New Basketball Staff Thread

[go iu bb]

3 minutes ago, str8baller said:

I think historically I would say this type of reaction to assistants would a little over the top. Assistants come and go but generally the head guy reigned supreme.  
 

But in this new era of evaluating and recruiting out of the portal with thousands of players every year, I can start to see the value of an elite staff. Not so much on the coaching Xs and Os side, but on the player acquisition and deciding they’re worth aspect. 
 

Interesting staff by ol Coach Double D. Seems heavy on the recruiting side of things which is possibly optimal??

I'm not surprised to see this with 5 assistant coaches instead of 3. 

2-3 who are strong recruiters and the others have a strength of coaching and player development.

[HoosierHoopster]

3 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

I'm not surprised to see this with 5 assistant coaches instead of 3. 

2-3 who are strong recruiters and the others have a strength of coaching and player development.

Yep

[Scotty R]

59 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

Rabby is saying the Clark addition might round out the coaching staff. He has backtracked from Bargen not being in a coaching to position to now saying he'll be a coach but not do much recruiting. Adams, Clark, and Johnson will be the recruiters.

He's not 100% on this, but is he ever? Says that adding Justin Bailey is still a possibility.

Will the 3 recruiters do much on the court coaching or are they solely in recruiting roles.

[Ghost of Rick Majerus]

Not a single big on the staff. I was hoping for at least one rim protector. 

[mike vannice]

8 minutes ago, Ghost of Rick Majerus said:

Not a single big on the staff. I was hoping for at least one rim protector. 

I don't Kenny Johnson is pretty big.

[IU5355]

So which of the assistant coaches do we see as primarily coaching and developing the players? 

Clark and Adams seem like primary recruiters. 

[go iu bb]

2 hours ago, Scotty R said:

Will the 3 recruiters do much on the court coaching or are they solely in recruiting roles.

I imagine they'll all do coaching as well but they're being brought in more for their recruiting. They all have experience scouting opponents, coaching, player development, etc.

[IvanRenkosillegitimatechild]

1 hour ago, IU5355 said:

So which of the assistant coaches do we see as primarily coaching and developing the players? 

Clark and Adams seem like primary recruiters. 

I actually think DeVries is very hands on and is going to be the main developer and will have coaches just develop certain aspects of a position. Like KJ I believe is good at developing bigs. Clark seems to be good at recruiting and developing wings or bringing in ones that don’t really need additional development 

[HoosierHoopster]

Honestly we have a Hell of a good looking coaching staff. 
DeVries is killing it. So looking forward to watching a well-coached team again, that spaces the floor, gets out fast in transition, and drains 3’s. 

[dwtaylor1055]

10 hours ago, Ghost of Rick Majerus said:

Not a single big on the staff. I was hoping for at least one rim protector. 

Kenny big?  no?

[Scotty R]

11 hours ago, Ghost of Rick Majerus said:

Not a single big on the staff. I was hoping for at least one rim protector. 

Isn't Cody Zeller joining the program in some capacity 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

10 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

Isn't Cody Zeller joining the program in some capacity 

Internet rumor that didn't have legs per Raby roughly 7-10 days ago.  

[mark1981]

15 minutes ago, dwtaylor1055 said:

Kenny big?  no?

Too heavy to be a rim protector.  He needs to go on the Pitino diet again.

[Demo]

https://x.com/CoachRodC_UT/status/1918295725303029882
 

Clark’s goodbye to UT fans. Very nice. And the vast majority of replies are gracious and supportive. Good for them. WVU fans could take a lesson.

[Hovadipo]

1 hour ago, Demo said:

WVU fans could take a lesson.

That would require being able to read.

[RaceToTheTop]

6 hours ago, Demo said:

https://x.com/CoachRodC_UT/status/1918295725303029882
 

Clark’s goodbye to UT fans. Very nice. And the vast majority of replies are gracious and supportive. Good for them. WVU fans could take a lesson.

WVU fans ain’t learnt nothin.

[steubenhoosier]

1 hour ago, RaceToTheTop said:

WVU fans ain’t learnt nothin.

They’re mad because CDD rund oft.

[Chris007]

The fantastic son I am, I took my mom to Mother Bears on the west side for her 76th birthday last night. Around 7:30 in the evening, I looked up and Coach DDV, Rod Clark, and DDV daughter all walked in. After our dinner, we walked over to say welcome to Bloomington and told coach it was my mom's birthday and that she had spent 42 years working at the University. Super nice people, were so gracious, felt like we could have talked for an hour. My brother, who wasn't sold on the hire, has now met him, plus heard a couple of other stories has changed his tune. 

[Ryno6284]

22 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

The fantastic son I am, I took my mom to Mother Bears on the west side for her 76th birthday last night. Around 7:30 in the evening, I looked up and Coach DDV, Rod Clark, and DDV daughter all walked in. After our dinner, we walked over to say welcome to Bloomington and told coach it was my mom's birthday and that she had spent 42 years working at the University. Super nice people, were so gracious, felt like we could have talked for an hour. My brother, who wasn't sold on the hire, has now met him, plus heard a couple of other stories has changed his tune. 

Happy birthday to your moms! My 45th is today!

[Chris007]

Just now, Ryno6284 said:

Happy birthday to your moms! My 45th is today!

Happy Birthday. I will be celebrating my 49th in two weeks.

I recommend taking any old person to Mother Bears for their birthday and treating them. 76% off for my mom last night was fantastic.