Jay Wright Retiring
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Well, that would be a surprise, but it might be an indication of senior coaches growing weary of the new collegiate landscape.
Good for him (unless it's for medical reasons). A lot of these coaches stay on way too long.
I am sure he has something planned. Maybe he takes a breather for a year. Maybe he does some analyst work or maybe he has some beer drinking buddies he wants to fish and/or play golf with. Maybe some grand children to fawn over? All of these are noble endeavors.
Jay is a tremendous coach and it wouldn't audprise me to learn he is a pretty down to earth guy as well. It also Wouldn't surprise me to see some coaches just say, how much is enough? He can still be close to the game if he wants, but he's made plenty of money, he can also go live the life he wants w/o the stress of worrying about recruiting and Wins/Losses.
I am sure many are envious in his profession.
Jay is a tremendous coach and it wouldn't audprise me to learn he is a pretty down to earth guy as well. It also Wouldn't surprise me to see some coaches just say, how much is enough? He can still be close to the game if he wants, but he's made plenty of money, he can also go live the life he wants w/o the stress of worrying about recruiting and Wins/Losses.
I am sure many are envious in his profession.
No pre-season announcement that he will retire at the end of the year followed by a year long dog and pony show to make it all about himself? Must just be a Coach K thing.
One of my favorite non-Iowa coaches. Truly seems like one of the good guys.
Seemed like a helluva nice guy. Then he’d put his team on the floor and kick your ass. Then be a helluva nice guy after the game.
Maybe he wants to spend more time with his wife. He has plenty of money. He is 60 and looks to be in good health. His wife looks healthy. The kids are out of the house. I hope he is retiring to enjoy the fruits of his labor. Time to travel.
21 years
8 Big East Conference Championships
16 NCAA Tournament appearances
8 Sweet 16 appearances
4 Final Fours
2 National Championships (2016 & 2018)
8 Big East Conference Championships
16 NCAA Tournament appearances
8 Sweet 16 appearances
4 Final Fours
2 National Championships (2016 & 2018)
I wonder what the perception of Jay Wright was - before his first National Championship? Not comparing him to Fran - but it took Jay a decade or so to finally get over the hump.
DeCourcy's twitter post is pretty dickish in my opinion. He acts like these older guys are still willing to spend 24/7 to coach young guys in shorts to play a game, why isn't Wright? Who knows why Wright wants to hang it up? And really, it's no one's business but his and his family's. Coach Wright has been all class as far as I'm concerned and I wish him well in his future endeavors, whatever they are.
Jay Wright was in Sweet16 in his 4th year at Villanova. If you add in Hofstra years, I suppose you could say it took 10 years to get to sweet16---but he had Hofstra a non-powerhouse team into NCAA tourny in years 6,7 at Hofstra before jumping to Villanova.
I personally would rate what Jay Wright did at Villanoa as the best coaching job in NCAA. Mark Few is futher behnind at Gonzaga without any titles but is also outstanding. CoachK obviously also top coach. It is possible for top coach to take programs to levels never seen before.
Well if you scroll down the thread there’s still a ton of older coaches still doing well, Fran being one of them. You could very well be right. But what’s interesting is he didn’t seem to lose many guys and he had a great recruiting class coming in next year. It’s a grind, who knows.
The DeCourcy comment is completely moronic, IMO. "Is there enough downtime for college hoops coach?" What in the hell does that mean? Who here wouldn't trade their job for that of a college basketball coach in a heartbeat?
Is there enough downtime in any of our careers.....for the millions of dollars we are all paid? Oh, wait....
I'm not saying they don't put in work and time, but is is really any more than the lives we all chose? Good God.
I'm done now.
Is there enough downtime in any of our careers.....for the millions of dollars we are all paid? Oh, wait....
I'm not saying they don't put in work and time, but is is really any more than the lives we all chose? Good God.
I'm done now.
A lot of National Championships have retired these past couple of years.
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