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Reynolds: Coaching search...

tornado said:
only 50 D-I schools draw better than Bradley...
Bradley has intense, loyal fans...and everyone knows BU's fans follow their team even on the road moreso than MOST teams
BU is nearing completion of a campaign that will raise over $100 million for the upgrade of facilities..only about 40-50 schools in the country could compete with that
and BU's fans are the best...we all know that and no argument is even needed....so unless a coach has a top BCS offer, yes, he'd want to come to Bradley...why not......?
ps-- barely a dozen non-BCS schools pay as well as BU for their head coach...and past BU coaches and assistants have gone on to numerous other head coaching positions, even the NBA
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Good points, all. I can only hope that the process lands Bradley the very best possible coach.

GO BU
 
lake Camelot said:
I always liked Craig Neal as a player and he has a decent background. I just can't get over the fact he is hooked up with Steve Alford. On top of that good friends with. Alford rubs me the wrong way more than any one I can think of in coaching. I also don't think he is that great of a coach(Alford).

I like that list, but I would hope there are some other names not on the list.

By the way people said Lusk would probably be lined up for SIU, so if we want him that blockade is gone.
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You cannot choose a new coach based on his son being a good player because look at Detroit this season with McCallums son playing for them, choose the coach because of his coaching and not because his son is a great player.
 
I'm happy to see Lusk and Howard on the list...both would be great hires. Craig Neal as a candidate nauseates me. Why do former, failed Iowa coaches keep coming up?!? I also have trouble thinking of an assistant coach at the mid-major level (Neal/Graves) being our next head coach. It seems to me that an assistant at that level would first need to go to a low D1 or good D2 program to prove themselves first. The exception would be a coach who was already an assistant the program (ie Stevens replacing Lickliter at Butler).

I could be way off base though...are there any recent examples of a mid-major assistant jumping to a HC spot at another mid-major??
 
No. I'm not joking. Kevin McKenna did jump from an assistant job at Creighton to a head job at Indiana State.

The original question was "are there any recent examples of a mid-major assistant jumping to a HC spot at another mid-major?"

He did not ask if the jump was successful.
 
tornado said:
only 50 D-I schools draw better than Bradley...
Bradley has intense, loyal fans...and everyone knows BU's fans follow their team even on the road moreso than MOST teams
BU is nearing completion of a campaign that will raise over $100 million for the upgrade of facilities..only about 40-50 schools in the country could compete with that
and BU's fans are the best...we all know that and no argument is even needed....so unless a coach has a top BCS offer, yes, he'd want to come to Bradley...why not......?
ps-- barely a dozen non-BCS schools pay as well as BU for their head coach...and past BU coaches and assistants have gone on to numerous other head coaching positions, even the NBA
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Great reasons why BU should be able to land a top notch coach, my favorites in order:
Lusk
Gard
Montgomery
Mueller
Miller
Terry is an interesting candidate but I still believe you need to have mid-western ties .
Graves is also interesting but I would rather have someone from a larger school.
 
real fan said:
Great reasons why BU should be able to land a top notch coach, my favorites in order:
Lusk
Gard
Montgomery
Mueller
Miller
Terry is an interesting candidate but I still believe you need to have mid-western ties .
Graves is also interesting but I would rather have someone from a larger school.
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Your list is very similar to mine, although Amaker and the Princeton coach would be high on mine also. I don't think Amaker is realistic though. I also wouldn't mind Licklighter, but he would be lower on my list.

I would maybe put Terry right behind Lusk,Gard, and Montgomery.
 
Beninator said:
IMO, Lusk would be the type of "statement hire" that I am looking for!

I really hope this happens!:D
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The only knock I have against Lusk is that his h.s. team (Trenton Wesclin) beat my high school's team (Prairie Central) in the '89-'90 state title game (A). We made a great run, undefeated that year until the championship game, where Lusk was key to the win. :badgrin:
At least I know he's a winner! :D
 
lake Camelot said:
Your list is very similar to mine, although Amaker and the Princeton coach would be high on mine also. I don't think Amaker is realistic though. I also wouldn't mind Licklighter, but he would be lower on my list.

I would maybe put Terry right behind Lusk,Gard, and Montgomery.
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The problem I have with the Princeton coach is he has no ties to the mid-west, Keno Davis left his recruiting base to go to Providence and struggled because he was out of his area; I have heard Amaker does no interviews with the press so that would rule him out .
 
Dear Paul Lusk,

As a fellow graduate of Trenton Wesclin High School who watched your Dad coach the Warriors during my time there and cheered when as a player you led them to the 1990 state championship in double overtime, I really hope you give serious consideration to the Bradley job. It's a great school with incredible tradition and a loyal and large fan base. Peoria is a wonderful place to raise your family. So "Boiler Up" for the next few weeks, and then bring your talents here and "Be Brave!" I'll be cheering the loudest in Section 1 when you are introduced.
 
LittleBrave said:
The only knock I have against Lusk is that his h.s. team (Trenton Wesclin) beat my high school's team (Prairie Central) in the '89-'90 state title game (A). We made a great run, undefeated that year until the championship game, where Lusk was key to the win. :badgrin:
At least I know he's a winner! :D
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Just saw this after I sent my last post. Sorry LB.....not!
 
BUSongwriter said:
Just saw this after I sent my last post. Sorry LB.....not!
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You are too cruel, BUSongwriter! I have a feeling you DID see my post and just wanted to rub it in! :)
Now we're on the same team (BU) - that's all that matters I guess.

I moved to Florida a few months after that heart-breaking loss just to get away from it all. No, actually my family moved there, so I tagged along with them and finished h.s. down there.
 
Get Fife now

Get Fife now

we need to get dan fife now while we can...he has ties in Indiana and can win with mediocre talent, which is what we have whether we want to admit it or not..i know for a fact he is very interested after talking to a local hs coach who is friends with him...good pickup for us.
 
gerry said:
we need to get dan fife now while we can...he has ties in Indiana and can win with mediocre talent, which is what we have whether we want to admit it or not..i know for a fact he is very interested after talking to a local hs coach who is friends with him...good pickup for us.
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I am sure you must mean Dane Fife. Dan Fife is his father, and he was an assistant at Michigan a number of years ago, and is now a high school coach at Clarkston, Michigan.
Dane Fife has coached at IPFW since 2005.
In 6 seasons his record is a really lousy 82-107-
2010-11 18-12, 11-7 RPI 176
2009-10 16-15, 9-9 RPI 224
2008-09 13-17, 8-10 RPI 228
2007-08 13-18, 9-9 RPI 218
2006-07 12-17 RPI 243
2005-06 10-18 RPI 291

His team has only had 2 marginally plus .500 seasons out of his 6 seasons, and only once finished with a +.500 record in the extremely weak Summit League. They have never played in an NCAA game, and never made any postseason tournament. Despite the IPFW Mastodons playing in the extremely weak Summit Conference, after 6 seasons Fife has never finished higher than 4th seed. Isn't that what everyone wanted Jim Les fired for? He has never finished with an RPI in the top 1/2 of D1 schools, and this year's RPI of 176 is the first season better than 218.

Maybe Fife will eventually get a better job, but I do not see any possibility Bradley would hire someone with such a poor D1 record.
 
I would like BU to hire Donald Trump. With his accumen I think he could set up an apprentice style recruiting strategy that would automatically grant the best player on the team a draft spot with Trumps yet to be owned NBA team.

In all seriousness though I really have no idea who BU should hire. My preferences would be someone with head coaching experience, and success in their conference.
 
dane fife

dane fife

yes you are incorrect in their record..they are 18-12 this season..not 10-18..he would be the best fit and we could have "the general" at some practices and be able to recruit Indiana and Illinois...which is what we need to be able to do...
 
gerry said:
yes you are incorrect in their record..they are 18-12 this season..not 10-18..he would be the best fit and we could have "the general" at some practices and be able to recruit Indiana and Illinois...which is what we need to be able to do...
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Yes, you are right- I had the years in the reverse order with the records, and I have corrected that. However, the cumulative record and other data are correct.
 
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