Q: The postings on the blog seem to be pretty congratulatory regarding Donahue. You probably guessed this day would come. Now that it has, how are you feeling?
Cornell Basketball Blog: We wish Steve the best at Boston College. He deserves the job. Nobody wants to see him go, but this is just part of the industry and the reality of college basketball.
Q: What do you see as Donahue's upside at BC?
CBB: It is hard to tell how Donahue will fit in with the ACC. He is definitely a great tactician and bench coach and is a very good judge of character in terms of who he chooses to recruit. He is also a born leader, so BC definitely found itself a new CEO.
Q: Recruiting seems to be the biggest question regarding his transition from the Ivy to the ACC. Do you think he will be able to find ACC caliber players and get them to BC?
CBB: This is a big concern for Boston College and they surely took a risk on this issue as Cornell never recruited in the elite high school talent. While he should succeed in getting solid ACC level players with the Boston College brand behind him, the bigger question is will he get players that can compete with Duke and North Carolina?
Q: How do you see Donahue's career playing out in Boston?
CBB: We don't know if Steve is going to win championships at B.C., but we do know he is a class act and he will develop a basketball program that Boston College can be proud to call their own.
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Nice move getting their insight, ATL. But is the Cornell blog written by marketing software? The answers made me feel like I was at work reading some PR release. "we wish him the best" ugh.
Does anyone know where Steve actualyed PLAYED high school ball?
"Does anyone know where Steve actualyed PLAYED high school ball?"
We have a number of mutual friends. He played at Cardinal O'Hara outside Philly with the Arizin's (sons of NBA Hall of Famer and Villanova walk-on Paul Arizin) then played at Ursinus College with a friend of mine who played for Fran Dumphy at Malvern Prep (Dumph now being at Temple and formerly Penn).
I don't know who writes the Cornell Blog as I followed it this season. It definitely is more factual than conversational.
A number of former BC players have already reached out to him and actually received emails back. (Al is mine still in the spam folder?!!) I think the Cornell blogger is right on the money. The question, as it always is at BC, is can Steve/we get the right kids into the school/program to really compete at the next level? Al (and his staff) was always able to find a few sleepers until the last few years. Steve will find those role players, but now he has to grab one or two top 50 players which is something that we have not done for a long time. People think that is easy, but it takes anyone time unless you have a Calipari at Kentucky situation where one and done is allowed.
Other than Duke and Carolina, every team in the ACC is asking a similar question. See what Steve says this afternoon, but let's give him a chance.
Obviously I think it is the perfect hire for BC.
haha blist, i thought the same thing, it was as if that post was written by a machine.
if this guy is a good coach and game tactician, and will rally the student body and alumni, i'm 100% behind the move. my main gripe with skinner was his lack of inbounds plays, calling time outs when they needed to be called, and overall seemingly lackadaiscal coaching. BC will continue to get "BC" type players -- under recruited, chip on their shoulder, hopefully D1 caliber. if donahue can coach them and win with them, he's a great hire.
From today's Herald. Reggie Jackson is exicted:
“We know (Cornell) liked to shoot,” Jackson said yesterday. “They have great shooters and obviously we’re not as great of a shooting team as they are, but at the same time, they’re not as athletically gifted as we are. I just can’t help but smile and wait and see what happens with this group and what he plans to do in the future with us.”
“We all like to go and run - wish we could have done it more - but that’s what we seek to do,” Jackson said. “When we were being successful at the end of the year, it wasn’t really the offense that much. Offensive sets are just there to train guys and help keep them out of trouble, but at the end of the day you have to let your players go and make basketball plays.
“I feel like I’ll fit way better in coach Donahue’s system, but only because of what coach Skinner’s system has done for me. It taught (me) to be more of a true point guard. I learned a lot of great things under him for two years.”
Note to ATL: BCI is eating your lunch on this major story!
Snap out of it ATL and get in gear ATL!
per BCI: "Donahue's coaching staff hiring updates: Nat Graham (former Penn player and top Cornell assistant) and John Gallagher (Penn assistant). "
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http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2010/04/07/bc-lucky-captain-d/
This was sent to me by a Cornell buddy.
Cornell captain writes about Captain D. Sorry I don't know the html code.
Michael,
Thanks for the great article! Gets me pumped.
Jackson's comments are very thoughtful, very mature considering this coaching turnover.
Can't wait to see RJ in a more wide open offense- that alone is worth the price of admission. What we need from Donahue is convince the casual Boston fan this same point.
Reggie Jackson smiles about the coaching change and BC fans breathe a sigh of relief.
Donahue is our Dark Warrior, the Prince of Darkness, if you will!
(from wikinames) "Donahue is Gaelic in origin, having morphed from the clan name “Ó Donnchadha.” “Donn” meant “brown-haired man” and “cath” meant “battle,” so the name may be interpreted as “brown-haired fighter” or simply “dark fighter.” "
But in terms of future ACC play, here's the best factoid from wiki:
"There were more than 800 people with the last name Donahue who fought in the Civil War. Almost all of them fought on the Union side."
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