natetheskate wrote:
The whole dp thing stinks of pride.....too proud too admit they made a mistake....with Ponsato and now the bball coach......so I dont think they would hire Porter and double down to say not only were we wrong with the AD, twice with who we hired as bball coach and third LU got it right and we got it wrong. My guess is that their next coach will be a really big name...or someone connected to their past.
Also would LU let it happen.?....wonder if there is a no buy out.to certain schools like dp
which brings up an interesting topic....who has more pull in Chicago...dp or LU ? and how or why? It would seem that dp got a pretty big push from the City with their new stadium no? Also who has the most powerful alumni backing the sports programs........
I could see Ty Corbin or Mark Aguirre get hired next. They fit the profile of big time name connected to their past who are looking at it like a retirement package. Neither would be an actually good coach though.
As for who has more pull? It's probably a tie currently. Obviously we've had more recent success and relevancy on the court. Their new arena could be a nice pull, but it's still not in a super accessible place for that building to do it alone. They need a quality product to lure people & students from Lincoln Park. That said, they do bring in a ton of money from the Big East, even if they're a leech off of Villanova's success. If we play our cards right, in 10 years, we very well could swap places with them in terms of who people think is Chicago's premier college basketball team.