Steve Masiello - Manhattan

[ScarletLongIsland]

if recruiting is our biggest hurdle then Masiello should be making his way to the top of our list at this point. All things being even, Masiello would outrecruit Hurley in his sleep.

Is the degree scandal that big of a negative for Hobbs? He has his degree now.

 

[Section114]

Do we know he hasn't been interviewed or isn't planning to be interviewed?

 

[RU-Choppin-Ohio]

Still my choice, plus, he brings Jersey guy Matt Grady as an assistant coach. Unless Grady, who is his Associate Head Coach gets the bump to take over at Manhattan.

 

[RU82]

A verifiable history of making false representations about ones academic credentials on a resume' is a tough one for a public university to dismiss as a minor offense.

 

[Rokodesh]

we hired Eddie without a degree, not a problem!

 

[RU82]

Yeah, but Eddie never represented that he had earned his degree when he hadn't as Masiello did.

 

[RutgersDon]

if recruiting is our biggest hurdle then Masiello should be making his way to the top of our list at this point. All things being even, Masiello would outrecruit Hurley in his sleep.

Is the degree scandal that big of a negative for Hobbs? He has his degree now.

Not for Hobbs but for Barchi

 

[TDIrish27]

Next guy interviewed will be the next HBC .

 

[PhilaPhans]

What proof does one have that Masiello would kill it in recruiting? Has he been bringing in top 3 and 4 star plays to where he is now?

 

[ScarletLongIsland]

What proof? He killed it on the recruiting trail under Pitino. Sorry, but 4 star players are not picking Manhattan.

 

[RRRRUUUU]

"Killed it under PITINO." That's like saying an Alabama assistant is a really good recruiter bc he got guys to come there and play for SabanZ

 

[PhilaPhans]

What proof? He killed it on the recruiting trail under Pitino. Sorry, but 4 star players are not picking Manhattan.

Will lots of 4 stars come to Rutgers? Or will he need Pitino here for that, too? That's all I'm asking.

 

[knights1212]

Why was Masiello's team so bad this past season? If he is so good he should have at least had a winning season in his mid major league.

 

[ScarletLongIsland]

Every coach on our list has had an off season, so your argument is flawed.

 

[RU-Choppin-Ohio]

From the App story

Masiello is a dogged recruited whose squads have appeared in the Big Dance twice. He came up through the ranks as an assistant at Louisville, the same route Willard took. Hobbs has a good relationship with Louisville coach Rick Pitino.

 

[rumn48]

Why was Masiello's team so bad this past season? If he is so good he should have at least had a winning season in his mid major league.

6 scholarship players, lots of injuries and two guys that left the program for personal reasons. Still beat Monmouth in February and finished middle of the pack. Masiello is a great coach, team would have been bottom of the barrel this year if not for him.

 

[RBNY87]

6 scholarship players, lots of injuries and two guys that left the program for personal reasons. Still beat Monmouth in February and finished middle of the pack. Masiello is a great coach, team would have been bottom of the barrel this year if not for him.

You know a little too much about Manhattan basketball not to have connection to Masiello

 

[RU-Choppin-Ohio]

Manhattan All Access with Steve Masielo

 

[Ataylor1989x]

Manhattan All Access with Steve Masielo

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Nice video...even shows him getting intense. Pretty cool that he got his start as a Knicks ball boy.

 

[78CollegeAve]

Laugh that guys want Rutgers to hire a guy who repeatedly LIED about having a degree. Who cares that he's got his degree ... now. I'd like to think that we aspire to be more than UCF football and George O'Liar.

 

[ImBadRU]

Must say. Very intense and works that sideline hard.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

Laugh that guys want Rutgers to hire a guy who repeatedly LIED about having a degree. Who cares that he's got his degree ... now. I'd like to think that we aspire to be more than UCF football and George O'Liar.

Um.. Wasn't Jordan also in this situation?

I admit the video makes him look intense... but what are his results? Does his team play smart out there? Give amazing effort? Never quit?

Of course we want it all.. but, for me, it all begins with whether you can teach the game and have those teaching visible on the court. You can adjust for talent disparity and wins and losses.. but seeing players who quit or play stupidly or lack conditioning and disciple.. that immediately comes back to coaching.

 

[MADHAT1]

Um.. Wasn't Jordan also in this situation?

I admit the video makes him look intense... but what are his results? Does his team play smart out there? Give amazing effort? Never quit?

Of course we want it all.. but, for me, it all begins with whether you can teach the game and have those teaching visible on the court. You can adjust for talent disparity and wins and losses.. but seeing players who quit or play stupidly or lack conditioning and disciple.. that immediately comes back to coaching.

I believe it wasn't Eddie that said he had his degree, RU put it in his bio without knowing he didn't have one.

 

[SkilletHead2]

Masiello's side of this story is not far-fetched and makes it seem a lot less objectionable. He actually marched in graduation while a course short, which he took in summer school, but apparently didn't follow through to make sure he had everything done properly. I think he argues that he really thought he had completed, and called Kentucky to see if maybe there was a mistake on their part that he hadn't gotten the degree. When he found out he was short, he made up the course and graduated. NOW, that is his story on this. Don't know the truth, but if it is true, I think a second chance would be in order.

 

[ScarletLongIsland]

Laugh that guys want Rutgers to hire a guy who repeatedly LIED about having a degree. Who cares that he's got his degree ... now. I'd like to think that we aspire to be more than UCF football and George O'Liar.

So what? He got his degree. Its a nonstory at this point. You want Mother Theresa here? I want to win

 

[RU-Choppin-Ohio]

Masiello's side of this story is not far-fetched and makes it seem a lot less objectionable. He actually marched in graduation while a course short, which he took in summer school, but apparently didn't follow through to make sure he had everything done properly. I think he argues that he really thought he had completed, and called Kentucky to see if maybe there was a mistake on their part that he hadn't gotten the degree. When he found out he was short, he made up the course and graduated. NOW, that is his story on this. Don't know the truth, but if it is true, I think a second chance would be in order.

Sounds very reasonable, after all, we are talking about one course, not someone a semester or two short of graduating.

 

[Ataylor1989x]

Masiello's side of this story is not far-fetched and makes it seem a lot less objectionable. He actually marched in graduation while a course short, which he took in summer school, but apparently didn't follow through to make sure he had everything done properly. I think he argues that he really thought he had completed, and called Kentucky to see if maybe there was a mistake on their part that he hadn't gotten the degree. When he found out he was short, he made up the course and graduated. NOW, that is his story on this. Don't know the truth, but if it is true, I think a second chance would be in order.

Interesting.....Did they physically hand him a degree at commencement?

 

[SkilletHead2]

Interesting.....Did they physically hand him a degree at commencement?

Don't know about Kentucky, but a lot of schools don't actually hand you the diploma as you go up to get what everybody thinks is a diploma. Oftentimes, it's just blank paper rolled up. Other times, if you aren't 100% done, you get the book-y sort of diploma looking thing like everybody else, and they have a diploma, but you have something that says, "Pending completion." There are tons of reasons why colleges hold back diplomas, but let kids march. You got a lot of grandparents who bought plane tix six months ago!

This occupied a lot of my time as an associate dean back in the day.

 

[B1GNJHoops]

A verifiable history of making false representations about ones academic credentials on a resume' is a tough one for a public university to dismiss as a minor offense.

A history or just one mistake?

 

[RU-Choppin-Ohio]

A history or just one mistake?

And just ONE course short.

 

[Good-Knight]

Among my choices. This is a guy you can root for.

 

[ScarletLongIsland]

Especially if he can bring Davis with him as an assistant