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I just want a coach who can win in multiple ways, knows how to recruit, knows how to build a culture and most of all wins.

I went back and watched Mick’s introductory presser at UCLA. When you couple that speech with his final four run, it’s Incredible.

Compare it to John Brannen’s and you can tell they were even in the same ballpark. One is a great coach and one is a dude.

Whoever it is.... just be better then JB and you get my support
 
I want a coach who can tell you what analytics say you should be doing and then be able to adjust when those things aren't working on a given night. Or when a defense takes away what analytics says they should be taking away.

I want some good scheduling analytics as well.
 
John Brannen likely got hired on a great presentation about knowing the analytics. But his players could not perform all the tasks required to make it work. The plan was great but execution was not there. One could say he didn't have enough time but he was losing damn near an entire roster as well.

You have to recruit the players to fit...and on several occasions he did not. I think he did very well on a few though. Too bad he wasn't in tune with them
 
All these black candidates I we still don’t believe it had anything to do with race? Hire Martin as HC, make nve and nored two of highest paid assistant in P5
 
sedziobs said:
I think Chad jumped the gun a bit. Multiple candidates can have second interviews and contract negotiations.
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I think from the smoke Martin was pulling ahead but negotiations can break down and do all the time based on any number of issues. So Cunningham had some other negotiations going on at the same time and that is called a good poker hand or a good bluff.

I think Martin would be smart to take what he can get now and hope he is successful to lead to bigger contracts in the future. They will be there. And I truly hope if the HC is Martin that NVE is an assistant or my confidence level will go down a notch. And it's not that high to start
 
Analytics basically word non sports playing nerds came up with. Coaches and players been using them, everything just was stored in our own brains. You think they just learned who should shoot and who shouldn’t? Give me a coach that’s knows game without using computer numbers, bell(reds) use them more than anybody on earth. Maybe works 25% of time
 
I have told this story before. But I had a ball signed by the entire F4 team that I won when they called my ticket in the raffle at a game early in the year. Martin and NVE were both on there along with Huggins and Blount, Jones, Nelson, Buford etc.

I had no idea we were going to the F4 so I played open gym 3 nights a week with it and all the names wore off.

So I am partial to Martin and NVE as they were at UC when I was there. NVE actually made it to one of our keggers with a couple of other players. We had a friend dating Bostic and they showed up.
 
TheRealMick said:
All these black candidates I we still don’t believe it had anything to do with race? Hire Martin as HC, make nve and nored two of highest paid assistant in P5
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If John brannen was racist Justin would be screaming it by now. I can assure you of that.

No one liked the guy. You don’t have to be racist for no one to like you. You just have to be a jerk.
 
I want Gates. I think my second choice would be Nored or Tang. I also want John Jakus, he doesn't seemed to be involved.

I'm slowly warming up on Erik Martin, he'd be my fourth choice. I just worry about the pressure he will feel taking his first coaching job at UC. Much like I said with Brannen, I think being too connected to the fans/local area can be a bad thing. Brannen seemed to try to hard to please the fans and it backfired. I don't think Martin/Van Excel would be content to settle as an "old boys club" and not work hard, but that's a possible worry too.
 
UC is having a ceremony tonight for Darren Davenport. So if the announcement is coming today it should be early.
 
skyblade said:
I want Gates. I think my second choice would be Nored or Tang. I also want John Jakus, he doesn't seemed to be involved.

I'm slowly warming up on Erik Martin, he'd be my fourth choice. I just worry about the pressure he will feel taking his first coaching job at UC. Much like I said with Brannen, I think being too connected to the fans/local area can be a bad thing. Brannen seemed to try to hard to please the fans and it backfired. I don't think Martin/Van Excel would be content to settle as an "old boys club" and not work hard, but that's a possible worry too.
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Brannen wasn’t connected locally in right places. Martin can call up the area players best players fathers for a drink. He literally knows the coaches and parents personally
 
Sounds like a lot more coaches were being thought about than the original conversation. Some in the original conversation may not even have been called. So whatever happens I think this went better than last time when we reached a consensus in no time flat.

Still think we end up with Martin and if we do we better get The Quick!
 
TheRealMick said:
Brannen wasn’t connected locally in right places. Martin can call up the area players best players fathers for a drink. He literally knows the coaches and parents personally
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I don't know how you can spend 6 years in northern KY and Cincy and not have local connections but if true that is a sad sad statement
 

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