Next Gopher Head Coach

Donate To GopherHole
BarnBurner said:
I think it interesting our own BADGER has not mentioned Gates name over the past couple years discussions regarding up and coming coaches. Unless I missed it.
Click to expand...
He just got a HC job in 2019 and at Cleveland State. He's now back to back coach of the year and people will talk about him nationally soon.
 

MaxyJR1 said:
He just got a HC job in 2019 and at Cleveland State. He's now back to back coach of the year and people will talk about him nationally soon.
Click to expand...
Thanks. I like this one more and more as I read about him......the reason Im mention BADGER is he appears to have insight into coaches just like Gates, and did not mention Gates.
 

MaxyJR1 said:
Maybe he is on the list and Coyle will have his options. There just seems to be a little bit of a hunch with the Cleveland State guy. Greg Flugaur is a guy on Twitter that is pretty tied in and gets information. His list of candidates is:

Medved
Smith
Gates
Anderson

That makes be believe that Coyle already knows where he will be looking and who is realistic.
Click to expand...
Anderson?? Recently you'd said Grant.
 


MaxyJR1 said:
He just got a HC job in 2019 and at Cleveland State. He's now back to back coach of the year and people will talk about him nationally soon.
Click to expand...
Tempting to consider, and maybe we'll be kicking ourselves later on for passing up on him ...... but I just think he's a little bit too short on datapoints to get upgraded all the way up from the Horizon to the Big Ten??
 



MplsGopher said:
Tempting to consider, and maybe we'll be kicking ourselves later on for passing up on him ...... but I just think he's a little bit too short on datapoints to get upgraded all the way up from the Horizon to the Big Ten??
Click to expand...

I agree with you. What are your data points then? I think Nikos fall short to be honest with you as well, but that would all change this year if he gets a MWC championship
 


restovich said:
Seems like Medved, Smith, and Gates would all be good choices.
Click to expand...
It will come down to what Coyle knows about these guys and their programs. If he is looking at culture and a Fleck like coach, Smith might just be the guy.

Gates would go a long way in this community to showing the U is serious about diversity if he meets Coyle's criteria for a coach. I like that he has ties to Chicago, Florida, California, Ohio and some good programs. He also recruited in the MAC for a couple years to Northern Illinois.

I truly believe the next coach will be one of these three coaches.
 




Maybe they should look at the timberwolves assistant David Vanterpool. Maybe looking beings he didn't get wolves job.
 






howeda7 said:
Why are there so many NBA suggestions here? When has that worked out well?
Click to expand...
Caliperi seems to have done fine. Len Kruger?Mike Montgomery? And a familiar name-Pitino-seems they all have done o.k. since leaving NBA and gone to college.
 

howeda7 said:
Why are there so many NBA suggestions here? When has that worked out well?
Click to expand...
i mean it doesnt hurt to reach out.....he is a very respected coach. i bet his NBA connections would look good in recruits eyes.

the thing is....i think hes an NBA guy so even if he would dip down into the college ranks and he would have success. he would be pretty quick to bolt to the NBA
 


howeda7 said:
Why are there so many NBA suggestions here? When has that worked out well?
Click to expand...

People look at Juwan Howard and forget he's the outlier. Most end up being Terry Porter, Jerry Stackhouse, Patrick Ewing, Chris Mullin, Clyde Drexler, etc... For the most part NBA guys coming down the the NCAA hasn't worked out well and vice versa to be honest. Beilein being the most recent example
 

manderson1984 said:
lol those were college guys who flamed out in the NBA and came back.
Click to expand...
The question was when did it work out when NBA coaches went to the college game- I simply answered the question. He did not ask how those coaches did in the NBA. So maybe simply go back and read the question?
 

Any chance to get Mark Few of Gonzaga? How about his top assistant as a candidate?
 

manny77 said:
Caliperi seems to have done fine. Len Kruger?Mike Montgomery? And a familiar name-Pitino-seems they all have done o.k. since leaving NBA and gone to college.
Click to expand...
Cal was in college first at UMass, then the NBA then back to college, correct? Same with Krueger (K-State, Florida, Illinois, then NBA, then UNLV, Oklahoma) and Montgomery (Stanford, NBA, Cal). So they were all college coaches who tried the NBA and mostly failed.

When has an NBA coach with zero college experience done well at the college level?
 

Gophs24 said:
i mean it doesnt hurt to reach out.....he is a very respected coach. i bet his NBA connections would look good in recruits eyes.

the thing is....i think hes an NBA guy so even if he would dip down into the college ranks and he would have success. he would be pretty quick to bolt to the NBA
Click to expand...
It's possible, but it's a huge if. Plus NBA teams don't play defense, and we've seen where that gets you in the B1G.
 

manderson1984 said:
People look at Juwan Howard and forget he's the outlier. Most end up being Terry Porter, Jerry Stackhouse, Patrick Ewing, Chris Mullin, Clyde Drexler, etc... For the most part NBA guys coming down the the NCAA hasn't worked out well and vice versa to be honest. Beilein being the most recent example
Click to expand...
Brad Stevens and Billy Donovan have done OK going the other way. But it's a flop most of the time.
 

manny77 said:
The question was when did it work out when NBA coaches went to the college game- I simply answered the question. He did not ask how those coaches did in the NBA. So maybe simply go back and read the question?
Click to expand...
Fair enough, but all the current suggestions (Saunders, Vanderpool, Sam Mitchell) are guys who have no college experience which is what I'm getting at. Beilein is at the top of my list, but he's a college guy, not an NBA guy, clearly.
 

howeda7 said:
Fair enough, but all the current suggestions (Saunders, Vanderpool, Sam Mitchell) are guys who have no college experience which is what I'm getting at. Beilein is at the top of my list, but he's a college guy, not an NBA guy, clearly.
Click to expand...
I think Mitchell coached with Penny Hardaway at the college level?
 

I'm very intrigued with Gates as he has Cleveland State out of body this year, but can someone tell me how he won coach of the year in the Horizon last year? His team was 7-11.

I'd be fine with final 3 of Smith, Medved and Gates as was stated above. Gates feels like a guy that could keep picking up steam here after all the MWC focus. At least that's been my focus. Very impressive what's going on in Cleveland State this year T-1st in conference after being a brutal program.
 

Rumors of Brad Stevens being on the hot seat for the Celtics. Let's hire him when he's available
 

skiumah1 said:
I'm very intrigued with Gates as he has Cleveland State out of body this year, but can someone tell me how he won coach of the year in the Horizon last year? His team was 7-11.
Click to expand...
I think he tied for it. And they were really bad the five years before that.
 


skiumah1 said:
I'm very intrigued with Gates as he has Cleveland State out of body this year, but can someone tell me how he won coach of the year in the Horizon last year? His team was 7-11.

I'd be fine with final 3 of Smith, Medved and Gates as was stated above. Gates feels like a guy that could keep picking up steam here after all the MWC focus. At least that's been my focus. Very impressive what's going on in Cleveland State this year T-1st in conference after being a brutal program.
Click to expand...
My concern with Gates is he only has two years of HC experience. It would be a bit of "learn on the job", which is what Pitino had to do with only 1 year experience prior. At the B1G level, it would seem we could get a coach that's already gone through the growing pains of figuring out what it is to be a head coach and can hit the ground running.

Seems like a decent candidate to bring in for an interview at least, and maybe he'll gel well with Coyle.
 

You must log in or register to reply here.



Top Bottom