(04-20-2018 07:36 PM)Volkmar Wrote: Henson's cold as ice. There isn't a better coach in C-USA.
I really like Henson, but Id take Dan over him any day. Dan took over a 11-22 team that had 3 4 star players on it (Jaylen Brantley, Chris Thomas and Kareem Canty) and he dismissed them all. Why, attitude and behavioral problems. Canty went on a twitter tirade about Huntington and the school when Herrion was fired. Dan didn't hesitate to help him pack his bags.
Dan has increased his win total each of the 4 seasons he has been at Marshall, he is the only coach in Marshall history to do that and the only college coach that was hired in 2014 to do it.
14-15 11-21
15-16 17-16
16-17 20-15 (CUSA Champ Game)
17-18 25-11 (CUSA Champs, NCAA Round 32, Wichita State)
Dan took a group of under the radar guys and developed them into one of the most dangerous teams in the nation. He didn't get a 4 star athlete until he snagged Iran Bennett last year. And he has done it mainly through WV kids and surrounding neighboring state kids. Here is the players he has picked up in that area since he got here in 2014. Some never made it on campus and some have transferred.
2014
Shane Hall - Paintsville KY
Stevie Browning - Logan WV - Fairmont State transfer
2015
Jon Elmore - Charleston WV - VMI transfer (released from scholarship, never played at VMI)
Christian Thieneman - Louisville KY
2016
Rondale Watson - Lewisburg WV (Wake Forest transfer)
Ot Elmore - Charleston WV (UTRGV by way of VMI)
Phil Bledsoe - Wheeling WV
Ky're Allison - Portsmouth OH
2017
Jarrod West - Claksburg WV
Darius George - Staunton VA
Tanner Robinette - Honaker VA
2018
Jeremy Dillon - Williamson WV
Camron Brooks Harris - Zanesville OH
Taevion Kinsey - Columbus OH
Then there have been a lot of WV kids walk on under D'Antoni. The state of WV and neighboring states have plenty of DI kids to win with. There are plenty of PG, SG, S/PF, what there isn't a lot of and that's big men. That's where you usually have to look further away.
If you was to ever go to a practice with D'Antoni running it you would see no one leaves the practice until everyone understands what he is trying to do. He will spend just as much time with the walk on that may play 5 mins during the whole season on a play he doesn't understand as he will the 5 starters.
When Dan was an asst under Mike in the NBA that's what he done was player development. Some of those that he help develop where Leandro Barbosa, Amar'e Staudlemire and Jeremy Lin.