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Post by hc17 on Apr 27, 2020 19:20:58 GMT -5
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Post by HC92 on Apr 27, 2020 19:26:45 GMT -5
Do we know who is leaving?
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Post by hchoops on Apr 27, 2020 19:31:30 GMT -5
He will be the new Hoops Strength and Conditioning Coach.
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Post by HC92 on Apr 27, 2020 19:33:34 GMT -5
He will be the new Hoops Strength and Conditioning Coach. Excellent! |
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Post by longsuffering on Apr 27, 2020 19:37:16 GMT -5
If a member of the coaching staff is moving on from a position of strength, great. But since Blossom is standing behind Nelson after last season, I hope Nelson is standing behind his assistants, because this is no economy to be seeking work in.
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Post by Ray on Apr 27, 2020 19:45:31 GMT -5
If a member of the coaching staff is moving on from a position of strength, great. But since Blossom is standing behind Nelson after last season, I hope Nelson is standing behind his assistants, because this is no economy to be seeking work in. This seems to have nothing to do with the current assistants. That said, I disagree with your concluding premise. If Nelson needs to make a change to the staff, then do it... bad economy or not. We are running a basketball program, not an employment office. |
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Post by longsuffering on Apr 27, 2020 19:58:52 GMT -5
Objectively, the person with the most control over the 3-29 record is Coach Nelson. If he is being supported it feels inequitable to me for those with far less control to be identified as a person who has to go to improve the program.
In other words, if I had piloted the ship into a sandbar I wouldn't throw the first mate overboard. Plus, keeping the staff intact is one thing Nelson can do to add stability to a team that only graduated one player but still only has four scholarship players returning. He can't bring back rising seniors like Niego and Copeland but he can keep the staff intact unless one of the assistants has a better job to go to.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Apr 27, 2020 20:15:22 GMT -5
I know this is Holy Cross and the Patriot League, but Kennedy and Ferry — based solely on resume and pedigree — are underwhelming. I think Nelson could use some help on the bench and it would be great to have a seasoned coach alongside him.
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Apr 27, 2020 20:28:23 GMT -5
Short of some local retired D 3 coach willing to work to 6 months a year and take tedious bus rides to geographic outposts, a "seasoned" coach isn't going to come to Worc and the PL to play Gene Keady to Nelson's Steve Lavin.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Apr 27, 2020 20:36:26 GMT -5
His Twitter account has lots of videos showcasing his ability to lift (from my POV) some very heavy weights and a lot of food photos.
Welcome to Holy Cross, Coach Allen
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Post by longsuffering on Apr 27, 2020 20:37:40 GMT -5
His Twitter account has lots of videos showcasing his ability to lift (from my POV) some very heavy weights and a lot of food photos. Welcome to Hole Cross, Coach Allen The man eats like a King. |
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Apr 27, 2020 20:58:45 GMT -5
He is Jacob Allen III--graduated from University of Missouri-Columbia in 2017 and has a MS from Liberty University. At Mizzou he was on the basketball staff. He was a Graduate Intern on the University of Texas basketball team and then an assistant coach/strength and conditioning on Kelvin Sampson's basketball team at U Houston starting in January 2019
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Post by longsuffering on Apr 27, 2020 21:28:15 GMT -5
His position is essential under the Holy Cross hiring freeze.
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Post by Ray on Apr 27, 2020 22:44:47 GMT -5
Objectively, the person with the most control over the 3-29 record is Coach Nelson. If he is being supported it feels inequitable to me for those with far less control to be identified as a person who has to go to improve the program. In other words, if I had piloted the ship into a sandbar I wouldn't throw the first mate overboard. Plus, keeping the staff intact is one thing Nelson can do to add stability to a team that only graduated one player but still only has four scholarship players returning. He can't bring back rising seniors like Niego and Copeland but he can keep the staff intact unless one of the assistants has a better job to go to. You're moving the goalposts. This is a different argument than the economic one you made above.
Still, Nelson is entitled to full autonomy over his staff. If he kept anyone from the previous staff to try and create some semblance of continuity or stability in the program, well, that didn't really work out, did it? 9-10 months later, the continuity in the program starts and ends with Brett Nelson.
Point being, we're not privy to all of the factors that influenced his decisions in building his first staff last summer. Those factors may very well be different now... as they are in any program season to season.
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Post by longsuffering on Apr 27, 2020 23:55:43 GMT -5
Good points, but after last year I am focusing more on Nelson's responsibilities than his entitlements. I'm thinking Nelson has a responsibility to his staff to perform better than he did last year to give them a chance of advancing in their careers, much as the staff has responsibility to Nelson to add value to the program.
When I was a kid I read several books and articles about the Kennedy family that bordered on idolatry. One of the concepts that the Patriarch Joseph P. Kennedy supposedly impressed on his children was "To whom much is given, much is expected." Nelson has been given much, the assistants haven't been.
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Post by hc6774 on Apr 28, 2020 6:17:01 GMT -5
He will be the new Hoops Strength and Conditioning Coach. I believe ADMB said to improve performance he identified a need to add a staff position for strength, conditioning, nutrition etc... I don't recall it being specific to basketball. |
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Post by longsuffering on Apr 28, 2020 8:14:28 GMT -5
He will be the new Hoops Strength and Conditioning Coach. I believe ADMB said to improve performance he identified a need to add a staff position for strength, conditioning, nutrition etc... I don't recall it being specific to basketball. If C.A.F. contributions fall by 20%, what happens, Last one in, first one out? One positive is this work can be done with individual and team zoom/phone/text contact, but I am surprised this is labeled an essential position under the hiring freeze. Nonetheless welcome aboard Coach Allen. I love your food photos. |
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Post by Tom on Apr 28, 2020 8:43:50 GMT -5
In terms of the assistants, as I read this, the guy is not an assistant coach.
There are strength and conditioning coaches who cover the whole spectrum of the athletic department. Now there is a new one who is dedicated to to basketball
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Post by bringbackcaro on Apr 28, 2020 13:21:05 GMT -5
I'm curious if this is net new headcount dedicated to basketball, or if he is just replacing a previous S&C coach who had basketball + other sports and may just be saying he's going to HC for basketball.
If this is net new and he is dedicated to basketball (something that we have never had), that would be great news for a program whose "strength & conditioning" had become well below average.
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