Odds that Donahue stays?

[ugarte]

SJU is one place I wouldn't mind seeing Donahue move on to. If he could rebuild the "home town" program, that might even be more impressive than what he's done at Cornell.

Counterintuitive as it might be, since they'd be stealing the coach of my real favorite team, I'd start paying attention to the Johnnies again if Donahue were to take over.

[phillysportsfan]

I dont see them hiring Donahue, they are just offering too much money, probably 10 times his current salary. They are now interviewing BC's coach, they would probably rather hire a mediocre BCS coach since he has at least coached at the BCS level than hiring Donahue who has only ever been in the Ivy league

[Roy 82]

The New York Times today says that Donahue is being vetted for the St. John's position.

What newspapers does he read?

[ugarte]

The New York Times today says that Donahue is being vetted for the St. John's position.

What newspapers does he read?

All of them, of course.

[phillysportsfan]

I dont think we have to worry about St Johns but Seton Hall might be much more willing to hire him as they would only be roughly doubling his salary and after their former coach Gonzalez's antics they really want a much more classy coach

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/college/basketball/hall_eager_for_big_red_chat_0loLdZvjB5SSMziCEMQRdO

[laxman]

The report by Frank is another self serving piece by an academic who would prefer that all sports were abolished. I don't think the sports boom at major state Universities in this nation would be occurring if there wasn't money in those fields!

[imafrshmn]

Dear Big Red Basketball Fans,

I know we were called the underdog, the Cinderella, the long shot, the feel-good story of the Sweet Sixteen. Well, we may have been all those things. But first and foremost, we were, and of course still are, Cornellians. And that is what made us great on and off the court--it was that Big Red spirit and work ethic that got us to the Sweet Sixteen.

I just want to thank you all for your tremendous support throughout the season and into the amazing post-season. I read your texts and Facebook postings, your emails and letters. It was so motivating and inspiring to know that so many thousands of alumni were behind us. I can't describe how grateful I am that you took the time to cheer us on. I also heard that you all gathered in 90 cities around the world to watch the game together, and I know we had hundreds of alumni travel thousands of miles to watch us play in Syracuse. To all of you, I say thank you, thank you, thank you. We could not have come as far as we did without you.

Now I hope you'll join me in cheering for our tremendous hockey team as they play in their NCAA tournament up in Albany, and I'll look forward to next year's Big Red basketball season!

Coach Steve Donahue

[Jordan 04]

I was going to post about that, but I figured it's probably meaningless. All coaches who leave say they forward to the next season.

[imafrshmn]

I was going to post about that, but I figured it's probably meaningless. All coaches who leave say they forward to the next season.

This is true.

[mnagowski]

The report by Frank is another self serving piece by an academic who would prefer that all sports were abolished. I don't think the sports boom at major state Universities in this nation would be occurring if there wasn't money in those fields!

Yeah, and there was tons of money in subprime mortgages as well.

Frank clearly states that there are lots of non-pecuniary benefits to inter-college athletics. He obviously doesn't want them abolished. Consistent with most of his work, he questions the value of the arms race.

[phillysportsfan]

No way Donahue goes to Penn but this is bizarre:

http://blogs.dailypennsylvanian.com/thebuzz/2010/03/26/athletic-director-steve-bilsky-speaks-out-on-coaching-search/

They are looking at 6 D-I coaches
1 D-I assistant
2 NBA assistants

I guess Allen is not the clear candidate

[billhoward]

Parts of this discussion seems to think that Steve Donahue is only suited to coaching Ivy Leaguers, that he might not be able to coach students lacking 1300 SATs, that the other schools want someone who's paid his dues at a better than mid-major school. I hope he stays. I think he's qualified to coach most anywhere.

[kingpin248]

Parts of this discussion seems to think that Steve Donahue is only suited to coaching Ivy Leaguers, that he might not be able to coach students lacking 1950 SATs, that the other schools want someone who's paid his dues at a better than mid-major school. I hope he stays. I think he's qualified to coach most anywhere.

FYP. The SAT has had a maximum score of 2400 since 2005. In fact, 1300 might be the score John Wall or DeMarcus Cousins got. :-P

[phillysportsfan]

"I'm incredibly excited about how well Cornell has done in the NCAA," Cornell alum Sandy Weill told Business Week. "The players and the coach have handled themselves very well and it shows that you can go to incredible heights with teamwork." Weil graduated with a bachelor's degree from Cornell in 1955. He retired as Citigroup chief executive in 2003 and as chairman in 2006. During the last decade, he and his wife have donated more than $500 million dollars to Cornell University. Weil, who attended the Sweet Sixteen game, said that the Cornell basketball team's success probably will help fundraising for the program. "Pride and good feelings always moves the needle," Weill said.

Maybe he can donate enough to keep Donahue here

[scoop85]

"I'm incredibly excited about how well Cornell has done in the NCAA," Cornell alum Sandy Weill told Business Week. "The players and the coach have handled themselves very well and it shows that you can go to incredible heights with teamwork." Weil graduated with a bachelor's degree from Cornell in 1955. He retired as Citigroup chief executive in 2003 and as chairman in 2006. During the last decade, he and his wife have donated more than $500 million dollars to Cornell University. Weil, who attended the Sweet Sixteen game, said that the Cornell basketball team's success probably will help fundraising for the program. "Pride and good feelings always moves the needle," Weill said.

Maybe he can donate enough to keep Donahue here

Even if alums would donate specifically to pay enough to keep Donahue from being lured elsewhere, I wonder if the University would be comfortable having one coach earn significantly more than the other coaches on campus (and admittedly, I have no idea what the relative pay is now, but I imagine the coaches of the "big" sports are in the same zip code).