Villanova signs TV character actor

Ask anyone and they'll tell you Josh Steinbach is a solid guy, so it's nice to see him get the job at Villanova after Gilad went to San Francisco because Jeff Nelson went to New Mexico because what's-her-face left.

I don't know why, but I swear Steinbach played the medical examiner in like 12 episodes of "Law & Order." Am I wrong? He just has that look, you know, a cup of coffee in one hand, his other hand rooting through the gastro-intestinal tract of some dude found dead in an entry way at 72nd and Amsterdam by two snooty socialites? Too much?

I see job openings

So, with Glad-handing Gilad Doron on his way out West (I swear I saw him in a 'Nova shirt in Denver this past weekend), Villanova's open, baby! Who's interested? Before you start throwing your resumes and calling all your references, perhaps we should take a closer look at what awaits you in the City of Brotherly Love.

The most important thing to realize is that the Big East is a whole new world now. It's no longer the private playground of 2-3 programs. Louisville, Cincy, et al have made things just a smidge tougher. And with a whole new world comes a whole new currency rate, kinda like the implementation of the Euro. A 16-15 Big East season last year (Villanova's '06 mark) would have been a 19-11 season before The C-USA Invasion.

So, your conference has a higher profile, sure, but you're gonna have to not only face Christina Kaelin for three more years, you'll also have to throw down against Rui Liu, Tatyana Kolesnikova, and lots o' other big timers.

But the most important information you need to know is that..."The Sixth Sense" was filmed in and around Philadelphia. That's right. If you take the job at Villanova, you could have access to the world's foremost supernatural savant, Haley Joel Osment. Who knows what kind of havoc you could wreak on the Big East if you had access to the same powers that Jennifer Love Hewitt, Patricia Arquette, and Jeff Goldblum have?

Gilad goes West!

So it's come to this: Gilad--former assistant at Temple, head coach at Villanova, a man of few words--is leaving his Philadelphia home to take his multimillion-dollar aerobics empire to the University of San Francisco.

And San Francisco couldn't be more excited. "This is an exciting day for me and for USF volleyball," said athletic director Debi Gore-Mann.

Told ya'.

"Gilad Doron is a great fit for USF. He brings a welcome combination of technical knowledge and genuine passion to USF volleyball along with his phenomenal organizational skills."

Yes. Phenonmenal organizational skills. You should see his sock drawer.

Gilad is "really looking forward to this opportunity and the chance to be part of something special with USF Volleyball." Although, as has been pointed out on messageboards, Gilad will have to commute to work everyday from his home in Philadelphia because of the out of control real estate market in NorCal.