The Rebirth of the DePaul Blue Demons

I’ve been a DePaul fan my whole life. I remember as a boy sitting with my father watching DePaul thrill the nation on WGN television. Coach Ray Meyer was a mentor to me, and his son Joey was a class individual that never got the respect he deserved in Lincoln Park. When then athletic director Bill Bradshaw decided to part ways with the Meyer family, he brought in Pat Kennedy. Kennedy shocked the world with recruits like Quentin Richardson and Bobby Simmons, but he was a horrible coach and eventually left DePaul proving that he was a horrible coach. However, he brought excitement back to Lincoln Park and the Rosemont Horizon (now the Allstate Arena) was filled with fans. Dave Leitao was brought in to replace Kennedy and was a good coach but always was looking towards his next job. When he left for Virginia, the worst coach in division one history Jerry Wainwright destroyed this program. His failure as a recruiter and coach sent DePaul into oblivion. While all of this was happen...