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RE: Spiker's Future at Drexel
Due to the virus I bet alot of coaches that should be fired won't because the process of hiring a new coach would be a "hassle" in todays climate.
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(03-14-2020 12:13 AM)Dragon For Life Wrote:  Due to the virus I bet alot of coaches that should be fired won't because the process of hiring a new coach would be a "hassle" in todays climate.

Disagree. With no tournament going on, bringing guys in would be done via private planes not commercial,so not a big deal. It may cost a tad more to interview lots of people, so the number of interviewees may be down, but with the added time of no tournament, I suspect there will be plenty of coaching movement.

Pitino to Iona is interesting. JMU fans were mocked at him being a potential option, but Iona is below the CAA. I am betting his salary ended up pretty low due to his toxicity.
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Drexel wouldn't shell the money out
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sleazy move by iona. unfortunately i'm not surprised that somebody would stood down low enough to hire this guy.
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Regardless if he plays by the rules, he is a good coach. With that said, you would hope the NCAA will give him some kind of punishment as far as suspension or show cause penalty. So there is a chance this is all a PR move and he never coaches there except by title. Regardless, the MAAC's top school are willing to spend pretty big money for their coaches. Interesting that the CAA has not followed.
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https://nypost.com/2020/03/14/rick-pitin...-iona-job/

Quote:the 67-year-old is coming back to the States, agreeing to a five-year contract that reportedly will pay him slightly less than the $1.1 million per year Cluess made.

Not sure how Cluess compares to other MAAC or mid major coaches, but he is one of the best mid-major coaches in the country.
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Is Spiker gone if Drexel is a one game post season exit? Even if a new AD is coming? Or would the new AD keep him one year till he/she is ready to decide Spikers fate?
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No. He will be back next year in the least. Drexel with or without a new AD isnt firing a coach with 2 years left.
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(02-25-2021 12:54 PM)Dragon For Life Wrote:  Is Spiker gone if Drexel is a one game post season exit? Even if a new AD is coming? Or would the new AD keep him one year till he/she is ready to decide Spikers fate?

Extremely doubtful that he would be fired after this season. This was the most screwed up season in every way possible. Even if they lose tomorrow and finish 3-6, I could argue that they might still be one of the top 3 teams in the conference because they haven't had a fair season to prove otherwise with 2 home games and uneven competition.

Next year, Drexel should have a solid roster that should be able to compete with anyone in the CAA. With a new AD in charge, he'll have a year to evaluate.
That said, 2021-2022 could be very important for his future as a head coach.
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(02-25-2021 02:23 PM)J.B. Wrote:  
(02-25-2021 12:54 PM)Dragon For Life Wrote:  Is Spiker gone if Drexel is a one game post season exit? Even if a new AD is coming? Or would the new AD keep him one year till he/she is ready to decide Spikers fate?

Extremely doubtful that he would be fired after this season. This was the most screwed up season in every way possible. Even if they lose tomorrow and finish 3-6, I could argue that they might still be one of the top 3 teams in the conference because they haven't had a fair season to prove otherwise with 2 home games and uneven competition.

Next year, Drexel should have a solid roster that should be able to compete with anyone in the CAA. With a new AD in charge, he'll have a year to evaluate.
That said, 2021-2022 could be very important for his future as a head coach.

I dont disagree, but this season has still been a failure. We were the most experienced team returning with two first team CAA guys. You cant be a good team if you cant win on the road. This should have been a top 2 team this season regardless of circumstances.
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(02-25-2021 03:33 PM)dan10 Wrote:  
(02-25-2021 02:23 PM)J.B. Wrote:  
(02-25-2021 12:54 PM)Dragon For Life Wrote:  Is Spiker gone if Drexel is a one game post season exit? Even if a new AD is coming? Or would the new AD keep him one year till he/she is ready to decide Spikers fate?

Extremely doubtful that he would be fired after this season. This was the most screwed up season in every way possible. Even if they lose tomorrow and finish 3-6, I could argue that they might still be one of the top 3 teams in the conference because they haven't had a fair season to prove otherwise with 2 home games and uneven competition.

Next year, Drexel should have a solid roster that should be able to compete with anyone in the CAA. With a new AD in charge, he'll have a year to evaluate.
That said, 2021-2022 could be very important for his future as a head coach.

I dont disagree, but this season has still been a failure. We were the most experienced team returning with two first team CAA guys. You cant be a good team if you cant win on the road. This should have been a top 2 team this season regardless of circumstances.

They might have been a top 2 team in a real season, and might still be. They really didn't get blown out all season, and 2 of their losses were really flukey. And they still have big game tomorrow and a second season next weekend to prove themselves.
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Absolutely. JMU is our only conference loss by more than 5, but even that is misleading. Some games got close late in both direction (by us and by our opponent). But losing is still losing. Losing at home to this W&M squad is about as bad of a loss as you can have. Even if we virtually made of the rest of the games missed and they all counted as home games, that we magically won out with. We would still be likely a 4th seeded team. That is highly disappointing this season given the team we have and what the rest of the conference brought back. There are no two ways about that.

Now, to your point, are we better than the 6-8 seed we are going to end up? Absolutely. Other teams on their boards basically have us as the 4th/5th team behind JMU,NU and Hofstra and sometimes CofC. So most recognize we are better than our seeding, but we are not a top 2 team, either. And there really is not a good excuse for not being there.
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(02-26-2021 08:49 AM)dan10 Wrote:  Absolutely. JMU is our only conference loss by more than 5, but even that is misleading. Some games got close late in both direction (by us and by our opponent). But losing is still losing. Losing at home to this W&M squad is about as bad of a loss as you can have. Even if we virtually made of the rest of the games missed and they all counted as home games, that we magically won out with. We would still be likely a 4th seeded team. That is highly disappointing this season given the team we have and what the rest of the conference brought back. There are no two ways about that.

Now, to your point, are we better than the 6-8 seed we are going to end up? Absolutely. Other teams on their boards basically have us as the 4th/5th team behind JMU,NU and Hofstra and sometimes CofC. So most recognize we are better than our seeding, but we are not a top 2 team, either. And there really is not a good excuse for not being there.

And that's why tonight's game needs to be treated like a championship game.
If they win, they're a 6 seed, which is basically the same as a 3 seed. They would then play a Charleston team that they lost to twice on the road, one of their losses was a fluke, and they are beatable. Then if they win that game they would get Northeastern who we don't really know how good they are since they haven't played in a long time. So if they win tonight, they have a realistic shot at getting to the finals and being then I would consider them to be a top 2 team.

If they lose tonight, then they might win the 1st game of the CAAT, but might have a hard time going past that.
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(02-26-2021 09:17 AM)J.B. Wrote:  And that's why tonight's game needs to be treated like a championship game.

With the potential for the DU players to play with this mentality, I think it could be a great game today. It would seem like Matt Lewis isn’t likely to play IMO. Could help even up the matchup a bit.
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(02-26-2021 10:59 AM)HyperDuke Wrote:  
(02-26-2021 09:17 AM)J.B. Wrote:  And that's why tonight's game needs to be treated like a championship game.

With the potential for the DU players to play with this mentality, I think it could be a great game today. It would seem like Matt Lewis isn’t likely to play IMO. Could help even up the matchup a bit.

For who? If Matt doesnt play and Drexel loses here shortly, then we are definitely not a top 4 team. With Matt I think we are reasonably matched with the way you guys are playing. We shall see. It is a road game, so I am prepared for us to lay an absolute egg after 17 days off.
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(02-26-2021 03:47 PM)dan10 Wrote:  
(02-26-2021 10:59 AM)HyperDuke Wrote:  
(02-26-2021 09:17 AM)J.B. Wrote:  And that's why tonight's game needs to be treated like a championship game.

With the potential for the DU players to play with this mentality, I think it could be a great game today. It would seem like Matt Lewis isn’t likely to play IMO. Could help even up the matchup a bit.

For who? If Matt doesnt play and Drexel loses here shortly, then we are definitely not a top 4 team. With Matt I think we are reasonably matched with the way you guys are playing. We shall see. It is a road game, so I am prepared for us to lay an absolute egg after 17 days off.

We'll find out soon enough but if they lay and egg (which I assume means losing by 10+ and playing outmatched), then they've got big problems. This game is way too important for them to not show up and give themselves a chance to win. Good news is that they have not been shut down. I really hope that they've been playing meaningful simulated games so that they layoff between actual games isn't so bad.
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(02-26-2021 03:47 PM)dan10 Wrote:  
(02-26-2021 10:59 AM)HyperDuke Wrote:  
(02-26-2021 09:17 AM)J.B. Wrote:  And that's why tonight's game needs to be treated like a championship game.

With the potential for the DU players to play with this mentality, I think it could be a great game today. It would seem like Matt Lewis isn’t likely to play IMO. Could help even up the matchup a bit.

For who? If Matt doesnt play and Drexel loses here shortly, then we are definitely not a top 4 team. With Matt I think we are reasonably matched with the way you guys are playing. We shall see. It is a road game, so I am prepared for us to lay an absolute egg after 17 days off.

Yeah...I don’t think it’s that bold for me to claim the #1 team losing our top scorer is helpful to #7 Drexel.
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(02-26-2021 06:02 PM)HyperDuke Wrote:  
(02-26-2021 03:47 PM)dan10 Wrote:  
(02-26-2021 10:59 AM)HyperDuke Wrote:  
(02-26-2021 09:17 AM)J.B. Wrote:  And that's why tonight's game needs to be treated like a championship game.

With the potential for the DU players to play with this mentality, I think it could be a great game today. It would seem like Matt Lewis isn’t likely to play IMO. Could help even up the matchup a bit.

For who? If Matt doesnt play and Drexel loses here shortly, then we are definitely not a top 4 team. With Matt I think we are reasonably matched with the way you guys are playing. We shall see. It is a road game, so I am prepared for us to lay an absolute egg after 17 days off.

Yeah...I don’t think it’s that bold for me to claim the #1 team losing our top scorer is helpful to #7 Drexel.

Saying that made this even was the ridiculous part. Losing Lewis for you guys is like us losing Wynter. As I said, if we lost with JMU not having Lewis then we are just not good. We tried for sure. Uphill battle for JMU now. Best of luck
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(02-26-2021 06:14 PM)dan10 Wrote:  
(02-26-2021 06:02 PM)HyperDuke Wrote:  
(02-26-2021 03:47 PM)dan10 Wrote:  
(02-26-2021 10:59 AM)HyperDuke Wrote:  
(02-26-2021 09:17 AM)J.B. Wrote:  And that's why tonight's game needs to be treated like a championship game.

With the potential for the DU players to play with this mentality, I think it could be a great game today. It would seem like Matt Lewis isn’t likely to play IMO. Could help even up the matchup a bit.

For who? If Matt doesnt play and Drexel loses here shortly, then we are definitely not a top 4 team. With Matt I think we are reasonably matched with the way you guys are playing. We shall see. It is a road game, so I am prepared for us to lay an absolute egg after 17 days off.

Yeah...I don’t think it’s that bold for me to claim the #1 team losing our top scorer is helpful to #7 Drexel.

Saying that made this even was the ridiculous part. Losing Lewis for you guys is like us losing Wynter. As I said, if we lost with JMU not having Lewis then we are just not good. We tried for sure. Uphill battle for JMU now. Best of luck

I guess I should have said “helps balance out”? I legitimately don’t understand what you’re saying re: comparing Matt Lewis & Wynter.
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(02-26-2021 06:17 PM)HyperDuke Wrote:  
(02-26-2021 06:14 PM)dan10 Wrote:  
(02-26-2021 06:02 PM)HyperDuke Wrote:  
(02-26-2021 03:47 PM)dan10 Wrote:  
(02-26-2021 10:59 AM)HyperDuke Wrote:  With the potential for the DU players to play with this mentality, I think it could be a great game today. It would seem like Matt Lewis isn’t likely to play IMO. Could help even up the matchup a bit.

For who? If Matt doesnt play and Drexel loses here shortly, then we are definitely not a top 4 team. With Matt I think we are reasonably matched with the way you guys are playing. We shall see. It is a road game, so I am prepared for us to lay an absolute egg after 17 days off.

Yeah...I don’t think it’s that bold for me to claim the #1 team losing our top scorer is helpful to #7 Drexel.

Saying that made this even was the ridiculous part. Losing Lewis for you guys is like us losing Wynter. As I said, if we lost with JMU not having Lewis then we are just not good. We tried for sure. Uphill battle for JMU now. Best of luck

I guess I should have said “helps balance out”? I legitimately don’t understand what you’re saying re: comparing Matt Lewis & Wynter.

You take either out of the lineup, you are not beating even decent teams in the CAA. They are too good and too important to their team.
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