|
Post by Coyote Fan on Apr 4, 2018 14:01:09 GMT -6
howling Yote i want you to be right i really do. You can say all you want about the past being the past but presently SDSU is the better team until proven otherwise and close game or not they still won in Vermillion where the Coyotes had every advantage and played in an environment condusive to their style. The Yotes are still quite a bit better at home. If you flip the script and put the game in a likely cold environment outside that is an element that will typically favor the Jacks I don't logically see how you would expect a result more favorable for the Coyotes. I try to take as unbiased of an approach as possible. You won't find many MVFC fans outside of South Dakota that would forecast a Coyote win.
|
|
|
Post by Coyote Fan on Apr 4, 2018 12:13:36 GMT -6
for me this whole Todd Lee thing seems and I will not believe it til it is official. this does not follow any logical lines IMO.
|
|
|
Post by Coyote Fan on Apr 4, 2018 12:01:49 GMT -6
There is no logical conclusion that I can think of that has the Coyotes winning in Brookings. Usually the Jacks tend to get better as the season goes on and the Yotes regress. The game is in mid November in a place that the Coyotes don't win in. A spread offense in an outdoor game at a team that has consistently beaten the Coyotes and has consistently been better than the Coyotes. The cool aid has to be awfully red to pick this one as a win.
|
|
|
Post by Coyote Fan on Apr 4, 2018 9:01:24 GMT -6
a quote I have been hearing regarding a potential head coach. "I will support him regardless of who it is".
That translation. "i am not happy whatsoever with the hire".
This is my opinion at this time. If Lee is the guy and he doesn't work out than Dave Williams can follow him right out the door. Williams doesn't seem real popular in the first place.
If there were 50 legitimate candidates I am not sure Lee makes the top 40. please do not let this be true.
|
|
|
Post by Coyote Fan on Apr 3, 2018 19:52:16 GMT -6
Whoever this clown is doesn’t shit about South Dakota Let’s just hope their first source isn’t right and that we offered it to a midmajor assistant. I love being a sofa chair AD. But in all honesty if I’m checking boxes as a requirement for this job, success is defined by making the tournament. I hope herbster hires someone who has experience making the tournament!! That matters - TJ otzelberger had made the tournament a bunch and it showed when last year they had a team we should have walked all over and they beat us. TJ wasn’t a head coach before but he had been a part of many tournament runs. Michael Lewis has done that with butler. So I am assuming by that statement that you are not high on Craig Smith. I do think that the Coyotes really dropped the ball in this years Summit Tourney but I have a hard time blaming Craig Smith for what happened in the 2017 Summit Tourney. They had the Jacks game all but won but many unfortunate circumstances led to that game going down as a loss. I have a hard time believing that the Coyotes weren't the better team that year and led the semi-final game for what seemed like about 95% of that game. I believe if it wasn't for that team from the north and the Coyotes having to go through that Premier Center buzz saw that we might be looking at 2 NCAA tourney's. Unfortunately we know about how much close calls don't count except for Horse Shoes and Hand Grenades.
|
|
|
Post by Coyote Fan on Apr 3, 2018 19:42:59 GMT -6
Steve Roccoforte bio
* Has been at Virginia Tech as assistant for 4 years * Was assistant at S Florida the 3 years prior to that * Is know to be an excellent recruiter and has had highly ranked players and classes * Is a very hard worker and energetic floor coach * Also spent time at Memphis, Tulane and Lamar (head coach) * I believe he was eventually fired at Lamar
Objectively I would be remotely ok with him. For some reason the gut says to be a bit more than remotely ok with him.
Greg Gary
* Currently a 7 year assistant at Purdue * works with developing wing and post players * Seems very proficient at player development * spent time at Duquesne, S. Florida, Miami (FL) and McNeese State * He coached for 2 years at Centenary prior to them moving to D3 (poor guy)
It seems like the guy knows how to get players to really maximize their potential and has coached players at Purdue prior to them being in the NBA like Robbie Hummel. It seems like he could be a good guy as a #2 and really valuable to a program in that role. I am not sure as a head coach. Can he be a good game coach, a good recruiter etc. I am not really sure what to think either way on him.
|
|
|
Post by Coyote Fan on Apr 3, 2018 19:09:55 GMT -6
4 P5 assistants and a mid major assistant (rumored to be Todd Lee). Also rumored is mid major assistant offered and will accept. Underwhelming If the list is true (and I am not buying that Todd Lee is on any of those lists) there are at least a couple on there that would be reasonable. I guess if there was one assistance that I wouldn't mind it would be one sitting on the bench next to Jay Wright. If there is a guy I would want someone to learn under it would be him. I think Villanova is kind of being considered the best program in the nation so maybe Herbster can place a call to Philly to see what is up.
|
|
|
Post by Coyote Fan on Apr 3, 2018 18:55:18 GMT -6
That list seems more plausible than the names we have been hearing. I will have to say that the USD admin is doing a very good job of keeping this under wraps because no one seems to have any substantiated information.
|
|
|
Post by Coyote Fan on Apr 3, 2018 17:33:23 GMT -6
Here is one you can take off the list. Sigh of relief but that is pending who actually gets hired.
|
|
|
Post by Coyote Fan on Apr 3, 2018 14:06:58 GMT -6
If a D2 move up to the Summit is to occur my first choice would be Northwest Missouri State. They have D1 ready basketball and football programs now. They would be a good rival to Omaha and a potential rival to all the other schools as well. It would also be a game especially in football where many Coyote Fans would travel to. I would take them in a package with central missouri..
|
|
|
Post by Coyote Fan on Apr 3, 2018 11:59:54 GMT -6
I am very vested in the Masters as I am all tourney's. I feel like the best golfer in the world is Justin Thomas so I guess he would be my pick. I am a Jordan Spieth fan so he is the guy I want to win of those that are the major contenders. I would also like to see Ryan Moore or maybe Tommy Fleetwood win as well. I kind of envisioned this would be the year that Hideki Matsuyama would get his first major but he is coming off a wrist injury so I would probably have to push him back one more major. Bubba and Tiger are both guys that 4 months ago many may not have looked at as major threats but either of those guys could win another jacket. If anyone else wants to contribute I will always talk about golf.
|
|
|
Post by Coyote Fan on Apr 3, 2018 11:35:17 GMT -6
Pretty sure there was a previous working relationship between our administration and Bob Nielsen. Working with someone and knowing how they operate other than what they say in an interview is invaluable. I don't doubt what you are saying to be the case. Being familiar with some one is not necessarily high on the list of desirable qualities to quantify a hire. It is best to look at the objectives first. what is the overall body of work and how much did that candidate contribute to winning. Trends are important as well. Generally speaking the more one limits oneself in hiring the less of a chance to find the best candidate. If the search starts honing in on who an associate AD may have had connections with or what USD ties they had that makes me nervous about the systematic approach to the hiring.
|
|
|
Post by Coyote Fan on Apr 3, 2018 9:54:54 GMT -6
Pretty sure there was a previous working relationship between our administration and Bob Nielsen. Working with someone and knowing how they operate other than what they say in an interview is invaluable. I don't doubt what you are saying to be the case. Being familiar with some one is not necessarily high on the list of desirable qualities to quantify a hire. It is best to look at the objectives first. what is the overall body of work and how much did that candidate contribute to winning. Trends are important as well. Generally speaking the more one limits oneself in hiring the less of a chance to find the best candidate. If the search starts honing in on who an associate AD may have had connections with or what USD ties they had that makes me nervous about the systematic approach to the hiring.
|
|
|
Post by Coyote Fan on Apr 3, 2018 9:03:05 GMT -6
Hiring based on past relationships tells me that one is not really conducting a true national search. This hire is on Herbster and not Dave Williams. If I am Herbie I am like "Sorry Dave but we can do better". Lee gives me very little excitement.
|
|
|
Post by Coyote Fan on Apr 2, 2018 18:31:11 GMT -6
I figured I would dig out some info on both of those names.
First Michael Lewis. It appears that he has no head coaching experience which can be a concern. He was an assistant for a few years at Butler and for the last couple of years an assistant at Nebraska. I am assuming he worked under Brad Stevens which could be a good thing. Butler really seemed to max out their potential under Stevens so if Lewis learned anything there that would be a positive going forward. I am not as crazy in love with Tim Miles as some so I look at his time as Nebraska as nothing that is going to hurt him but nothing that is going to really up his desirability either. I think overall he would be solid as a hire and certainly better than some that have already been mentioned.
Todd Lee has been an assistant at Grand Canyon for the past 5 years during their transition to D1. He has a ton of experience at the D1 and D2 levels and did a good job with Kentucky Wesleyan a few years back. He was even an assistant in the CBA and the NBA. I guess the biggest concern here is why he was an assistant with a program transitioning to D1 for 5 years. You would think he wouldn't find himself as a head coach in that circumstance let alone an assistant. I would think he would be at a better place in his career by now if he was a sought after coach. I am guessing based on his bio that he is in his mid 50's. I really don't know what to think but him being a USD graduate might put him in a brighter light than he otherwise would be. I would suppose this hire could go either way but I would probably have to pass based on the current trend.
I still don't think I have heard of a candidate that I would put higher than Ryan Miller. I don't know if Miller is the best candidate but with the limited info I have he would probably be my first choice so far and gives me the best feeling in the gut.
|
|