Gardner-Webb showed Rick Scruggs the door late this afternoon. Only a standard statement on http://www.gwusports.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; website available now.....
I sure hope they bring in a top-flight candidate to rebuild the program.
Scruggs out at G-Webb!
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Re: Scruggs out at G-Webb!
He was the GA on the Winthrop team I played on back in the 80's. I went to the game this year at Winthrop and was dismayed to see that he never got out of his chair during the game except during timeouts! If that is how he always coached, then I'm surprised he has lasted this long. Hopefully we will find someone with a fire in their belly to take over the program!!
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Re: Scruggs out at G-Webb!
The search for a new coach begins Monday!
GWU begins process of searching for new men's basketball coach
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College basketball
Friday, Mar 5 2010, 6:49 pm
Alan Ford
BOILING SPRINGS — Anytime there’s a coaching change in NCAA Division I athletics, the natural first question from fans is: “Who’s going to get the job?”
Gardner-Webb University faithful are going through that phase following Friday’s announcement that veteran men’s basketball coach Rick Scruggs will not return next season.
Timing, of course, matters.
“Time is something of an essence since National Signing Day is looming in April,” said Chuck Burch, GWU’s vice president for athletics. “Also, you have returning players who are in limbo wondering what will happen. We’re going as prudently as possible to move forward.
“We’ll start putting a small group together on Monday to evaluate possible candidates and then at some point decide who we’ll be bringing to campus. We haven’t decided what that number will be, depending on the quality of candidates.”
The interview process is two-fold, Burch said.
“It lets you get to know them,” he said, “but it also lets them get to know us better. We want to see if they’re someone who can be successful in this environment.”
There are some basketball realities. GWU’s not a program you would think of as someone who can lure away one of the bigger names in the sport .
“We realize we may have to find that person who’s not an established Division I coach but who has the work ethic and the ability to recruit and be successful,” Burch said. “They also have to understand the Christian side of Gardner-Webb.
“We don’t have a blank check. But we’d love to be in that situation three years from now where we’ve won the Big South championship and people are coming after your coach.”
Identifying someone who can bring new energy to the Runnin’ Bulldog program is a challenge.
“We want someone who’s ready to prove himself at Division I and the time is right and the fit is right at Gardner-Webb,” Burch said. “The best way usually is to find someone who’s been through those wars, maybe as an assistant, but who knows what it’ll take to win a Big South championship.”
GWU begins process of searching for new men's basketball coach
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College basketball
Friday, Mar 5 2010, 6:49 pm
Alan Ford
BOILING SPRINGS — Anytime there’s a coaching change in NCAA Division I athletics, the natural first question from fans is: “Who’s going to get the job?”
Gardner-Webb University faithful are going through that phase following Friday’s announcement that veteran men’s basketball coach Rick Scruggs will not return next season.
Timing, of course, matters.
“Time is something of an essence since National Signing Day is looming in April,” said Chuck Burch, GWU’s vice president for athletics. “Also, you have returning players who are in limbo wondering what will happen. We’re going as prudently as possible to move forward.
“We’ll start putting a small group together on Monday to evaluate possible candidates and then at some point decide who we’ll be bringing to campus. We haven’t decided what that number will be, depending on the quality of candidates.”
The interview process is two-fold, Burch said.
“It lets you get to know them,” he said, “but it also lets them get to know us better. We want to see if they’re someone who can be successful in this environment.”
There are some basketball realities. GWU’s not a program you would think of as someone who can lure away one of the bigger names in the sport .
“We realize we may have to find that person who’s not an established Division I coach but who has the work ethic and the ability to recruit and be successful,” Burch said. “They also have to understand the Christian side of Gardner-Webb.
“We don’t have a blank check. But we’d love to be in that situation three years from now where we’ve won the Big South championship and people are coming after your coach.”
Identifying someone who can bring new energy to the Runnin’ Bulldog program is a challenge.
“We want someone who’s ready to prove himself at Division I and the time is right and the fit is right at Gardner-Webb,” Burch said. “The best way usually is to find someone who’s been through those wars, maybe as an assistant, but who knows what it’ll take to win a Big South championship.”