Fire Dave Paulsen / Hire Tony Skinn

Patriotsince81

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I'd like DP to revamp his staff completely. I'd love to see him bring back the dynamic duo of Paul Hewitt and Paul Westhead to truly give our program the shot in the arm it needs. Westhead can run the defense, Hewitt the offense, and DP can focus on his dynamic inbound plays. Success I tell you!!!!!!!!!!
 

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If the following coaches with connections to Mason were interested, who would you hire as the next head coach?

Austin Claunch
Chris Caputo
Tony Skinn
I guess my hesitation with Skinn is that I know nothing about his coaching resume. Can someone fill me in? What makes him ready to make the jump to head coach?
 

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I guess my hesitation with Skinn is that I know nothing about his coaching resume. Can someone fill me in? What makes him ready to make the jump to head coach?
X’s and O’s Coaches that can’t recruit are losing jobs left and right. Coaches that were thought to be premier game planners but turned out to not know what is going on in game like Paulsen that also can’t recruit are being boxed out in general. If Skinn comes in as an elite level recruiter and gets kids to the level of St. Louis or Dayton or umass then we will be fine. Ford isn’t a great game planner, grant is barely above average and McCall can’t coach in general. All three will be top half of league this year.
 

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I guess my hesitation with Skinn is that I know nothing about his coaching resume. Can someone fill me in? What makes him ready to make the jump to head coach?
Do just a tiny bit of research..
 

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If the following coaches with connections to Mason were interested, who would you hire as the next head coach?

Austin Claunch
Chris Caputo
Tony Skinn

Why not Konkol? Because he’s already a head coach? He’s making a less at LA Tech than I thought. If we were going to go for someone with ties to Mason who has shown they can win at the D1 level and recruit, I also wouldn’t mind giving him a call. Not sure what it would take form him to leave, though, maybe more than 600k.
 

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Why not Konkol? Because he’s already a head coach? He’s making a less at LA Tech than I thought. If we were going to go for someone with ties to Mason who has shown they can win at the D1 level and recruit, I also wouldn’t mind giving him a call. Not sure what it would take form him to leave, though, maybe more than 600k.
his recruiting has not be top tier A10 quality... Duruji was A+ rest have been like B- or lower really.... better than Paulsen by a fair margin but still not good... that's how low we have been
 

KAOriginal

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Mason's next coach will not be a white guy----willing to bet women's coach will be a minority hire as well--regardless of ties to Mason.
 
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If diversity hires get us Tony Skinn count me right the f**k in. Diversity hires aside, I fully believe that he is one of the best candidates for the job for where the program currently stands, with both our strengths and limitations.

I’d also be happy with Lonergan (track record of success with a very similar school in the conference and very close by), and would be happy with Konkol but I don’t think we are the right situation for him and not a great jump for this point in his career. If I were king for a day Tony would be my first call though.
 

KAOriginal

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I can't be convinced Paulsen won't be out the door...just how soon is the problem.

But that's why I think the stars are aligning for Skinn based on his ties, the timing and the university desire for hiring ....
 

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Clearly, the school wanted to celebrate the members of the Final Four team, yet they used pictures of Jai and Tony from different seasons as each is wearing a different home white uniform.
I just think Brad wanted to see what it would look like with Tony sitting courtside.
 
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