Welcome back to Peoria, Jerrance Howard!

[Buesch N Chips]

We have no idea really on any of these guys do we?

Nope.

[srw]

I'll try to do better with my sentences during this post, then go back to my corner and wait a few years before wading into the deep end again. It is just my opinion, but I feel that if we were to look five or six years ahead, JH will have a more successful program than these other coaches that are being "considered.....allegedly". I could be 100% wrong. Regardless of who bradley hires as the next coach, I will, like most fans, hope for the best. Again, this is only one new guy's opinion. Only went to Bradley in the early 90's and been a fan since before then, but that counts for zero with some people. Now excuse me, I must go back to the shallow end where my opinion and I belong.

I really agree with you here..

Or at least, the ceiling with Jerrance is very high.

[afan]

I think it is time we give him a chance and go with a youth movement. I think we'd all agree he'd be a great recruiter and great motivator, not sure on the x's and o's. But it can't get any worse than last place so let's get this done.

You can't win based on recruiting talants alone. JH has zero on-court experience. He is not ready! Why do you want him to fail? There is absolutely no chance that Bradley will hire JH...and, they shouldn't. Take another look after he has some experience. Please...........enough already..

[BRADLEY FAN 49]

JH is not the answer.
Just because he is a great recruiter at the U of I, means absolutely nothing at B.U.
Who ever we get had better be a great teacher,coach, and recruiter.
The two guys I like are Graves and Lusk.

[buballer82]

You can't win based on recruiting talants alone. JH has zero on-court experience. He is not ready! Why do you want him to fail? There is absolutely no chance that Bradley will hire JH...and, they shouldn't. Take another look after he has some experience. Please...........enough already..

What experience to you want Jerrance to have? As an assistant he is in the team meetings, the coaches meetings, the film sessions, the huddles etc etc etc. At what point is a guy ready in your opinion? He has 4 solid years of assistant experience at Illinois and experience in basketball operations at Kentucky. He has proven himself as a premier recruiter in just 4 years. I think that says a lot about his work ethic and drive to succeed, as well as the fact that people including recruits like him. I'll take him any day of the week!

[FlyingSpaghettiMonster]

Once again, this is Bradley, not ISU. We can speak in complete sentences.

"We have no idea really on any of these guys do we?"

[buballer82]

JH is not the answer.
Just because he is a great recruiter at the U of I, means absolutely nothing at B.U.
Who ever we get had better be a great teacher,coach, and recruiter.
The two guys I like are Graves and Lusk.

Couldn't the same be said for other aspects of coaching with other candidates? Couldn't a defense be made that its easier to coach and teach blue chip recruits because of their intangibles like basketball i.q. and athletic ability? How can you say that Graves and Lusk will be great teachers, coaches and recruiters?

[Buesch N Chips]

How can you say that Graves and Lusk will be great teachers, coaches and recruiters?

No one knows. Hence the research firm to take the fallout if they guess wrong.

[srw]

No one knows. Hence the research firm to take the fallout if they guess wrong.

Im guessing no one is going to be blaming the search firm...

[real fan]

You can't win based on recruiting talants alone. JH has zero on-court experience. He is not ready! Why do you want him to fail? There is absolutely no chance that Bradley will hire JH...and, they shouldn't. Take another look after he has some experience. Please...........enough already..

Finally someone that has some knowledge, how do you fire someone because they believed he could not coach and then you want to hire someone that can recruit for Illinois but who knows about his coaching, makes no sense.

[Buesch N Chips]

Finally someone that has some knowledge, how do you fire someone because they believed he could not coach and then you want to hire someone that can recruit for Illinois but who knows about his coaching, makes no sense.

I agree.

[SaintLouBrave22]

Finally someone that has some knowledge, how do you fire someone because they believed he could not coach and then you want to hire someone that can recruit for Illinois but who knows about his coaching, makes no sense.

Well, in all fairness, we don't really know if any of these assistants can coach...


That said, I just like the pedigree and learning on the job that Graves, Lusk, and Muller have had to do for their positions...

Plus if I pluck Muller or Graves out, it's recognizable that they havent had the recruiting budgets that IL or Purdue have or the name recognition up until recently.

Furthermore, the 3 I mentioned come from a great background with well put in place systems that are more about recruiting to the system than who you recruit, thus I feel like any of the 3 would be a great choice.


That said, I am hearing Jeter's name quite a bit this morning

[peterwade75]

Because JL was an average recruiter, "average" teacher, but a poor motivator. How many times did we hear Jim himself say "they aren't buying in"?.... All the time, which means he could not motivate them to listen. If you get a better recruiter with perhaps equal teaching skills who can actually motivate the better players to listen and buy I'm, then I think there would be vast improvement

[SaintLouBrave22]

Because JL was an average recruiter, "average" teacher, but a poor motivator. How many times did we hear Jim himself say "they aren't buying in"?.... All the time, which means he could not motivate them to listen. If you get a better recruiter with perhaps equal teaching skills who can actually motivate the better players to listen and buy I'm, then I think there would be vast improvement

Not only do we need a solid motivator but we need a guy with a system to bring in that people will believe in from day 1!

[Deadguy35]

Here is a little story for u that don't want jh. a few years back there read an up and coming but very young assistant in the nfl. He was described as energetic, a great motivator, a guy who players would love to play for. But he was young, inexperienced and people didn't know about his x and o's. Miami interviewed him and said thanks but no thanks. Few days later the steelers hired him. Mike tomlin. Players today love these young motivating type of coaches. You can always get good assistants who know x's and o's.

You need to look up the definition of "Spurious Correlation".

I personally wouldn't mind JH over some of the other candidates mentioned. However, you're not going to sway the naysayers with an argument such as the one you stated.