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Thursday, 05 August 2010 08:42

Written by Colin Dunlap

There has been a veil of secrecy -- for some reason, I don't exactly get why -- around the hiring of an assistant basketball coach at Duquesne to replace Scott Rigot, who resigned in June and left an opening on the staff.

I have been in contact with one of the candidates, and he seems as puzzled as I am, as to why the search has trudged along for this long.

A few weeks ago on this blog, I wrote that I knew of two candidates -- Rodney Crawford and Walt Corbean.

Then today, in sort of a passing mention in the The Register-Herald, a Beckley, W.Va., the following graph appears in a story: "Rodney Crawford, who coached the team last year, took an assistant coaching position at Duquesne."

I know Dave Morrison, the man who wrote that story. He's a good reporter; he gets things right. So, that said, looks like Rodney Crawford will be the new assistant at Duquesne.

What I still don't get is the veil of secrecy around all of this. This news was discovered, just like when Bill Barton left, just like the non-conference games for next year that are showing up on other team's schedule, from the other side of the transaction.

Long story short: Looks like Rodney Crawford is the new assistant and I just do not understand why there hasn't been an announcement yet. Why is this so much of a secret?

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written by TheFace, August 05, 2010 - 10:25 PM

Yeah, I see no reason to keep this down... seems like a decent enough hire to me.

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written by brig, August 07, 2010 - 11:32 PM

Ought to be obvious to even the unwashed that RE has been working, along with Rodney, to bring in one of Rod's boys while awaiting NCAA blessing of rule circumvention due to Mtn View out of business. (Crawford's got the job however naming him now could prematurely complicate things.) Stay tuned.

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written by FMC30, August 18, 2010 - 10:28 AM

Thank Godness Rigot is gone!

I don't have to hear anymore HEAT'EM E, HEAT'M E!!

Welcome to the program Rodney Crawford.

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