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Post by lionboy on Jun 5, 2008 15:42:09 GMT -5
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Post by fanblade on Jun 20, 2008 15:23:32 GMT -5
Bryant University has found its replacement
O'Shea reportedly will become Bryant's basketball coach
BY KEVIN McNAMARA
Journal Sports Writer
Tim O’Shea, the former University of Rhode Island assistant coach who just completed his seventh season as the head coach at Ohio University, reportedly will be the next coach at Bryant University.
O’Shea would only confirm that he’s spoken with people at Bryant. School officials say a new coach will be announced at a press conference Monday. Three media outlets -- the Columbus Dispatch, espn.com and foxsports.com -- report O'Shea will be named the Bulldogs' next coach.
O’Shea will replace Max Good, the coach who built Bryant into a Division Two power over the last half dozen years. Good left Bryant two weeks ago to become the associate head coach at Loyola-Marymount in California. Bryant is moving from the Northeast 10 to Division One beginning this September. The basketball program will begin a Division One schedule next season and play nonconference foes that include Providence College and Connecticut. Bryant will be phased in as a full-fledged member of the Northeast Conference over the next five seasons.
O’Shea moved from URI to Boston College, his alma mater, with Al Skinner in 1997. After helping BC to a Big East championship, O’Shea was hired at Ohio in 2002. He quickly led the Bobcats to the top of the Mid-American Conference and into the NCAA Tournament in 2005 where Ohio narrowly lost to Florida in the first round. Ohio has won 19 or more games in each of the last four seasons, including a 20-13 record in 2007-08.
O’Shea interviewed for openings at Providence College, Massachusetts and Bucknell in the last few months and remained intrigued by a return to his roots in New England. Once the Bryant position opened, officials there apparently targeted O’Shea. He is a Wayland, Mass., native, has family in New England and owns a home in Newport.
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Post by thx4leavinjimlynam on Jun 21, 2008 1:45:12 GMT -5
One of these days, the media will know to get rid of the evil hyphen between the words "Loyola Marymount." Bill Bayno, this is your mission to complete.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2008 14:39:49 GMT -5
lol
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Post by lionspride on Jun 23, 2008 14:12:53 GMT -5
One of these days, the media will know to get rid of the evil hyphen between the words "Loyola Marymount." Bill Bayno, this is your mission to complete. I HATE that hyphen too. In media guide, it specifically says the media should not use that hyphen. It can be Bill Bayno's mission, but I think John Shaffer, Assistant Director of Communications/Media SHOULD DO HIS JOB AND CALL EVERY NEWS AGENCY THAT USES THAT HYPHEN WHEN REFERENCING LMU. Not to mention a long laundry list of things to improve from a publicity stand point. |
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Post by oldestlion on Jun 23, 2008 15:20:31 GMT -5
Things will improve automatically when we win. When I spoke with the L.A Times most obnoxious writer at a golf tournament and asked him,"Why doesn't LMU basketball get better coverage?", he replied, "You're losers." He added that the same sentiment had been expressed by the majority of the department's writers.
Everyone loves a winner!
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Post by fanblade on Jun 23, 2008 15:58:00 GMT -5
That write isn't the most tactful person but you are right. No one wants to read about a team losing or treading water. Once Bayno gets the pieces together interest will perk up about LMU basketball and hopefully the city's supposed newsrag will actually acknowledge our existence.
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