Report: Purnell's days at DePaul "numbered"

[billyjack]

What's Phil Jackson up to these days? Writing books?
Maybe he wants to take on a new project like Bill Walsh at Stanford.
Bring a little Zen to the new McCormick Pier Arena.
Wouldn't hurt to ask... this is Chicago's team after all...!
So what if he's 68 yrs old...
/only half joking .
PR-wise it would be good for the conference to just throw his name out there even if the odds are .0001%

-Also, Howland would be good, but I agree with Gumby that his style of play is almost unwatchable... and we are trying to get eyeballs on the conference.

[notkirkcameron]

I actually feel bad for Depaul, and thats coming from a PC fan, so that's saying something....I think its long past time to send Purnell packing....Good luck to them.

Since 2008, DePaul has gone 9-95 in Big East Play (.0865 Winning Percentage).
2008-09: 0-18
2009-10: 1-17
2010-11: 1-17
2011-12: 3-15
2012-13: 2-16
2013-14: 2-13 (3 games to play)

For comparison's sake, the second-worst Big East record among teams still in the conference in that same time frame is Providence at 39-66, and Seton Hall at 39-65. DePaul is in a chasm THIRTY GAMES worse than the next-worst team in the conference. The last four seasons have been under Purnell's watch. Time's up.

[Jet915]

Bruce Pearl would be a splash hire plus he knows the area since he was coach at UW Milwaukee right? Only problem with him is the baggage from Tenessee...

[stever20]

Bruce Pearl would be a splash hire plus he knows the area since he was coach at UW Milwaukee right? Only problem with him is the baggage from Tenessee...

I don't think his baggage would hurt him too much. I think him having been on ESPN would be pretty good...

And just think the Light blue suits that he could wear like what he wore at Tennessee(those Orange ones).

[BillikensWin]

Bruce Pearl would be a splash hire plus he knows the area since he was coach at UW Milwaukee right? Only problem with him is the baggage from Tenessee...

I don't think his baggage would hurt him too much. I think him having been on ESPN would be pretty good...

And just think the Light blue suits that he could wear like what he wore at Tennessee(those Orange ones).

Is his show cause order over yet?

[stever20]

Bruce Pearl would be a splash hire plus he knows the area since he was coach at UW Milwaukee right? Only problem with him is the baggage from Tenessee...

I don't think his baggage would hurt him too much. I think him having been on ESPN would be pretty good...

And just think the Light blue suits that he could wear like what he wore at Tennessee(those Orange ones).

Is his show cause order over yet?

Just looked on Wikipedia, they expire on 8/23/14. What that would mean is he couldn't do any recruiting until 8/23. They say he would be able evaluate talent(going to the exposure tournaments I'm assuming)- but not able to contact prospects(don't think that really starts until 9/1 if I'm not mistaken).

[cu blujs]

I am not a DePaul fan so problaby no one cares. As new Big East fan, I would hate to see Howland there. I know this may not sit well with some of the old guard, but I am hopeful that the days of games regularly in the low 50s are over for the Big East. You can play good, physical basketball and still have games in the 60s and 70s, which are infinitely more enjoyable to watch in my personal opinion. A colleague who is a fairly active UCLA booster told me last spring when UCLA fired Howland that his style of play and coaching decisions at UCLA drove fans and boosters nuts. He was certainly successful at Pitt and early on at UCLA in terms of wins and final fours (and was still competive to the end in terms of wins and losses), but after Kevin Love and Russell Westbrook left, they were not near as good. More importantly, over time his style of play turned off a large percentage of UCLA fans. I saw somewhere that in 2008, they played more than half their games in front of 10,000 or more fans (10 home games), but that dropped off each year and by 2012, they played only one single game in front of more than 10,000 (not a home game). They did have 6 games of more than 10,000 at home (averaging just under 9,500) last year, during their 25-9 campaign. But, for the most part, I am told that by then LA fans had tired of his style of play. If DePaul wants to get the Chicago market back, I don't see how they are going to do that with slow down, deliberate games in the 50s.

[aughnanure]

I am not a DePaul fan so problaby no one cares. As new Big East fan, I would hate to see Howland there. I know this may not sit well with some of the old guard, but I am hopeful that the days of games regularly in the low 50s are over for the Big East. You can play good, physical basketball and still have games in the 60s and 70s, which are infinitely more enjoyable to watch in my personal opinion. A colleague who is a fairly active UCLA booster told me last spring when UCLA fired Howland that his style of play and coaching decisions at UCLA drove fans and boosters nuts. He was certainly successful at Pitt and early on at UCLA in terms of wins and final fours (and was still competive to the end in terms of wins and losses), but after Kevin Love and Russell Westbrook left, they were not near as good. More importantly, over time his style of play turned off a large percentage of UCLA fans. I saw somewhere that in 2008, they played more than half their games in front of 10,000 or more fans (10 home games), but that dropped off each year and by 2012, they played only one single game in front of more than 10,000 (not a home game). They did have 6 games of more than 10,000 at home (averaging just under 9,500) last year, during their 25-9 campaign. But, for the most part, I am told that by then LA fans had tired of his style of play. If DePaul wants to get the Chicago market back, I don't see how they are going to do that with slow down, deliberate games in the 50s.

There're many ways to skin a cat. This is the same type of criticism people level at coaches like Bo Ryan.

[stever20]

I am not a DePaul fan so problaby no one cares. As new Big East fan, I would hate to see Howland there. I know this may not sit well with some of the old guard, but I am hopeful that the days of games regularly in the low 50s are over for the Big East. You can play good, physical basketball and still have games in the 60s and 70s, which are infinitely more enjoyable to watch in my personal opinion. A colleague who is a fairly active UCLA booster told me last spring when UCLA fired Howland that his style of play and coaching decisions at UCLA drove fans and boosters nuts. He was certainly successful at Pitt and early on at UCLA in terms of wins and final fours (and was still competive to the end in terms of wins and losses), but after Kevin Love and Russell Westbrook left, they were not near as good. More importantly, over time his style of play turned off a large percentage of UCLA fans. I saw somewhere that in 2008, they played more than half their games in front of 10,000 or more fans (10 home games), but that dropped off each year and by 2012, they played only one single game in front of more than 10,000 (not a home game). They did have 6 games of more than 10,000 at home (averaging just under 9,500) last year, during their 25-9 campaign. But, for the most part, I am told that by then LA fans had tired of his style of play. If DePaul wants to get the Chicago market back, I don't see how they are going to do that with slow down, deliberate games in the 50s.

There're many ways to skin a cat. This is the same type of criticism people level at coaches like Bo Ryan.

That's kind of the thing though, I don't think Bo Ryan is viewed in the same way as say a guy like a Thad Motta- even though the 2 have had pretty similar sucess.

Also, not sure with how refs are calling games and will be calling games- that style of basketball will be nearly as sucessful going forward.

[cu blujs]

Actually over the last few season, Bo has evolved. This year, Wisconsin is averaging 73 points a game, only has a couple of games below 60 and is regularly in the mid and upper 70s. It has been a while since the days where Wisconsin pass the ball around for 30 seconds before looking for a shot. Winning helps, but the entertainment value that draws people to spend money to go to the game or invest a couple of hours watching on t.v. is greatly diminished. Whether its basketball, football or baseball, I think most people want to see tempo.