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Post by hchoops on Apr 3, 2023 20:13:42 GMT -5
RJ Evans will be returning as an assistant coach with Coach Pualsen. Thank you for this terrific news, Breezy.
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Post by mm67 on Apr 3, 2023 20:29:28 GMT -5
Bo Montgomery has only more year to compete before graduating from HC? He gets to leave with an HC degree in hand? OMG! It is not my place to impose but it would be a tragedy if he did not stay and get that HC degree with all its benefits personal as well as professional. I hope he is not listening to bad advice. I really, really hope he stays & graduates from HC not primarily for the benefit of the basketball team but primarily for the benefit of this young man.
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Post by saderfan2020 on Apr 3, 2023 21:25:16 GMT -5
RJ Evans will be returning as an assistant coach with Coach Pualsen. I wonder what the fate of Isiah Tate will be
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Post by purplehaze on Apr 3, 2023 21:25:44 GMT -5
No offense to RJ but I don’t think he should be the no.1 asst - we need an asst with more experience and someone from a successful program
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Post by saderfan2020 on Apr 3, 2023 21:29:04 GMT -5
No offense to RJ but I don’t think he should be the no.1 asst - we need an asst with more experience and someone from a successful program only time will tell, but what's done is done.
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Post by hchoops on Apr 3, 2023 21:36:07 GMT -5
RJ has not been listed yet, not as an assistant, never mind top assistant
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Apr 3, 2023 21:40:17 GMT -5
RJ has not been listed yet, not as an assistant, never mind top assistant HCDP shared the news about RJ tonight.
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Post by longsuffering on Apr 3, 2023 21:45:45 GMT -5
No offense to RJ but I don’t think he should be the no.1 asst - we need an asst with more experience and someone from a successful program only time will tell, but what's done is done. We don't know how much had to be spent to ink DP and how much is left over for a sought after top assistant. If RJ is top assistant, we have to hope DP's long experience in winning programs is enough for both of them.
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Post by Melvin”Cheese”Wagstaff on Apr 3, 2023 22:19:04 GMT -5
Jon Kerr is not walking through that transfer portal
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Post by rgs318 on Apr 4, 2023 6:33:59 GMT -5
Welcome to Crossports, slimcharkles69.
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Post by Tom on Apr 4, 2023 8:15:47 GMT -5
No offense to RJ but I don’t think he should be the no.1 asst - we need an asst with more experience and someone from a successful program What is the definition of "top" assistant? I know RJ was the top assistant this year because he was running the show when Coach Nelson missed games. I anticipate that he will be the first name listed on the website and pregame introductions because that is usually a function of seniority. How things work behind closed doors in the basketball office and practice is another story. Unless someone gets the title of associate head coach they all share the same title. Someone might make more money than the others and that might make that person "top" assistant. My guess is Coach Paulsen is going to being in some assistants that he has worked with before, From a functional standpoint, I predict that Coach Paulsen will lean on people he knows more than the guy he just met
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Post by hc17 on Apr 4, 2023 8:20:46 GMT -5
No offense to RJ but I don’t think he should be the no.1 asst - we need an asst with more experience and someone from a successful program What is the definition of "top" assistant? I know RJ was the top assistant this year because he was running the show when Coach Nelson missed games. I anticipate that he will be the first name listed on the website and pregame introductions because that is usually a function of seniority. How things work behind closed doors in the basketball office and practice is another story. Unless someone gets the title of associate head coach they all share the same title. Someone might make more money than the others and that might make that person "top" assistant. My guess is Coach Paulsen is going to being in some assistants that he has worked with before, From a functional standpoint, I predict that Coach Paulsen will lean on people he knows more than the guy he just met I'd hope that part of the negotiations with Paulsen was a generous assistant salary pool. Part of the reason Nelson did not succeed was because he had literally no experience on the bench. While Paulsen can command the ship, I'd love to keep adding some experience & talented recruiters.
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Post by Tom on Apr 4, 2023 9:04:43 GMT -5
What is the definition of "top" assistant? I know RJ was the top assistant this year because he was running the show when Coach Nelson missed games. I anticipate that he will be the first name listed on the website and pregame introductions because that is usually a function of seniority. How things work behind closed doors in the basketball office and practice is another story. Unless someone gets the title of associate head coach they all share the same title. Someone might make more money than the others and that might make that person "top" assistant. My guess is Coach Paulsen is going to being in some assistants that he has worked with before, From a functional standpoint, I predict that Coach Paulsen will lean on people he knows more than the guy he just met I'd hope that part of the negotiations with Paulsen was a generous assistant salary pool. Part of the reason Nelson did not succeed was because he had literally no experience on the bench. While Paulsen can command the ship, I'd love to keep adding some experience & talented recruiters. I wouldn't say literally no experience RJ had four coaching stops prior to returning to HC. Ferry had three coaching stops before HC. Not like having George Blaney as your right hand man at UConn. but not nothing either
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Post by longsuffering on Apr 4, 2023 9:44:54 GMT -5
No offense to RJ but I don’t think he should be the no.1 asst - we need an asst with more experience and someone from a successful program What is the definition of "top" assistant? I know RJ was the top assistant this year because he was running the show when Coach Nelson missed games. I anticipate that he will be the first name listed on the website and pregame introductions because that is usually a function of seniority. How things work behind closed doors in the basketball office and practice is another story. Unless someone gets the title of associate head coach they all share the same title. Someone might make more money than the others and that might make that person "top" assistant. My guess is Coach Paulsen is going to being in some assistants that he has worked with before, From a functional standpoint, I predict that Coach Paulsen will lean on people he knows more than the guy he just met First came "Associate Head Coach" then came "Recruiting Coordinator" so an esteemed title for the third assistant can't be far behind. I would leave the title of Associate HC for someone with more bargaining power than RJ to help get that new person here. RJ is a fine fellow but probably didn't need many incentives to stay and not explore the job market after the past four years.
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Post by trimster on Apr 4, 2023 10:07:32 GMT -5
I read an article recently that said in addition to his 3 full time assistants, Musselman has a support staff of 13 or 14 people at Arkansas. Video co-ordinater, QC coach, recruiting co-ordinator. It has gotten crazy.
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Post by hchoops on Apr 4, 2023 10:19:22 GMT -5
He also has a Photographer from Chippendale’s.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Apr 4, 2023 10:50:55 GMT -5
I'd hope that part of the negotiations with Paulsen was a generous assistant salary pool. Part of the reason Nelson did not succeed was because he had literally no experience on the bench. While Paulsen can command the ship, I'd love to keep adding some experience & talented recruiters. I wouldn't say literally no experience RJ had four coaching stops prior to returning to HC. Ferry had three coaching stops before HC. Not like having George Blaney as your right hand man at UConn. but not nothing either Some of the staff had experience, but collectively wasn't a whole lot. I thought it was pretty weak by Nelson to merely promote Richards from DOBO to assistant after Kennedy left. Seemed like a great opportunity to bring a more seasoned guy onto the staff to help with his shortcomings as coach. Instead, we basically operated this past season with two DOBOs, a guy who worked under King Rice, Kevin Stallings, and Dennis Felton (two of those guys no longer head coaches, and one in which who's on thin ice at Monmouth), and RJ. Sam Ferry is a 2010 graduate of Vanderbilt and made stops at Monmouth, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland State prior to joining HC. He was the most seasoned assistant. RJ is a 2012 graduate of HC and made stops at UNC-Asheville, Louisville, Texas (grad assistant), and Nichols prior to joining HC in 2019. Anthony Richards is a 2018 graduate of Le Moyne and made a stop at Arizona (grad assistant) prior to joining HC in 2021 as the DOBO. Isaiah Tate is a 2011 graduate of George Mason and was a grad assistant at GMU prior to joining the staff this past season as the DOBO.
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Post by WorcesterGray on Apr 4, 2023 11:10:30 GMT -5
OMG! It is not my place to impose but it would be a tragedy if he did not stay and get that HC degree with all its benefits personal as well as professional. 9/11 was a tragedy. Bo's decision is not a "tragedy" for anybody.
But glad to see that hyperbole is alive and well on the board.
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Post by saderfan2020 on Apr 4, 2023 12:21:24 GMT -5
OMG! It is not my place to impose but it would be a tragedy if he did not stay and get that HC degree with all its benefits personal as well as professional. 9/11 was a tragedy. Bo's decision is not a "tragedy" for anybody.
But glad to see that hyperbole is alive and well on the board.
A tragedy is contingent on emotion, people don't have to die for something to be a tragedy. A proud HC alum may view someone willingly giving up the opportunity to graduate with great sorrow and thus it is a tragedy. in other news, I'm almost positive Bo returns to the Hill.
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Post by mm67 on Apr 4, 2023 13:15:04 GMT -5
Would expect some would stop jumping rope over semantics. Obviously, the word tragedy has many different shadings of meaning. No offense to Worcester Gray was meant. Obviously, we don't know the facts to opine. I do plead guilty as an older alum to wanting nothing but the best life has to offer for my fellow Crusader, Bo. One person's hyperbole is another person's reality. Peace
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Post by deep Purple on Apr 4, 2023 19:42:30 GMT -5
OMG! It is not my place to impose but it would be a tragedy if he did not stay and get that HC degree with all its benefits personal as well as professional. 9/11 was a tragedy. Bo's decision is not a "tragedy" for anybody.
But glad to see that hyperbole is alive and well on the board.
9/11 was an atrocity.
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Apr 7, 2023 11:48:50 GMT -5
Was just looking at player minutes from the past few years, with respect to next year's roster. Louth (474) and Rabs (192) have combined for 666 career minutes. By comparison, just last year GG, Batch, Octave, Bo, Dorsey and Kenney exceeded that combined total. Captain Obvious tells me CDP must find a plug in and play guy with some size.
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Post by DiMarz on Apr 7, 2023 12:14:51 GMT -5
Was just looking at player minutes from the past few years, with respect to next year's roster. Louth (474) and Rabs (192) have combined for 666 career minutes. By comparison, just last year GG, Batch, Octave, Bo, Dorsey and Kenney exceeded that combined total. Captain Obvious tells me CDP must find a plug in and play guy with some size. I’d bet the farm, if I owned one, that Coach Paulson will bring in a big if not 2 for next season.. I have faith in him…
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Post by purplehaze on Apr 7, 2023 12:17:11 GMT -5
But I don't think he has much time to secure such commitments - I'd say something should shake out in the next two weeks with at least one
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Post by HC92 on May 1, 2023 21:27:42 GMT -5
Updated. Caveat that some of the seniors may have another year of eligibility if there is mutual interest in using it at HC. Two open scholarships left for next year.
Seniors (5): Montgomery Octave Tse Rabinovich Coulibaly
Juniors (1): Kenney
Sophs (2): Kirkwood Batchelder
Frosh (3): Nugent Singleton Williams
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