Captain Kangaroo Posted November 25 Report Share Posted November 25 44 minutes ago, kreed5120 said: It's a really tough situation when your coach retires right after you have your best season in decades. There are two options. One is to promote within hoping that you can keep the core players in tact, but likely settling for a less qualified candidate than you could get from a national search. The other option is to hire an external candidate and face a complete rebuild as the bulk of the players will likely transfer. Killing really any momentum of building off the success. In this day and age there is no continuity. Pretty much every season is a rebuild. An A-10 program is a daunting first head coaching gig. It isn’t Faust to Notre Dame, but it’s close. Hope he rights the ship. He’s only 5 games in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted November 25 Report Share Posted November 25 15 hours ago, LZIp said: Yeah, no ill will for Dru at all, but this is what happens when nepotism wins out. I don't know about nepotism, but it is probably more like a hungry young coach so eager to sit in the big chair that he makes a bad career decision. Duquesne is a historically bad program. I said months ago he would regret the decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted November 25 Report Share Posted November 25 2 hours ago, GP1 said: Duquesne is a historically bad program. I said months ago he would regret the decision. Or maybe it will be the other way around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted November 25 Report Share Posted November 25 35 minutes ago, NWAkron said: Or maybe it will be the other way around? I love a contrarian viewpoint, but not in this case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy87 Posted November 25 Report Share Posted November 25 19 hours ago, LZIp said: Yeah, no ill will for Dru at all, but this is what happens when nepotism wins out. I dont think this is fair, personally. Groce, an experienced and winning coach, went 14-18 in his first year at Akron. There's a transitional period for most programs when there's a coaching change. Let's give Dru some time before we insult his credentials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted November 25 Report Share Posted November 25 1 hour ago, GP1 said: I love a contrarian viewpoint, but not in this case. I love a properly placed comma. 🤫 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClevelandZip Posted November 25 Report Share Posted November 25 Maybe Dru can throw us a bone and schedule a home-and-home between the Zippers and the Dooks before he’s canned. Rooting for him to turn it around, though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akzipper Posted November 25 Report Share Posted November 25 4 minutes ago, ClevelandZip said: Maybe Dru can throw us a bone and schedule a home-and-home between the Zippers and the Dooks before he’s canned. Rooting for him to turn it around, though. Sure, sign me up. It would be nice to beat Duquesne by 30 points a few times. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted November 25 Report Share Posted November 25 53 minutes ago, Zippy87 said: I dont think this is fair, personally. Groce, an experienced and winning coach, went 14-18 in his first year at Akron. There's a transitional period for most programs when there's a coaching change. Let's give Dru some time before we insult his credentials. You have a point. He should get more than a year, but Groce didn’t inherit an A-10 team coming off a March madness win and then start his tenure with losses to Lipscomb, Milwaukee, and Hampton. Pretty horrid start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy87 Posted November 26 Report Share Posted November 26 6 hours ago, LZIp said: You have a point. He should get more than a year, but Groce didn’t inherit an A-10 team coming off a March madness win and then start his tenure with losses to Lipscomb, Milwaukee, and Hampton. Pretty horrid start. Of the 8 players who averaged at least 15 MPG on last year's Duquesne team, 6 were seniors and are now gone, including their top 2 scorers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1981 grad Posted November 26 Report Share Posted November 26 This thread is 5 years old, 27 pages, KD has been retired from coaching for 6 months, and the last 10 posts do not even mention KD. This topic will just never die. (LOL) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennZip Posted November 26 Report Share Posted November 26 excellent article by Marla Ridenour https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/college/basketball/2024/11/26/basketball-coach-keith-dambrot-and-wife-donna-dambrot-cancer-journey/76451722007/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted November 26 Report Share Posted November 26 10 hours ago, Zippy87 said: Of the 8 players who averaged at least 15 MPG on last year's Duquesne team, 6 were seniors and are now gone, including their top 2 scorers. Oh now do Akron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted November 26 Report Share Posted November 26 I'm going to keep rooting for Dru as he is a Zip through and through. He walked into a tough situation with graduations and transfers and I'll wait to see what he can do over a couple of seasons with his own recruits before deeming his brief tenure at Duquesne a failure. I'll also not judge his decision to take on the challenge. There aren't many people who would pass up an opportunity at what is essentially a promotion to the top position in your organization. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy87 Posted November 26 Report Share Posted November 26 6 hours ago, zippy5 said: Oh now do Akron What does Akron have to do with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted November 26 Report Share Posted November 26 (edited) 4 hours ago, Zippy87 said: What does Akron have to do with it? Well we're on an Akron forum Edited November 26 by zippy5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy87 Posted November 26 Report Share Posted November 26 4 hours ago, zippy5 said: Well we're on an forum ...and in the Dambrot/Dru/Duquesne thread. I said, "Of the 8 players who averaged at least 15 MPG on last year's Duquesne team, 6 were seniors and are now gone, including their top 2 scorers." And you said "Now do Akron" Do Akron how? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted November 26 Report Share Posted November 26 Forget it 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted November 26 Report Share Posted November 26 I think what he's saying is Akron lost most of their production as well, but doesn't look nearly as bad as Duquesne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted November 27 Report Share Posted November 27 Groce inherited both Utomi and Ivey who were both great. The issue was there wasn't much besides them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy87 Posted November 27 Report Share Posted November 27 43 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: I think what he's saying is Akron lost most of their production as well, but doesn't look nearly as bad as Duquesne. Akron didn't have a coaching change. I guess that's where I'm confused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted December 4 Report Share Posted December 4 (edited) After getting his first win as a coach, Dry and his Fighting Dukes drop one to St. Peter's... Just a brutal, brutal start to Dru's HC career. I hope he can turn it around, sincerely. Edited December 4 by Let'sGoZips94 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted December 4 Report Share Posted December 4 Ouch. Their record is now 1-7 but, with the exception of DePaul, they're not getting blown out. Lipscomb - lost by 5 Princeton - lost by 7 DePaul - lost by 26 Milwaukee - lost by 6 South Dakota State - lost by 11 (we know how tough they are) Hampton - lost by 5 St. Peters - lost by 3 Hang in there Dru! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted December 14 Report Share Posted December 14 The annual Duquesne game at SVSM is tonight at 6:00 versus Towson. Free admission. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted December 14 Report Share Posted December 14 2 hours ago, clarkwgriswold said: The annual Duquesne game at SVSM is tonight at 6:00 versus Towson. Free admission. I'm currently watching Texas A & M play Purdue in what is so far a good game in a jam packed NBA arena. Somewhere between playing in an NBA arena and SVSM is a better idea than what Duquesne is doing. It's all so stupid. Maybe Santa will bring the Duquesne AD and ounce of creativity for Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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