We have all seen stranger things come to pass. For what it is worth, I am sure RM would highly recommend Petro if ever asked.WOMBAT, Mod Emeritus wrote: ↑Sun May 19, 2019 9:17 pm I’ve got a serious question: Coach Pietramala is in limbo with one year left on his contract, no top cover like he used to have, damaged from the 2013 fiasco when everyone crossed swords with President Daniels to come up with the rolling suspensions “solution”, and firmly in lame duck status unless some white smoke emerges over Homewood after Memorial Day.
Even then, any Hopkins renewal might only be a 1, 2, or perhaps 3 year extension after only so-so results over a decade. But Hopkins is a very difficult place to recruit. It basically recruits itself, often to its detriment.
Navy also recruits itself and has a lot of major selling points that Hopkins does not have.
So the question: any interest in swooping in with a 7 or 8 year offer at $300K per year to Pietramala?
Not only would that be better than what he’s currently getting, it would offer him more security than how he’s currently being played along, pay him more, and possibly even bring Belichick back down to Annapolis in the near future.
I see many win-win-win aspects to this.
Hopkins folks tell me I’m nuts.
I say follow the money and who wants you the most.
What do you folks in Navy circles say?
And BTW, I will be consulting with some of you by email and PM. Genuinely interested in what you think.
The timing of what goes down in coming weeks is critical for Coach Pietramala.
If the Navy position fills, Tillman doesn’t move, and THEN the shoe drops at Hopkins, where the hell does that leave him? Coaching Towson? Or moving out of the area to the fricking northeast?
I have been seeing a possible Navy-Pietramala match for about three years now. And the circumstances are ripe. The ship will have sailed a year from now. Fish or cut bait.
Thoughts?
Having said that, while coaching lacrosse at Johns Hopkins is very challenging, I would think coaching at Navy is even more difficult. Navy attracts some of the finest young people in America, but the recruitment pool will be much smaller for lacrosse. In this era, can’t ever see any of the service academies coming close to winning a national championship. Think that is especially true in a time of multiple ongoing wars.
I don’t know what Coach Petro is thinking, but I can’t imagine him seeking another job before all his options at Hopkins run out.
DocBarrister