Collins to Villanova rumors
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Seems like things are moving quickly. Mark Jackson needs to make this happen. Collins has all the leverage. You are building the richest football stadium in college sports. The money has to be there. Pay the man. Please. Don’t want to see where this programs heads if he leaves. Would love to know what is actually going on. X Guru always seems to know.
A great way for Mark Jackson to become the most disliked AD since Gragg! Hopefully he isn’t out of town…..
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It would be an unreal fail for Jackson. Seeing his last hire at Villanova is concerning.
At this point it is likely about more than money. CCC likely has enough of that and can get more if he decides to move (or in a contract renewal. At this point it likely depends more on CCCs goals and where he feels he can accomplish them. Does he want to stay in Chicago area and build a solid program? Does he want to try for NCAA Championship? If he wants to stay in Chicago and having job security and potentially putting together a solid perennial tourney team is what he wants to develop then he needs the accommodations to accomplish that but it can be done at NU.. But if his goals are higher and he yearns for lifting Championship trophy it becomes a lot tougher at NU unless some really significant accommodations (not sure that he can get them at NU)are made. He is 50 years old so this is one of the last times he would have to make a move that could accomplish that, If that is his goal, he is gonna be hard to keep.
For all the talk of greatness, I think CCC has gone from subpar to a very good coach flirting with greatness. Seems like a HOF former coach really built his career and his reputation by taking an inconsequential academic school in a power conference and turning them into an annual national powerhouse. So, if he has enough money, then looks like a great time to leverage his power for other things.
I would think it would be quite compelling to approach AD for a modest extension with little in pay raise. Rather a demand of a certain number of academic exemptions. As a former schollie athlete, I know the ad closely monitors academic progress and has tons of support in place. So if ccc starts producing bad STUDENT athletes, then at next turn, you reduce those exemptions and dare him to go.
But for now, I think it wise to trust ccc and the impressive athletic educational support system in play. And for ccc, this and some more nil opens the opportunity to achieve his mentor’s level.
I would think it would be quite compelling to approach AD for a modest extension with little in pay raise. Rather a demand of a certain number of academic exemptions. As a former schollie athlete, I know the ad closely monitors academic progress and has tons of support in place. So if ccc starts producing bad STUDENT athletes, then at next turn, you reduce those exemptions and dare him to go.
But for now, I think it wise to trust ccc and the impressive athletic educational support system in play. And for ccc, this and some more nil opens the opportunity to achieve his mentor’s level.
I think if you checked you would find that DUKE had a pretty good history even before coach K. Not necessarily National Championships but final fours and runner ups under Bubas and even our own Bill Foster (a bunch of that time was during the period of UCLA dominance)
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