hire the more idiotic it seems. It has no logic at all. If he had even been a head coach at a to-level D-2 team, it would have made sense. But not where he was, after only one year as head coach. Since there is not necessarily any correlation between a good player and a good coach, that was about his only qualification, and that ain't much.

You're over thinking this. He obviously knows the game. And he will be able to recruit. What's he missing? Experience? Sure. That doesn't make it idiotic.

But the only thing he brings to the table is a big name and one year head coaching experience at a very low level. Doesn't make sense at all to me.

What coaching experience did our pro experiment have before he came to Little Rock? Honest question, because I don't know.

Knowledge of the game? Ability to recruit? Seems to me to be the most important part of coaching.

(03-14-2010 10:01 PM)MICHAELSPAPPY Wrote:  What coaching experience did our pro experiment have before he came to Little Rock? Honest question, because I don't know.

None that I know of. But they're 2 different people. Why does one result predict the other?

Recruiting is the single most important part of the job. Does he have an extensive network of AAU and high school coaching contacts?

Juco is a different world. You find a lot of your players via Division I coaches who can't sign a kid but would like to have a chance with them if they get eligible. Division I coaches are looking carefully at academics because a great player with little chance of being eligible is a waste of your limited time. Juco coaches rarely see a player with a good academic background because kids who can play who are eligible take a full ride at a four year school or even a partial in the lower divisions if they can swing it financially.

A juco coach doesn't have to deal with APR. In Division I you might want to run a kid off for being a problem but if they leave and aren't eligible it may cost you a scholarship or two. It's not just what you are doing either, you've got to look at what happened the four years before you arrived. If the guy you replace signed a bunch of jucos who all left school after the last game and finished ineligible as a result, your freedom to do things is limited.

There is a lot more to the job than finding some good players who will accept an offer and then throw the ball out to them.

He has to assemble a staff that covers his weaknesses, which are likely day-to-day operations and having the recruiting contacts.

As I said before Corliss may end up being a stellar coach. His resume does not offer any real evidence that he has or lacks the skills.

Look at Isiah at FIU. He hired the former recruiting coordinator for the Miami Hurricanes, he hired a three year assistant from Central Michigan who had spent 16 years running a major AAU team in Detroit, and another who spent 20 years in AAU ball in California.

(03-14-2010 10:05 PM)Scotto Wrote:  \None that I know of. But they're 2 different people. Why does one result predict the other?

Just asking to find out. I wasn't around back in those days.