06-08-2014, 12:39 PM
Interesting series on ESPN, interviews with basketball head coaches who are always on the short list, people like Shaka Smart and Gregg Marshall.
http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketbal...ld-it-take
Interesting quote from Marshall, quoting of all people, John Calipari, on staying in one place and building, and I hope that this is how Haase plans to go about the UAB job:
"On Monday, in her excellent introduction to this series, Marshall told Dana O'Neil his philosophy on staying at Wichita State. It's one John Calipari echoed years before the two staged March's remarkable matchup, when the former was still at Winthrop and the latter at Memphis:
"Cal said, 'Effectively, what you've done is made Winthrop your next job,'" Marshall said. "That's so true. He did the same thing at UMass and at Memphis. Instead of making that intermediate step -- there were 15 to 20 jobs I could have taken while I was at Winthrop -- at the end of each year, I'd sit down and say, 'This is what we need to do to make Winthrop better.' That's what I'm doing now at Wichita State."
That's not just about winning and losing. It's not even really about recruiting. It's about consistently building all facets of a program: attendance, player recognition, booster support, etc. It's about making progress so obvious, and yourself so indispensable, that the combination becomes something that transcends conference affiliation. Salary and perks that used to be available only at the high-major football-school level are available to coaches who can pull it off outside that structure now. Marshall is the latest, most prominent example, and neither he nor the program he built is going anywhere anytime soon."
http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketbal...ld-it-take
Interesting quote from Marshall, quoting of all people, John Calipari, on staying in one place and building, and I hope that this is how Haase plans to go about the UAB job:
"On Monday, in her excellent introduction to this series, Marshall told Dana O'Neil his philosophy on staying at Wichita State. It's one John Calipari echoed years before the two staged March's remarkable matchup, when the former was still at Winthrop and the latter at Memphis:
"Cal said, 'Effectively, what you've done is made Winthrop your next job,'" Marshall said. "That's so true. He did the same thing at UMass and at Memphis. Instead of making that intermediate step -- there were 15 to 20 jobs I could have taken while I was at Winthrop -- at the end of each year, I'd sit down and say, 'This is what we need to do to make Winthrop better.' That's what I'm doing now at Wichita State."
That's not just about winning and losing. It's not even really about recruiting. It's about consistently building all facets of a program: attendance, player recognition, booster support, etc. It's about making progress so obvious, and yourself so indispensable, that the combination becomes something that transcends conference affiliation. Salary and perks that used to be available only at the high-major football-school level are available to coaches who can pull it off outside that structure now. Marshall is the latest, most prominent example, and neither he nor the program he built is going anywhere anytime soon."