🏀 Next Basketball Head Coach Speculation Thread

Transitive property not a thing I know yada yada but Utah State thrashed a 3-17 Air Force that took Cal to the wire.

Watching Vandy and some Utah St and then watching the first few minutes of our game its like not even the same sport

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I don’t believe who told you that then lol. There’s no way we’re gonna not fire Sanchez after at best scraping out an ACC tourney appearance

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Slow paced efficient systems with some continuity can absolutely still work.

But Tony ball ended seemingly after the Trey/huff/hauser team when Tony started taking ill advised portal recruits and stopped putting the leg work in on the recruiting trail.

And Ron isn’t Tony. So Tony ball can’t continue without Tony.

Ready for something new but I’m not at the “let’s hire a guy who runs a fast paced offense and relies on being a better recruiter” place. For the love of god, no Bucky ball.

Still need someone who knows how to win with less.

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Which is both Byington and Calhoun

I don’t care about pace. I care about intent. Our players dont even look to score or drive or attack

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Agreed. Aggression and efficiency. Not pace for the sake of pace or full court nonsense. Attack and do so without turning it over or not playing sound defense.

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Tell me you haven’t watched a full Samford game without saying you haven’t watched a full Samford game.

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That style works in the socon when you can attract the best lower midmajor talent with a “fun” system. But you won’t attract the best power 4 talent that way.

Same reason mox is failing on the womens side.

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To clarify though Mox’s issue isn’t the pace being too fast. It’s being horrendously sloppy.

Watching Utah State shows that you can play with pace and speed and be just as protective and secure with the ball as Tony bennett’s Virginia teams

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I wouldn’t classify Bucky’s system as ‘sloppy’, his offense is legitimately fantastic. His teams move the ball well and generally speaking his rosters aren’t that much more talented or athletic compared to other squads in the Southern.

Big concern with Bucky is defense. Entirely predicated on turnovers, the metrics for his teams throughout his D1 coaching tenure have been pretty ugly.

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Seems like our next coach, if not in the NBA, should be from this list

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Let me rephrase:

Tell me you haven’t watched uva basketball for the last 20 years without saying you haven’t watched uva basketball for the last 20 years.

On mox, yes….its the lack of teaching fundamentals. Especially on defense. Which is bucky’s problem also.

I’ve seen enough to conclude she won’t be successful. Maybe 2 more years…

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Saw Rowsey play PH one time, one of the best HS players I’ve seen. Watched Caleb Tanner beat JJ Reddick in a three point contest at JJ camp when he was like 15 or 16. Averaged maybe 40 for Floyd his senior year

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I went to high school with Rowsey’s dad, Chris; uncle, David; and aunt, Debbie. (And Brent Pry.) His grandad Jimmy was my Babe Ruth league baseball coach. He never learned my name. Called me Jenkins.

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Wouldn’t have been able to just pass the torch after THAT loss to Colorado State.

JESUS CHRIST NO!

This is kinda sorta what I want. 1994 Arkansas 40 Minutes of Hell.

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Check writers still thinking of Ron is giving me flashbacks to when one of those VAF traveling circuses came through NYC post natty.

I was all like - “hey the hoops coach is coming! That will be a fun opportunity to talk hoops!”

And all the other folks were like “this will be a fun opportunity to ask our hoops coach about anything other than hoops.”

The folks with the money aren’t necessarily hoops fans. Which is cool, as long as they don’t think they know anything about hoops.

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Our play is just embarrassing right now.

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Yes. History is my source. He literally did not do it.

It’s going to be Odom. No idea how to feel about that. Turned UMBC around and had a top 20 offense his last year at Utah St but his VCU tenure has been meh.

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