Anthony Grant to Interview for Job Thursday AM

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If Grant is the "hire" then our AD's name should be changed to Nogood Teague. I will be *&^!#*&^!#*&^!#*&^!#ing breaking *&^!#*&^!#*&^!#*&^!# and you can bet that Williams Arena will be half full if we walk away from Flip over this guy.
 


If Grant is the hire, people are going to start to remember Maturi fondly which would be shocking. Hiring Grant would equal to the hiring of Brewster.
 

richmondinsider said:
Deal getting close, talking about things past money at this point. By Monday Grant will be named the Gophers coach.
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And if it doesn't happen you will report some unexpected development, but you were correct that it was about to happen.
 

IDFM said:
If Grant is the hire, people are going to start to remember Maturi fondly which would be shocking. Hiring Grant would equal to the hiring of Brewster.
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What a stupid comment. Hiring Saul Smith would be like hiring Tim Brewster.
 


Grant would be so out of his element. It would kill the program.
 

IDFM said:
If Grant is the hire, people are going to start to remember Maturi fondly which would be shocking. Hiring Grant would equal to the hiring of Brewster.
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Um...no. Hiring Grant would be the equivalent of hiring Randy Edsall...
 


Expectations are getting too high after hearing names like Shaka, Hoiberg, Stevens, etc.

I understand that people think Flip would be better (he might), but it's unfair to think that Grant would be a total horse sh!t hire.

Let's look at what he's done:

3 years prior to Grant at Alabama...
06/07 - 20-12 (7-9)
07/08 - 17-16 (5-11)
08/09 - 18-14 (7-9)

When Grant took over...
09/10 - 17-15 (6-10)
10/11 - 25-12 (12-4)
11/12 - 21-12 (9-7)
12/13 - 23-13 (12-6)

And next year's team will be even better - the only player they're losing is a senior who is averaging 3.8 PPG.

He also had success at VCU:
06/07 - 28-7 (16-2)
07/08 - 24-8 (15-3)
08/09 - 24-10 (14-4)

I'd rather have a guy like Grant than an up-and-comer from the MAC/Summit League.
 



I forgot to mention his recruiting.

Here are the recruits he's signed to Bama:

Class of 2013:
Center - 4 stars, ESPN100
Power Forward - 4 stars, ESPN100

Class of 2012:
Small Forward - 5 stars Rivals/4 stars ESPN, ESPN100

Class of 2011:
Shooting Guard - 5 stars Rivals/4 stars ESPN, ESPN100
Shooting Guard - 4 stars, ESPN100
Center - 4 stars
Small Forward - 4 stars Rivals/3 stars ESPN
Center - 4 stars
Point Guard - unranked (international)

Class of 2010:
Point Guard - 4 stars, ESPN100
Shooting Guard - 4 stars
Power Forward - 4 stars
Point Guard - 3 stars
Center - unranked (international)



Clearly, he can recruit.
 



richmondinsider said:
I've noticed very low expectations around Minnesota sports. Little heads up the rest of the country feels he failed miserably with the Timberwolves. He had an insane amount of talent and made it out of the first round what 1 time? It was a total disaster for Flip. Not to mention hes now one of the more boring commentators on ESPN.
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No, they don't. I read a Virginia Tech fan's comments and a Duke fans comments today about Flip Saunders and both gave him very high praise.

He did NOT have an insane amount of talent. And Minnesota should have been in the Eastern Conf during that time and had they been, the T-Pups would have made deep runs in the playoffs almost every year Flip was the coach.

And somehow after leaving the Timberwolves, Detroit hired him? Why on earth would they hire such a disaster of a coach?! DUH, chump, because he wasn't considered to have been a disaster of a coach while with the Timberwolves, at least not by the "rest of the country".

And if you think there are low expectations around Minnesota sports, obviously you aren't listening to the press, they all think we have TOO high of expectations.



And btw, when you are you to man up and show up the next time someone accepts your challenge and shows up at a bar to fight you? If you are going to talk smack, you need to back it up. And you wonder why some people think you are full of it.
 



RoyalGopher said:
I forgot to mention his recruiting.

Here are the recruits he's signed to Bama:

Class of 2013:
Center - 4 stars, ESPN100
Power Forward - 4 stars, ESPN100

Class of 2012:
Small Forward - 5 stars Rivals/4 stars ESPN, ESPN100

Class of 2011:
Shooting Guard - 5 stars Rivals/4 stars ESPN, ESPN100
Shooting Guard - 4 stars, ESPN100
Center - 4 stars
Small Forward - 4 stars Rivals/3 stars ESPN
Center - 4 stars
Point Guard - unranked (international)

Class of 2010:
Point Guard - 4 stars, ESPN100
Shooting Guard - 4 stars
Power Forward - 4 stars
Point Guard - 3 stars
Center - unranked (international)



Clearly, he can recruit.
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I'ts my understanding he was very instrumental in recruiting Noah, Horford, Brewer etc. to Florida when they won back to back championships. He also signed lightly recruited Larry Sanders at VCU who ended up one pick away from being a NBA lottery selection (currently leading the NBA in blocked shots). And as everyone knows when VCU went to the final four the top five players on that team were Grant recruits.

He's not doing a terrible job at Alabama and I think you guys can do a lot worse than Grant. I still don't understand why people think Flip would be such a wise choice. He has zero college experience in the last 25 years.
 


vcurams said:
I'ts my understanding he was very instrumental in recruiting Noah, Horford, Brewer etc. to Florida when they won back to back championships. He also signed lightly recruited Larry Sanders at VCU who ended up one pick away from being a NBA lottery selection (currently leading the NBA in blocked shots). And as everyone knows when VCU went to the final four the top five players on that team were Grant recruits.

He's not doing a terrible job at Alabama and I think you guys can do a lot worse than Grant. I still don't understand why people think Flip would be such a wise choice. He has zero college experience in the last 25 years.
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Because HE'S ONE OF US!!!!!

But yeah, Grant's offense is what I think scares a ton of people, and not having incredible success in an iffy conference. I think it's enough warning signs to create a little bit of apprehension. But as soon as he lands one of the Big 3, people would start to come around until he proves on the court he's not up for the job.
 

Monty519 said:
Because HE'S ONE OF US!!!!!

But yeah, Grant's offense is what I think scares a ton of people, and not having incredible success in an iffy conference. I think it's enough warning signs to create a little bit of apprehension. But as soon as he lands one of the Big 3, people would start to come around until he proves on the court he's not up for the job.
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You got to have more tangible reasons than "he's one of us." That should be the icing on the cake, not the primary reason to hire him.

So you really expect Teague to roll the dice (and put his career on the line) on someone with no D1 college success because he's "one of y'all" versus a coach with a track record to recent great success at VCU and Florida and success (though relatively modest) at Alabama? Keep this in mind, if he had great success at Alabama he wouldn't even to available to Minnesota.
 

vcurams said:
You got to have more tangible reasons than "he's one of us." That should be the icing on the cake, not the primary reason to hire him.

So you really expect Teague to roll the dice (and put his career on the line) on someone with no D1 college success because he's "one of y'all" versus a coach with a track record to recent great success at VCU and Florida and success (though relatively modest) at Alabama? Keep this in mind, if he had great success at Alabama he wouldn't even to available to Minnesota.
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Haha, I was mainly mocking, but that is one of the very obvious reasons for everyone's love with the idea. But the general thought on why he'd be a great hire is that he is a great basketball mind, has ties to the high school circuit around here (meaning he might have a good shot at getting the big three top 50 level prospects for 2014 in our state), coached here with the pro team and had a little bit of success (consistently in the playoffs at least), is a very visible figure nationally, and would fire up a booster group waiting to drop money on this practice facility Teague is trying to work out.

Now, all of that said (some of which is pure speculation and guesses as to what he'd bring to the table), he hasn't coached in college forever. It is a risk IMO to go there, even if PR-wise it isn't.
 

Monty519 said:
Haha, I was mainly mocking, but that is one of the very obvious reasons for everyone's love with the idea. But the general thought on why he'd be a great hire is that he is a great basketball mind, has ties to the high school circuit around here (meaning he might have a good shot at getting the big three top 50 level prospects for 2014 in our state), coached here with the pro team and had a little bit of success (consistently in the playoffs at least), is a very visible figure nationally, and would fire up a booster group waiting to drop money on this practice facility Teague is trying to work out.

Now, all of that said (some of which is pure speculation and guesses as to what he'd bring to the table), he hasn't coached in college forever. It is a risk IMO to go there, even if PR-wise it isn't.
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At the end of the day all that matters is if the fan base and donors are satisfied with the selection. For your sake I hope it doesn't go the way Jeff Bzdelik or Sidney Lowe's tenure as college coaches went when they made the NBA to college transition.
 

vcurams said:
At the end of the day all that matters is if the fan base and donors are satisfied with the selection. For your sake I hope it doesn't go that way Jeff Bzdelik or Sidney Lowe's tenure as college coaches went when they made the NBA to college transition.
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I would say at the end of the day it only matter they hire the right coach. Need to establish a winning mentality.
 

@SethDavisHoops: would be a brilliant hire RT @CIGrizz13: Any Anthony Grant talk to UCLA?
 

vcurams said:
You got to have more tangible reasons than "he's one of us." That should be the icing on the cake, not the primary reason to hire him.

So you really expect Teague to roll the dice (and put his career on the line) on someone with no D1 college success because he's "one of y'all" versus a coach with a track record to recent great success at VCU and Florida and success (though relatively modest) at Alabama? Keep this in mind, if he had great success at Alabama he wouldn't even to available to Minnesota.
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Nope, we Minnesotans are nuttin but ignorant bumpkins, we'd hire a coach ONLY because he was one of us. Yep, that's what we do, the minute you graduate from the U, we'll hire you for any coaching position you want.
 

#1nHkyCfbBsbDncSolarDebat said:
Nope, we Minnesotans are nuttin but ignorant bumpkins, we'd hire a coach ONLY because he was one of us. Yep, that's what we do, the minute you graduate from the U, we'll hire you for any coaching position you want.
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And I would have close to the same amount of college coaching experience as Flip over the past 25 years.
 


scher215 said:
@SethDavisHoops: would be a brilliant hire RT @CIGrizz13: Any Anthony Grant talk to UCLA?
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Interesting he'd call it "brilliant". I mean, if he thinks it'd be brilliant for UCLA, what in the world does he think it'd be for us?
 

richmondinsider said:
I for one am very good friends with Anthony and worked along side him during his time at VCU. I'm connect very very deep into the Richmond basketball scene. Literally EVERYTHING I reported in the Shaka Smart thread turned out to be true. Check for yourself, I reported yesterday he would get 1.5 million a year at VCU and wow guess thats what he got.

That said Anthony WILL interview tomorrow morning.
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Confirms that this guy was full of it. Glad most didn't fall for his act.
 

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