Steve Donahue & BC basketball

[Swampy]

BC beats Maryland 79-75 to give Donahue his first ACC win on the road, if they can keep this up they will probably make the NCAA tournament

Apparently he has only something like 8 scholarship players because several player recruited by Al Skinner elected to go somewhere else. It usually takes some time to get used to a new coach, but under the circumstances this is an impressive win.

[phillysportsfan]

BC beats Maryland 79-75 to give Donahue his first ACC win on the road, if they can keep this up they will probably make the NCAA tournament

Apparently he has only something like 8 scholarship players because several player recruited by Al Skinner elected to go somewhere else. It usually takes some time to get used to a new coach, but under the circumstances this is an impressive win.

Yeah and one of their starters is a walkon that Donahue had recruited to Cornell who ultimately was going to go to Colgate. They also have another walkon, a senior, who has played intramural basketball at BC the last 3 years and one of Donahue's assistants had recruited him to a D3 school 4 years ago so when they found out he was at BC they asked him to walkon. Donahue is doing a hell of a job, when he gets his recruits in there, watch out

[Jim Hyla]

BC beats Maryland 79-75 to give Donahue his first ACC win on the road, if they can keep this up they will probably make the NCAA tournament

Apparently he has only something like 8 scholarship players because several player recruited by Al Skinner elected to go somewhere else. It usually takes some time to get used to a new coach, but under the circumstances this is an impressive win.

Yeah and one of their starters is a walkon that Donahue had recruited to Cornell who ultimately was going to go to Colgate. They also have another walkon, a senior, who has played intramural basketball at BC the last 3 years and one of Donahue's assistants had recruited him to a D3 school 4 years ago so when they found out he was at BC they asked him to walkon. Donahue is doing a hell of a job, when he gets his recruits in there, watch out

But, it still is hard to cheer for BC.

[phillysportsfan]

I dont find it too hard, Donahue has got nothing to do with the hockey team, plus there could be nothing worse that if Donahue went to BC and fell flat on his face, losing his job in a few years when he could have stayed here, I want him to do really well at BC so that he didnt leave here for nothing

[Swampy]

I dont find it too hard, Donahue has got nothing to do with the hockey team, plus there could be nothing worse that if Donahue went to BC and fell flat on his face, losing his job in a few years when he could have stayed here, I want him to do really well at BC so that he didnt leave here for nothing

And so he doesn't return to the Ivy League at some school that just fired its coach! Not even Cornell (the path from here to there would be too painful). On the other hand, if Courtney were to fulfill his aspiration and take the team to the Elite Eight, after which he would almost certainly be hired away, even a failed Donahue would look pretty good. Still, the safest thing is to hope for him to succeed at BC.

[phillysportsfan]

Yeah kinda funny that there was a post on the basketball board indicating that probably half the fans in the BC section at the Maryland game had Cornell gear on

[Jim Hyla]

I dont find it too hard, Donahue has got nothing to do with the hockey team, plus there could be nothing worse that if Donahue went to BC and fell flat on his face, losing his job in a few years when he could have stayed here, I want him to do really well at BC so that he didnt leave here for nothing

I'm still upset about BC leaving for the ACC. Putting that together with Boston hockey makes it hard. And I don't really feel it makes any difference how he does in regards to his leaving. Many coaches have left schools for higher aspirations only to fall flat. It doesn't take anything away from what they did. Harkness is probably the best example I can come up with.

[Trotsky]

Or we could just give best wishes to a guy who gave Cornell a ton of success, and who then understandably moved on to try to win at a higher level*.  I hope the guy wins a national title someday, someplace.

Happy trails.


* Nobility of offer not available in some sports.  Check with Lynah Faithful for details.

[billhoward]

BC runs to 9-2 under Donahue and the Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/sports/colleges/mens_basketball/articles/2010/12/20/hot_shooting_eagles_remain_focused/ projects they'll be 13-2 entering ACC play in January, this for a team picked for 10th in the ACC. If there's a downside for Donahue personally, it may be the difficulty filing his taxes this year. I wonder if coaches making that kind of money get nicked for a fraction of their salary from each state they play in, the way pro athletes do.

[Jim Hyla]

BC runs to 9-2 under Donahue and the Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/sports/colleges/mens_basketball/articles/2010/12/20/hot_shooting_eagles_remain_focused/ projects they'll be 13-2 entering ACC play in January, this for a team picked for 10th in the ACC. If there's a downside for Donahue personally, it may be the difficulty filing his taxes this year. I wonder if coaches making that kind of money get nicked for a fraction of their salary from each state they play in, the way pro athletes do.

Yeah, that must be terrible.:-O

[phillysportsfan]

BC runs to 9-2 under Donahue and the Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/sports/colleges/mens_basketball/articles/2010/12/20/hot_shooting_eagles_remain_focused/ projects they'll be 13-2 entering ACC play in January, this for a team picked for 10th in the ACC. If there's a downside for Donahue personally, it may be the difficulty filing his taxes this year. I wonder if coaches making that kind of money get nicked for a fraction of their salary from each state they play in, the way pro athletes do.

Donahue is making enough that I'm sure he can hire an accountant instead of using Turbotax.

I didnt know pro athletes have to pay taxes for every state they play in, if that is the case with college coaches no wonder why Boeheim doesnt leave the state of NY until Big East conference play

[Trotsky]

I didnt know pro athletes have to pay taxes for every state they play in, if that is the case with college coaches no wonder why Boeheim doesnt leave the state of NY until Big East conference play

Don't be silly.  He pays his athletes under the table so they don't have to file.  ::whistle::

[nyc94]

I didnt know pro athletes have to pay taxes for every state they play in,

I looked into this a little back when Derek Jeter claimed he was a Florida resident.  Most states have a minimum level for income earned in the state before they require you to file a non-resident return.  Obviously, modern day professional athletes easily pass this threshold with one game.  Not sure if this is urban legend but I read multiple accounts of how the states didn't enforce this until California sent a tax bill to Michael Jordan in 1990.  Most other states followed California's lead.  Now some states are trying to collect from musicians on tour and highly paid, frequently traveling business executives.

[Josh '99]

I didnt know pro athletes have to pay taxes for every state they play in,

I looked into this a little back when Derek Jeter claimed he was a Florida resident.  Most states have a minimum level for income earned in the state before they require you to file a non-resident return.  Obviously, modern day professional athletes easily pass this threshold with one game.  Not sure if this is urban legend but I read multiple accounts of how the states didn't enforce this until California sent a tax bill to Michael Jordan in 1990.  Most other states followed California's lead.  Now some states are trying to collect from musicians on tour and highly paid, frequently traveling business executives.

I wonder how they determine the amount they try to collect from regular business travelers?  Seems like it's fairly easy to determine the amount for an athlete (you could probably just say N/M of their total salary, where N is the number of games played in the state and M is the total number of games in their league's season) or for a touring musician (net income from tickets sold for performances in the state), less so for a businessman where it's less clear where money is actually earned.

[KeithK]

I didnt know pro athletes have to pay taxes for every state they play in,

I looked into this a little back when Derek Jeter claimed he was a Florida resident.  Most states have a minimum level for income earned in the state before they require you to file a non-resident return.  Obviously, modern day professional athletes easily pass this threshold with one game.  Not sure if this is urban legend but I read multiple accounts of how the states didn't enforce this until California sent a tax bill to Michael Jordan in 1990.  Most other states followed California's lead.  Now some states are trying to collect from musicians on tour and highly paid, frequently traveling business executives.

I wonder how they determine the amount they try to collect from regular business travelers?  Seems like it's fairly easy to determine the amount for an athlete (you could probably just say N/M of their total salary, where N is the number of games played in the state and M is the total number of games in their league's season) or for a touring musician (net income from tickets sold for performances in the state), less so for a businessman where it's less clear where money is actually earned.

My company starts withholding non-resident state taxes for any employee who spends more than 30 days during a year in another state.  Don't know if that's the legal requirement (or how that would/could be defined).