Just when Penn was competing successfully in the Ivy League and beyond, the brainiac Bilsky decides to tender Fran Dunphy an insulting contract offer. Of course, Dunphy, takes a better offer both for the money and for the opportunity to prove Bilsky wrong. Well yesterday, Temple (8 - 2) beath #3 ranked Villanova. How did Penn do against Nova?? In his arrogance, Bilsky thinks that Miller can replace Dunphy?? Again, what has Penn's record been since Dunphy left? Penn is now rated in the bottom 10 in NCAA Div. IA. Who made all the bright decisions?? None other than the egotistical Steve Bilsky. Bilsky has single handedly brought Penn from its heyday during the early 70s Bilsky & Wohl days to the dregs of the Ivies. Who should get fired???

Bilsky can be addressed another day. This decision was the proper one, and let's hope the team can take heart, and win a couple of games.

Another Seventies Grad

It is a huge disappointment that Bilsky makes another error. Although, I have great respect for Jerome Allen as a player....being a great player does not necessarily translate into being a great coach. He has a dearth of coaching experience as his only NCAA coaching experience has been on the Penn bench this year (as 3rd Assistant). Bilsky passed on John Gallagher, a well respected assistant coach, who is largely responsible for the recruiting class and has 11 years experience in NCAA basketball. This move may not only affect this season, but what about the recruits that we may lose because of this move.

Actually, I am hoping that Jerome is just an interim coach. Penn needs to replace Bilsky and let the successor select the next head coach .

I really miss those days when Penn men's basketball was so successful under Fran Dunphy. Feel like those days are decades ago since he left to Temple. Bilsky should be responsible in some ways as people cried out to give Dunphy a big contract for what he has done for the program!

Gosh this is the right move!Just looking at the scores in the paper I was ashamed of the way the Quakers had fallen. All good kids...you just have to give them a chance. As an undergrad Jerome Allen came to Penn and along with a very solid team assembled by Coach Dunphy pretty much resurrected a proud program. I spent many happy evenings at the Palestra and at the Spectrum watching those teams -- competetive against all comers from Princeton and Big 5 to ACC and Big 10. And here is Jerome again..not saying he is guaranteed to turn it around, but hallelujah!

Good luck Quakers and good luck Jerome Allen.

Glad Miller's gone, but surprised they did this mid-season. While I'm just an alum who is removed from the immediate issues regarding Miller, I feel the criticism of Bilsky is far off-base. If I remember correctly, Fran recommended Glenn Miller for the position. Also, while we all think the Penn job is great, do you think that's the same view of the rest of the nation? It's like Notre Dame thinking Urban Meyer and Bob Stoops are dying to coach there. They're not. Penn is not going to attract the "superstar" coach that so many out there seem to think is going to happen.

Unfortunately, I think Miller was a good X's and O's guy, but a lousy recruiter. Fran was an excellent recruiter, and in the Ivies, that's a big deal. Why do you think Cornell is on top of the Ivies now? Not because Donahue is such a good coach, but because he has the best players in the league, including Ryan Wittman, who would have been playing in a major conference, had he not had injuries that scared them all off. Penn used to get that. Maybe with a new coach, they will once again.

This is great news. It should have happened right after last season, but better late than never. From afar, Jerome Allen lacks experience, but if he can transfer his class (woefully lacking with Glenn Miller) and ability to the team and recruits, this may be a great move.

QuakerJim

Is he going to be the first head coach in the Ivy League sans college degree? What kind of message does this send to the student athletes? Is he currently enrolled? I understand that Glen Miller had to go, but come on... we can do better than this.

Being a Penn graduate I am an avid fan of all Red and Blue sports teams. I have been very disappointed with the state of the 2009-10 Quaker Basketball season, to say the least. Following the success of our 2009 Penn Football Team, it has been quite a let-down to be sure. Coach Miller has not lived up to expectations and Athletic Director Bilsky had to act. As stated in the above article, this was the most opportune time. The appointment of Jerome Allen might just be a stroke of genius. Only time will tell. Coach Allen is a natural to become Head Coach at his Alma Mater. He deserves our loyalty and support. In reading some of the above comments, I can't help but think how disheartening they must be to the Penn Basketball Team and our new Coach. I am sure that anyone who takes the time to post a comment wants the Penn Basketball Program to succeed. Pointing a finger of blame at A.D. Bilsky (he is closer to the situation than any of us fans) or showing a lack of confidence in Coach Allen before he even coaches his first game does not help bring Quaker Basketball back to respectability. REMEMBER WE ARE ALL PART OF THE PENN FAMILY. DIVIDED WE ALL LOSE; UNITED WE ALL WIN! GO QUAKERS!!!

So let's put this in a nutshell: Penn replaces Dunphy with a coach who won nothing, from Brown where there never was any basketball tradition at all, ever. A mismatch from the start. The AD is responsible for this from beginning to end. I wish Bilsky had made the change after last season.

We still go to The Palestra several times a year, and the dwindling interest the last couple of years was very curious, but not without reason. Sure, the place was full when UNC came in, but last years St. Joe's game was not a full house. Why? All I could think of was the teams were so mismatched, only real Big 5 fans and/or St. Joe's fans would be interested.

One last comment. Miller was a "yeller" and a screamer at his players. We were 4 rows behind the Penn bench this past Saturday at the Monmouth game, and he was relatively subdued. He only screamed once with about 2 minutes left. In retrospect, maybe he new this was coming.

I think Miller's problem was that he didn't actually like Penn, or the fans, or the alumni, and I don't think he really liked the players all that much either. The few games in which I saw him in action he seemed focused entirely on himself and his career path. His periodic rages seemed to originate from a sense of entitlement. No wonder talented players ditched Penn and the program. No wonder he was shunned by most of the university community. It's been less than a week, and his departure is the kind of personal relief one feels when a boorish guest leaves your party to go bother someone else.

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