(04-13-2019 01:13 PM)Lush Wrote:  

(04-13-2019 11:21 AM)pesik Wrote:  

(04-13-2019 10:38 AM)rosewater Wrote:  The reason for lack of candidates is because they have their guy. They want Brannen and the interview process is just a sham.

im not really thee biggest fan of brennan for a school like Cincinnati ...i see him as last resort

cincy is a school i believe should be good most years, and that is what you get with young up and comers

this isnt football, where you go with the young up and comers because they are bringing fresh ideas (like the air raid) and youthful fire....in basketball its the old heads that are the only thing consistent

someone will bring up chris beard but beard spent 11 years under bob knight..brennan has never been under a elite coach, almost all his assistant tenure was under Anthony Grant who has been subpar at any league not a 1-bid league

note john brennan succuss is literally identical to grant's succes at vcu (in the CAA)..2 ncaa's ,1 NIT

im not saying he wont get you good now and then, i just don't see it on a consistent level.

go for a old head, or someone who spents years under an elite old head

if you unstuck your head from kelvin's ass you'd realize that all great coaches have to get their start from somewhere. sticking with hasbeens is a plea for help. yall got lucky so congrats. but kalvin has always been a good coach. brannen's my guy

i said for "Cincinnati"...all great coaches has to have a start somewhere and have to go through some up and downs before they figure out the right formula

a question for you: would you be okay with cincy missing 3 of the next 5 tournaments while brennan is getting a handle on multibids leagues??

he has never coached on an elite team in a multibid league, even as an assistant..but you think he'll have it mastered day 1???

UC has a good roster next season (so lets say he makes the tourney next season) but uc takes huge players losses after that. lets start from there..

Brennan is not an elite recruiting coach, nor is cincy a school that naturally just draws elite talent...(my point: there is no distinct advantage of UC over the rest of the AAC competitively)...second question: if USF hired brennan (they could if their coach left), would they would be top of the league every season?
again his mentor had identical success to him in the mid-major but was sub-par in a multi-bid

developing players is an art, x and os in an art, recruiting is an art, having a reloading system is an art and that takes experience to master....hell even scouting, the biggest scouting tool a coach can have is calling other coaches who you've built relationship with for out of conference games (who play them regularly) and that takes time

almost every elite coach in a multi-bid league either had a not so great coach to start their career, or spent years under an elite coach

summary: i dont think brennan is a bad coach, i think he would be great for a middling aac program who wouldn't need immediate success..but that isnt cincy..you know the standard set at cincy