There is a report on the Drake board that Coach Townsend has been hired at Drake.

It's true. Saw it on twitter.

Football, BBall coach??

He was here a long time for a NIU coach. Good luck to Todd, he's a great guy. He's down in Atlanta at the Final Four with Monty.

He was the chief recruiter on Nader. This could be some residual fallout from that situation.

Drake will be an entirely new staff. Look for Monty to hire a Chicago guy, maybe even a AAU or Highschool guy.

(04-08-2013 11:01 PM)niu2222 Wrote:  Drake will be an entirely new staff. Look for Monty to hire a Chicago guy, maybe even a AAU or Highschool guy.

Perhaps Robert Smith from Simeon? He has openly said he is looking for a college assistant job.

(04-09-2013 07:48 AM)RitzHuskie Wrote:  

(04-08-2013 11:01 PM)niu2222 Wrote:  Drake will be an entirely new staff. Look for Monty to hire a Chicago guy, maybe even a AAU or Highschool guy.

Perhaps Robert Smith from Simeon? He has openly said he is looking for a college assistant job.

That would be great. He could come to NIU to cut his teeth before moving on to bigger and better things. Maybe even become our next head coach in a year or two.

Move on to bigger and better things, that's the process for all NIU coaches. The new assistant wont be our coach anytime soon.

(04-09-2013 07:54 AM)Dog Fan Wrote:  

(04-09-2013 07:48 AM)RitzHuskie Wrote:  

(04-08-2013 11:01 PM)niu2222 Wrote:  Drake will be an entirely new staff. Look for Monty to hire a Chicago guy, maybe even a AAU or Highschool guy.

Perhaps Robert Smith from Simeon? He has openly said he is looking for a college assistant job.

That would be great. He could come to NIU to cut his teeth before moving on to bigger and better things. Maybe even become our next head coach in a year or two.

Could bring a Simeon recruit or two along with him.

(04-09-2013 09:48 AM)RitzHuskie Wrote:  

(04-09-2013 07:54 AM)Dog Fan Wrote:  

(04-09-2013 07:48 AM)RitzHuskie Wrote:  

(04-08-2013 11:01 PM)niu2222 Wrote:  Drake will be an entirely new staff. Look for Monty to hire a Chicago guy, maybe even a AAU or Highschool guy.

Perhaps Robert Smith from Simeon? He has openly said he is looking for a college assistant job.

That would be great. He could come to NIU to cut his teeth before moving on to bigger and better things. Maybe even become our next head coach in a year or two.

Could bring a Simeon recruit or two along with him.

Simeon can beat NIU. Bring the whole team. Simeon JVs can also beat us.

I wonder if Smith would be the right fit for NIU?
Street agents, test takers for his players, .....
http://chicagosidesports.com/the-real-st...ert-smith/

MM will not sell his soul.

We would improve tremendously if we were able to effectively recruit Chicago schools.

(04-09-2013 10:23 AM)Dog Fan Wrote:  We would improve tremendously if we were able to effectively recruit Chicago schools.

+1

We would improve tremendously if we could recruit any talent from anywhere on the planet. I couldn't care less if it's from Chicago.

(04-09-2013 11:18 AM)The Frisky Biscuit Wrote:  We would improve tremendously if we could recruit any talent from anywhere on the planet. I couldn't care less if it's from Chicago.

We're doing great! We got 2 studs from Norway. Maybe we should now go for some big studs from Liechtenstein.

(04-09-2013 11:18 AM)The Frisky Biscuit Wrote:  We would improve tremendously if we could recruit any talent from anywhere on the planet. I couldn't care less if it's from Chicago.

Agreed. The great Chicago kids leave the state, the good ones end up at U of I, and we get the "projects." Recruit some shooters. NOT "athletes."

(04-09-2013 11:33 AM)Dog Fan Wrote:  

(04-09-2013 11:18 AM)The Frisky Biscuit Wrote:  We would improve tremendously if we could recruit any talent from anywhere on the planet. I couldn't care less if it's from Chicago.

We're doing great! We got 2 studs from Norway. Maybe we should now go for some big studs from Liechtenstein.

All joking aside Ukrainia and Slovenia (Valpo did well there)

(04-09-2013 09:10 AM)niu2222 Wrote:  Move on to bigger and better things, that's the process for all NIU coaches. The new assistant wont be our coach anytime soon.

They either get fired or move up...nobody stays at MAC schools (pay is the main issue)

(04-09-2013 03:49 PM)OldTtimeNIU Wrote:  

(04-09-2013 11:33 AM)Dog Fan Wrote:  

(04-09-2013 11:18 AM)The Frisky Biscuit Wrote:  We would improve tremendously if we could recruit any talent from anywhere on the planet. I couldn't care less if it's from Chicago.

We're doing great! We got 2 studs from Norway. Maybe we should now go for some big studs from Liechtenstein.

All joking aside Ukrainia and Slovenia (Valpo did well there)

Agreed. I'd love to see us go after a couple bigs.