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Post by timholycross on Feb 24, 2019 10:52:09 GMT -5
I think most of us would like to transplant PBs heart into a lot of other people's bodies. Very few players have gotten as much out of their talent (or lack thereof) as he has. I don't know if this counts as criticism or not. He is who he is.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Feb 24, 2019 11:21:36 GMT -5
I think most of us would like to transplant PBs heart into a lot of other people's bodies. Very few players have gotten as much out of their talent (or lack thereof) as he has. I don't know if this counts as criticism or not. He is who he is. There are different types of talent, aren't there, that make for good basketball players? PB, in my opinion, is a very smart player. He has good court vision and tracks where the ball is going to go, helping him to make steals and giving him a higher offensive rebound percentage than one would expect. Driving to the basket he's great at speed and direction changes to fool opposing players. He's a solid ball handler--compare his assists/turnover ratio to those of our premier point guards of the past couple of decades. He's not a great jump shooter and won't be dunking soon, but he's not just a gritty intramural player thrust into a D-1 game.
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Post by sader1970 on Feb 24, 2019 11:31:00 GMT -5
And in a desperate attempt to try to bring this back to the thread title, "Head Coaching Candidates," maybe Benzan will be our next head coach right after he graduates?
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Mar 2, 2019 14:12:58 GMT -5
How can we possibly bring this coaching staff back?
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Post by thecrossisback on Mar 2, 2019 15:02:15 GMT -5
Justin Burrell
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Post by Bleed Purple on Mar 3, 2019 10:32:32 GMT -5
Let's pay Chesney an additional $100k and have him coach basketball too. He is a good recruiter, great leader and can' t be worse than current staff with the Xs and Os. π
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Mar 3, 2019 12:31:10 GMT -5
Let's pay Chesney an additional $100k and have him coach basketball too. He is a good recruiter, great leader and can' t be worse than current staff with the Xs and Os. π That actually worked with Vince Lombardi when he was a HS football coach. He took over the basketball team and I believe led it to the state championship or at least to a successful season, despite no prior experience with hoops.
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Post by thecrossisback on Mar 3, 2019 13:02:44 GMT -5
Let's pay Chesney an additional $100k and have him coach basketball too. He is a good recruiter, great leader and can' t be worse than current staff with the Xs and Os. π That actually worked with Vince Lombardi when he was a HS football coach. He took over the basketball team and I believe led it to the state championship or at least to a successful season, despite no prior experience with hoops. 11:03 "He didn't know much about basketball, but he knew about people." Over eight seasons as St. Cecilia's head coach, Lombardi finished 105-57. In 1945, he won the only state basketball championship in school history. His best player, Charlie Bollinger, would join Bob Cousy on the 1947 Holy Cross team that won the NCAA title. "Lombardi starts blinking. ... From about 20 feet away, Lombardi threw the basketball at the kid. Halahan jumped away and said, 'Ha-ha, you missed.' Lombardi took off after him and the kid ran out of the gym. It's December or January and Halahan's out there in shorts, and Lombardi says to him, 'You've got to come back in here sometime.'" He coached the girls team to "I don't remember losing a game with Mr. Lombardi. It never occurred to us that we could lose for him; he wouldn't stand for it. It was unthinkable.
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Post by purplepig on Mar 3, 2019 13:23:37 GMT -5
How can we possibly bring this coaching staff back? That says it all. A change has to be made. Do you want to wind up with an OβHanlon situation? There are reasons on both sides to end this tenure in a respectful way. Itβs about The Program not the coach. Move on!
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Post by joutsHC77 on Mar 3, 2019 15:10:39 GMT -5
Let's pay Chesney an additional $100k and have him coach basketball too. He is a good recruiter, great leader and can' t be worse than current staff with the Xs and Os. π That actually worked with Vince Lombardi when he was a HS football coach. He took over the basketball team and I believe led it to the state championship or at least to a successful season, despite no prior experience with hoops. Motivator-got athletes to give more Fundamentals- see his great Packers teams-applies to all sports Tough-instilled mental and physical toughness in his teams, you didnβt produce- you were outta there-Green Bay
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Post by bringbackcaro on Mar 5, 2019 13:07:53 GMT -5
A couple new names as candidates for various potential job openings are starting to get thrown around the internet:
Mike Rice β Current HC at The Patrick School, previously HC at Robert Morris and Rutgers before getting fired for being too mean to his players. Would provide much needed toughness and energy at HC.
Bryan Mullins β Current Associate HC at Loyola Chicago, previously an excellent player & junkyard dog at Southern Illinois, most notably around here causing Torey Tomas all types of problems in the 2007 NCAA Tournament. If he can coach defense half as well as he could play it, we would be in great shape.
My favorite names so far: Top: Mark Daigneault (long shot) In no order: -Brad Soderberg -David Padgett -Kevin Bettencourt -Patrick Beilein -Mike Rice -Bryan Mullins
We would be in exponentially better shape than we are in right now if we are able to get one of these guys to Worcester in the next month of so.
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Post by crosspride on Mar 7, 2019 13:54:56 GMT -5
Mark Daignault was named the G League coach of the month in November and December 2018. His team is one of the strongest rebounding teams in the league.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Mar 7, 2019 13:58:30 GMT -5
Mark Daignault was named the G League coach of the month in November and December 2018. His team is one of the strongest rebounding teams in the league. He's currently closer to being on an NBA staff than the head coach of a PL school, if I had to guess. Pretty impressive for a guy who was an administrative assistant, according to some.
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Post by gks on Mar 7, 2019 14:12:57 GMT -5
Mark Daignault was named the G League coach of the month in November and December 2018. His team is one of the strongest rebounding teams in the league. His team is one of the strongest in the G League because he has strong rebounders. Can't coach that. I honestly think that when the PL tournament run comes to an end Carmody will step down. I just have that feeling. AD will need to be hired first. If I'm a candidate for this job I'd want in writing that the administration is fully committed to building a winner. Enough of the participation garbage.
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Post by Tom on Mar 7, 2019 14:44:39 GMT -5
A couple new names as candidates for various potential job openings are starting to get thrown around the internet: Mike Rice β Current HC at The Patrick School, previously HC at Robert Morris and Rutgers before getting fired for being too mean to his players. Would provide much needed toughness and energy at HC. Bryan Mullins β Current Associate HC at Loyola Chicago, previously an excellent player & junkyard dog at Southern Illinois, most notably around here causing Torey Tomas all types of problems in the 2007 NCAA Tournament. If he can coach defense half as well as he could play it, we would be in great shape. My favorite names so far: Top: Mark Daigneault (long shot) In no order: -Brad Soderberg -David Padgett -Kevin Bettencourt -Patrick Beilein -Mike Rice -Bryan Mullins We would be in exponentially better shape than we are in right now if we are able to get one of these guys to Worcester in the next month of so. It's no secret that you're a big supporter of Coach Willard's philosophy. No interest in Andy Sachs? Not sure why he's currently unemployed but he did a nice job at both of his D-III stints
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Post by DFW HOYA on Mar 7, 2019 14:50:12 GMT -5
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Post by hcnation on Mar 7, 2019 14:50:36 GMT -5
Mark Daignault was named the G League coach of the month in November and December 2018. His team is one of the strongest rebounding teams in the league. He's currently closer to being on an NBA staff than the head coach of a PL school, if I had to guess.Β Pretty impressive for a guy who was an administrative assistant, according to some.Β The former Maine Red Claws coach is now an assistant with the Boston Celtics , but he has to sit a row behind the bench area. ( kind of reminds me of the kiddies table at thanksgiving)
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Post by bringbackcaro on Mar 7, 2019 15:35:01 GMT -5
A couple new names as candidates for various potential job openings are starting to get thrown around the internet: Mike Rice β Current HC at The Patrick School, previously HC at Robert Morris and Rutgers before getting fired for being too mean to his players. Would provide much needed toughness and energy at HC. Bryan Mullins β Current Associate HC at Loyola Chicago, previously an excellent player & junkyard dog at Southern Illinois, most notably around here causing Torey Tomas all types of problems in the 2007 NCAA Tournament. If he can coach defense half as well as he could play it, we would be in great shape. My favorite names so far: Top: Mark Daigneault (long shot) In no order: -Brad Soderberg -David Padgett -Kevin Bettencourt -Patrick Beilein -Mike Rice -Bryan Mullins We would be in exponentially better shape than we are in right now if we are able to get one of these guys to Worcester in the next month of so. It's no secret that you're a big supporter of Coach Willard's philosophy. No interest in Andy Sachs? Not sure why he's currently unemployed but he did a nice job at both of his D-III stints Would love to see him come back an assistant or associate head coach if (1) he had any interest in returning to that post and (2) would fit with the next HC.
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Post by gerry on Mar 7, 2019 15:38:37 GMT -5
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Post by longsuffering on Mar 7, 2019 17:09:19 GMT -5
I mentioned Andy Sachs in a post on some thread a while ago. Before SK was hired and before Andy's new head coach position at Bethany (?) was announced I looked at Andy's resume. As I recall the HS and college programs he worked in had been winning programs at every stop. He knew the PL and HC, and from the "chalk talk" sessions at Hoops Hospitality (Thank you Frank Mastrandrea, hope you are well) he knew game planning and how to defend another team's star and what type of recruits work well in the PL. I had the sense he would be a winner at his next stop. He did win consistently at both of his next stops. Without checking I'm not sure he has ever been associated with a losing season at any level, certainly not many.
So you have PL and HC winning experience as a lead Assistant, and you have D-3 Head Coach winning experience. As long as his dispute with Administration at Salisbury isn't more serious than has been reported, I think he should be a strong candidate for Head Coach in the PL, and an absolute steal as an Assistant.
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Post by Ray on Mar 7, 2019 17:31:48 GMT -5
Sorry, you don't go from getting fired for cause by a D-3 school to landing in a D-1 head coaching job within six months. I'm a big Andy Sachs fan and could see him back as an assistant, but not in the head job at this time.
A better candidate from the coaching tree of former Willard assistants could be Eric Eaton, currently assistant at Iona. Has also been at Quinnipiac and Albany since leaving HC. Lots of winning seasons for teams he's been associated with.
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Post by longsuffering on Mar 7, 2019 17:36:35 GMT -5
How about the Nichols head coach, does anyone see a parallel between Coach Chesney movin' on up from Salisbury Street to this fellow movin' on up from Dudley Hill? He's undefeated in the Hart, right?
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Post by lou on Mar 7, 2019 18:33:47 GMT -5
I know Assumption, what/where is Nichols?
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Post by Tom on Mar 7, 2019 18:54:45 GMT -5
I know Assumption, what/where is Nichols? Nichols college is a D-III school in Dudley, MA - about 20 minutes south of Worcester. A member of the Commonwealth Coast Conference. Nichols has been doing well in hoops lately, but generally the CCC is a weaker D-III conference in MA. They played at Hart a few years ago when RJ Evans was an assistant there. I think it was RJ's first coaching gig
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Post by crossbball13 on Mar 7, 2019 20:50:51 GMT -5
Seasons over. Now what? Canβt do nothing. This is our premier sport. Or is it not?
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