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Compile A List: Assistant Coach Candidates

You can forget about JW and TL or any other head coach that was fired this year. They are not giving up their buyouts to come to BU even though it is such a glamerous job-not many schools have 7-9000 coaches in the stands that already know more then the head coach. (why do we even need an asst?)
I am sure the BU asst coaches job will bring in some very qualified candidates and many that we will have never heard of which will tick off many on this board as they think they know more then the people doing the hiring. How many of us had ever heard about AB before he came to BU and yet he is the 1 person I hardly ever hear anyone ripping on.
 
Yup...he's the only one I can think of that made the jump at all...but he didn't jump to an assistant spot...
..and that happened way more than a decade ago.....and he jumped to Wisc.-Milwaukee from a D-III program that was a perennial contender for national titles.

Thus, even if someone nominates Vershaw for an asst. spot, I think it just isn't likely to happen...
 
tornado said:
does he have some ties that would help us in recruiting...
just because he went to DePue HS hardly blows me away....the enrollment of DePue is 70, and Niagara doesn't appear to recruit east of Philly...
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Since he's been on staff there, I know the Purple Eagles have had several Chicago-area players.

Note, there is a difference between having ties and actively recruiting as well. Just because you don't actively bring in players from a particular reason does not mean you aren't developing and establishing relationships.

And Mihalich views him as indispensable, but understands Dobrich's desires to get back to his native region as well.

I think having a voice in Philly and NY is a big plus as well.
 
houstontxbrave said:
Jerry Wainwright? Him and JL have a connection. Has Chicago ties, D1 head coaching experience.
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Not sure Jerry would be the answer. How did the last head coach work out for us? I would like to see someone with experience in recruiting Chi. HS's. Maybe Willie Scott or DV. Thats a stretch but would like to see it happen.
 
basketball nut said:
You can forget about JW and TL or any other head coach that was fired this year. They are not giving up their buyouts to come to BU even though it is such a glamerous job-not many schools have 7-9000 coaches in the stands that already know more then the head coach. (why do we even need an asst?)
I am sure the BU asst coaches job will bring in some very qualified candidates and many that we will have never heard of which will tick off many on this board as they think they know more then the people doing the hiring. How many of us had ever heard about AB before he came to BU and yet he is the 1 person I hardly ever hear anyone ripping on.
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I believe that it will be someone that we won't think of either. So I really have no idea. Just gonna be patient and see who it is.
 
wily coyote said:
Not sure Jerry would be the answer. How did the last head coach work out for us? I would like to see someone with experience in recruiting Chi. HS's. Maybe Willie Scott or DV. Thats a stretch but would like to see it happen.
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Wainwright would never take a job under someone he has so much more experience than, even if that particular coach beat his brains in every time they played. The players and media would certainly love Jerry though, he's a very personable, entertaining guy.
 
droppin science

droppin science

tornado said:
Yup...he's the only one I can think of that made the jump at all...but he didn't jump to an assistant spot...
..and that happened way more than a decade ago.....and he jumped to Wisc.-Milwaukee from a D-III program that was a perennial contender for national titles.

Thus, even if someone nominates Vershaw for an asst. spot, I think it just isn't likely to happen...
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same state different name. Dick Bennett went from NAIA UW stevens point to the tournament with UW Green Bay to the final four with UW Madison in 2000 and the NCAA tournament with WSU Pullman.

Also created the defensive system that Schaumburg High School used to beat Eddy Curry and Thornridge with former SIU guard Tony Young guarding Curry.

Back to the thread what about Ernie Kent as a primary recruiter. Was able to get a bunch of Detroit/Chicago kids. Graduated lots of kids at Oregon. Just a not so realistic thought
 
Mark Macon was appointed interim head coach at Binghamton for a reason. He is the only coach (outside of Broadus who has not resigned since being suspended) remaining from the previous regime and has not been implicated in any aspect of the university's investigation.

Is there guilt by association there? Sure. But he is still there (for the moment) because he was outside the loop in what transpired there. I doubt they retain him, because he will forever be linked to the previous regime.

He took a joke of a DI roster and won 13 games without participating in a conference tournament.

I'm also a huge John Chaney fan, of which Macon is a product.

If some sort of disciplinary statement is announced if Macon is not retained, then I would agree. But for now there is no evidence to cause concern.
 
What about Chad O'Donnell asst at UAlbany...We have 4 scholarship players from IL (Sammy, Dodie, Prosser, and Dyricus) and Albany has three in Mike Black (all freshman finished 2nd in FOY), Derek Tartt, and Jake Lindfors (Albany beat ISU on him I think he'd be in with the fans from the get go)...I think that is kind of sad a college from upstate NY has almost as many IL kids as we do...They also have 2011 guard Derrick Marks from Plainfield committed to Albany as well...

Apparently has strong ties in Iowa was on Doug McDermott HARD before he blew up even took a visit to Albany had an offer the whole nine yards...Albany also has 6-10 RS Fr. John Puk who is apparently a late bloomer and O'Donnell was the lead man on him even got him to pay his way year 1...

Add his East Coast flavor as well...I think he could be a good hire has been around for a while but still young!

Found this blurb on Chicagohoops
http://www.chicagohoops.com/articles1/brianstinnette502.html
 
wily coyote said:
Not sure Jerry would be the answer. How did the last head coach work out for us? I would like to see someone with experience in recruiting Chi. HS's. Maybe Willie Scott or DV. Thats a stretch but would like to see it happen.
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I threw Wainright out there simply because he has been in Chicago coaching for a long time, has head coaching experience and I believe him and Les have a relationship.

The bottom line with this is JL better, if he is hiring the person, make the right call and be a person he is willing to listen too (both good and bad) and is someone he trusts to make game decisions and/or suggestions. Call it either arrogance or lack of confidence but watching JL in the last few seasons he appears to do all game management on his own.

I am not sure, right now today, recruiting is as important as a guy who will be a strong leader in practices and on game day. Jim Les, I guarantee is a fantastic recruiter (seller), even though we have not signed that 4 star he has atleast gotten a few on to campus and has gotten in the front door. Maybe that name assistant will help in closing the sale, so to speak. But he needs a leader, an experienced leader in Division 1 basketball as his 1st assistant.

Personally, I believe that if Bradley does not show marked improvement in 2011 this likely will be the last hire Jim Les makes at Bradley.
 
d dub said:
Back to the thread what about Ernie Kent as a primary recruiter. Was able to get a bunch of Detroit/Chicago kids. Graduated lots of kids at Oregon. Just a not so realistic thought
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I like Ernie Kent and I believe someone will pick him up as soon as he is ready for HC nothing less. I still do not know what really happened to his program so quick or is Oregon, because of the football success, Nike ties and believing they are a top destination being a little too impatient.
 
squirrelgotdead said:
Since he's been on staff there, I know the Purple Eagles have had several Chicago-area players.....
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http://www.purpleeagles.com/sports/mbball/archive.asp

here are the rosters all the way back to 2004 when he started at Niagara..
only one player in that entire interval (and not even a regular starter) has any connection to the midwest or Illinois, and it's a kid that was NOT recruited out of high school by Niagara but instead ended up at a juco in California where he then went to Niagara...
So -seriously - he might have fine qualities, but all I have read for years is how we need an assistant that has STRONG connections in Chicago and the midwest and can land some of the talent we're missing....and I simply do not see where this guy nor Niagara have had a single kid from the recruiting areas we need to get stronger in...

Perhaps you know that Cephas Oglesby chose Towson (seriously - TOWSON!!) over the BU offer because he preferred to stay out east..

and Juvonte Reddic just chose VCU over a solid offer from Bradley because he preferred to stay out east...

so I really don't think we are gonna get much out there and maybe ought to concentrate on a more reliable area like the midwest.
And I am sure we won't get much if anything from the Niagara area....
personally I'd prefer an assistant with strong connections here in the midwest..

Hey - for eight stinking YEARS - people have whined about getting a Chicaco Public League kid or any kid out of Chicago proper..
WELL WE JUST GOT ONE... my gosh, it seems nobody's even noticed - and we instantly start seeing requests to get an assistant from out east to give us more recruiting presence out there!!
So I am convinced nothing short of landing LeBron James is ever gonna make the so called BU fan base happy....:roll:

..and last comment on the Binghamton situation...you can believe whatever you choose...but there was so much sleaze going at Binghamton (read that 6-page link)...that one can only conclude Macon HAD TO KNOW about it, or if he didn't he had to be brain dead...
If that's guilt by association to you, then so be it...but I wouldn't want Dave Bliss' assistants from Baylor either.
 
I for one have been saying we need to get Chicago area players and very happy that we landed one, I also want a strong recruiter from the mid-west because there is so much talent in this area it makes me sick everytime I hear starting lineups being announced with players from this area that are spread out all over the country, we have a great college basketball atmosphere here in Peoria and should be getting more of the good mid-western players.
I see us as having a great nucleus of players returning that is 2 pieces short of dominating the league.( a Wilkens plus a 6-8 or 6-9 250lb. center)
 
Loren Jackson?

Loren Jackson?

I didn't want to start a brand new thread just to ask a question. I don't think this is an assistant candidate. I am not sure though. What is the story on Loren Jackson? He was fired at Julian HS what was the reason for that? Is he a potential coach? I know he would have connections, but Boys to Men is kind of a bad name around here. Does anyone know if he is a possibility?

I don't know if he is young or old. I really know nothing about him.
 
I'd love to see BU get this D3 coach. I've seen him in action and he would make a GREAT #2 D1 coach....................


Tom Palombo, Guilford College, D3 -- Same school that produced ML Carr and World B. Free (though not when Palombo was around.

I've seen this guy coach and he definately has qualities similar to Coach Stowell in coaching/teaching ability. He also can develop big men as he previously had the D3 POY in 2008 (a big man), and will probably have another "Big" as POY this year. He also has some ties to the Midwest. Give him a call Jimmy!

http://www.guilford.edu/athletics/mbball/cstaff.html
 
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