hoyainspirit
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Post by hoyainspirit on Oct 7, 2014 10:40:16 GMT -5
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DFW HOYA
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Post by DFW HOYA on Oct 7, 2014 11:49:19 GMT -5
The opener on Purnell: "Besides coaching 26 years and never winning a NCAA Tournament game..." And at $2 million a year.
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Thomas
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Post by Thomas on Oct 7, 2014 15:53:53 GMT -5
That stat on Oliver Purnell is stunning!!! 26 years as a head coach and he's never won a NCAA Tournament game, how is that even possible???
About Mark Turgeon, I fully expect that Maryland will be NIT(or worse) bound this year, but he won't be fired because he brought in a very talented transfer from Georgia Tech who will sit out this season and have 2 more years of eligibility remaining starting in 2015-2016. That player has 1st Team All-Conference kind of talent. They can't fire him after this season no matter how bad they do in the Big 10 and how bad the fans/alums want him gone. They've got to let M.Turgeon coach that transfer next season. It's a similar situation to Alabama's Anthony Grant who brought in a talented transfer from Tulane who is eligible to play this year. If it weren't for the Tulane transfer, Alabama probably would've fired him after going 13-19 last year.
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Post by HoyaSinceBirth on Oct 7, 2014 21:56:38 GMT -5
That stat on Oliver Purnell is stunning!!! 26 years as a head coach and he's never won a NCAA Tournament game, how is that even possible??? About Mark Turgeon, I fully expect that Maryland will be NIT(or worse) bound this year, but he won't be fired because he brought in a very talented transfer from Georgia Tech who will sit out this season and have 2 more years of eligibility remaining starting in 2015-2016. That player has 1st Team All-Conference kind of talent. They can't fire him after this season no matter how bad they do in the Big 10 and how bad the fans/alums want him gone. They've got to let M.Turgeon coach that transfer next season. It's a similar situation to Alabama's Anthony Grant who brought in a talented transfer from Tulane who is eligible to play this year. If it weren't for the Tulane transfer, Alabama probably would've fired him after going 13-19 last year. I think not firing Turgeon has more to due with his buy out and the huge deficit the Maryland Athletic Department is running.
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njhoya78
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Post by njhoya78 on Oct 17, 2014 18:05:50 GMT -5
I beat up on Oliver Purnell last season. It accomplished nothing. I do not expect DePaul to do anything, except perhaps give him a three-year extension when they win four league games this season.
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