Ray Giacoletti out as Drake head coach

[DJ2TheHall]

Their program is in a pretty abysmal state right now.

[UNIpanther99]

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Former UNI/ISU assistant Jeff Rutter is the interim.

[northwest iowa panther]

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Ugh! I hear the phone ringing at the Coach Green house.

[panther1]

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I would've made them fire me. Drake was a dumpster fire before the guy got there, might as well let them pay me for the trouble.

[run&blade]

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Ugh! I hear the phone ringing at the Coach Green house.

Career suicide. I doubt he would listen.

[BCPanther]

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Ugh! I hear the phone ringing at the Coach Green house.

Not a chance.

The list at Drake should look like this:
Andy Woodley- Head Coach Iowa Energy
Darian DeVries- Creighton Assistant
Gary Close- Wisc Asst/Dr Tom disciple
Steve Forbes- East Tennessee St Head Coach

[achrist70]

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Unless Sandy Hattfield Clubb is fired before the next hire happens, it won't be a good one.

[SteinPizza]

Re: Ray Giacoletti out as Drake head coach

Unless Sandy Hattfield Clubb is fired before the next hire happens, it won't be a good one.

I've heard that from a few people, both in person and on the radio. They also need to loosen up their academic requirements for recruits. Don't let in idiot thugs, but don't unnecessarily hinder yourself either. Any new guy coming in has to understand the implications of not changing those policies.

[in_the_stands]

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I dunno, D+ has their "Harvard of the Midwest" reputation to protect

[claw]

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I've heard that from a few people, both in person and on the radio. They also need to loosen up their academic requirements for recruits. Don't let in idiot thugs, but don't unnecessarily hinder yourself either. Any new guy coming in has to understand the implications of not changing those policies.

Let's not act like academics are keeping kids out. Hell, Rayvonte Rice got in. I'm sure he isn't a walking idiot, but has never seemed like a high scholar kind of kid.

[Trapped in California]

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It's a good thing that the business school regained its accreditation, it maintain its image (as if anyone outside the campus cared)

[SteinPizza]

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It's a good thing that the business school regained its accreditation, it maintain its image (as if anyone outside the campus cared)

Actually, the greater DSM business community probably cares. They've historically sent lots of people to Drake to get grad degrees, and the market for that is heating up with Iowa opening/expanding a satellite location aimed at that market. I don't know the details, but the advertising seems like it's ramped up in the last year. That means competition. There's also talk of a regent's satellite campus being located downtown, shared amongst all three schools. All of that is probably aimed at a market Drake commanded. I think it includes Law. So, the accreditation could be more than just symbolic.

The above is all in addition to whatever will/has happened to AIB. Not sure of the outcome of that, but the news stories around expansion of higher Ed downtown are all additive to the ex-AIB, not including it.

[dan_beeding]

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Let's not act like academics are keeping kids out. Hell, Rayvonte Rice got in. I'm sure he isn't a walking idiot, but has never seemed like a high scholar kind of kid.

Just wondering the back story on that. Do you know him or something about him that we're not privy to, or making assumptions based on court demeanor/actions?

[claw]

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Just wondering the back story on that. Do you know him or something about him that we're not privy to, or making assumptions based on court demeanor/actions?

He wasn't a bad student in high school, a quick google shows a 3.0 GPA. It's just saying that Drake isn't being held back by academic requirements.

[SteinPizza]

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Let's not act like academics are keeping kids out. Hell, Rayvonte Rice got in. I'm sure he isn't a walking idiot, but has never seemed like a high scholar kind of kid.

Talk to some people who are actually connected to Drake. They'll refute your academics comment. As for Rayvonte Rice...I don't know, and I'm betting you don't either. All it would take is loosening up their requirements a bit...not reverting to the 80's where they gave any warm body a basketball scholarship as long as he could play to the level they wanted. Lewis Lloyd was a good example.