(06-17-2020 09:03 PM)BandwagonJumper Wrote:  

(06-17-2020 08:41 PM)UMTiger02 Wrote:  I’ve heard that there could be multiple positions he’s hiring for..

Heard same

As long it is not multiple assistant coaching spots it is cool

(06-17-2020 09:44 PM)macgar32 Wrote:  

(06-17-2020 09:03 PM)BandwagonJumper Wrote:  

(06-17-2020 08:41 PM)UMTiger02 Wrote:  I’ve heard that there could be multiple positions he’s hiring for..

Heard same

As long it is not multiple assistant coaching spots it is cool

I’m hoping they’re replacing the gofer and the towel handout person. Both are dead end jobs and they need to get on with their lives.

I read somewhere that AA gave up his NBA/pro career pursuit due to health reasons. Anyone know his health limitations (if they are public knowledge)?

(06-17-2020 11:46 AM)yakko Wrote:  Good Luck to him! I've been hoping he'd end up on staff. One of my all time favorites.

I was lobbying for AA during Pastner's era. Tone was a coach on the floor under Calipari so I believe he'd make a great addition. He would bring toughness to any Tiger team.

(06-18-2020 07:49 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  I read somewhere that AA gave up his NBA/pro career pursuit due to health reasons. Anyone know his health limitations (if they are public knowledge)?

IIRC, it had to do with his vision. A retinal injury, maybe.

(06-18-2020 08:11 AM)Antonio5fan Wrote:  

(06-17-2020 11:46 AM)yakko Wrote:  Good Luck to him! I've been hoping he'd end up on staff. One of my all time favorites.

I was lobbying for AA during Pastner's era. Tone was a coach on the floor under Calipari so I believe he'd make a great addition. He would bring toughness to any Tiger team.

I hear he had his bags packed to come here under Pastner until Josh jumped to GT.

(06-17-2020 08:20 PM)aTxTIGER Wrote:  Id like to see a recruiter in that role and Anderson start as a DBO. But hey, good for him.

DBO is Hamilton’s position. You mean now or in the future?

Here is the full lineup in the BB office.

Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway Head Coach

Tony Madlock Assistant Coach

Mike Miller Assistant Coach. open

Cody Toppert Assistant Coach

Rodney Hamilton Director of Basketball Operations

Dwight Boyd Director of Player Personnel

Derrick Mallison Video Coordinator’

Darby Rich Strength Coach

Chris Simmons Head Athletic Trainer for Men’s Basketball
Ryan McPhail Equipment Manager
Kevin Olds Physical Therapist
Stephen Brown Team Chaplain
Karen Del Carpio Assistant to the Men's Basketball Program

I can't say that I know much of anything about AA as a prospective member of the staff, but I suspect that he might be the same as a coach as he was as a basketball player. He played incredible defense, he played incredibly hard and he did some things well but he wasn't great at anything. When you add it all up, he was a very good player and we wouldn't have been a great team without him. As a coach, he has had very good success at the high school level, but hasn't coached great recruits and doesn't bring any with him, and isn't proven as a recruiter. He would be a great motivator but it would be reasonable to assume that he can't match X's and O's enough to be trusted with that position.

What he needs is a chance at a D1 program at any level and to be able to work his way up the ladder. He is also a Memphis Tiger for life. I hope we do hire him, but obviously not to take Miller's position.

Did Rodney Hamilton interview? He's been a D1 Assistant in the past.

Yeah. No way we should hire someone without D1 coaching experience. That'd be dumb.

Oh, wait...

(06-18-2020 12:15 PM)oruvoice2 Wrote:  Yeah. No way we should hire someone without D1 coaching experience. That'd be dumb.

Oh, wait...

I see you have a consistent trigger point

(06-18-2020 12:25 PM)k2tigers Wrote:  

(06-18-2020 12:15 PM)oruvoice2 Wrote:  Yeah. No way we should hire someone without D1 coaching experience. That'd be dumb.

Oh, wait...

I see you have a consistent trigger point

Correct. My trigger point is the team I love making bad decisions. You are very astute.

Thanks - I try my bestest

Are you going on record as saying you think hiring Penny as HC was / is a bad decision?

(06-18-2020 03:24 PM)k2tigers Wrote:  Thanks - I try my bestest

Are you going on record as saying you think hiring Penny as HC was / is a bad decision?

I said it before he was hired and been very consistent with that opinion. But honestly, I hope I'm wrong. Penny failing would be horrible on many levels, for the program and the city.

(06-18-2020 03:34 PM)oruvoice2 Wrote:  

(06-18-2020 03:24 PM)k2tigers Wrote:  Thanks - I try my bestest

Are you going on record as saying you think hiring Penny as HC was / is a bad decision?

I said it before he was hired and been very consistent with that opinion. But honestly, I hope I'm wrong. Penny failing would be horrible on many levels, for the program and the city.

If you attended any games (in Memphis) from 2014 through 2018, and then attended games the last two years with Penny coaching, you will recognize that hiring Penny was a good decision.

I realize that if you went to the last two Memphis/Tulsa games in Tulsa, you might have a different perspective.

(06-18-2020 04:10 PM)micman Wrote:  

(06-18-2020 03:34 PM)oruvoice2 Wrote:  

(06-18-2020 03:24 PM)k2tigers Wrote:  Thanks - I try my bestest

Are you going on record as saying you think hiring Penny as HC was / is a bad decision?

I said it before he was hired and been very consistent with that opinion. But honestly, I hope I'm wrong. Penny failing would be horrible on many levels, for the program and the city.

If you attended any games (in Memphis) from 2014 through 2018, and then attended games the last two years with Penny coaching, you will recognize that hiring Penny was a good decision.

I realize that if you went to the last two Memphis/Tulsa games in Tulsa, you might have a different perspective.

He probably did, only those games were played outside at Skelly Field

I hope we hire this Dude
Word on the street He has a great chance of getting this deal

I hope Antonio gets a fair shot. That said, if there is another Cody Toppert type out there, you have to hire him.

(06-17-2020 09:03 PM)BandwagonJumper Wrote:  

(06-17-2020 08:41 PM)UMTiger02 Wrote:  I’ve heard that there could be multiple positions he’s hiring for..

Heard same

Being discussed

(06-17-2020 01:49 PM)macgar32 Wrote:  Love Antoine...

But if he doesn't have a 5* player in tow he needs to work his way up to that spot.

If I was going to get a former player to be an assistant coach from that era it would be Preston Laird

I thought Preston had a HC gig.