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Time for a New Basketball Coach

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  • donmdonm Posts: 10,241 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @WCDawg said:

    @donm said:
    I think he runs a type of triangle offense. Worked with MJ and Pippen and with Kobe in LA. I think I know what’s missing.

    The triangle doesn't even work in The NFL without all time great talent.
    Look at Phil Jackson's failed experiment with The Knicks.
    No team other than The Kobe, Shaq Lakers and MJ, Pippen Bulls have won a title using it in The NBA and no team has ever won a title running it in college ball.

    hence. my last sentence.

  • coastaldawgcoastaldawg Posts: 1,411 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    We don't seem to have any kind of offensive scheme, no screens set and just a lot of standing around till shot clock starts running out. Only way Fox keeps job is to get the recruits he has committed for next year.

  • WCDawgWCDawg Posts: 17,293 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @coastaldawg said:
    We don't seem to have any kind of offensive scheme, no screens set and just a lot of standing around till shot clock starts running out. Only way Fox keeps job is to get the recruits he has committed for next year.

    To me our biggest shortcoming on offense looks to be too many people standing around, which is a triangle thing. Too many isolation plays where 3 or 4 guys just stand watching.
    A good college offense needs motion to keep everybody involved.
    I really think Fox is near the bottom when it comes to coaching offense.
    I would say he needs to extricate his head from it's hiding place, hire a great offensive coach and stay out of his way, but it's too late for that.
    He's had 9 years and the offense is as bad as ever, the only cure is a new staff.

  • WCDawgWCDawg Posts: 17,293 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @coastaldawg said:
    We don't seem to have any kind of offensive scheme, no screens set and just a lot of standing around till shot clock starts running out. Only way Fox keeps job is to get the recruits he has committed for next year.

    No way players committed should factor into the decision, which should be a done deal in my opinion.
    Nothing should save Fox's job now, he's had far more time than he earned already.
    The right HC will attract recruits and Fox will never be a top coach regardless of who he recruits, bottom line, he's not good enough.

  • WCDawgWCDawg Posts: 17,293 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @bmauldin said:
    I know Mc Garity doesn’t want to pay for a basketball coach, but Ron Hunter from Ga State is a good one.
    Probably get a good deal and with our facilities he should be able to pull top talent.

    I know we have some good ones committed, but can Fox coach them up?...

    I wouldn't go after a 53 year old Ron Hunter. If he was going to be THE GUY he'd have gotten there already.
    I want to swing for the fences, not just be marginally better.

  • donmdonm Posts: 10,241 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @WCDawg said:

    @bmauldin said:
    I know Mc Garity doesn’t want to pay for a basketball coach, but Ron Hunter from Ga State is a good one.
    Probably get a good deal and with our facilities he should be able to pull top talent.

    I know we have some good ones committed, but can Fox coach them up?...

    I wouldn't go after a 53 year old Ron Hunter. If he was going to be THE GUY he'd have gotten there already.
    I want to swing for the fences, not just be marginally better.

    Agree. He had success when he had his son and the transfer from UK. Since then, not much. Don't think he's the one to lead us from the doldrums. A lot depends upon how much McGarity is willing to shell out. Given the lack of success of the program and the rebuild that would be necessary, I think he'll settle for some bright, young mid-major coach and go that route. Not saying it's what I would like the most, but what I think is most likely.

  • WCDawgWCDawg Posts: 17,293 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @donm said:

    @WCDawg said:

    @bmauldin said:
    I know Mc Garity doesn’t want to pay for a basketball coach, but Ron Hunter from Ga State is a good one.
    Probably get a good deal and with our facilities he should be able to pull top talent.

    I know we have some good ones committed, but can Fox coach them up?...

    I wouldn't go after a 53 year old Ron Hunter. If he was going to be THE GUY he'd have gotten there already.
    I want to swing for the fences, not just be marginally better.

    Agree. He had success when he had his son and the transfer from UK. Since then, not much. Don't think he's the one to lead us from the doldrums. A lot depends upon how much McGarity is willing to shell out. Given the lack of success of the program and the rebuild that would be necessary, I think he'll settle for some bright, young mid-major coach and go that route. Not saying it's what I would like the most, but what I think is most likely.

    History shows it's not really settling to go after a young mid-major, it's just a matter of hiring the right one. I don't see a huge rebuild considering the roster has good talent and basketball programs with a solid core can be transformed with a couple of elite players.
    We've quietly made our facilities very appealing as well. Stegeman isn't big, but it's cool now.

  • BigcalidawgBigcalidawg Posts: 1,363 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
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