Brown Candidate for Providence Job?

[purplehaze]

It was announced prior to tonight's UMass Basketball banquet that Travis Ford is staying at UMass.

[purplehaze]

Providence in contact with Will Brown????

 

http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/8010846...3162&ATT=99

[UA_MA_2000]

Providence in contact with Will Brown????

 

http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/8010846...3162&ATT=99

 

 

"The Friars have been in contact with Ohio University's Tom O'Shea and Albany's Will Brown."

 

If this is true, then Providence must have (should have) contacted Dr. M. first, though as of a day or two ago, Providence had not done so. Unless that has happened in the past 48 hours, my bet is that that Fox Sports article doesn't have its information right.

 

I think America Least's Blog article said it best: "I'd chalk this up to re-hashing bulls[iena]." http://americaleast.blogspot.com/2008/04/p...with-brown.html (alteration added).

[WCDBvoiceofUA]

Andy Katz mentioned Will's name on ESPN radio last night but didn't mention the Ohio coach.

[I rock(ed) the Cape]

I just feel like nobody is doing their research here...If will had actually been contacted, or was legitimately a candidate wouldn't our AD have sent out an email saying he granted permission for them to speak to Will? Wouldn't he be visiting the campus, or make some sort of public comment? I just don't understand why everyone is saying he's been in contact and is a candidate when we have no evidence of this except for one article...

[WCDBvoiceofUA]

These names don't just come from no where. So far an A-10 and a CAA coach have turned down a Big East job so its not illogical to think he's not drawn some interest from the Friars.

[uofalbany]

I just feel like nobody is doing their research here...If will had actually been contacted, or was legitimately a candidate wouldn't our AD have sent out an email saying he granted permission for them to speak to Will? Wouldn't he be visiting the campus, or make some sort of public comment? I just don't understand why everyone is saying he's been in contact and is a candidate when we have no evidence of this except for one article...

 

 

What would the point of our AD to send out an email? And to whom would he send an email?

 

I don't think intentionally publicizing that one of your coaches and another college are in contact and have been given permission to communicate would be a wise move.

 

Drawing attention to something that may not turn out to be anything is illogical.

 

 

On the other hand, if there were mutual interest, he would be visiting the campus... and probably sooner rather than later. And his visit would be all over the news. I don't think a coach would be making any public comments during an interview process.

[I rock(ed) the Cape]

All I was trying to say was that last year when he was being pursued by Bonaventure, it was pretty much public knowledge everything that was going on...that he was going interview, that they had been granted permission to interview him, etc. This time around he's being mentioned as having "Been in contact" but there is no info that would support that...

[purplehaze]

Former Providence Coach Tim Welsh interviews for the Toledo job.

 

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a...RTS11/804100415

[Dane Pound]

From today's Providence Journal:

 

"Albany’s Brown never interviewed

 

Reports from all sorts of media swirl during a coaching search, and digging through it all and deciphering what’s true and what is not is a challenge. One piece of untruth that was reported in many circles as fact can now be shot down: Albany’s Will Brown was never interviewed by PC athletic director Bob Driscoll. That report originally came from a New York newspaper. It is untrue. That’s good news because Brown was the one name that never made much sense in PC’s search."

 

Projo - Coach Search

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Any word on how Mr. Johnson's visit went?

[Dane Pound]

BTW Providence hired Drakes Keno Davis as their new head coach. Davis was head coach for one year (One Year!) at Drake, that's his total head coaching experience - Wow. Got him a 7 year deal with the Friars. Amazing.

 

 

Here's to hoping we don't hear any Will Brown to Drake rumors now

[Dane96]

With the Iowa connection...oye!

[haggyland]

It was announced prior to tonight's UMass Basketball banquet that Travis Ford is staying at UMass.

 

And the wheels on the bus go round and round......

 

Sources: Ford likely to succeed Sutton at Oklahoma State

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3349529

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round and round.....ALL TOGETHER.....round and round!