Brey to Stay at ND

[KPENN]

So GreatDayne I have to ask the question after hearing about you and your relation to Stevens...is that you in the pic!? -haha In all honestly tho, can't say I'd be heart broken to see Brey leave. I agree with Loomis in that he is near his ceiling...I wouldn't mind some fresh blood coming in a giving the program a little shake-up. I also agree it won't be Stevens, I'm sure he's had the world offered to him by all the huge schools in need of a change...can't see him coming to ND. Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Smart also sign a contract extension recently and state he was staying?!

How bout some other names, anyone got a good one in mind?
Here are a few I thought of: Chris Mack at Xavier, Scott Drew Baylor(is he clean in eye of NCAA right now?), Greg Kampe Oakland(know him personally, great guy...would be my pick!) Mark Few Gonzaga (seems like their luster has worn a bit, maybe time for a change?) Sean Miller Arizona (new at AZ, doing well...probably long shot). Steve Wojciechowski - Duke Asst. Joe Dooley - Kansas Asst.

Really like Izzo's assistant that just went to Northern Illinois: Mark Montgomery, I think will be great before its all said and done. Too bad we would have just missed out on him.

Hahahaha this made me laugh. At least ND would be good at flopping and floor slapping

 

[Ironman8]

Coach Sean Miller staying put with Arizona Wildcats - ESPN

Then:

Mike Brey to meet with Maryland officials; Sean Miller staying at Arizona
By Steve Yanda and David Larimer

Two days after Maryland celebrated the career of retiring coach Gary Williams, the school’s search for Williams’s replacement could be turning to Notre Dame Coach Mike Brey.

Brey will meet with Maryland officials on Sunday to discuss the vacant men’s basketball head coaching position, according to a source close to Brey and to the Maryland athletic department who was not authorized to speak on the record.

After Williams announced his retirement, it appeared the focus of Maryland’s job search was Arizona Coach Sean Miller. Maryland Athletic Director Kevin Anderson was expected to travel to meet with the Wildcats coach in Las Vegas, where Miller was at a coaching clinic, according to sources, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the situation.

However, Arizona announced late Saturday night on its athletics department’s Web site that Miller had agreed to a contract extension to remain in Tucson.

“Sean and I have had many positive conversations and have been working on a revised contract for some time,” Arizona Athletic Director Greg Byrne said in the statement. “I’m pleased to confirm that we have agreed to an amendment to Sean’s contract that we hope will keep him in Tucson for many years to come.”

Terms of the extension were not immediately released.

In a separate statement posted on Arizona’s Web site, Miller said: “Over the last two days, the amount of inaccuracies that surrounded this entire process has been very disappointing. Hopefully, this will put an end to such speculation. . . . While it’s flattering to be mentioned as a candidate for job openings, such speculation only means that our staff is doing great things here in Tucson.”

Sources said there is mutual interest between Maryland and Brey, who has deep roots in the area. One source close to the Maryland athletic department and to Brey said Brey wants the Maryland job.

Maryland already has reached out to representatives for Brey, the Chicago Tribune reported Thursday afternoon, and Brey has a contract extension in the works to remain with the Irish, a source told the newspaper.

Brey, this past season’s Big East coach of the year, has a 238-120 record in 11 seasons at Notre Dame. But Brey has made just one round-of-16 appearance (2003) during his tenure, and the Fighting Irish were upset by Florida State in the second round of this year’s tournament.

Born in Bethesda, Brey graduated from DeMatha and George Washington, and later returned to the area as an assistant for five seasons under Morgan Wootten.

Mike Brey to meet with Maryland officials; Sean Miller staying at Arizona - Terrapins Insider - The Washington Post

 

[NDinL.A.]

This definitely does not look good for ND's chances of keeping Brey. Swarbrick is going to have to come through with a lot of things that will make the job more attractive if he wants to either keep Brey or get a name coach. If not, we could be in trouble.

 

[loomis41973]

Not looking good if he really talked with Swarbrick already and is still interviewing with the Terps.

 

[IrishLax]

Not looking good if he really talked with Swarbrick already and is still interviewing with the Terps.

Yup, it means he didn't get the money/terms he was looking for. Not all that surprising considering the mixed feeling on Brey from Irish fans. Half of the people love him and half of the people want him gone for "mediocrity."

I would be shocked if he doesn't end up a Terp now... unless Maryland offers him a deal that is worse than I'm expecting.

 

[GreatGolson]

Moments ago he sent a text to the South Bend Tribune "no meetings- GO IRISH" i think this thread is over source: ISD twitter

 

[IrishLax]

Moments ago he sent a text to the South Bend Tribune "no meetings- GO IRISH" i think this thread is over source: ISD twitter

Pffft.... gotta love misinformation. Does that mean the extension got done?

 

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

Good news! Notre Dame is one of the few schools I would think could get Brad Stevens, so I hope Brey stays for a long time.

 

[InKellyITrust]

NDinLA: Brey isn't interviewing with Maryland. It might be time to edit the thread title again.

 

[InKellyITrust]

NDinLA: Brey isn't interviewing with Maryland. It might be time to edit the thread title again.

Haha, thanks for changing it! Good news for ND Basketball fans!

 

[GreatGolson]

So GreatDayne I have to ask the question after hearing about you and your relation to Stevens...is that you in the pic!?

yes it is me at the 2010 elite eight

 

[NCDomer]

Riiiight....

Let Wake Forest or UConn or UCLA offer him 3 million a year(not to mention all of the "perks" that Butler could never offer) and watch him skip out!

Sadly, you're right about Wake Forest. They pay their football coach just under $3M. (site) Unfortunately, Grobe made all his money on their abnormal run to the Orange Bowl in 2006. Two good seasons in the last decade, and Wake Forest paid him a ton of money to keep him from leaving for Arkansas (which later got Petrino). This is probably more egregious than the Weis extension.

Wake Forest also paid Dino Gaudio (their old coach) $788k his first year, then gave him a two-year extension during his last season. They fired Gaudio and hired Jeff Bzdelik, who went on to have the worst Wake Forest team in school history this season.

Wellman, the school's AD, may be fired soon for these recent decisions. For all the money spent on these two sports, the school isn't getting much ROI. It's a mess right now, but eventually they'll pay a ton of money to a coach who deserves it.

Staying on topic (or at least remembering to keep it relevant to the OP), Maryland does/did have the 9th most valuable bball program according to Forbes in 2009. They have money. Although they won't get Brey, they can get a solid candidate if they shell out the money. I'm not sure if they're so willing with their new football coach purchase recently and donors not giving as much with the recent recession.

 

[RDU Irish]

Finally catching up with some posts here - I am surprised on one keyed in early in this thread on the fact that Brey was negotiating a contract extention. CLASSIC move by Brey, he needs leverage to negotiate a and Maryland provided the most reasonable threat of losing him.

My beef with Brey has always been style of play and relying on one or two people completely. I hope he continues to learn from his coaching successes of the last few years. More burn, more defense, more than five players used with everyone a threat to score from all parts of the court.

Add some upgraded talent and I like Brey's odds for the next ten years at ND. Any enough about the one and done we can't recruit. GOOD RIDDANCE! They are the reason I don't watch the NBA. College basketball is an actual team sport versus the one-on-one street ball crap the NBA puts together.

Plenty of players out there that understand the **** poor odds of making the NBA. Hell, half the draft is foreigners and High School kids anyway. So lets say you have 400 total NBA roster spots and 70 players drafted each year. NFL is 4X this number. Plus NFL careers average much shorter than NBA careers I suspect (more cut short from injury for sure). In short, you have to be that much more dominant in a much smaller pool than you do to make the NFL.

In light of this, I find it just short of miraculous that Brey has placed as many in the NBA as he has. Again, I don't follow the NBA so I can't talk to who is currently on a roster but we have placed more than anyone would have expected and you cannot question Brey's ability to make dominant college players out of mediocre prospects.