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PJS - Possible Candidates
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Future Walk-On
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Nice article I found on Coach Gard. Seems like he would be a good get but I wonder if he thinks we would be a good fit?
Nice article I found on Coach Gard. Seems like he would be a good get but I wonder if he thinks we would be a good fit?
ManMythLegend
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I'd love to see Tommy here!
A nice list of candidates. Amaker is the most interesting of those guys to me. A good record everywhere he's been. Hinson is the other name that, to me at least, comes without a significant concern. Gard and lusk may be great but hard for me to tell since they've only been assistants. Cooley and Johnston sound like good coaches but have no ties to the midwest and so could struggle with recruiting... Giacoletti had only been exceptionally good when he inherited bogut from majerus. So I'm a little worried about his history as a head coach. Howard is an interesting option discussed at length here already... He's a high risk guy with potentially high reward. The rest of those guys don't do a whole lot for me.
ManMythLegend
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SaintLouBrave22
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Muller
Lusk
Gard
Amaker
All good candidates, but where is Montgomery at? Anyone from the Izzo tree would probably be a good get...
That said, why do I get the feeling that it's going to be someone not from this list or even close to it?
Oh, and reason I didn't mention Cooley or Johnson is because I feel the coach needs some ties to the Midwest
Lusk
Gard
Amaker
All good candidates, but where is Montgomery at? Anyone from the Izzo tree would probably be a good get...
That said, why do I get the feeling that it's going to be someone not from this list or even close to it?
Oh, and reason I didn't mention Cooley or Johnson is because I feel the coach needs some ties to the Midwest
LittleBrave
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I've always like Barry Hinson. I've liked his up-tempo play as coach of the Bears and his emphasis on being one of the best rebounding teams in the Valley. Not too sure about his recruiting, but I don't think he's that bad.
He seems to get classy young men, much like Coach Les did. He seems to go about his business the right way too. Add that to competing for a Valley championship, and I'd be happy.
I thought he did a nice job at MSU.
I'd say that Barry and Tommy are the safe bets and we'll be pretty good with either one.
As I stated on another thread, KW's list can be easily winnowed down to three candidates.
In no certain order
Tommy Amaker
Greg Gard
Rodney Terry
also... doesn't Michigan State have a highly regarded assistant? If so, I would include that person.
edit: make that 4... I just saw Paul Lusk on the list.
In no certain order
Tommy Amaker
Greg Gard
Rodney Terry
also... doesn't Michigan State have a highly regarded assistant? If so, I would include that person.
edit: make that 4... I just saw Paul Lusk on the list.
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Disagree with Hinson. We do not need a recycled MVC coach with our next hire! We need to go big and COMMIT!
Understand you reasoning here, but of the names listed, Johnson would not make my final four.
tornado
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Giacoletti has an interesting head coaching record...
at ND State -- he had 9 losses the first year then went down from there..never having that degree of success again
At Eastern Washington he had 11 losses the first year then went down from there..never having that degree of success again
At Utah -- same, inherited lottery pick Bogut, had great season in 04-05, then really tanked to 14-15 then 11-19 and was canned. Jim Boylen took Giacoletti's team over and went 18-15 then 24-10.
If the hiring of Dr. Cross, Elvis, Jeff Neubauer, and recent VB hire Maurer are indications, then a good bet would be looking east for candidates ..
the head coaches at Princeton & EKU have to be on anyone's short list...
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t--- There are Coaches and Asst. Coaches out there who may have an interest in the BU job but who do not want their current school to know they may be "looking". They want their interest kept quiet until more details on the job are available and after they know they are being seriously considered.
Also, there may be potential candidates who may not have given much thought about making a change but might do so after being contacted by a search firm regarding the BU job.
And finally, a good search firm can do a thourough and comprehensive investigation of potential candidates to uncover background info that might not ever be available to an AD.
Those of us in business use search firms all the time to locate viable upper management candidates. Why shouldn't a school do the same?
Use of a search firm by BU is a very good thing, IMO.
Possible Candidates
t--- There are Coaches and Asst. Coaches out there who may have an interest in the BU job but who do not want their current school to know they may be "looking". They want their interest kept quiet until more details on the job are available and after they know they are being seriously considered.
Also, there may be potential candidates who may not have given much thought about making a change but might do so after being contacted by a search firm regarding the BU job.
And finally, a good search firm can do a thourough and comprehensive investigation of potential candidates to uncover background info that might not ever be available to an AD.
Those of us in business use search firms all the time to locate viable upper management candidates. Why shouldn't a school do the same?
Use of a search firm by BU is a very good thing, IMO.
I know where you are coming from, bu any recent EKU basketball coach should not even make the list for this hire!