Philadelphia – Kevin Vollard did not listen to the laundry list of complaints filed against him by Maryland fans and former players – and, well, continues on the list – that he scored the Terrapens in Sweet 16 after scoring his program.
But yes, the Villard admitted, he was generally aware of the feelings of the consensus that he used Maryland as a pedestrian in which he used traditional strength to get in Vilanova, who, as a head coach, had a few days after the NCAA tournament.
So maybe Villard knew that Scott Wan Palet, a former Maryland student, an ESPN observer, went to the ground on the blowing ground, in many criticisms, “You don’t harm the university and the program where you have been for three years.” Perhaps Villard also heard Jimmy’s famous seafood-“The world’s largest Crawbacks!” Self -made home. – Cutting the snake head trapped on the menu in honor of Maryland’s name, resemblance and all the money given to the photo efforts. Or that all -time Terrorism Great Lane Elmore said he was tired of “fencing coach” who played school like Faders.
Yes, this is a long list of unhappy tarpens.
The Villard has landed in a Villanova program, which, despite the ex -coach Kyle Neptune, loses the NCAA tournament for the three straight season, is still an elite in reaching the deep Nile Treasures and is a courtyard of the proposed house settlement. Maryland went ahead and hired Buzz Williams away from tax A&M.
Williams, who has also coaching in Virginia Tech, Market and New Orleans, bounced like Villard and a new flammation like many successful coaches in March.
But Vladim says he understands why he caught some heat. He campaigned publicly for his Big Tan program for more from the University and the Athletic Department in Maryland’s Sweet 16.
Most of the things – “Basic changes,” he told them – which really came to money when joining basketball. Vollard wanted Maryland to share its plan for sharing taxes with athletes and questioned that Terrapens could ever create a “top -Tier” program as players and affiliate bells and whistles in college sports could help almost rivals’ professional levels.
“I think some of my comments during the NCAA tournament may have been a bit less scratch,” Vollard said on Wednesday. “Unfortunately, sometimes when my hobby about my program, my passion for my players comes out, I am a bit excited. The only thing I am going to say is, ordinary fans don’t just think what happened.”
And in Maryland, for those who have painful feelings, “I think it’s time for everyone to move forward.”
Vollard expressed concern over the Maryland program at the inaugural game of the Tarpes in the NCAA tournament. He did not sign any extension before the tournament, the matter is complicated when Maryland’s athletic director Demon Evans left school for the same job at SMU.
“What I said during the press conference was because I loved Maryland,” said Vladim. I was very fond of my job. ” “Very straightforward, I wanted to try to get the best for my players and the best of the program. I am going to do the same thing in Villanova here. In my comment there was only one chance to try to make Maryland the best program.”
He should get the item he needed in a program that was a contender for the Paramashi Final Four and won a two -nation championship under the Hall of Fame coach Jayright.
The judicial settlement in which colleges will need for the first time to pay billions of athletes for their games are set for approval next week. Many schools have said that most of the maximum up to $ 20.5 million, they go to football and men’s basketball players as part of a $ 2.8 billion home settlement for their players.
In Villanova and other Big East programs, most of the money is going into men’s basketball.
“If you understand the home settlement and the space and all these things, I think the Big East is really located in a unique situation where they probably never have to worry about the hat,” said Vollard. “I think football conference schools or football -based conferences are in fact that if you have 16 million millions for football, you have only $ 3 million cap. Big East, you don’t have this problem.”
Vollard said all the right things about his first few days fitting on his job. He saw the Villanova women’s team playing in the Post Season Tournament and met with the men’s team when he played in Las Vegas in a college basketball crown. Vollard mixed with donors, worked on a transfer portal and, like any new employee in a company, filled the HRpaperwork.
Even he pointed to his cap -created “Special Culture” within the program by Wright, threw his support behind the Big 5 and has been professionally politely saying that he wants to build on what “Kyle and his staff” have done in the last three years.
Nevertheless, Vladim confessed, it was time to “re -inspire everyone, without the tournament berth in Vilanova after three season, re -engage everyone.”
Wright supported his longtime Big East’s rival Villard, while Vullard coaching at Setten Hall, and the former Wild Cits openly supported the new coach on the central line. Josh Heart, who is with the 2016 national champion Vilanova, who is now playing with New York Naxes, also said that Volcard was the right coach for Wild Cats.
“I hated to play against it because he was a competing hell, a tough team, a physical team,” Hart said. “She is about to bring her back to Nova. It should be very excited to bring her to her helme. Nova Nation should be excited. She is definitely good. He has been successful everywhere. The way his teams fight, play, fight, that’s what you want.”
The Associated Press cooperated in this report.
