A note on ISU's assistant coach search
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Not recruiting ties. I believe KG was referencing his past experience of coaching in Europe. Of course, that would imply some recruiting ties.
Yup...Either really good or really bad. :wink:
I'm told he really knows his ****...so we'll see.
He was an assistant at UNI for a season, which was the season after McDermott graduated.
I meant, he just has a lot of connections in Europe...Look at that how you want, as I'm not sure exactly how it will translate to ISU.
Several ISU greats were asked for input...I won't use any names, but they all approved the offer.
And why is that?
We have coaches that have been able to recruit...MT, WJ, CB, quez, etc...
Now the relations part is something that I think needs to improve, GREATLY. If he is a good player relations guy, I think it is a great hire.
We Need a Coach Not a Recruiter
We already have TJ and Robinson to be the recruiters on the staff. We need a top notch assistant that can support GMac and the staff in developing the best possible players. IMO last year wasn't an issue of talent- it was an issue of guys not being intense enough.
If Nurse can coach the x's & o's in practice and relate to players- IMO that is a home run. It can't hurt with his European & NBDL experience.
We already have TJ and Robinson to be the recruiters on the staff. We need a top notch assistant that can support GMac and the staff in developing the best possible players. IMO last year wasn't an issue of talent- it was an issue of guys not being intense enough.
If Nurse can coach the x's & o's in practice and relate to players- IMO that is a home run. It can't hurt with his European & NBDL experience.
With maybe only a year left if McD doesn't show improvement, I'll be glad to pull in a assistant coach of this quality. Next year we will actually have some seniors on the roster - lets see what an x's and o's coach can do with them.
Re: We Need a Coach Not a Recruiter
^I agree with this entirely. Our problem has not been getting talent in. Our problem has been managing that talent on a chemistry kind of level, and to some extent getting them to buy into the system.
GMac needs another Ben Jacobsen style assistant on staff. I think Nurse could very well provide just that. For crap sake we had 3 guys leave this team this year that look to play ball at a pro level (if you call Euro league pro). Plus if we hadn't lost WJ (again team chemistry/coach player relations) we have 4 guys that were still playing basketball this year that will play pro.
^I agree with this entirely. Our problem has not been getting talent in. Our problem has been managing that talent on a chemistry kind of level, and to some extent getting them to buy into the system.
GMac needs another Ben Jacobsen style assistant on staff. I think Nurse could very well provide just that. For crap sake we had 3 guys leave this team this year that look to play ball at a pro level (if you call Euro league pro). Plus if we hadn't lost WJ (again team chemistry/coach player relations) we have 4 guys that were still playing basketball this year that will play pro.
Re: We Need a Coach Not a Recruiter
Totally agree. If he's a solid x and o guy, he's the right hire. We already have 2 assistants with recruiting ties. We need to replace the x and o guy.
It sounds like this is very likely to happen, but for the life of me, I can't figure out why this is a good move for Nurse.
I would put the odds of Mac coming back after next season at about slim and none.
Why would you quit what seems to be a very good job w/a bright future and attach your wagon to someone like Mac who is very likely going to be unemployed next year?
It's very odd.
I would put the odds of Mac coming back after next season at about slim and none.
Why would you quit what seems to be a very good job w/a bright future and attach your wagon to someone like Mac who is very likely going to be unemployed next year?
It's very odd.
I don't know that the odds of keeping Mac are slim to none next year. If things fall completely apart sure, but if you give him this year you might as well give him 2 years.
We don't know what Nurse's goals are. Maybe he has wanted to break into the NBA as an assistant, but it hasn't worked out. Maybe the NBADL doesn't pay their coaches well---I think the players make in the mid 30's. I am guessing that a top assistant post at a college would pay pretty well---probably around 100,000.
I think "odd" is the right word. As you pointed out, if you sign on with Gmac at the present time, you have a very uncertain future less than a year from now.
Sorry to use this comparison, but if true, I am hoping this hire ends as a similiar situation to when Steve Alford hired Craig Neal as a top assistant. He has been much more successful after hiring a top "right-hand man" assistant. Don't know if he has the recruiting connections Neal does or not, but he sounds like a good coach and his players like him.
