Kind of crappy to do this right before the sweet 16 game.
Maryland Coach Kevin Willard to Villanova
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Kind of crappy to do this right before the sweet 16 game.
Seems like a lateral move at best. Gary Williams proved you can win at Maryland so why would you bolt when you have them rolling. Plus it’s a Big 10 job can’t get more security than that in this college environment. I seen a tweet that said Willard convinced Rick Jr. not to take that job. I can’t remember if it was the fake twitter guy or not though. Strange.
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Kevin Willard played high school at Tates Creek in Lexington and college at WKU.
His Father is Ralph Willard, who coached under Pitino at UK.
His Father is Ralph Willard, who coached under Pitino at UK.
This is the one complaint I have with the transfer portal. It needs to stay closed until the tournament is done. Because now those guys can't declare to transfer if they still have to play. Coaches have to focus on the tourney (or should be) and programs that are still in it are at a two-three week disadvantage. Not fair to anyone.
Didn't he just tell Lil Pitino not to take the Villanova job because it lacked NIL?
Nothing official out there yet but a ton of rumors and scuttlebutt. The Maryland fans online seem to be so mad at him for the public comments this week he might not be welcome back...
Doing this while your team is still playing in the tournament just seems crazy and wrong to me.
I mean DeVries basically said he was talking to IU behind WVU's back.
Pitino was probably doing so with Xavier.
And now this.
Currently there seems to be a lot of concern about the Big East schools being in the best position for basketball by not needing to revenue share as much or at all with football. We'll see...
https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...of-coach-kevin-willard-leaving-for-villanova/
May not happen, but there's a crap ton of smoke.
Im fine with thay, I think Florida might be the best chance to beat Duke, followed by Houston and then Auburn.
Didn't see them losing regardless. Think they will win this game far easier than uconn game.
Weird news. Not sure how you allow this to leak for a seemingly lateral move. Not like he's making a huge step up. Or, maybe he's angling for a big pay raise from Maryland.
Will Wade let it be known he was going to NC State but McNeese still won. So, I’d be curious to see how the Maryland team reacts.
Per Maryland fans they have one of the lowest NIL's in the country and their AD was an idiot. They are also speculating the Big East is gonna be dominant when revenue sharing happens since they don't really have football worth speaking of.
Yeah, wasn't one of their players clowning on his own program's money and stuff?
I read somewhere that the AD who hired him to Maryland just stepped down a few days ago and is taking the AD job at SMU.
Doesn't make the incredibly bad timing of this any more tolerable............. but at least explains his desire to get out if he feels that no one at Maryland has his back.
Yes… and he was less than likable back then, so it’s not terribly surprising that he is angling for a new job with another school on the eve of his current team’s Sweet 16 birth.
I love his character in “Waiting for Guffman”. The greatest comedy movie of all time.
Fred was the only good one out of the bunch it seems.
Villanova is probably a better job. Relatively strong fan base with some solid basketball history. Probably better money. Not sure about the conference thing but I understand him taking it. Philadelphia isn’t a great place to live but Maryland isn’t wonderful either.
More pressure at Nova. They have a basketball tradition and expect you to compete for titles here and there.
No. That was just some random Maryland fan trying to make a joke tweet about why Willard wouldnt' be leaving. And it's not like that one guy that lied about Hurley who pretend to be a reporter. But he used the word "Report" in his tweet, so a few people assumed he was an actual media person with info. It would be like taking Bucky Small Hooves seriously.
just coI mean DeVries basically said he was talking to IU behind WVU's back.
just common practice
wasn't he at the end of his contract & trying to renegotiate a new one
supposedly wasn't happy about several things including NIL
but he also said he wanted to stay and expand what Lefty, Gary Williams & others had done
just common practice
wasn't he at the end of his contract & trying to renegotiate a new one
supposedly wasn't happy about several things including NIL
but he also said he wanted to stay and expand what Lefty, Gary Williams & others had done
yes it is...........
especially after the big kind just said how much of a players coach he was
$$$$ talks & he listened
Yes, their AD just left. Also, many here in Maryland think it is a leverage ploy.
Willard just did a massive dump on the program saying it needs more funding and backing. He refused to sign the contract extension until a new AD is hired.
Willard just did a massive dump on the program saying it needs more funding and backing. He refused to sign the contract extension until a new AD is hired.
Apparently Willard didn't attend the team dinner last night.
Looks like Cal is one of the names Maryland has on their list lol.
Are they insane? No way Cal goes there with no AD and if he is leaving because of NIL Cal definitely won’t buy into that when he’s bankrolled to the moon right now.
Apparently Willard didn't attend the team dinner last night.
Looks like Cal is one of the names Maryland has on their list lol.
He didn’t attend the team dinner? That is low,
Apparently Willard didn't attend the team dinner last night.
Looks like Cal is one of the names Maryland has on their list lol.
Damn I’d be pissed off as a Maryland fan. How can he ever hold a player accountable after pulling something like this. That would be like a star player entering the portal the week of the sweet 16 and not playing or traveling with the team.
This is what a Maryland fan posted last night.
Quite possibly the craziest coaching drama I can remember since the Roy Williams to North Carolina rumors started while he had Kansas in the Final Four. You just don’t see many guys up and leave a power conference job without it being a face saving move before they get fired, and it’s even more shocking to be leaving the Big 10 voluntarily in a time when they’re positioned to be one of the two conferences that are ahead of even the other power conferences. Add in the allegations that he’s essentially checking out on his team that’s still alive in the Sweet 16, and this is a real doozy.
We had this happen to a lesser extent last year with Cal checking out in February, talking to Ohio State I think it was.