demand national competitiveness in basketball? It's a lot of interesting questions, and I think that's a process that we will have to go through. There may be more growing pains in that process than some anticipate today.
Bottom line for me is that I hope we will remain committed to national competitiveness. It's clear to me that we have a top tier program in the eyes of the media and of other coaches. We cannot let this moment pass us by. We need a home run decision like when we decided to form the new Big East.
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Post by NCHoya on Mar 23, 2017 21:24:15 GMT -5
This is a great development, even if it is only to draw attention to the search. Having Tags in there also sends a signal that this is a legitimate open search. I am hoping they do lead an exhaustive search and pick the best candidate. Besides Shaka, I am now starting to lean toward Hurley as a strong second choice. I hope he gets a call.
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Post by cosmopolitanhoya on Mar 24, 2017 2:09:18 GMT -5
This is a great development, even if it is only to draw attention to the search. Having Tags in there also sends a signal that this is a legitimate open search. I am hoping they do lead an exhaustive search and pick the best candidate. Besides Shaka, I am now starting to lean toward Hurley as a strong second choice. I hope he gets a call. Agree Tags being involved mean that the search will be actually about finding a competent coach with a vision who can resurrect this program and also implies that the next coach is not likely to be coming from the umbrella of Thompsons. There's a report already that the school has reached out to Hurley
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Post by madgesiq92 on Mar 24, 2017 5:43:05 GMT -5
This is a great development, even if it is only to draw attention to the search. Having Tags in there also sends a signal that this is a legitimate open search. I am hoping they do lead an exhaustive search and pick the best candidate. Besides Shaka, I am now starting to lean toward Hurley as a strong second choice. I hope he gets a call. Agree Tags being involved mean that the search will be actually about finding a competent coach with a vision who can resurrect this program and also implies that the next coach is not likely to be coming from the umbrella of Thompsons. There's a report already that the school has reached out to Hurley The best candidate will be one that "strengthens the program" while maintaining the highest levels of academic integrity." Many are ignoring the latter parts of The administrations statement and assume that the pool of candidates will be the same as if Georgetown was the NC State job. It isn't. There will be surprises in the list of "usual suspects." When introducing JT3 in 2004 DeGoia stressed that JT3 had all the qualifications that they were looking for: coaching success at a Divisiom 1 program academically similar to Georgetown. I don't see any reason that we should expect the criteria for this search will be any different. www.thedp.com/article/2004/04/hoyas_hire_thompson
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