Thread: College Basketball Coaches Fired

Several jobs opening up in the Big East.

Penn - fired Glen Miller in Dec
DePaul - fired Jerry Wainwright in January
St. John's - fired Norm Roberts
Iowa - fired Todd Lickliter
Oregon - fired Ernie Kent
Seton Hall - fired Bobby Gonzalez

The Bobby Gonzalez situation at Seton Hall is just bizarre...but that's what you get when you hire a coach like Gonzalez...


Sandra

Seton Hall beat Cincinnatti, Pittsburg, Louisville and Notre Dame, and, thanks in part to an otherwise soft Big East unbalanced schedule, finished its conference play at 9 and 9. That record doesn't ordinarily get you fired. It must have been something else.

Originally Posted by AntAltMike

Seton Hall beat Cincinnatti, Pittsburg, Louisville and Notre Dame, and, thanks in part to an otherwise soft Big East unbalanced schedule, finished its conference play at 9 and 9. That record doesn't ordinarily get you fired. It must have been something else.

Bobby Gonzalez goes out of his way to annoy anyone and everyone both on the court and off. Seton Hall knew what they were getting, as this is also how he ran his Manhattan program for seven years.

This approach (almost any approach) is fine if you're winning. If you're not, it contributes to you getting fired.


Sandra

Originally Posted by AntAltMike

Seton Hall beat Cincinnatti, Pittsburg, Louisville and Notre Dame, and, thanks in part to an otherwise soft Big East unbalanced schedule, finished its conference play at 9 and 9. That record doesn't ordinarily get you fired. It must have been something else.

It had a lot to do with the gooning in their NIT game. One of Seton Hall's players hit a Texas Tech player in the groin, not once but twice, and was ejected. The Hall proceeded to get blown out, and Gonzo was fired the next day. Strange, but Seton Hall like a lot of BE schools are Catholic schools, and are run by priests. They tend to frown on thuggish behavior.

Originally Posted by anders5189

It had a lot to do with the gooning in their NIT game. One of Seton Hall's players hit a Texas Tech player in the groin, not once but twice, and was ejected. The Hall proceeded to get blown out, and Gonzo was fired the next day. Strange, but Seton Hall like a lot of BE schools are Catholic schools, and are run by priests. They tend to frown on thuggish behavior.

The punches to the groin and the loss were just the tip of the iceberg...


Sandra

Originally Posted by SandraC

The punches to the groin and the loss were just the tip of the iceberg...


Sandra

Or the last straw.

Originally Posted by anders5189

Or the last straw.

...yet if Gonzalez were winning, he would have more straws in his arsenal. Jerks are tolerated (and apologized for) when there are enough W's.


Sandra

Originally Posted by anders5189

It had a lot to do with the gooning in their NIT game. One of Seton Hall's players hit a Texas Tech player in the groin, not once but twice, and was ejected. The Hall proceeded to get blown out, and Gonzo was fired the next day. Strange, but Seton Hall like a lot of BE schools are Catholic schools, and are run by priests. They tend to frown on thuggish behavior.

Also, the Goon was arguing with the officials that the player should not have been ejected as he had not done anything that is not standard for BE games. That showed he has as little moral fiber as the player who was busting the Texas Tech player in the groin.

Heard on the radio that SH was changing their team's name to "The Nutcrackers" after their NIT loss. Seems appropriate, in view of their playing "style."


Would the Goon have been kept if they had won more? You know it, guys like him are hired all the time and kept. Cincy kept Hugging no matter what he did, as long as he won. He was only fired after so many problems. Samson at IU was in trouble in OK but IU hired him, only to be taken down by the NCAA for his actions there.

Schools and athletic departments have no more morals than wall street bankers and those folks are morally bankrupt.