Martelli Out at SJU
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Just breaking.
They finally got the guts to do what needed to be done before. Thats an AD who gets what happened this year. They were expected to be better and should have been better and for not the first time and the coach ahs to pay for that. No matter how good a guy and no metter the contract.
Love this quote from the St Joe press release: "As basketball is an important strategic asset for Saint Joseph's, the University will move forward with the intent to build upon its storied history, develop a sustained culture of excellence, and consistently compete for NCAA Tournament appearances and conference championships," the school said.
And they held him accountable to that standard. He went undeafeted one year and was ranked #1 in the country and reached an elite eight. Also, St. Joe went to the Dance as recently as 2016 but three losing seasons since. Not meeting the "sustained culture of excellence" they seek, so he's out. I applaud them despite fact Martelli is a world class guy and an awesome representative of their University (two things they acknowledged in their press release).
Wish they had done this before Hardt decided so he could see how its done!
They finally got the guts to do what needed to be done before. Thats an AD who gets what happened this year. They were expected to be better and should have been better and for not the first time and the coach ahs to pay for that. No matter how good a guy and no metter the contract.
Love this quote from the St Joe press release: "As basketball is an important strategic asset for Saint Joseph's, the University will move forward with the intent to build upon its storied history, develop a sustained culture of excellence, and consistently compete for NCAA Tournament appearances and conference championships," the school said.
And they held him accountable to that standard. He went undeafeted one year and was ranked #1 in the country and reached an elite eight. Also, St. Joe went to the Dance as recently as 2016 but three losing seasons since. Not meeting the "sustained culture of excellence" they seek, so he's out. I applaud them despite fact Martelli is a world class guy and an awesome representative of their University (two things they acknowledged in their press release).
Wish they had done this before Hardt decided so he could see how its done!
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I will pull my post from the same thread I started before this one in an attempt to combine them: See below from the similarly title thread and we can all use this one
Just breaking.
They finally got the guts to do what needed to be done before. Thats an AD who gets what happened this year. They were expected to be better and should have been better and for not the first time and the coach has to pay for that. No matter how good a guy and no matter the contract.
Love this quote from the St Joe press release: "As basketball is an important strategic asset for Saint Joseph's, the University will move forward with the intent to build upon its storied history, develop a sustained culture of excellence, and consistently compete for NCAA Tournament appearances and conference championships," the school said.
And they held him accountable to that standard. He went undeafeted one year and was ranked #1 in the country and reached an elite eight. Also, St. Joe went to the Dance as recently as 2016 but three losing seasons since. Not meeting the "sustained culture of excellence" they seek, so he's out. I applaud them despite fact Martelli is a world class guy and an awesome representative of their University (two things they acknowledged in their press release).
Wish they had done this before Hardt decided so he could see how its done!
Just breaking.
They finally got the guts to do what needed to be done before. Thats an AD who gets what happened this year. They were expected to be better and should have been better and for not the first time and the coach has to pay for that. No matter how good a guy and no matter the contract.
Love this quote from the St Joe press release: "As basketball is an important strategic asset for Saint Joseph's, the University will move forward with the intent to build upon its storied history, develop a sustained culture of excellence, and consistently compete for NCAA Tournament appearances and conference championships," the school said.
And they held him accountable to that standard. He went undeafeted one year and was ranked #1 in the country and reached an elite eight. Also, St. Joe went to the Dance as recently as 2016 but three losing seasons since. Not meeting the "sustained culture of excellence" they seek, so he's out. I applaud them despite fact Martelli is a world class guy and an awesome representative of their University (two things they acknowledged in their press release).
Wish they had done this before Hardt decided so he could see how its done!
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#HireMooney billboard on I-76. On it.
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We do have Lunardi on the payroll, so maybe we can just swap radio guys?
Have to admit surprise at that move from a school in CM's hometown. Sixty four year old coach who had been there for 24 years as head coach.
Do not be surprised if Lunardi is out too. Coach Martelli had a tough 3 years but he has won two A10 titles in the last six seasons I believe. I am not surprised they went towards a fresh start in their program.
Biggest takeaway is "accountable to that standard". I'd love to know what our standard is. I wonder if it's a word even used behind closed doors re: our "nice little program". Besides competing for A10 championships has Hardt mentioned anything of substance or tangible.
Teams all over the country dismissing coaches who have had far greater success than UR.
Not impressed with our leadership in the least. I wondered if any corporation would keep someone in a senior management position with a long term equivalency of average. (14 year record slightly > .500).
Heard from a Hawk that they have been wanting to make sweeping changes. He mentioned them not being happy with Lunardi consulting other programs.
Appears UR higher-ups and Hardt only ones not making the logical and right move. 
The whole A-10 has sucked since the big boys left. (Temple, Xavier, Butler).
