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(03-25-2016 03:01 PM)blazerjay Wrote:  

(03-25-2016 02:58 PM)hooverblazer Wrote:  Howard Crawford and Jamaar Sanders were lobbying for Antoine Pettway (Crawford's brother) on twitter earlier.

He's a very good young coach, but I doubt we hire an assistant directly from UAT in any case. If he was at any other school...maybe.

Agreed.

I wouldn't let a splash hire, a former player, the current roster or anything else get in the way of the RIGHT FIT for us...this will be huge

I'm thinking it will take one heck of a "splash hire" to wash away the current assistant coach we already have in place as interim HC.

(03-25-2016 03:02 PM)BlazerGreen Wrote:  Maybe Rob Ehsan is destined to be UAB's Mark Few. Dan Monson did a fine job at Gonzaga, made them more than just where John Stockton played, but Few made the Zags into a legitimate power after Monson moved on to Minnesota.

This is my favorite scenario!

I'd take this over a "splash" hire. There's a lot to be said for consistency.

(03-25-2016 10:57 AM)hooverblazer Wrote:  Obviously I don't expect us to pay the new coach $1M/yr right away, but I hope the other investments we've been making in the program continue ie; chartering flights, expanded recruiting budget, etc. That will go along way in attracting a quality candidate. Other facility upgrades made during Haase's tenure like the locker room/team lounge and the new lights in Bartow should help.

I would not be shocked for Ray Ray to claim that now football is back we don't have enough to put into basketball like he had planned. Expect this to get bungled

(03-25-2016 11:54 AM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  Wasn't Pelphrey considered by UAB at some point in the past and chose to go to work at USA instead? As I recall, he didn't work out there either.

He worked out well enough to get the Arkansas job. Now that did not work out.

(03-25-2016 04:26 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  

(03-25-2016 10:57 AM)hooverblazer Wrote:  Obviously I don't expect us to pay the new coach $1M/yr right away, but I hope the other investments we've been making in the program continue ie; chartering flights, expanded recruiting budget, etc. That will go along way in attracting a quality candidate. Other facility upgrades made during Haase's tenure like the locker room/team lounge and the new lights in Bartow should help.

I would not be shocked for Ray Ray to claim that now football is back we don't have enough to put into basketball like he had planned. Expect this to get bungled

Yes, but it will be data-driven, part of a strategic plan, and it will move UAB forward.

Ehsan makes sense. Haase underperformed with this year's roster and was out coached by harper. If Ehsan can make smart in game personnel moves we could have much more success next year.

Haase was a favorite bc most people thought he would stick around. His only real on the court success was a crazy couple of days last year. He left the program better than he found it but it couldn't get much worse. Sad to see him go only because his potential. his on the court accomplishments were good not great.

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(03-25-2016 05:14 PM)58-56 Wrote:  

(03-25-2016 04:26 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  

(03-25-2016 10:57 AM)hooverblazer Wrote:  Obviously I don't expect us to pay the new coach $1M/yr right away, but I hope the other investments we've been making in the program continue ie; chartering flights, expanded recruiting budget, etc. That will go along way in attracting a quality candidate. Other facility upgrades made during Haase's tenure like the locker room/team lounge and the new lights in Bartow should help.

I would not be shocked for Ray Ray to claim that now football is back we don't have enough to put into basketball like he had planned. Expect this to get bungled

Yes, but it will be data-driven, part of a strategic plan, and it will move UAB forward.

you need a for that. JK you do have the watzi lingo down though!

Paul Hewitt from Georgia Tech available.

Can we steal a good coach from a rival C-USA school who wants to coach a better roster? Are there any worth consideration?

(03-25-2016 06:54 PM)cb4029 Wrote:  Can we steal a good coach from a rival C-USA school who wants to coach a better roster? Are there any worth consideration?

No most should have been fired several years ago.

However a former CUSA coach is out there, and a good one.

Bobby Lutz

Bucky from Mountain Brook ?

(03-25-2016 07:06 PM)Ramsay7884 Wrote:  Bucky from Mountain Brook ?

he wont pass UAB physical :)

(03-25-2016 07:06 PM)Ramsay7884 Wrote:  Bucky from Mountain Brook ?

Well, he's an experienced recruiter. Not sure if he could arrange a whole rosters worth of job offers in Mt Brook though.

(03-25-2016 04:26 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  

(03-25-2016 10:57 AM)hooverblazer Wrote:  Obviously I don't expect us to pay the new coach $1M/yr right away, but I hope the other investments we've been making in the program continue ie; chartering flights, expanded recruiting budget, etc. That will go along way in attracting a quality candidate. Other facility upgrades made during Haase's tenure like the locker room/team lounge and the new lights in Bartow should help.

I would not be shocked for Ray Ray to claim that now football is back we don't have enough to put into basketball like he had planned. Expect this to get bungled

I think that the big boosters are going to be keeping an eye on this process. I'm anything but a big booster, but I'll be blowing the whistle and raising six kinds of hell if they start playing games.

(03-25-2016 07:02 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(03-25-2016 06:54 PM)cb4029 Wrote:  Can we steal a good coach from a rival C-USA school who wants to coach a better roster? Are there any worth consideration?

No most should have been fired several years ago.

However a former CUSA coach is out there, and a good one.

Bobby Lutz

Porn stache

(03-25-2016 05:56 PM)uab blazer 01 Wrote:  Ehsan makes sense. Haase underperformed with this year's roster and was out coached by harper. If Ehsan can make smart in game personnel moves we could have much more success next year.

Haase was a favorite bc most people thought he would stick around. His only real on the court success was a crazy couple of days last year. He left the program better than he found it but it couldn't get much worse. Sad to see him go only because his potential. his on the court accomplishments were good not great.

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That second paragraph is probably the truest thing I've ever read on this message board.

I've always thought the only reason he would stick around was that he was mediocre. I always figured he would be gone the minute he found success. I thought this would year's finish bought us one more year, but I was wrong.

I also believe the next guy hired will be gone as soon as he is successful. Moving on is not a defect of the coach's character. It reflects on the type of program we are. Frankly, I don't want a coach who is willing to settle on being a CUSA coach all his life.

I believe the talent on the court overcame the coaching a lot of times.

While it is great to play a lot of players, we had spells where forced subbing seemed to hurt us.

Then again, sometimes the subs helped when the 1st team struggled.