Tom Crean joins The Vertical podcast (Listen Inside)

[Trish]

Tommy Boy was on this mornings podcast with Adrian Woj.

 

It's a must listen. Discusses player scouting,development, the transition to the NBA, D-Wade.

 

it starts around the 40:00 mark. 

 

http://art19.com/shows/vertical/episodes/c1b81356-b72b-47de-8699-5ab0d3c7b695

[iceman]

Thanks for posting

[Walking Boot of Doom]

Interesting, according to Woj, NBA front offices talk to Crean every spring about his players and other B1G players. Is this fairly common, or is this recognition of Crean's scouting abilities? 

[BtownBanner6]

Any way to skip ahead?

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Any way to skip ahead?

yep. Click down the bar.

[BtownBanner6]

yep. Click down the bar.

Yeah I eventually got it, on my phone it took me some time to find the bar.

[Trish]

Interesting, according to Woj, NBA front offices talk to Crean every spring about his players and other B1G players. Is this fairly common, or is this recognition of Crean's scouting abilities? 

 

 

He's hit some gems with D-Wade (Superstar) and Oladipo (Baby Star). I assume the NBA front offices trust his words about all players around his team and the league. Have to admit, Crean has done a great job at getting his players ready for the next level. Cody-Noah-Dipo all start on their teams.

 

I found it interesting that he's taken some plays (sets) from coach David Blatt. Would love to know what plays. Honestly i don't see many sets from the team. His offense has so many different options and different variables. 

[hoosierpap]

Interesting, according to Woj, NBA front offices talk to Crean every spring about his players and other B1G players. Is this fairly common, or is this recognition of Crean's scouting abilities? 

Crean's known to have a pretty good eye, but he also has a reputation of being really honest with NBA execs. Not every HM coach is known for giving accurate information- whichever agenda they're going for. Sometimes they're helping themselves, helping the kid, etc

[hoosierpap]

Lol just listened to this. My comment seems pretty stupid, he basically said the same thing.

[Walking Boot of Doom]

Lol just listened to this. My comment seems pretty stupid, he basically said the same thing.

Even better. There's a difference between him saying it, and you saying he has that reputation without realizing he talked about that on the podcast.

[hoosierpap]

Even better. There's a difference between him saying it, and you saying he has that reputation without realizing he talked about that on the podcast.

Definitely have heard that about this specifically. Sorta makes you wonder if that "snake oil salesman" stuff is just BS. Sometimes coming off too genuine can have an opposite effect, I suppose. 

 

Liked the last couple minutes where he talked about grabbing new stuff, storing it away, applying it to recruits, game day changes etc. Specifically, and about as emphatically as Crean gets said something like "it'd be STUPID" to not adapt and change. Certainly flies in the face of a lot whats said around here.

 

I'm as concerned as anyone for the march madness performance, and what next year brings...but I'm just going to roll with it for now. Seems silly not to, but thats me