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Coaching candidates

lightsout said:
Five potential candidates

...Daves lists

...Brian Wardle...
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Wardle's NAME, like the others dr NOTES, are not new - the name has come up several times in the past year or so...
http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?p=301309&highlight=brian+wardle#post301309
http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?p=303737&highlight=brian+wardle#post303737
http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?p=306192&highlight=brian+wardle#post306192


and this one from almost 2 months ago
tornado said:
A couple other teams that had televised games are also really fun to watch -

Green Bay (18-5) is a similar team - no real true superstar - just small, unathletic kids who know the game, play smart, great shot selection, good passing, defense, and hustle. Both head coach Brian Wardle & assistant Brian Barone (Tony's son) would make great head coaches in the MVC!!.....
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Fife does have one interesting selling point - he's strongly tied to one of the best point guard recruits in the midwest
http://highschoolsports.mlive.com/n...ds-its-game-changer-in-freshman-foster-loyer/
 
Brian Wardle (Green Bay): Illinois guy that already recruits the state well. Recruits midwest well and has turned GB into a league contender year in & year out.

Chris Jans (Bowling Green): Former Wichita St Assistant- Knows the valley well & knows how to win in the valley obviously. BG was 12-20 last year before fired their coach. With Jans this year 21-12. Has Midwest ties and Juco ties

Those would be 2 guys I would heavily consider! IMO
 
one of the Chicago media gurus - who like him or not, is right more often than he is wrong..
Dave Kaplan listed (via recent tweets) these names of coaches he thinks DePaul should target - or who will be candidates for moving up this year...

Archie Miller
Bryce Drew
Seth Greenberg
Porter Moser
Ben Jacobson
Jeff Capel
Anthony Grant
Greg Lansing
Brian Wardle
Tommy Amaker
Steve Masiello
Tyrone Corbin
and Gregg Marshall & even Tom Crean if he's let go


btw - Rob Judson's name is still in the mix for here and elsewhere
 
I think it is an Assistant Coach on a team that is in the NCAA right now. That is why for the 2 days to 2 weeks scenario..They have to wait until his present team loses
 
then any reference to "2 days" would be ridiculous since nobody still in the NCAA would be available 'til late this week -
I think the "2 days" reference is because we are already talking to people and maybe one will take the bait very shortly - and if not then it'll take a little longer..
 
tornado said:
then any reference to "2 days" would be ridiculous since nobody still in the NCAA would be available 'til late this week -
I think the "2 days" reference is because we are already talking to people and maybe one will take the bait very shortly - and if not then it'll take a little longer..
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The statement "2days to 2 weeks " was made BEFORE the WSU/Kansas game. Meaning that technically JH could be a candidate. ;-)
 
My preferences-
#1 Jerrance Howard
#2 Brian Wardle
#3 Scott Nagy


Who I think will be named the next coach at Bradley, since the JH option was nixed-
Probably Brian Wardle - it's possible he's already been offered the job. We'll know shortly...

Note: Wardle signed a 5-year contract in 2010 with a base salary of $133,000, with extras and incentives that pushed his total closer to $200K per year. He then signed a 5-year extension in April, 2014, that boosted his base pay to $230,000 with additional income and incentives that put it about $300K. So it would probably take and offer around $400-$450K per year to get him.
 
If the aforementioned, possible "Big Winner," is who we may think it is, he does not appear to have that many strong seasons and never has seen the NCAA as a head coach, so it does not appear as though he is that big of a winner. The other two names thrown out there, Davis and Grant, would make us a lot more happy. Just sayin'....
 
Just curious what reason you'd have Fife at the top of your list?
He quit on the IPFW people just as they were building their program up.
Plus, the Tom Izzo coaching tree has had its share of problems. Fife's only head coaching job was not real successful. I guess I'd prefer someone who showed they could win over time and win with the players they recruited.
 
Da Coach said:
Just curious what reason you'd have Fife at the top of your list?
He quit on the IPFW people just as they were building their program up.
Plus, the Tom Izzo coaching tree has had its share of problems. Fife's only head coaching job was not real successful. I guess I'd prefer someone who showed they could win over time and win with the players they recruited.
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I don't have a problem with Fife's reasons for leaving IPFW. The resources there were very, very limited and over time became a real source of frustration. As far as his record goes, he was not extremely successful, but he was coaching a program that had only been D-I for about 5 years when he took over, and he improved the program pretty significantly in comparison to its first 5 years. His last season, he won 18 games and finished in 4th place. Fife was also a very young man when he took over the program at IPFW (25 years old). I suspect that he has grown and learned a lot since then. All of this aside, I can understand why others don't like him as much as a candidate. In the end, it's just a hunch. As many others have said, I'll support whomever Chris hires.
 
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