{"id":175961,"date":"2024-03-22T09:20:15","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T13:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crossingbroad.com\/?p=175961"},"modified":"2024-03-22T09:20:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T13:20:15","slug":"villanova-athletic-director-says-kyle-neptune-is-coming-back-for-a-third-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crossingbroad.com\/2024\/03\/villanova-athletic-director-says-kyle-neptune-is-coming-back-for-a-third-season.html","title":{"rendered":"Villanova Athletic Director Says Kyle Neptune is Coming Back for a Third Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Villanova&#8217;s athletic director says Kyle Neptune is coming back:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cI think we have the right guy in place to get us where we need to go,\u201d Villanova AD Mark Jackson said.<\/p>\n<p>Villanova remains committed to Kyle Neptune.<\/p>\n<p>Story:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qwFNZdqO8K\">https:\/\/t.co\/qwFNZdqO8K<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff Neiburg (@Jeff_Neiburg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jeff_Neiburg\/status\/1770939061433246052?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Villanova is not the David Tepper of college sports, i.e. they aren&#8217;t going to make rash decisions, or rush to judgment, or jump the gun. Jay Wright started with two-straight NIT appearances and went 33-33 in seasons two and three. They could have fired him then, in 2004, but they did not. They could have fired him in 2012, when the Cats went 13-19 after a string of seven tournament appearances in a row. But they didn&#8217;t, and the rest is history.<\/p>\n<p>Neptune was Wright&#8217;s longtime assistant, so it was always understood that he&#8217;d get some time to settle in and find his footing in the NIL world that Wright didn&#8217;t have to navigate. But this isn&#8217;t 2001, and we&#8217;re not transitioning out of the underwhelming Steve Lappas era. Villanova is a blue blood and the job was to sustain that success and remain near the top. They haven&#8217;t done it, and haven&#8217;t come close to it. Neptune went 17-17 in his first year and 18-16 in his second year, with both seasons coming to an end with NIT first round home losses.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever you think about Nova, that&#8217;s not good enough. You can be Wildcat hater Kyle Pagan or Wildcat neutral Kevin Kinkead or Wildcat alumnus Kyle Scott. Everybody knows that there&#8217;s a standard that has not been met, and it&#8217;s more than fair to ask yourself if Neptune has shown anything to be excited about. Seriously. Ask yourself if there&#8217;s been any moment over the last two seasons where you said to yourself, &#8220;<em>you know what? I think this is the right guy for the job.<\/em>&#8221; There was a fleeting moment after the Battle 4 Atlantis, and that&#8217;s probably it. I don&#8217;t know anybody outside of Mark Jackson who believes that Neptune is Villanova&#8217;s coach of the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Villanova&#8217;s athletic director says Kyle Neptune is coming back: \u201cI think we have the right guy in place to get us where we need to go,\u201d Villanova AD Mark Jackson said. Villanova remains committed to Kyle Neptune. 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