D1 Coaching Changes

[quote="L J S A" post=279202][quote="alexander salem" post=279201][quote="Paultzman" post=279194]Travis Steele Xavier AC promoted to HC[/quote]

Still hard to fathom Xavier lost a HC who is an Alum/former player. They are now in a major conference with nice facilities and a smaller, but rabid fan base. Makes you wonder if it can ever become a real destination job.[/quote]

It was a crazy amount of money, and his wife is from Louisville according to a post on redmen.com, so that was a perfect storm for leaving, I suppose. Hopefully Steele wins big and is a lifer there.[/quote]

Xavier has turned into a solid high major but Louisville is a top 10 perhaps even top 5 or 6 job. Tremendous history with Crum and Pitino, unreal facilities, rabid fan base in rabid basketball state, tremendous conference with 2 big blue bloods already with aging coaches, 3 if you count Cuse. If he passed on this he would be a lifer because hard to see him getting a better opportunity anytime. That is why he said yes.

You want to talk resources, Pitino was highest salary coach and AD, both were fired with cause but almost certainly will get large settlements. Yet despite that they had zero problem giving a fat contract to lure Mack. Zero despite potential NCAA sanctions. Zero. That's called printing your own money. Most schools would be crippled with those liabilities.
 
Nice touch by Cooley

@CoachCooleyPC
Congratulations to Coach Steele! Excited to have you in the @BIGEAST Looking forward to a lot of competitive games in the best league in the country
 
As the comparisons begin, keep in mind that Steele has over a decade of college basketball coaching experience under one of the most successful coaches in the country. He has also been an active recruiter during that time.
 
Per Borzello
Florida International is parting ways with head coach Anthony Evans, sources told ESPN.

Pitino Jr.'s former spot
 
Sources: Marist will hire St. Peter's John Dunne as its next head basketball coach. STORY @FanRagSports:
 
[quote="Paultzman" post=279435]Sources: Marist will hire St. Peter's John Dunne as its next head basketball coach. STORY @FanRagSports:[/quote]

He seemed like a lifer at St. Peter's, but I'm not sure they even pay $100,000. I guess Marist can give him a raise.
 
Doug McDermott is hiring former Missouri St HC Paul Lusk and Chris Mack is hiring former Wake HC Dino Gaudio.

Two very successful HC's not afraid to hire former D1 college HC's.

BTW if I were advising CM on a potential hire I would call Kevin Ollie. Just me though
 
[quote="fordham96" post=279495]Doug McDermott is hiring former Missouri St HC Paul Lusk and Chris Mack is hiring former Wake HC Dino Gaudio.

Two very successful HC's not afraid to hire former D1 college HC's. [/quote]

And there you have the difference. If you ever wonder about our product.......this speaks volumes.
 
Familar name per Zagoria
UConn will add former Minnesota assistant Kimani Young to its staff, per source.

Great hire re NYC kids especially
 
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[quote="fordham96" post=279495]Doug McDermott is hiring former Missouri St HC Paul Lusk and Chris Mack is hiring former Wake HC Dino Gaudio.

Two very successful HC's not afraid to hire former D1 college HC's.

BTW if I were advising CM on a potential hire I would call Kevin Ollie. Just me though[/quote]

Mullin won't even call Ron Naclario who could teach him coaching 102 after 3 years of independent study in coaching 101. His stubbornness cost him two stints in NBA front offices. Let's hope one of his assistant coaches chooses to fall on the sword because that's the only way he will be inspired to make a change.
Barry Rohressen still on payroll is mind boggling. This new president was supposed to know how to count beans. He is showing that he knows squat shit about running a university with a D1 basketball program by abdicating oversight of the only income producing program at the University.
 
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[quote="Class of 72" post=279502][quote="fordham96" post=279495]Doug McDermott is hiring former Missouri St HC Paul Lusk and Chris Mack is hiring former Wake HC Dino Gaudio.

Two very successful HC's not afraid to hire former D1 college HC's.

BTW if I were advising CM on a potential hire I would call Kevin Ollie. Just me though[/quote]

Mullin won't even call Ron Naclario who could teach him coaching 102 after 3 years of independent study in coaching 101. His stubbornness cost him two stints in NBA front offices. Let's hope one of his assistant coaches chooses to fall on the sword because that's the only way he will be inspired to make a change.
Barry Rohressen still on payroll is mind boggling. This new president was supposed to know how to count beans. He is showing that he knows squat shit about running a university with a D1 basketball program by abdicating oversight of the only income producing program at the University.[/quote]

Let me be clear, I think the X and O stuff is overrated here. Also the problem isn't that GSJ and MR work hard, I'm sure they do. The issue is college experience which in turn translates to recruiting. You can't have 2 assistants recruiting who have zero college experience. You are asking for trouble.
 
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[quote="fordham96" post=279505][quote="Class of 72" post=279502][quote="fordham96" post=279495]Doug McDermott is hiring former Missouri St HC Paul Lusk and Chris Mack is hiring former Wake HC Dino Gaudio.

Two very successful HC's not afraid to hire former D1 college HC's.

BTW if I were advising CM on a potential hire I would call Kevin Ollie. Just me though[/quote]

Mullin won't even call Ron Naclario who could teach him coaching 102 after 3 years of independent study in coaching 101. His stubbornness cost him two stints in NBA front offices. Let's hope one of his assistant coaches chooses to fall on the sword because that's the only way he will be inspired to make a change.
Barry Rohressen still on payroll is mind boggling. This new president was supposed to know how to count beans. He is showing that he knows squat shit about running a university with a D1 basketball program by abdicating oversight of the only income producing program at the University.[/quote]

Let me be clear, I think the X and O stuff is overrated here. Also the problem isn't that GSJ and MR work hard, I'm sure they do. The issue is college experience which in turn translates to recruiting. You can't have 2 assistants recruiting who have zero college experience. You are asking for trouble.[/quote]

First, who are the two assistants recruiting?
Second, the entire staff now has three years of experience. Recruiting is 24/7 communication, observation and visibility.
You either have the will and desire to do it or you don't.
The next year will tell us if this staff has it or doesn't.
 
[quote="Paultzman" post=279501]Familar name per Zagoria
UConn will add former Minnesota assistant Kimani Young to its staff, per source.

Great hire re NYC kids especially[/quote]

Ouch.
More difficulties to recruit in NYC for us.
 
[quote="JohnnyFan" post=279498]And there you have the difference. If you ever wonder about our product.......this speaks volumes.[/quote]

Paul Lusk, 106–121 lifetime, three winning seasons, one CIT appearance in seven years as HC.

Dino Gaudino, 36-72 at Army, 32-52 at Loyola, 129–155 lifetime. Fired from Wake after three seasons in which he went 16-17 in February, 4-7 in March and 1-6 in the postseason play.

Speaks volumes.
 
Rhode Island will hire David Cox as its next head basketball coach, per a source. Official announcement expected soon.

Rothstein
 
[quote="fun" post=279515][quote="JohnnyFan" post=279498]And there you have the difference. If you ever wonder about our product.......this speaks volumes.[/quote]

Paul Lusk, 106–121 lifetime, three winning seasons, one CIT appearance in seven years as HC.

Dino Gaudino, 36-72 at Army, 32-52 at Loyola, 129–155 lifetime. Fired from Wake after three seasons in which he went 16-17 in February, 4-7 in March and 1-6 in the postseason play.

Speaks volumes.[/quote]

Can you imagine being so insecure that you spend all your time trying to prove that your're smarter than everyone else? In any event, as you list the previous head coaching records of recently hired assistant coaches, the actual point was.......

Previous Head College Coaching Records:
Mullin: 0-0
St. Jean: 0-0
Mitch: 0-0
Matt: 0-0
 
[quote="JohnnyFan" post=279574][quote="fun" post=279515][quote="JohnnyFan" post=279498]And there you have the difference. If you ever wonder about our product.......this speaks volumes.[/quote]

Paul Lusk, 106–121 lifetime, three winning seasons, one CIT appearance in seven years as HC.

Dino Gaudino, 36-72 at Army, 32-52 at Loyola, 129–155 lifetime. Fired from Wake after three seasons in which he went 16-17 in February, 4-7 in March and 1-6 in the postseason play.

Speaks volumes.[/quote]

Can you imagine being so insecure that you spend all your time trying to prove that your're smarter than everyone else? In any event, as you list the previous head coaching records of recently hired assistant coaches, the actual point was.......

Previous Head College Coaching Records:
Mullin: 0-0
St. Jean: 0-0
Mitch: 0-0
Matt: 0-0[/quote]

The obvious answer is you don't hold assistant coaching candidate's to the same standard as HC candidate's for obvious reasons. So quoting the head coaching record for a potential AC candidate is completely misleading for qualification purposes.
 
[quote="JohnnyFan" post=279574]Can you imagine being so insecure that you spend all your time trying to prove that your're smarter than everyone else?[/quote]

I have a pretty vivid imagination, so I can imagine a lot of things. (A lot of which have to do with Jacqueline Bisset, but I digress.) I can even imagine being insecure about my intelligence - which is a stretch, because about that I'm not at all insecure. Which is why I don't have to imagine proving that I'm smarter than everyone, much less you - that's obvious - or to waste all or even some of my time trying to prove it. Which is why I didn't mention anything about my alleged superior intelligence or your lack thereof: you did that. I didn't mention me at all or you. Except when I'm drunk - which happens all too frequently, I'm considering going to meetings - and I inopportunely call some dope a cunt I assiduously avoid calling people names or assailing their character - which is what you've done here. The fact is that I don't give an intercourse about you, that's how secure I am - I couldn't pick you out of a line up of dopes with Johnny this or Johnie that in their screen names. I barely know who you are, except as a vaguely identifiable member of a herd of whiny bitches that pollutes this forum with mindless boring witless complaints about nonsense that I could barely give a shit about at all.

What I did on this occasion - which occasions occur more and more infrequently, which is why I post here once a week on average - was merely to post some facts about some lousy coaches that had the good fortune to be hired as assistant coaches. That you interpreted my post as an attack on your intelligence is what we call in the trade a tell. Which if you weren't so insecure about being kind of sort of stupid you'd have realized.

Now that the ad hominems are out of the way, I'll spell my point out, which although pretty obvious seems to have gone sailing over your tiny little pointed head. I'll pose it the form of a multiple choice question so you have a 33 20 percent chance of getting it right.

Imagine - as long as we're imagining - that Chris Mullin hired as assistant coach some dope from the Missouri Valley Conference with a losing lifetime head coaching record. Would your response have been

(a) signing on the RDC and high fiving your friends about what a genius Chris Mullin was

(b) signing on to RDC and complaining about what a bad coach Chris Mullin

(c) signing on to RDC and complaining about what a bad coach Chris Mullin is

(d) signing on to RDC and complaining about what a bad coach Chris Mullin is

Remember to formulate your answer in the form of a question. Remember also to mention confirmation bias and to spell both Dunning and Kreuger correctly. Because spelling counts. Or cunts. Whatever.
 
[quote="fordham96" post=279575]The obvious answer is you don't hold assistant coaching candidate's to the same standard as HC candidate's for obvious reasons. So quoting the head coaching record for a potential AC candidate is completely misleading for qualification purposes.[/quote]

As opposed to their age and their height and how much their house in Cali sold for. Thanks for the clarification Jimmy Olsen Junior. Great Casears ghost. Don't call me chief!
 
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