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This is not directed at you at all, but, I just wanted to use your note at the bottom to state to those crazy posters, that there is zero chance of Jay Wright being our coach. Other posters have mentioned him, and made it seem like all we have to do is ask and he is ours. He wins 30+ a year, is in national title hunt yearly, and lives in his hometown. He is also recruiting players we want and getting them at Nova. Plus he makes more money than JB. What has made anyone believe he would ever leave Nova for cuse? Bothers me when people are unrealistic. It's not happening despite how perfect a candidate he is.But once the Wildcats had success on a national scale, the expectations grew.
"I got sloppy," Wright said. "After we went to the Final Four, it was easy to get guys. So rather than sit down with them and explain, 'Look, I know you want to come, but this is what we do,' I said, 'All right, good, he's a great player? All right, good.'
"And then they got here, we start talking about it and they're like, 'Whoa, no one told me about that.' And they were right. We didn't explain to them what this was. Some of them, when they got here, they got it. Some of them were like, 'Wait, that's not what I signed up for.'"
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"We had hit rock bottom after that season," he said. "What are we doing? We're not helping these kids. We're not true to our culture. This is on me. This is a decision I made. This is the culture I've created since the Final Four. These are the guys I brought in. I've got to change."
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When Wright and his staff recruit a high school player, they make sure they lay out what will be asked of the player during his time at Villanova. The idea of family is paramount, and they point to players in the past who made it to the NBA while also being part of a winning culture for three or four years. And not only do they expect total buy-in from the recruit, they also make sure everyone around the recruit is on board, from the parents to the high school coach to the AAU coach.
"He's done a really good job of saying, 'What is my expectation for me and for Villanova and for my staff?' said Jason Donnelly, a former assistant coach under Wright who is now the executive director of athletic development at Villanova. "And my expectation is a certain kind of kid and a certain kind of culture and a certain kind of competitiveness -- and I'm not giving up on that."
Everyone asks why Nova is able to keep most of their players for four years and aren't they besieged by early departures. Well you can see some of it in the above.
I don't think it is realistic, but if there is one guy who I could have lined up to replace JB in five years, it would be Jay Wright.
This is not directed at you at all, but, I just wanted to use your note at the bottom to state to those crazy posters, that there is zero chance of Jay Wright being our coach. Other posters have mentioned him, and made it seem like all we have to do is ask and he is ours. He wins 30+ a year, is in national title hunt yearly, and lives in his hometown. He is also recruiting players we want and getting them at Nova. Plus he makes more money than JB. What has made anyone believe he would ever leave Nova for cuse? Bothers me when people are unrealistic. It's not happening despite how perfect a candidate he is.
jay wright spent 5 years at hofstra before taking the villanova job. you can find great young head coaches at smaller programs if you do your research. villanova struck gold.
jay wright spent 5 years at hofstra before taking the villanova job. you can find great young head coaches at smaller programs if you do your research. villanova struck gold.
Ed Zackly.Did Nova thank SU, Ville, ND for leaving so they could dominate the Big East and northeast basketball? Because they should.
Sorry, but that's such a dumb argument. Take away the National Championship and the Final Four they have in the last 9 years, and they're only in the top 10% of teams in the country every year.He's on a good run but take away the NC year and they rarely get out of 2nd round.
This is not directed at you at all, but, I just wanted to use your note at the bottom to state to those crazy posters, that there is zero chance of Jay Wright being our coach. Other posters have mentioned him, and made it seem like all we have to do is ask and he is ours. He wins 30+ a year, is in national title hunt yearly, and lives in his hometown. He is also recruiting players we want and getting them at Nova. Plus he makes more money than JB. What has made anyone believe he would ever leave Nova for cuse? Bothers me when people are unrealistic. It's not happening despite how perfect a candidate he is.
He's on a good run but take away the NC year and they rarely get out of 2nd round.
Nova was beating the big boys in the BE regularly.Ed Zackly.
And you can add The Hall, PC, and some others to that list- which is why the Einsteins who suggested we start measuring ourselves to Providence College, need to get a clue! Programs that could never quite break thru the behemoth of the OBE, suddenly had room to breathe. Nova, to their credit, was in perfect position to take advantage, and they did so. Congrats.
Nova was always upper tier OBE, but they had a number of down periods. Overall record was spotty in terms of conference championships, etc. Once the power hitters left they were in perfect position to fill the vacuum created, literally unopposed.Nova was beating the big boys in the BE regularly.
This is not directed at you at all, but, I just wanted to use your note at the bottom to state to those crazy posters, that there is zero chance of Jay Wright being our coach. Other posters have mentioned him, and made it seem like all we have to do is ask and he is ours. He wins 30+ a year, is in national title hunt yearly, and lives in his hometown. He is also recruiting players we want and getting them at Nova. Plus he makes more money than JB. What has made anyone believe he would ever leave Nova for cuse? Bothers me when people are unrealistic. It's not happening despite how perfect a candidate he is.
Lots of people wrote him off.JB had a very long stretch of not getting past the second round earlier in his career. Glad people didn’t write him off.
Nova wasn't just beating they were one of the big boys in the BE for almost the last decade or so... GMAC's senior day game was against Nova and they kicked our butts. You're not giving them enough credit.Nova was beating the big boys in the BE regularly.
Lots of people wrote him off.
Nova wasn't just beating they were one of the big boys in the BE for almost the last decade or so... GMAC's senior day game was against Nova and they kicked our butts. You're not giving them enough credit.
Once the rest of the big boys left the BE they were the lone big fish left and have taken advantage of it.
He turned down a Kentucky overture. He ain’t goin nowhere. Except maybe the NBA.This is not directed at you at all, but, I just wanted to use your note at the bottom to state to those crazy posters, that there is zero chance of Jay Wright being our coach. Other posters have mentioned him, and made it seem like all we have to do is ask and he is ours. He wins 30+ a year, is in national title hunt yearly, and lives in his hometown. He is also recruiting players we want and getting them at Nova. Plus he makes more money than JB. What has made anyone believe he would ever leave Nova for cuse? Bothers me when people are unrealistic. It's not happening despite how perfect a candidate he is.
This^^^Nova wasn't just beating they were one of the big boys in the BE for almost the last decade or so... GMAC's senior day game was against Nova and they kicked our butts. You're not giving them enough credit.
Once the rest of the big boys left the BE they were the lone big fish left and have taken advantage of it.
Nothing like relying on facts.Wright won 25 games 3 times in 12 years before we left the conference in 2013. We won 25 games 7 times in that same period. He’s now about to win 25 games his fifth season in a row. You can’t help but wonder how much conference realignment helped Nova since 2013.