Recruiting Discussion

[bearcat jeff]

It's just attributes toward the whole. Calipari for instance may not be a great X's and O's guy but he is a great recruiter, communicater, and manager of egos. The result is a whole lot of wins and a national title. I think we can acknowledge negative and positive attributes without diminishing the whole of a coach.

 

[cincycpaw]

Sure you can. You can still be a great basketball player without being a great defensive player. Someone can be a great recruiter and average sideline coach or vice versa.

You can separate the attributes and look at them individually, but people are using the fact that someone isn;t good at one part to say they are a bad coach.

That's like saying Shaq sucked at basketball because he can't shoot free throws.

Well, I guess I'll just leave this thread to those that like it and stop wasting your time.

 

[david aka the TYZ]

The fact that Calipari won the title one year with the #1 recruiting class and lost in the first round of NIT the next year with the #1 recruiting class just lets you know that ratings of recruits can be overrated and finding actual talent and coachable players makes all the difference in the world. I can pretty much guarantee that Calipari approached and coached both teams the exact same. Difference in talent and chemistry makes much more of a difference than a coaches ability to coach. Which is why good coaches can have bad teams and why the little guys can make a run to the final four. A good coach has to be able to recruit to his style of play and get players to not only play in his system but be willing to accept their role. Having your pick of the litter makes it a much easier job, but it is not the end all be all to winning. I think some coaches who are known recruiters struggle because they get too hyped up chasing the stars and lose sight of recruiting a team that can play together.

 

[kg5]

http://usayouthhoops.com/tournament?id=40
I am going to this tournament this week if anyone has a name that we are currently recruiting and knows the AAU team in which he plays for, I would love to go see them.

 

[Gotcha23]

The fact that Calipari won the title one year with the #1 recruiting class and lost in the first round of NIT the next year with the #1 recruiting class just lets you know that ratings of recruits can be overrated and finding actual talent and coachable players makes all the difference in the world. I can pretty much guarantee that Calipari approached and coached both teams the exact same. Difference in talent and chemistry makes much more of a difference than a coaches ability to coach. Which is why good coaches can have bad teams and why the little guys can make a run to the final four. A good coach has to be able to recruit to his style of play and get players to not only play in his system but be willing to accept their role. Having your pick of the litter makes it a much easier job, but it is not the end all be all to winning. I think some coaches who are known recruiters struggle because they get too hyped up chasing the stars and lose sight of recruiting a team that can play together.

STOP. He didn't recruit a monster PG and Noel got hurt. End of story. Those kids were very talented.

 

[david aka the TYZ]

STOP. He didn't recruit a monster PG and Noel got hurt. End of story. Those kids were very talented.

How did you read my post and get that I said last year's class wasn't talented? My point was not that the kids weren't talented, it was that there are more factors to winning than having the best talent. If you think those kids were talented then that only justifies my point.

 

[mdchick]

Brody Chick 2030 PG NH worth a look at, he is my son but he's a good finisher!

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHzhm848b4A[/ame]