ExcitedOwl18
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New Assistant MBB Coach
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Vince Alexander, the head coach at St. Leo and formerly USC-Aiken is our replacement for Kreider.
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elw4796
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RE: New Assistant MBB Coach
Think there are probably some positives and negatives to the hire. I don't dislike the fact that we went after a local non-D1 guy, but I'm not sure what to think of his track record. For one, I would have loved to see us go after a defensive minded coach. St. Leo's allowed more than 75 points per game in its last 3 years (75, 76, and 78). I assume that's partially a product of his preferred fast style of play, but not exactly encouraging for a team that has had major struggles on D. But I imagine he will help recruit locally and he obviously brings with him a lot of experience. And honestly just good to have a third assistant coach. Kind of a ragtag crew between him, Green, and Linebaugh. Lifetime d2 head coach, recent graduate with basically no experience, and then a guy with d1 assistant experience.
Also I'm pretty sure we just copy and pasted his biography from St. Leo's website.
(This post was last modified: 05-24-2019 11:34 AM by elw4796.)
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RE: New Assistant MBB Coach
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05-24-2019 12:48 PM |
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RE: New Assistant MBB Coach
I like the hire. He goes back a long way with Pera, which presumably means that Pera knows him pretty well.
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05-24-2019 12:52 PM |
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Almadenmike
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RE: New Assistant MBB Coach
(05-24-2019 11:34 AM)elw4796 Wrote: Also I'm pretty sure we just copy and pasted his biography from St. Leo's website.
There's a much more extensive bio on the South Carolina-Aiken website: https://pacersports.com/coaches.aspx?rc=163
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05-24-2019 01:30 PM |
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RE: New Assistant MBB Coach
In the press release, he says he's excited about coming home. So I'll assume he's a Houston native (he played collegiately both at Blinn and then a school in Oklahoma).
I assume this is the same St. Leo's we played in hoops this year. Obviously he and Pera go way back so the loyalty factor should be strong.
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05-24-2019 02:36 PM |
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