(08-02-2016 12:30 PM)HoopDreams Wrote:  That list also needs the SIU grad trans.

There are a couple of others too - guys with size who averaged little at their respective schools - but are big bodies looking to grad transfer:

Chad Rykhoek 6-11 Baylor
Marvin Jones 6-10 Kent State
Skylar Scrivano 6-10 St. Joseph's
Johnny Zuppardo 6-9 Mississippi State
Scott Sill 6-9 Delaware State
Antonio Bishop 6-8 Prairie View A&M
Justus Stanback 6-8 IUPUI
Bola Olaniyan 6-7 Southern Illinois

Dude still hasn't committed.

Went for 8 and 9 at SIU last year.

(08-08-2016 03:40 PM)salukiblue Wrote:  

(08-02-2016 12:30 PM)HoopDreams Wrote:  That list also needs the SIU grad trans.

There are a couple of others too - guys with size who averaged little at their respective schools - but are big bodies looking to grad transfer:

Chad Rykhoek 6-11 Baylor
Marvin Jones 6-10 Kent State
Skylar Scrivano 6-10 St. Joseph's
Johnny Zuppardo 6-9 Mississippi State
Scott Sill 6-9 Delaware State
Antonio Bishop 6-8 Prairie View A&M
Justus Stanback 6-8 IUPUI
Bola Olaniyan 6-7 Southern Illinois

Dude still hasn't committed.

Went for 8 and 9 at SIU last year.

He's the only one left that I think could actually help out a lot.

I think the wing from NEB is still on the board too.

Maybe not, not sure.

Bump

Bola Olaniyan (6-7 Southern Illinois) committed to Alabama about 1.5 weeks ago.

(08-22-2016 08:26 AM)airric2255 Wrote:  Bola Olaniyan (6-7 Southern Illinois) committed to Alabama about 1.5 weeks ago.

I think his hope was that the staff was still looking to add one or two of the other available players.

I think it's been obvious though that the staff packed it in on 2016 a while ago.

We need a Dude who can bust a 10ft J

Ok

(08-07-2016 11:32 PM)jgardne Wrote:  

(08-03-2016 09:43 PM)Sundanceuiuc Wrote:  

(08-02-2016 05:37 PM)SpiderMan79x Wrote:  Tubby is not going to cut it with the fans IMO. Bad start and the most telling thing in my mind is that he put more effort into making sure his son was an assistant than trying to sign anyone. However, this is who the big boys wanted, which is also very telling.

I don't know if we're off to a terrible start yet until we start playing. The group has talent and we did drastically upgrade our sideline coaching ability.

Still, the comment about putting a lot of time to getting his son an assistant spot at the expense of a current coach with two kids on the roster and local ties rings true.

I'm still a little concerned about that. It is the HC's right to have his staff, but that still seems like an odd move. If you bumped KL to get a proven coach or a guy bringing some 5 stars, then so be it. But this still feels a little like nepotism.

Again, too early to pull the fire alarm, but definitely time to be a little concerned.

It doesn't fee a little like nepotism. It is the definition of nepotism. Could Saul get an assistant job anywhere else right now?

He was on the staff at Tenn Tech a few years ago

(08-23-2016 07:15 AM)Easterwood Wrote:  

(08-07-2016 11:32 PM)jgardne Wrote:  

(08-03-2016 09:43 PM)Sundanceuiuc Wrote:  

(08-02-2016 05:37 PM)SpiderMan79x Wrote:  Tubby is not going to cut it with the fans IMO. Bad start and the most telling thing in my mind is that he put more effort into making sure his son was an assistant than trying to sign anyone. However, this is who the big boys wanted, which is also very telling.

I don't know if we're off to a terrible start yet until we start playing. The group has talent and we did drastically upgrade our sideline coaching ability.

Still, the comment about putting a lot of time to getting his son an assistant spot at the expense of a current coach with two kids on the roster and local ties rings true.

I'm still a little concerned about that. It is the HC's right to have his staff, but that still seems like an odd move. If you bumped KL to get a proven coach or a guy bringing some 5 stars, then so be it. But this still feels a little like nepotism.

Again, too early to pull the fire alarm, but definitely time to be a little concerned.

It doesn't fee a little like nepotism. It is the definition of nepotism. Could Saul get an assistant job anywhere else right now?

He was on the staff at Tenn Tech a few years ago

9 years ago

When you consider AAU coaches, runners, bag men, shoe companies, tournament directors, high school coaches, NCAA compliance officers, and the media an NCAA basketball coach deserves to have his hand-picked staff around him. Loyalty is very important in college coaching.

(08-23-2016 11:29 AM)mphsfan Wrote:  When you consider AAU coaches, runners, bag men, shoe companies, tournament directors, high school coaches, NCAA compliance officers, and the media an NCAA basketball coach deserves to have his hand-picked staff around him. Loyalty is very important in college coaching.

(08-23-2016 03:22 PM)Easterwood Wrote:  

(08-23-2016 11:29 AM)mphsfan Wrote:  When you consider AAU coaches, runners, bag men, shoe companies, tournament directors, high school coaches, NCAA compliance officers, and the media an NCAA basketball coach deserves to have his hand-picked staff around him. Loyalty is very important in college coaching.

Don't park at stop signs