Coaching candidates

[ihatetea]

Robert Smith

The Simeon coach? We know he can coach d1 caliber athletes that's for sure. If we were in the place that les left us in I would be open to him but imo we need someone with proven recruiting skills to get us out of this hole. Howard (my favorite candidate) is a well respected recruiter and has apprenticed under good coaches, with self being a top 5 coach in college basketball.

[ghunt]

Charges were dropped. Aside from that fact, everyone makes mistakes. Show me the man with no sins, and I'll show you a liar. It's not like Howard has a long sordid criminal history and record. Amazing to me how quickly folks are to crucify this guy over a misdemeanor charge that was dropped.

Let him without sin throw the first stone. Someone famous said that once.

Still, "No."

[lefty]

Charges were dropped. Aside from that fact, everyone makes mistakes. Show me the man with no sins, and I'll show you a liar. It's not like Howard has a long sordid criminal history and record. Amazing to me how quickly folks are to crucify this guy over a misdemeanor charge that was dropped.

Let him without sin throw the first stone. Someone famous said that once.

I agree with you here and I think if someone thinks he is qualified, JH will get a shot??¦.but now isn't the time.

[bstall]

Dane Fife assistant at Michigan State

Just saw this on twitter as well

Jeff Rabjohns @JeffRabjohns 20m20 minutes ago
Brian Wardle, Dane Fife, Greg Paulus among the coaches Bradley has interest in, per multiple sources.

[Da Coach]

I believe you will find that the first mention of the name Brian Wardle was by me, here in the 2nd post of this earlier thread-

http://www.bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=24836

I believe he'd be a good choice, though he also comes with a little baggage that will probably bother some people.

[braves16]

Paulus at OSU

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Paulus

[jeffsu]

Dane Fife assistant at Michigan State

Just saw this on twitter as well

Jeff Rabjohns @JeffRabjohns 20m20 minutes ago
Brian Wardle, Dane Fife, Greg Paulus among the coaches Bradley has interest in, per multiple sources.

Don't think we need to hire a guy who has his past. When a few of your front-page google results are all about your abuse of players, I'm not interested. No problem with demanding, hard coaches (we need one!), but also need a role model.

[BostonBird]

I think Wardle would be a good catch, but why would he go from green bay to bradley? I would think that a coach who is having success in the horizon would be looking to leapfrog the valley.

[tornado]

cuz we would double his salary

and ollie - my answer is yes, unequivocally

[Da Coach]

Yes, Paulus is a former Duke player. He is only 28, and just in his 2nd season as an assistant coach under Thad Matta, and he was an assistant for one year at Navy. Though he is an assistant at a great program, he has never had any head coaching experience, and has very little recruiting experience. IMO, he is not ready for a head coaching job.

[Chibearsfan10125]

Greg Paulus would be a rather interesting hire. He's only 28, and currently an assistant at Ohio State. I remember watching him at Duke back almost 10 years ago and thought he was a smart player. Seems really young to be a head coach, though.

Brian Wardle is doing a great job at Wisconsin-GB, but why on Earth would he leave his current job for Bradley? I love BU, and want us to get a great coach, but we're not exactly a desirable job at the moment. We're a last place team in a mid-major conference. About the only thing we have going for us is that next year (depending on who comes back) we could have as many as 8 seniors, which would allow for a coach to make a quick overhaul.

My personal hope is that whoever we hires decides to go away from JUCO's for a little while. Don't get me wrong, Pickett and Sutherland were great gets but I feel like we need to work on building a team. Get good young players who will be here 4 years and can grow together as a unit.

[PistolP]

My vote is for LaVall Jordan. If JH selected, would not mind. The knock on JH for smokin would not deter players. Don't be naive. What percentage of D-1 football and basketball players smoke the same stuff? My bet is much more than you think. Consider all of the head basketball coaches with skeletons, etc. Remember the Rick Pitino stuff that came out in 2009? This guy is a piece of work but doesn't seem to have trouble convincing parents that he will "take care of their son", etc. Obviously just one example and many others out there. Look at the big picture before writing off JH.

[jeffsu]

Yes, Paulus is a former Duke player. He is only 28, and just in his 2nd season as an assistant coach under Thad Matta, and he was an assistant for one year at Navy. Though he is an assistant at a great program, he has never had any head coaching experience, and has very little recruiting experience. IMO, he is not ready for a head coaching job.

Agreed that his lack of experience means his floor is low, but he may have a great ceiling for his potential. We don't know that. Interviews would try to figure that out. Time under Coach K and Thad Matta probably helps immensely.

[tornado]

can someone tell me why Paulus, who has zero head coaching experience and who has extremely limited assistant coaching experience should be considered over any of 50 better qualified candidates.
Paulus has far less experience than the guy Bradley hired in 2002 that we heard endlessly about his lack of experience.

[TexasHammer]

Greg Paulus would be a rather interesting hire. He's only 28, and currently an assistant at Ohio State. I remember watching him at Duke back almost 10 years ago and thought he was a smart player. Seems really young to be a head coach, though.

Brian Wardle is doing a great job at Wisconsin-GB, but why on Earth would he leave his current job for Bradley? I love BU, and want us to get a great coach, but we're not exactly a desirable job at the moment. We're a last place team in a mid-major conference. About the only thing we have going for us is that next year (depending on who comes back) we could have as many as 8 seniors, which would allow for a coach to make a quick overhaul.

My personal hope is that whoever we hires decides to go away from JUCO's for a little while. Don't get me wrong, Pickett and Sutherland were great gets but I feel like we need to work on building a team. Get good young players who will be here 4 years and can grow together as a unit.

When I think of Greg Paulus, I think of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0upQDkY-pg

I don't think of him as a smart player, and don't want a coach who I fear would coach this as well.