šŸ€ Next Basketball Head Coach Speculation Thread

I must’ve pulled that spelling from the deep recesses of my brain

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So, Saturday?

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Dawn Staley has been HOF level coach and recruiter in WBB. Can we afford to roll the dice on the transition to MBB? No middle ground would either be a home run or complete strike out. One thing for sure it would bring a lot of national attention to the program initially.

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No.

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Any reason no one seems interested in Chris Jans?

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Bc he inappropriately touched a woman at a bar.

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Welp thst would do it

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Are you suggesting that Chris Graham does not have a right to an opinion. Or do you get to decide whose opinion I get to share or not?

If and when I decide to exercise my right to express my opinion or refer to someone else’s opinion I will let you know. Until then keep your ignorance to yourself.

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I’m not necessarily advocating for Dawn, though I would be very excited if we did somehow hire her. I do think it could work. I understand why some would be hesitant. Ultimately it’s extremely unlikely but I do think she should be given some consideration.

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Hoiberg with a GM and a couple assistants who are dynamic recruiters would be my dream outcome

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First pitch is February 14th!!!

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Who is @USSoccer13 alluding to in his post? Outside of Capel being mentioned (at least I think he was mentioned in the Trilly message board thing?), I don’t recall many rumored names so far, just discussion about good/reasonable candidates

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Lol oh man I forgot about that. That post should be pinned to the top of the forum

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While we’d all love the answer to that, I’m sure we won’t get it until after season. I think it can certainly be implied to be a ā€œsuccessfulā€ (you can make your own meaning) head coach currently employed elsewhere. That won’t get leaked because it would cause a problem in whatever that current coaches situation is.

Honestly respect to @USSoccer13 for not spilling the beans. Keeping life easy for his source.

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It’s Kevin Keatts.

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All depends on the definition of ā€˜Tier 1’. To me that’s Shaka/Byington.

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I made my point … you may now carry on :ok_hand:

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Yeah I agree. And I like to play the guessing game… my list of potential coaches to fit this description would be Shaka Rhoades Byington DeVries Hoiberg. Maybe throw in Odom but he’d be the last thing above the tier 1 cut off if I’m including him…

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My view is that Kitchings isn’t a good OC.

(Just trying to lighten the mood!)

But seriously, how would folks here rank the former/current VCU coaches (excluding Wade, because we’d never take him)?

Mine:

Smart
Grant
Capel
Rhoades
Odom

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