Tulane coaching search

[LA_Mustang]

Didn't Scott Cross just sign a new deal at UTA? Wouldn't preclude leaving; probably makes it less likley.

Yes, a four year extension.

[Bergermeister]

If they want to take a chance get the Little Rock coach, Chris Beard.

Too much like Pat Knight.

[skyscraper]

Seems like with the budget available they will pick a person none of us has heard of before.

[Charleston Pony]

Depending on his buyout, I don't expect Ed Conroy to be unemployed for very long. I've always thought he was a really good coach who took jobs that were full of recruiting challenges. Tulane has a steep hill to climb in order to compete with the top programs in the AAC, but it wasn't long ago they were saying that about SMU.

[birddogger]

The Tulane AD remarked last night that he wanted a salesman, not an Xs and Os guy, because he doesn't see much difference between coaches in that aspect of the game. He must not have watched LSU’s Johnny Jones do less with more, or our own LB and TJ, who could coach up a bunch of zombie kindergartners, if they had to.

With that perspective, a tiny budget, and sub-par facilities, I just don’t see Tulane having a competitive program.

[mrydel]

If they want to take a chance get the Little Rock coach, Chris Beard.

Too much like Pat Knight.

According to the language heard through the locker room walks at half time Sunday, more like his mentor Bobby Knight.

[blackoutpony]

The Tulane AD remarked last night that he wanted a salesman, not an Xs and Os guy, because he doesn't see much difference between coaches in that aspect of the game. He must not have watched LSU’s Johnny Jones do less with more, or our own LB and TJ, who could coach up a bunch of zombie kindergartners, if they had to.

With that perspective, a tiny budget, and sub-par facilities, I just don’t see Tulane having a competitive program.

Wow....... That's, that's just special right there. That really blows for the conference. Tulane is just sooooooooooo bad and is going to continue to hurt RPI in perpetuity. How'd they get in here again?

[tristatecoog]

When UConn visited Tulane, both the men and women stay at the Ritz Carlton. My wife saw them both there on a recent trip. When Tulane goes to Dallas....

[RGV Pony]

When UConn visited Tulane, both the men and women stay at the Ritz Carlton. My wife saw them both there on a recent trip. When Tulane goes to Dallas....

Same place they stayed in for Katrina? Doubletree on 75?

[CA Mustang]

If they want to take a chance get the Little Rock coach, Chris Beard.

Too much like Pat Knight.

According to the language heard through the locker room walks at half time Sunday, more like his mentor Bobby Knight.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketb ... roken-hand

[ponyinNC]

Remember in 2002 when the Big East kicked Temple out because they weren't competitive and didn't invest in athletics?

[bubba pony]

I believe Temple got kicked out of the Big East because of football attendance, facilities, nothing to do with their basketball, which has always been competitive.

[mustangxc]

I believe Temple got kicked out of the Big East because of football attendance, facilities, nothing to do with their basketball, which has always been competitive.

Temple was never a basketball member of the Big East. The point is that there is precedent for a school being kicked out of a conference for failing to meet a set standard.

[PonyKai]

Turner won't let it happen. He secretly engineered their invitation to the conference over the objections of 13 other ADs.

[East Coast Mustang]

The Tulane AD remarked last night that he wanted a salesman, not an Xs and Os guy, because he doesn't see much difference between coaches in that aspect of the game. He must not have watched LSU’s Johnny Jones do less with more, or our own LB and TJ, who could coach up a bunch of zombie kindergartners, if they had to.

With that perspective, a tiny budget, and sub-par facilities, I just don’t see Tulane having a competitive program.

Yeah, I thought Conroy recruited decently well there given the limitations