Don't know anything about either guy !
Agree totally.
It seemed to me the coaching staff for major operations was set, he could be on for numerous reasons. Nobody will know exactly why or what his job will entail. Maybe Brooks always thought he was gonna be good so he got him a chance. National team coach and learned under Sampson so he sounds solid, may have some ins on international prospects.
I actually think recruiting is likely to be better. Not in regard to recruiting service rankings, but actual team results oriented recruiting – meaning recruiting to compete for championships on a nearly yearly basis with zero regard to draft board potential. Recruiting based on planning rosters ahead multiple years, and forecasting what a player can be in his 2nd or 3rd year. That’s not an approach likely to receive #1 recruiting class titles - because those "titles" are not based on basketball production and impact on winning - but if your staff has really good basketball minds and eyes it’s the way to build a consistent winner usually in the hunt in March.
Seems unlikely. McLean is on court bench assistant. Brown was director of video and analytics. That can still be a position he does here. Or he cuts his teeth on bench somewhere a little smaller.
I know what you mean, it got to where I couldn’t stand hearin Cal talk. He said the same stuff win or lose and it was rarely about the game. Just his usual platitudes of rebounding, playing tougher, being a team. I really hated when a player he hadn’t given a shot in months saved a game. Then he would talk about how they earned a spot or made him play them only to never be seen again.
Well said—just picking as many five stars without regard to roster makeup was our old bag. We now have a coach who understands and appreciates the difference. UConn ain’t going out there and plucking whatever five star they can get, they are filling a roster. Seems like Pope will follow that formula, which is exciting.
This is amazing! How is it that any of us think we are so well connected or that we are so good at connecting random internet rumors to determine the basis for why our head coach would hire an assistant? Have any of you had a conversation with Mark Pope or the AD to even have obtain enough creditable information for even a half @ss guess why this hire was made?
I don't think Pope is following anything. I think Pope is doing his own thing that just happens to be what other good/great coaches are doing. It only appears to be rocket science because what we watched Cal do for way too long.
I agree didn’t mean he was copying anyone’s plan specifically, just that he is using the advanced metrics and roster formulation that most elite coaches are also employing. He’s certainly blazing his own path. It’s refreshing after the last few years of just throwing a bunch of talented freshmen out there and hoping for the best. I’m more excited for this coming season than I have been in a long time.
“ I gotta find a way for Whoever to get more minutes “
Sorry for misinterpreting your post. I am equally excited about this coming season. It will be exciting to actually see a coach on our bench who actually believes he is responsible for preparing his players for games instead of the NBA. Preparing them for games should align with prepping them for the NBA but our past poser thought it was reasonable to sacrifice team success in the name of trying to make guys OAD players when they clearly weren't.
