On the old staff there were three assistant coaches (Dwyer, Gee, Morris), an assistant to the head coach (Luhn), Director of Basketball Ops (Heatherly), Sports Program Associate (Crawford), and Video Coordinator (Neilson).LePore is director of basketball operations per Wes Miller. Not sure why they gave it a different title in staff directory.
Weird that they haven't made an official announcement concerning Morgan yet, despite listing him in the directory. Wonder if they are waiting for the full staff to be set before they announce it.
Per Chad's podcast and some others, Mike Roberts should become official soon (possibly tomorrow). The third staff member is still an unknown. Some rumors around NVE based on Tari's mom's tweet, but nothing very substantial.
On the old staff there were three assistant coaches (Dwyer, Gee, Morris), an assistant to the head coach (Luhn), Director of Basketball Ops (Heatherly), Sports Program Associate (Crawford), and Video Coordinator (Neilson).
Seems like two separate positions for basketball ops and program associate. If Roberts and Morgan are taking two assistant spots, it appears there are still two left to fill. I don't really know anything about coaching staffs, I'm just reading what's in the staff directory.
Is this a “mid major” staff or not? I need to know.
wait, did I miss some hires? I haven't followed it in the past couple days but the only ones I've seen is Lepore. Haven't seen anything on Mike Roberts (though read somewhere, can't recall where, that he wasn't known for being a great recruite).
I like what I've seen and heard of Miller, but to me it's striking how similar it has been to Brannen (remember his saying of "we won't knock on the door for recruits, we'll bang them down")...brings in his assistants from previous mid-major school, first recruit is a carryover from prior school, loses out on attempting to retain top player (Eason vs Brooks). Eerily similar considering the hate Brannen received. Granted Miller does seem to be a much better communicator and less awkward.
I see almost no similarities between these two. Idk where you’re getting all that from lol
Hayden Koval is a Bearcat. They need at least 3 bigs, so this is a start. Blocks a lot of shots, can step out to 3-point range. Doesn't seem to rebound much. Numbers look like a poverty-row Brook Lopez.
They need better players than Koval, but they need players, period and so this is a start at least
wait, did I miss some hires? I haven't followed it in the past couple days but the only ones I've seen is Lepore. Haven't seen anything on Mike Roberts (though read somewhere, can't recall where, that he wasn't known for being a great recruite).
I like what I've seen and heard of Miller, but to me it's striking how similar it has been to Brannen (remember his saying of "we won't knock on the door for recruits, we'll bang them down")...brings in his assistants from previous mid-major school, first recruit is a carryover from prior school, loses out on attempting to retain top player (Eason vs Brooks). Eerily similar considering the hate Brannen received. Granted Miller does seem to be a much better communicator and less awkward.
He'll need to be paired with the right front court partner but he offers a lot of solid intangibles.
He only committed 10 turnovers in 589 minutes of action last season.
There are some similarities, but many differences.
Brannen for example lost out on not just Brooks, but Nsoseme and LoJo as well. Plus he forced Hardnett out. Wes brought back 2/3 of players who were actively looking to leave when he arrived.
Mike Roberts was an assistant at IU the last two years. Not exactly a mid-major guy. Yes he was with Wes at UNCG before that, but two years at IU is nothing to scoff at. Andre Morgan is a mid-major guy, but he knows Wes well and can help him hit the the ground running. The third assistant is hopefully going to be the "home run", but even he's not Wes is already ahead of Brannen in the assistants category.
As for Koval. Even I, who was probably the biggest Vogt hater on here did not hate the signing of Vogt (that much). A guy who can help build culture and give some immediate contributions since we are desperate for bigs was fine with me. The problem Brannen made was when he started Vogt (and also brought in another plodding big in Sorolla). If Koval averages under 15 minutes and we also grab an athletic big man, there is nothing wrong with this signing. If Koval is expected to be a 25-30 minute starter, we've got problems.
Where is the Roberts announcement? I must have missed it. If you are expecting a home run hire for an assistant with the next one, you might be disappointed.
Banks has been put on scholarship. We now have 9 scholarship players.
DDJ
Saunders
MAW
Mason
Newman
Banks
Davenport
Koval
Lakhin
We need one Houston type big man (athletic banger) and at least one guy who can play the 4. Preferably at least one or two bigs with high-end athleticism. Koval will get killed by Houston's physicality unless he puts on 15-20 lbs. I'd be okay with adding Hensley as well.
Not official yet. But per Chad's podcast it's been done for a while. Just waiting for the paperwork and HR to go through. Tomorrow seems likely since he should have started the hiring process not long after Morgan.
That's his new role. Under Archie, he helped bring in some very highly rated recruiting classes as an assistant coach.his bio says: He will manage the program’s day-to-day relationships with academics, compliance, financial aid, housing, business office, scheduling, equipment, athletic department and University administration.
