Why jerrance howard is a good choice

[amckillip]

In fact the Butler and VCU coaches had plentyof experience...The Butler coach grew up within the organization at Butler and was with them for several years prior to getting the coaching job. There is zero comparison between the Butler and VCU coaches experience level and JH. It seems to me that you are setting JH up to fail. There is zero chance that BU will hire JH and....they shouldn't. When he finally has a few years of on-court coaching experience he may be ready for a low-major coaching job. He is no where near ready now...Bradley is not going to win with an in-experienced coach like JH.

I think Stevens and Howard are very comparable at time of hire. Stevens worked under Matta and Lickliter for a few years and Howard has worked under weber and Gillespie for a few years. Neither had any HC experience. One could argue time spent at U of I and UK is better than Butler too (though I wouldn't). Howard was also a D-1 bball player and had connections from his playing days with AAU coaches and such, that can't be said for Stevens.

[jrish12]

Alot easier to recruit to Illinois than Bradley, just sayin.....

VCU's head man Shaka Smart has been around the block before. Stints at California University of Pennsylvania(Grad assistant 2000-2001), Dayton(DBO 2001-2003), Akron(2003-2006), Clemson(2006-2008 ), Florida(2008-2009), and now VCU since the 2009 season.

Brad Stevens at Butler has been around the Butler program in some capacity since 2000. So thats 11 years. He was a volunteer for a bit then became DBO before becoming an assistant under Matta then under Lickliter as well, before taking the head job.

Jerrance Howard has only been around the coaching ranks since 2005. First serving as administrative assistant at Texas A&M from 2005-2007, basketball operations at Kentucky in 2007, then AC at Illinois from 2008-present.

Jerrance will get a HC job, but I dont think he is quite ready yet.

[TylerDurden]

Why do people think BU needs to recruit the CPL?

There is plenty of talent to be had without having to deal with the schemers and hustlers in Chicago.

Who wouldn't like more kids like AW? Indianapolis is a 3.5 hour drive away and there is more than enough talent in that city, without the player running that goes on in Chicago.

When was the last time BU reached into Missouri? Phil Gilbert (East STL)?

I'm not saying to ignore Chicago, but who needs the aggravation of a player who would clearly bring baggage during the recruiting process?

[Buesch N Chips]

Alot easier to recruit to Illinois than Bradley, just sayin.....

Not true. I would say recruiting against Duke is pretty darn tough.

[tornado]

Tyler -- every school in the nation sends recruiters to Chicago --
schools like UCLA and Duke land top Chicago kids...so we need to at least have some connection there...

VCU's head man Shaka Smart has been around the block before....

..not that I would think BU has him in their sights, and not that he'd consider coming to BU -- but Shaka Smart already has his ticket punched to just about any open BCS-level job that he would want - --- he will take him time and pick from the offers.......

[TylerDurden]

Again, I'm not saying to ignore Chicago. I'm saying don't deal with the schemers and hustlers -- the guys who pimp players to get ahead.

Duke and UCLA may feel like they have to play the game to land the very top guys, but BU isn't going after the same players as Duke and UCLA.

I think the past two coaches have made that choice and I applaud them for not playing that game.

They've recruited players from Chicago without getting too deep into the muck.

If the strong point of Jerrance Howard is that he knows how to navigate the muck...thanks, but no thanks.

When you combine that with the lack of head coaching experience, it's probation waiting to happen.

[amckillip]

When was the last time BU reached into Missouri? Phil Gilbert (East STL)?

Sam Singh I believe.

[jrish12]

..not that I would think BU has him in their sights, and not that he'd consider coming to BU -- but Shaka Smart already has his ticket punched to just about any open BCS-level job that he would want - --- he will take him time and pick from the offers.......

Not saying they do, I was relating his career and Brad Stevens to that of Jerrance Howard and how the profiles of those 2 vs. JH are completely different. Like I said, Howard has been around college basketball in an administrative/coaching capacity for around 5-6 years, 3 of those were strictly administrative. Stevens and Smart paid their dues for much longer and like I said Howard will get a HC job, just not sure when or where.