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"It's not what we thought it was going to be like," Kennedy said of the state of the program he inherited. "There's nothing we can do about it other than catch up in recruiting. That's what we're doing right now.

"I've been getting out to high school games. People need to see me. They need to know that I'm good and that I'm going to be here a long time."

Kennedy doesn't take any medication for Parkinson's -- at least not yet -- and his doctors have told him he may be able to coach 15 or 20 more years. There are times when a sharp pain in his shoulder or a tremor in his hand reminds him of his condition, but for the most part, Kennedy's life isn't much different than it was prior to his diagnosis. He jogs, lifts weights and, most importantly, gets eight hours of sleep each night.

"The hardest part about the disease is that there's no science to it," Kennedy said. "It affects everyone differently. In 20 years I could be doing just as well as I am now. Or in 10 years, I could be on strong medication to help me maintain balance.


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Now available!!!!
Would come cheap! Texas A&M paying him two more years.
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Sure I’ll take him, Andy Kennedy or Steve Forbes.
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Billy Kennedy is a super recruiter and a great on the floor coach. He had incredible success at SLU, Murray State University, and two Sweet Sixteen appearances at Texas A&M. He is a local guy whose family still resides in Metairie. Despite his illness, he is years from having to take any medication.

Kennedy would be the most successful and respected hoops coach ever hired to coach the Green Wave!!! He is also one of the finest people one would ever meet.

Mr. Dannen, DON'T miss this golden opportunity to rejuvenate the basketball program. With two years left on his A&M contract, he is affordable!!
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Citypark wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:41 pm Billy Kennedy is a super recruiter and a great on the floor coach. He had incredible success at SLU, Murray State University, and two Sweet Sixteen appearances at Texas A&M. He is a local guy whose family still resides in Metairie. Despite his illness, he is years from having to take any medication.

Kennedy would be the most successful and respected hoops coach ever hired to coach the Green Wave!!! He is also one of the finest people one would ever meet.

Mr. Dannen, DON'T miss this golden opportunity to rejuvenate the basketball program. With two years left on his A&M contract, he is affordable!!
Yes sir! Billy won’t be available at the end of next season. Great opportunity to move on him after we lose our 21st straight on Thursday.
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I know Billy from my days at HC & Delgado. He's a first class guy & been a winner at every place he has coached. He would be a tremendous upgrade.
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Tulane connection ?

Has he left aTm ? Has he been fired ?
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nawlinspete wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2019 9:34 am Tulane connection ?

Has he left aTm ? Has he been fired ?
he was a Tulane Asst from 89-90.
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No coach is so loved as the one who is coaching somewhere else.
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anEngineer wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2019 10:46 am No coach is so loved as the one who is coaching somewhere else.
Yep. I love to see Dunleavy somewhere else!
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Billy was offered the job during the search that got us Ed Conroy. Tulane offered Billy $250K less than he was making at Murray State. He of course declined. So they went with Ed.
Shortly after Texas A&M gave him over $2 million to coach.
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tpstulane wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2019 12:40 pm Billy was offered the job during the search that got us Ed Conroy. Tulane offered Billy $250K less than he was making at Murray State. He of course declined. So they went with Ed.
Of course not soon after Texas A&M gave him over $2 million to coach.
Do you think what TAM will owe him and what we would offer to pay him, he would take the job?
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tpstulane wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2019 12:40 pm Billy was offered the job during the search that got us Ed Conroy. Tulane offered Billy $250K less than he was making at Murray State. He of course declined. So they went with Ed.
Shortly after Texas A&M gave him over $2 million to coach.
He was making around $250k at Murray State.

TU Bball is a death trap.
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mbawavefan12 wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2019 1:23 pm
tpstulane wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2019 12:40 pm Billy was offered the job during the search that got us Ed Conroy. Tulane offered Billy $250K less than he was making at Murray State. He of course declined. So they went with Ed.
Shortly after Texas A&M gave him over $2 million to coach.
He was making around $250k at Murray State.

TU Bball is a death trap.
Damm, I hate to say this but Murray St has had a better basketball program than Tulane since the Perry Clark days ended.
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Pepper wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2019 1:12 pm
tpstulane wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2019 12:40 pm Billy was offered the job during the search that got us Ed Conroy. Tulane offered Billy $250K less than he was making at Murray State. He of course declined. So they went with Ed.
Shortly after Texas A&M gave him over $2 million to coach.
Do you think what TAM will owe him and what we would offer to pay him, he would take the job?
Yep
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tpstulane wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2019 2:32 pm
Pepper wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2019 1:12 pm
tpstulane wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2019 12:40 pm Billy was offered the job during the search that got us Ed Conroy. Tulane offered Billy $250K less than he was making at Murray State. He of course declined. So they went with Ed.
Shortly after Texas A&M gave him over $2 million to coach.
Do you think what TAM will owe him and what we would offer to pay him, he would take the job?
Yep
I don't know Kennedy, you locals know him much better than I. But I would think we'd have to pay him Dunleavy type money at a minimum. And hope he accepts less than what he was making at Tx A&M because he banked his buyout there. That would mean we'd have to buyout Dunleavy, or come to an agreement AND pay Kennedy what he expects.

All of this is contingent upon 1. TD going against his vote of confidence a month or so ago and 2. A&M firing Kennedy and 3. Kennedy willing to step right into his next job in New Orleans and not deciding to take a year away from the game with $$ in the bank.
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Given Mr Kennedy's medical condition he is in no position to take a salary cut . The buyout from aTm should be banked until he is no longer able to work , which could be 20 years or two years A Tulane low ball offer again will be blown off again as it should be , especially in Mr Kennedy's case .
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I see your point, Pete. But do we go up; another $ million from the highest paid in Tulane Basketball history to get him? Financial considerations do mean more at Tulane than at a P5. I wouldn't mind a Cordaro and let him use his recruiting ties and coaching skills to build upon.

We all want a basketball program that is year in and year out competing for an NCAA bid and every so often makes it to the second weekend. Where we go from there is years away, but we must get to that point quickly, and MD has shown he cannot get us close to there.
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This isn't the time to be concerned about not paying for a proven winner who has ties here. He's already been low balled by Tulane once. We have a new administration so hopefully he would be open to them but if they tried the low ball tactic again I'm sure he'd lose interest ASAP.
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winwave wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2019 8:51 pm This isn't the time to be concerned about not paying for a proven winner who has ties here. He's already been low balled by Tulane once. We have a new administration so hopefully he would be open to them but if they tried the low ball tactic again I'm sure he'd lose interest ASAP.
The reason most often cited for Dannen not firing Dunleavy is that we don't have the money to buy out the contract. You yourself I believe were the first to post that claim. So now you want to fire him and hire a coach at a million dollars a year MORE than Dunleavy makes. Where's the money coming for those two transactions?

I don't disagree,that we shouldn't low ball Kennedy, if he's truly the man we want. But the question remains, where's the money coming from since we supposedly don't have the money for Dunleavy's buy-out?.

I think we stand a better chance of firing him and hiring an up and coming coach at less than $2.5 million/year.
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I was the first to point out that money was the real reason for TD's lie filled statement of support for MD. That is on TD to figure out where the money will come from. He should be burning up the phone trying to get help raising the buyout money. If he does you go with the proven winner over bringing in someone who hasn't done it at this level.
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For many reasons, not the least of which is salary, it's not happening.
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Here's a local that may have an interest
http://blog.nola.com/eastjefferson/2017 ... nning.html
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DfromCT wrote: Thu Mar 14, 2019 7:55 am For many reasons, not the least of which is salary, it's not happening.
What we are discussing here is what should happen.. otherwise we’d have to stop discussing it like gb wants.
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