I'm excited about this hire. Seems like really good news to me.

(03-19-2018 09:05 PM)Tintin Wrote:  

(03-19-2018 08:42 PM)Rabonchild Wrote:  When you were once one of the top 50 programs in the nation and fall as far as we have status qou is unacceptable. I now see that Judy’s impact affected more than just the school & sports. It has also infected some of the fans.

I want the new coach to succeed. I will be backing him, but that does not mean I have to be happy with the hire, And neither does it mean I have to like the fact that it appears nothing has changed with UNCC’s administrative approach since Judy resigned. Historically this program deserves better than three coaches in a row without head coaching experience.

I'll take a guy who can recruit who worked with a top notch head coach over a guy with a couple of good seasons at a small school in a small conference who doesn't have the recruiting connections.

Just curious, what head coach do you think we should have hired that would come here after our last five years or so and the cupboard bare?

I don’t know who they asked, but I think John Brannon would have considered coming, to Charlotte, or Matt McMahon, or Nick McDevitt

(03-19-2018 09:23 PM)HerdZoned Wrote:  

(03-19-2018 03:45 PM)TribeNiner Wrote:  Give me defense all day everyday. Additionally, it's not that their offense is bad, that's a bit of a myth (it's actually pretty good being in the top-50 or so in offensive efficiency), it's that there are fewer possessions and they play such tough defense the other team is not going to get any good looks. Give me Tony Bennett over Tony Shaver any day. I love a team that goes 30-2 in the ACC with the number one overall seed without loading the roster full of McDonald's AAs.

So you want to play a game that no one wants to watch. I absolutely hate watching Tony Bennett, Jeff Jones and others who run the shot clock down to 3-5 seconds and then shoot. Where each team if you control the pace may get a total of 45-50 possessions a game and win or lose 51-49.

Enjoy falling asleep....

It may not be your cup of tea, but I know a lot of people who love to watch it. It's great, fundamental basketball that wins.

(03-20-2018 05:27 AM)TribeNiner Wrote:  

(03-19-2018 09:23 PM)HerdZoned Wrote:  

(03-19-2018 03:45 PM)TribeNiner Wrote:  Give me defense all day everyday. Additionally, it's not that their offense is bad, that's a bit of a myth (it's actually pretty good being in the top-50 or so in offensive efficiency), it's that there are fewer possessions and they play such tough defense the other team is not going to get any good looks. Give me Tony Bennett over Tony Shaver any day. I love a team that goes 30-2 in the ACC with the number one overall seed without loading the roster full of McDonald's AAs.

So you want to play a game that no one wants to watch. I absolutely hate watching Tony Bennett, Jeff Jones and others who run the shot clock down to 3-5 seconds and then shoot. Where each team if you control the pace may get a total of 45-50 possessions a game and win or lose 51-49.

Enjoy falling asleep....

It may not be your cup of tea, but I know a lot of people who love to watch it. It's great, fundamental basketball that wins.

I don't like run & gun, but neither do I think four corners 2018 is going to attract today's recruits.

Ill trust in Hill with this hire and see what happens. I"m not going to crap on the hire before he even coaches one minute for the Niners. To me, that's silly. Hopefully he succeeds and maybe gets us a game with UVA.

Interview:

http://www.espncharlotte.net/the-wake-up...z-3-20-18/

(03-20-2018 08:26 AM)VA49er Wrote:  Ill trust in Hill with this hire and see what happens. I"m not going to crap on the hire before he even coaches one minute for the Niners. To me, that's silly. Hopefully he succeeds and maybe gets us a game with UVA.

It's asinine especially when the guy has had success at every level and it's not a Judy Rose hire.

(03-20-2018 09:45 AM)wh49er Wrote:  

(03-20-2018 08:26 AM)VA49er Wrote:  Ill trust in Hill with this hire and see what happens. I"m not going to crap on the hire before he even coaches one minute for the Niners. To me, that's silly. Hopefully he succeeds and maybe gets us a game with UVA.

It's asinine especially when the guy has had success at every level and it's not a Judy Rose hire.

The big key to me is, like you mentioned, it's not a Judy Rose hire. Some folks wanted a proven head coach. Problem is those guys are few and far between and more than likely don't want Charlotte given our suckage for the past decade, or can get more $$ elsewhere. I'll give the new coach a chance. Lords knows we have no where to go but up.

(03-19-2018 09:23 PM)HerdZoned Wrote:  

(03-19-2018 03:45 PM)TribeNiner Wrote:  Give me defense all day everyday. Additionally, it's not that their offense is bad, that's a bit of a myth (it's actually pretty good being in the top-50 or so in offensive efficiency), it's that there are fewer possessions and they play such tough defense the other team is not going to get any good looks. Give me Tony Bennett over Tony Shaver any day. I love a team that goes 30-2 in the ACC with the number one overall seed without loading the roster full of McDonald's AAs.

So you want to play a game that no one wants to watch. I absolutely hate watching Tony Bennett, Jeff Jones and others who run the shot clock down to 3-5 seconds and then shoot. Where each team if you control the pace may get a total of 45-50 possessions a game and win or lose 51-49.

Enjoy falling asleep....

I bet you did hate watching Jeff Jones beat that azz twice this year.

New coach just needs to get Charlotte back to where we once were. I don't care the style as long as we win. It's been a decade.

should have gone with the UMBC assistant coach instead...

I hope this new coach does come in and implement the Tony Bennett pack line defense successfully. None of our C-USA foes are going to look forward to facing back to back strong defensive teams when they travel on the Charlotte/ODU road trip. It should benefit both teams for the Saturday game since the visiting team will be worn down from having to work so hard the previous game offensively then have to experience that - or worse - all over again.

Same thing for when Charlotte & ODU go on a road trip pairing.

(03-20-2018 12:21 PM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  should have gone with the UMBC assistant coach instead...

UMBC's head coach is a former Charlotte assistant coach. Not sure he'd have given a glowing recommendation. Anyway, that was a flash in the pan type occurrence with no way to know if it can/will continue. At least Sanchez has a a college bball pedigree which is more than we can say about our previous two head coaches. Like I mentioned earlier, no where to go but up.

(03-19-2018 09:23 PM)HerdZoned Wrote:  

(03-19-2018 03:45 PM)TribeNiner Wrote:  Give me defense all day everyday. Additionally, it's not that their offense is bad, that's a bit of a myth (it's actually pretty good being in the top-50 or so in offensive efficiency), it's that there are fewer possessions and they play such tough defense the other team is not going to get any good looks. Give me Tony Bennett over Tony Shaver any day. I love a team that goes 30-2 in the ACC with the number one overall seed without loading the roster full of McDonald's AAs.

So you want to play a game that no one wants to watch. I absolutely hate watching Tony Bennett, Jeff Jones and others who run the shot clock down to 3-5 seconds and then shoot. Where each team if you control the pace may get a total of 45-50 possessions a game and win or lose 51-49.

Enjoy falling asleep....

By no one, you specifically mean yourself. There are people that like good basketball, whether its played fast or slow.

45-50 possessions? Are you watching high school instead?

From what I am reading about Sanchez, it sounds like a great hire. Anything will beat what we have been doing which is basically...................losing.

(03-19-2018 04:14 PM)Cyniclone Wrote:  

(03-19-2018 04:00 PM)Niner National Wrote:  Good start. Excited to see the staff he puts together.

I'm hoping Jeff McInnis is offered a position. He is well connected in recruiting circles and he wants to be here. I'm not sure he ever got his degree from unc though, so he may not be eligible to be an ncaa coach.

I don't think it's an NCAA requirement, though I'm sure the higher up the food chain you go, the more scrutiny a program would draw if it hired or even interviewed someone who didn't graduate.

There's been a few coaches who quit/were fired, but if I remember correctly, it was that they lied about having the degrees, and that combined with the resulting media coverage sent them packing.

Manhattan College's HC comes to mind.

(03-19-2018 04:00 PM)Niner National Wrote:  Good start. Excited to see the staff he puts together.

I'm hoping Jeff McInnis is offered a position. He is well connected in recruiting circles and he wants to be here. I'm not sure he ever got his degree from unc though, so he may not be eligible to be an ncaa coach.

When talking about UNC specifically, I wouldn't hold McInnis not having a degree against him. Given all the fraud and fake degrees coming out of that bastion of deceit, I consider him equal to all UNC players that actually have "degrees". IMO, if McInnis has connections and wants to be here, then so be it.

(03-21-2018 02:32 PM)VA49er Wrote:  

(03-19-2018 04:00 PM)Niner National Wrote:  Good start. Excited to see the staff he puts together.

I'm hoping Jeff McInnis is offered a position. He is well connected in recruiting circles and he wants to be here. I'm not sure he ever got his degree from unc though, so he may not be eligible to be an ncaa coach.

When talking about UNC specifically, I wouldn't hold McInnis not having a degree against him. Given all the fraud and fake degrees coming out of that bastion of deceit, I consider him equal to all UNC players that actually have "degrees". IMO, if McInnis has connections and wants to be here, then so be it.

Hard to disagree with any of this.

I think it'll be a good hire! I like to watch fast basketball better but, I'll take wins and good defense over fast basketball any day of the week! I welcome change at Charlotte with open arms!

I gotta give Sanchez some major credit at this point for retaining all of the current players, unless Davis and White make it to the association, and all of the incoming recruits.