New Assistant Coach Hire Candidates

[Stuhoo 80,877]

• Kenya Hunter's bread and butter recruiting territory is the DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia)
• A member of a national coaches social action committee

A personality profile:

 

[Demo 20,031]

7 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

• Kenya Hunter's bread and butter recruiting territory is the DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia)
• A member of a national coaches social action committee

A personality profile:

 

If he’s heavily connected in the DMV, I would assume he knows Shawn Harmon. No way that’s a bad thing.

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,386]

14 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

• Kenya Hunter's bread and butter recruiting territory is the DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia)
• A member of a national coaches social action committee

A personality profile:

 

Lots of talk about top talent and recruiting good kids.  That’s the key. Marry those things and you have a proud program. 

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,386]

Official!  Kenya Hunter to IU.  Said to be a future head coach in waiting. 

[Crimson and Cream 5,825]

45 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Official!  Kenya Hunter to IU.  Said to be a future head coach in waiting. 

This is a great hire

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,773]

 

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/report-iu-basketball-hires-kenya-hunter-away-from-uconn-to-fill-assistant-coaching-vacancy/?fbclid=IwAR3PVw8GOx-Ar6lO8YldDVkNIbRZEHx1WqJRXPhnL9u8pKj3ajhRUx1aSAU

https://www.insidethehall.com/2020/08/23/report-indiana-lands-kenya-hunter-to-replace-bruiser-flint-on-coaching-staff/?fbclid=IwAR0GJJyrbftJSj3gfOUbO-xG-jViJFKpZgEI1IQCl4F6Wl71zT-PmpeQ_9I

https://247sports.com/college/indiana/Article/Indiana-Hoosiers-basketball-Archie-Miller-assistant-coach-hire-150593569/?fbclid=IwAR0d3CVAeMESBAmFNDaz4eHkiJYnRCmw7B-Uu_ArAabEDmCy3EPl92_tesg

[Honkyman 1,670]

Excellent hire! Hard to believe he hasn't had a shot at a head coaching job.

[Uspshoosier 45,686]

Official!  Kenya Hunter to IU.  Said to be a future head coach in waiting. 

Some have said they feel he was Archie’s first choice throughout the process. It was reported there were 2 top targets they wanted and they landed one of them. Kudos to the staff


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[MemphisHoosier 2,226]

1 hour ago, Uspshoosier said:

Some have said they feel he was Archie’s first choice throughout the process. It was reported there were 2 top targets they wanted and they landed one of them. Kudos to the staff


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Is it safe to assume that Griffin was the other lead candidate, or was there another name in the discussion that wasn't as public?

[Uspshoosier 45,686]

Is it safe to assume that Griffin was the other lead candidate, or was there another name in the discussion that wasn't as public?

yeah
It was Griffin


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[JSHoosier 20,232]

Hunter was also on the staff of Georgetown and worked with future NBA players there.  With Xavier previously.  While I don't really give a crap about East Coast connections, he does have experience at solid to good programs and working with future pros.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,773]

Jon Blau:  New assistant coach Kenya Hunter given the title of "co-associate head coach."  Tom Ostrom was Archie Miller's lone associate head coach before this hire.

 

 

 

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,773]

Dylan Wallace interview with Hunter.

https://www.si.com/college/indiana/basketball/get-to-know-indiana-hoosiers-assistant-coach-kenya-hunter?fbclid=IwAR2O1CD3XJR91b8hcoVOrgM2pVAIyzOf_OMWxrqMxxMe5F62m7vDzCFbz9I

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,773]

Hunter's first media availability courtesy of The Daily Hoosier

 

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,386]

Hunter's first media availability courtesy of The Daily Hoosier

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Listened to this. Pretty solid listen. Likeable guy. He didn’t wow me, but he seems like a great fit for Archie. Knows he needs to get it done recruiting. Enjoys the work on skill development.

 

 

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[JSHoosier 20,232]

26 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Listened to this. Pretty solid listen. Likeable guy. He didn’t wow me, but he seems like a great fit for Archie. Knows he needs to get it done recruiting. Enjoys the work on skill development.

 

 

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I read he's worked with bugs, but can he help with shooting?  I don't know if I've ever seen an Indiana team shoot so poorly.

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,386]

I read he's worked with bugs, but can he help with shooting?  I don't know if I've ever seen an Indiana team shoot so poorly.

Not sure we needed an Entomologist. 🤣

If Archie, a great shooter can’t help with that, then they need >>>>>>>>>> more reps and better talent.

He was a guard, but it appears he’s willing to work with bigs or guards.

Archie has coached 2 of the worst shooting teams in Indiana history. That needs fixed yesterday.


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[JSHoosier 20,232]

12 hours ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Not sure we needed an Entomologist.

If Archie, a great shooter can’t help with that, then they need >>>>>>>>>> more reps and better talent.

He was a guard, but it appears he’s willing to work with bigs or guards.

Archie has coached 2 of the worst shooting teams in Indiana history. That needs fixed yesterday.


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Somehow I caught the typo the first time and made the same mistake again.

It's pretty common for Miller's teams to struggle with shooting, it didn't just start when he got to IU.  That's concerning to me.

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,386]

Somehow I caught the typo the first time and made the same mistake again.
It's pretty common for Miller's teams to struggle with shooting, it didn't just start when he got to IU.  That's concerning to me.

Hard to make any real sense of it. Besides he values athletes over shooting in recruiting. Leal is a shooter, but also an athlete, probably the most natural shooter he’s recruited to Indiana so far. Some guys are natural shooters. Shooting can improve. I think we see that on a minor scale. To me it comes back to recruiting priorities. Lots of those missed 3s are wide open, so as clunky as his offense has looked, the percentages I don’t think can be blamed on a bad system.

Hopefully we get guys shooting better and then everything will run more smoothly.


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[JSHoosier 20,232]

28 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Hard to make any real sense of it. Besides he values athletes over shooting in recruiting. Leal is a shooter, but also an athlete, probably the most natural shooter he’s recruited to Indiana so far. Some guys are natural shooters. Shooting can improve. I think we see that on a minor scale. To me it comes back to recruiting priorities. Lots of those missed 3s are wide open, so as clunky as his offense has looked, the percentages I don’t think can be blamed on a bad system.

Hopefully we get guys shooting better and then everything will run more smoothly.


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It's not just 3s, we suck from the free throw line too and that's the easiest shot in the game.  We ranked a 219th in 3P% and 7th in B1G, but FT% we were even worse at 273rd nationally and 12th in B1G; as a team we shot 67.9% (67.3% in B1G) from the stripe.

Our best returning shooter is Durham at 38% from 3, but he only shot 81% from the line and that's nothing special for a guard.  Hunter shot 75% and Phinisee only shot 72.5%, that's 2nd and 3rd returning in FT%.

We're closer to being a good 3P team than FT team, and we're certainly nothing to write home about from 3.  We generally just suck at shooting, even if everyone wants to focus on the perimeter numbers.