04-10-2019, 12:56 PM
So a source from UNLV and the editor of the Albuquerque Journal are tweeting that Marvin Menzies being offered the assistant coaching job to Dan Majerle. Have any of my GCU brethen here heard anything about this?
(04-12-2019 03:25 PM)gleadley Wrote: [ -> ]So, we have opinions ranging from Marvin Menzies has capped out his abilities in the WAC to he will be a high-major assistant. Got it.
(04-10-2019 04:03 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote: [ -> ]If GCU offers 4 others first and they turn GCU down, then I think Menzies chances are good.
(04-17-2019 11:13 PM)gleadley Wrote: [ -> ]Who is reporting $500K/year? Link?
I don't expect NMSU fans would have a single postive thing to say about any GCU hire, so nothing coming out of the Aggie board about Menzies or GCU would surprise me at this point.
Here is the reality: Nothing has changed with this hire. Aggies are still the kings of the conference, and will be until someone another team in the conference consistently proves otherwise. Every WAC school is making moves they believe will get them closer to that objective, and GCU is no exception.
(04-18-2019 10:47 AM)Trod0 Wrote: [ -> ]GCU already has problems for having soft players. Menzies recruits even softer players than they already have. Menzies recruits softer players than himself so he could be their leader and for them to respect him. His type of recruits will fold once Dan chews their ass in the middle of the game in front of a crowd. The majority of his recruits are athletic, not much basketball skill and not mental tough. 90% of his recruits at NMSU wouldn’t make a Chris Jans team for toughness alone.
(04-18-2019 10:47 AM)Trod0 Wrote: [ -> ]GCU already has problems for having soft players. Menzies recruits even softer players than they already have. Menzies recruits softer players than himself so he could be their leader and for them to respect him. His type of recruits will fold once Dan chews their ass in the middle of the game in front of a crowd. The majority of his recruits are athletic, not much basketball skill and not mental tough. 90% of his recruits at NMSU wouldn’t make a Chris Jans team for toughness alone.
(04-18-2019 10:52 AM)dancingNMSUaggie Wrote: [ -> ](04-18-2019 10:47 AM)Trod0 Wrote: [ -> ]GCU already has problems for having soft players. Menzies recruits even softer players than they already have. Menzies recruits softer players than himself so he could be their leader and for them to respect him. His type of recruits will fold once Dan chews their ass in the middle of the game in front of a crowd. The majority of his recruits are athletic, not much basketball skill and not mental tough. 90% of his recruits at NMSU wouldn’t make a Chris Jans team for toughness alone.
I think some of Menzies recruits were real tough. Siakam and McKinnis were probably some of the toughest players I have ever seen. EVerything else you said is spot on. Hiring Menzies will not get GCU over the hump, if anything, its gonna create problems when the players all gravitate to Menzies cause of his demeanor and thats gonna piss Majerle off.
(04-18-2019 11:00 AM)gleadley Wrote: [ -> ](04-18-2019 10:47 AM)Trod0 Wrote: [ -> ]GCU already has problems for having soft players. Menzies recruits even softer players than they already have. Menzies recruits softer players than himself so he could be their leader and for them to respect him. His type of recruits will fold once Dan chews their ass in the middle of the game in front of a crowd. The majority of his recruits are athletic, not much basketball skill and not mental tough. 90% of his recruits at NMSU wouldn’t make a Chris Jans team for toughness alone.
Would other Aggie fans agree that this is a good take? I can think of a few soft Menzies players, but it generally seemed like for every Tanveer, there is a Sim. For every Wilkins, a Nephawe. I also realize, however, that GCU fans only got to see 3 years worth of Marv's teams.
(04-18-2019 11:17 AM)Trod0 Wrote: [ -> ](04-18-2019 11:00 AM)gleadley Wrote: [ -> ](04-18-2019 10:47 AM)Trod0 Wrote: [ -> ]GCU already has problems for having soft players. Menzies recruits even softer players than they already have. Menzies recruits softer players than himself so he could be their leader and for them to respect him. His type of recruits will fold once Dan chews their ass in the middle of the game in front of a crowd. The majority of his recruits are athletic, not much basketball skill and not mental tough. 90% of his recruits at NMSU wouldn’t make a Chris Jans team for toughness alone.
Would other Aggie fans agree that this is a good take? I can think of a few soft Menzies players, but it generally seemed like for every Tanveer, there is a Sim. For every Wilkins, a Nephawe. I also realize, however, that GCU fans only got to see 3 years worth of Marv's teams.
I think some will, but for some reason some say he was a great recruiter. Sim was just the biggest guy in the WAC but soft. Chili was big and athletic but not a skilled player. Trust me, if he was still here you guys would be sitting atop of the mountain right now. I’m sure you would agree with that.
(04-18-2019 11:29 AM)gleadley Wrote: [ -> ](04-18-2019 11:17 AM)Trod0 Wrote: [ -> ](04-18-2019 11:00 AM)gleadley Wrote: [ -> ](04-18-2019 10:47 AM)Trod0 Wrote: [ -> ]GCU already has problems for having soft players. Menzies recruits even softer players than they already have. Menzies recruits softer players than himself so he could be their leader and for them to respect him. His type of recruits will fold once Dan chews their ass in the middle of the game in front of a crowd. The majority of his recruits are athletic, not much basketball skill and not mental tough. 90% of his recruits at NMSU wouldn’t make a Chris Jans team for toughness alone.
Would other Aggie fans agree that this is a good take? I can think of a few soft Menzies players, but it generally seemed like for every Tanveer, there is a Sim. For every Wilkins, a Nephawe. I also realize, however, that GCU fans only got to see 3 years worth of Marv's teams.
I think some will, but for some reason some say he was a great recruiter. Sim was just the biggest guy in the WAC but soft. Chili was big and athletic but not a skilled player. Trust me, if he was still here you guys would be sitting atop of the mountain right now. I’m sure you would agree with that.
No idea if we would or not. My appreciation for Menzies actually grew over time, so I probably respected him and his teams the most at the end. I also realize, though, that it was from afar. Few if any GCU fans followed the game-to-game/day-to-day of Menzies and NMSU close enough to also understand the failures and shortcomings like you all.
(04-18-2019 02:06 PM)PojoaquePosse Wrote: [ -> ]Menzies is a phenomenal recruiter. That is his strong suit. He was the top recruiter under Rick Pitino and Steve Fisher. Recruiting is why he did well in the WAC. NMSU had taller/better players than the rest of the WAC. He brought in a freaking 5* player to UNLV (and make no mistake, McCoy was a 5* talent at UNLV) and the top juco in the country. That my friends is recruiting 101. But MM is a terrible coach. Any team with McCoy and Juiston should have done better than what they did under MM.
GCU hired him to be a recruiter and I suspect he will thrive in that role.