Director of Basketball Operations

[Old Coach]

Seriously?? Most programs use the position as a bargaining chip -- to hire someone with significant connections or influence, or to keep valuable guys around even if they cannot officially coach, so that it DOES help the program...
Sure the guy in tha position might book some reservations as part of his job - but you can get a volunteer to do that stuff - that's not the real important asset involved here...

For example - Barry Hinson just hired Nate Mast who was the successful head coach of one of our area's junior colleges - but he adds the possibility of contacts and help with recruiting jucos.

Bigger schools hire guys who will give them farther reaching recruiting influence even tho the DBO is not supposed to be a recruiter

Illinois just hired Mark Morris in what is clearly a payback effort by Groce for the work Morris has done for Groce at Ohio....obviously the guy was a valuable part of Groce's Ohio program.

No I wasn't serious, but I feel like the real value of the position tends to be a little over-stated. It's a very low paying, non-coaching, entry level administrative position.

[tornado]

I am hearing that we may be getting close to hiring a new Director of Basketball Operations very soon.

well it hasn't been soon but...
Here's a name that has not been previously mentioned...but he was in Peoria to interview for the position..
....Mt. Union assistant Cole Pittis who played at Muskingum for Geno Ford. He also spent three seasons in a similar role at Akron.

[TheHeemyMonster]

This person should be hired in the next couple days. He has no previous relationship with Bradley but Geno has known him for quite some time. Sounds like a good guy and hard worker

[PTownHawkeye]

I have no idea who the leading candidate(s) is/are, but do know of two people who have been associated with the job. They have one thing in common - both have ISU ties. One is a longshot (he would be well down Geno's list) and the other is a reach (he is applying for assistant positions and would look at this as a fallback).

[Da Coach]

I am hearing he is from Ohio u.

[tornado]

According to Nationally listed job postings...

Bradley is also hiring a
HEAD women's Tennis Coach - LINK
Previous head coach Scott Peterson now works here
Jesse Plote, the men's tennis coach, is serving as Interim Head Coach of women's tennis.

Asst. Volleyball Coach - LINK (Melissa Emkes is no longer listed as an assistant and there have been no releases pertaining to her, although she was listed as assistant on the summer VB camp brochure just a couple weeks ago)

as well as Head Women's Basketball Coach, Men's DBO, and Sports Marketing Assistant.


BTW - regardless of what some people said - when BU was interviewing and sorting thru candidates in 2011 for the HC hire - numerous candidates - even several who made visits for an interview declined the job after specifics were laid out & it was offered to them - thus causing the offer to go up and up until the hire was made.
Now we see even for the DBO - several candidates being interviewed and nobody's landed the job yet - does anyone know what's going on?

[Da Coach]

Bradley hires a new women's tennis coach- Chris Williams, a 2-year assistant at Air Force-

http://www.bradleybraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=25976&SPID=1509&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=205458124&DB_OEM_ID=3400

“The arrival of Chris Williams signals the beginning of a new era for Bradley women’s tennis,” Bradley athletics director Michael Cross said. “Chris is a very hard worker, he is thoughtful and he will raise our competitive expectations as soon as he steps on the court.”

The Bradley women's tennis team has been pretty awful. They finished 4-19 this season, and they were 0-10 at home, and 0-7 in MVC matches (2012).
In 2011 they were 3-20, 0-7 in the MVC. In fact, Bradley has only won 1 match in MVC in the last 6 seasons combined, and they have been the last place team in the MVC almost every year for more than a decade.



Rumors-
The new men's basketball Director of Basketball Operations should be announced any day.
He is from Ohio.
The search had to be restarted after an earlier candidate backed out.

[tornado]

both of these hires continue the tradition of almost all recent hires being people brought in from outside the area and with no prior connection to BU.....

[tornado]

Asst. Volleyball Coach - LINK (Melissa Emkes is no longer listed as an assistant and there have been no releases pertaining to her, although she was listed as assistant on the summer VB camp brochure just a couple weeks ago)..

both of these hires continue the tradition of almost all recent hires being people brought in from outside the area and with no prior connection to BU.....

Continuing the trend.........
Bradley just hired the new assistant volleyball coach...
from Maine with a Masters Degree from Southern Miss

http://www.bradleybraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205458998&db_oem_id=3400

[amckillip]

Continuing the trend.........
Bradley just hired the new assistant volleyball coach...
from Maine with a Masters Degree from Southern Miss
http://www.bradleybraves.com/ViewArt...db_oem_id=3400

Maybe people tied to the university are close enough to know not to come?

[tornado]

I just get the idea we are going "in a different direction" and not promoting anything that is old-school or has ties to BU's past

[Old Coach]

Maybe there aren't very many folks with ties to the university qualified for these positions.

As it relates to the DBO, you'd really have to just want an opportunity. A young high school head coach who teaches full time would likely make more money than the Bradley DBO.

[BeBrave]

You guys know who would make a good Bradley DBO: Sam Maniscalco.

[tornado]

but in the same Italian vein - maybe we should hire someone who has gobs of ties to the Chicago high school scene
We should have never let this guy get away, but there's still plenty of top guys available
even tho it's too late to talk to Milton Doyle's coach but maybe not too late to get someone that'll help....

[JMM28]

I just get the idea we are going "in a different direction" and not promoting anything that is old-school or has ties to BU's past

So we want to make sure the programs that have been really bad are coached by people with ties to that program that is really bad? Seems to me you might want to go the opposite direction..?