Who will replace Greg Graham as assistant coach?

[tornado]

Hasn't been much discussion - and it's a pretty important time what with recruiting going on - and getting someone good ASAP into that assistant spot might really help us land the right guys !

So who are we gonna get?

An assistant from somewhere else?
A guy with lots of AAU connections?
A guy heavily connected to the juco circuit?
A guy from DII or DIII?
....anyone have some info?

[Da Coach]

After an unusually long period of waiting, it will go to Pittis.

[Big Mike]

Ready for an influx of new blood myself.....not a fan of the promote within from this staff!

[LongTimeFan]

I wouldn't be surprised to see it go to current staff. However, I would favor an out side source that could help with recruiting and big man development.

[lefty]

I think it will be interesting to see who BU gets here??¦..year 4 is crucial to Geno's future??¦.If I'm a prospective coach I wait until all the recruiting is done??¦??¦??¦then I see if I want to hitch up to the wagon

[Da Coach]

With as far as we appear to be from truly competing for the top of the MVC or an NCAA bid, I see no problem with using an assistant position to improve our team immediately. Other schools work package deals in hiring assistants, or hire guys with a wider number of connections or who can immediately have a recruiting impact.

[LongTimeFan]

Anything that can help our recruiting would be fair game. I know there can be a moral issue but if we want to be successful like some other teams we need to adopt some of their methods.

[tornado]

....year 4 is crucial to Geno's future??¦...

weren't years 1, 2, and 3 critical to Geno's and Bradley's future?
...or as some have postulated - "factors" and "actions" beyond GF's control and "fallout" that are not his fault have put Geno into a very difficult position

[lefty]

weren't years 1, 2, and 3 critical to Geno's and Bradley's future?
...or as some have postulated - "factors" and "actions" beyond GF's control and "fallout" that are not his fault have put Geno into a very difficult position

Of course but they are past now??¦??¦he needs a pretty good year to get any kind of extension IMO??¦??¦??¦.some candidates may not like the situation or timing

[Da Coach]

??¦.some candidates may not like the situation or timing

I am not sure what you are referring to.
This is, by far, the most common time for any coaching changes, and hundreds of D1 assistant coaches change jobs or are hired at this time every year.
So what would make the Bradley "situation or timing" different, and why would any candidate hesitate?
Every time Bradley has ever had an opening, we've always heard reports about getting hundreds of applications and resume's. Why would things be different this time?

[tornado]

The position of assistant at Bradley should be a very desirable position drawing gobs of interest...

look how many Bradley assistants in just that past couple decades have served elsewhere as head coaches, or who have secured nice spots on other D-I staffs and elsewhere...
Tony Barone, Ritchie McKay, Duane Broussard, Rob Judson, Kyle Vogt, and many others....Lennox Forrester, Jim Platt, and now Greg Graham...

..would like to see a report of the names some of the guys who are interested or who might be candidates...
There was a bunch being reported the last time Geno hired assistants

[lefty]

I am not sure what you are referring to.
This is, by far, the most common time for any coaching changes, and hundreds of D1 assistant coaches change jobs or are hired at this time every year.
So what would make the Bradley "situation or timing" different, and why would any candidate hesitate?
Every time Bradley has ever had an opening, we've always heard reports about getting hundreds of applications and resume's. Why would things be different this time?

I think I explained it already in post 5.......it's just an opinion by the way...you don't think it's different from a prospective assistant getting hired in year 1 or 2 of a 5 year contract compared to year 4?

I don't think it's hard to hundreds of resumes.....I get hundreds too but few are qualified

[tornado]

then in one sense I agree with you....but much of what determines how important year four is....depends on how good he's looked in the first three years and how much he was hyped up as the savior or the RIGHT guy to turn the program around in a hurry.

let's say a coach came in and won 20 games in year 1, 2, and 3 - that guy maybe wouldn't be under a ton of pressure in year four...

BUT - in the situation we are talking about - where four years in where you were hired supposedly to take a program "to the next level", or to "build a winner" - and if you still haven't shown much success, with most of your wins coming as a result of what was left over in the cupboard and now you have a roster full of guys that ALL of your own choosing and yet there's so little there that you're running out numerous of your own guys to try to upgrade, then definitely year four is pretty important.

....so in some sense the fact that our local media has hyped everythnig that was done in the hiring, then everything GF does, hyped all his recruits as game-changers & difference-makers, called his recruiting classes among the best we've ever seen on the Hilltop, etc...
then maybe they have placed a little too much pressure on Geno and driven the expectations a bit too high - setting GF up to fail if he doesn't get 25 wins this season. It's gonna be interesting since the MVC isn't terribly weak this year like it was from spots 2 thru 10 last year - this year it's going to be very hard to get into the upper half of the Valley.
....this coming season everyone else gets better & stronger - so Geno's gonna have to do it, too.

[lefty]

then in one sense I agree with you....but much of what determines how important year four is....depends on how good he's looked in the first three years and how much he was hyped up as the savior or the RIGHT guy to turn the program around in a hurry.

let's say a coach came in and won 20 games in year 1, 2, and 3 - that guy maybe wouldn't be under a ton of pressure in year four...

BUT - in the situation we are talking about - where four years in where you were hired supposedly to take a program "to the next level", or to "build a winner" - and if you still haven't shown much success, with most of your wins coming as a result of what was left over in the cupboard and now you have a roster full of guys that ALL of your own choosing and yet there's so little there that you're running out numerous of your own guys to try to upgrade, then definitely year four is pretty important.

....so in some sense the fact that our local media has hyped everythnig that was done in the hiring, then everything GF does, hyped all his recruits as game-changers & difference-makers, called his recruiting classes among the best we've ever seen on the Hilltop, etc...
then maybe they have placed a little too much pressure on Geno and driven the expectations a bit too high - setting GF up to fail if he doesn't get 25 wins this season. It's gonna be interesting since the MVC isn't terribly weak this year like it was from spots 2 thru 10 last year - this year it's going to be very hard to get into the upper half of the Valley.
....this coming season everyone else gets better & stronger - so Geno's gonna have to do it, too.

again with the local media?...they have nothing to do with how Geno is doing...good or bad......

Let me see...where did we put that dead horse?....

[Da Coach]

I think I explained it already in post 5.......it's just an opinion by the way...you don't think it's different from a prospective assistant getting hired in year 1 or 2 of a 5 year contract compared to year 4?

I don't think it's hard to hundreds of resumes.....I get hundreds too but few are qualified

If we are talking about someone with a big reputation, then I see your point. But I doubt we are looking at that type of a hire. Most coaching hires are a big step up for the coach hired, or they wouldn't even be interested in the position in the first place. Waiting to apply would seem to greatly reduce their chances at the job, IMO.

Just like the other 100 or more D1 assistants who have already been hired in the last month, I think most would want to dive in as soon as possible and get involved in the recruiting and every other aspect of the job they will be doing, rather than sit back and have to deal with it after it is all done.