Some have said that, as a young parent, he won't be inclined to move into the meat grinder of college coaching.I hope the new coach hires Damian Johnson as an assistant. He has experience as a coach and, more importantly, I assume that he's very plugged in with local high school players.
Recruiting is #1 I truly think you win with Jim's and Joe's more than x's and o's
2nd, I want him to have a presence. That is kind of vague but some coaches just exude that confidence and thought of Hey we're going to win this! Examples include Fleck, Ryan Day at OSU, Wright at Nova or even like Jessica Allstair when she here with the softball team, I felt her teams overachieved because they felt they should.
Ok, then how about Xavier, Purdue, Wisconsin, Texas Tech, Cincinnati, and actually the list gets long. They recruit under the radar guys and don't churn out a ton of pros yet are very successful. The list with teams littered with 5 star guys tend to underwhelm a lot of the times. Recruiting matters, but finding guys who stick around and get old is most important for a program like ourselvesSure, you can pick out a team here or there that dont have as much NBA talent and do good or a team that has NBA talent that fails but overall, talent wins. I do agree the star ratings are not the end all be all but you have to have top end talent. You can say UVa doesnt recruit 5* guys, that may be true, but fact is Hunter/Jerome/Guy are all in the NBA, this year without them UVa is a good but not great team.
Sure, you can pick out a team here or there that dont have as much NBA talent and do good or a team that has NBA talent that fails but overall, talent wins. I do agree the star ratings are not the end all be all but you have to have top end talent. You can say UVa doesnt recruit 5* guys, that may be true, but fact is Hunter/Jerome/Guy are all in the NBA, this year without them UVa is a good but not great team.
Actually UVA is extremely limited with one of the worst shooting teams in college basketball but they are so well coached and so great defensively. They win. Even better is what it does for them next year. It is coaching. Plus, they recruit the guys that are 5 stars in their mind, like a Joe Harris, Brogdon, Hunter, Guy and Jerome. They recruit character, skill sets that match, high IQ, unselfish guys.His next is his best class when you factor in the red shirt on Shedrick, plus you add Hauser. The class after is shaping up to be even better. Parents are all in. Every recruit knows what the non negotiables are coming in. They built a identity and now a brand.Sure, you can pick out a team here or there that dont have as much NBA talent and do good or a team that has NBA talent that fails but overall, talent wins. I do agree the star ratings are not the end all be all but you have to have top end talent. You can say UVa doesnt recruit 5* guys, that may be true, but fact is Hunter/Jerome/Guy are all in the NBA, this year without them UVa is a good but not great team.
Haha! I love it when people come on here that think richard doesn't work on free throws, or that because were a bad shooting team that he doesn't work on shooting either. Never been associated with a basketball team in my life, whether it be 8th grade girls or high school boys, where they didnt work on free throws at practice.Yes cause Richard doesn't believe free throws are important....
Haha! I love it when people come on here that think richard doesn't work on free throws, or that because were a bad shooting team that he doesn't work on shooting either. Never been associated with a basketball team in my life, whether it be 8th grade girls or high school boys, where they didnt work on free throws at practice.