dgambill Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 So who do we think the assistants will be? Seems we have retained Hunter and Roberts at the moment am I correct? Do we keep them through next year...make changes? Just wandering about the staff as to me this is vital to our successful transition. For Woodson to succeed I fully believe he is going to need a ton of help in recruiting and in player development (an area I think we have fallen short on with Archie). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUskim Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 I hope we at least keep hunter. There’s just something about him I like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbmhoosier Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 Need Lewis or Fife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 I hope for Lewis and Hunter and bring in a good player development guy to work with shooters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegrassIU Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 I have to think, with his connections, CMW has high level options we have never even heard of. I am confident he will have a solid staff. Whether we know the names or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ButlerHoosier Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 I hope we can get an assistant that is a shooting specialists or get a shot doctor in over the summer. I know our guys lost confidence cause of the messed up offense but still never will hurt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobSaccamanno Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 Fife would be great. His immediate knowledge of the B1G can be a huge help. Has experience developing guards. “Come on Dane you’re an IU guy, stop screwing around up there in E Lansing. You have gotten all you could out of that dysfunctional place.” I would love to keep Kenya. Continuity to the prior staff would help with recruiting and knowledge of the existing players. Has experience developing bigs. That gives Woody one spot for somebody he knows that can really help. Roberts might be good for that DOBO type role unless Woody and Matta have somebody else in mind. During the search, I looked at lots of coaching staffs. One thing I noticed is a lot of schools have extra spots for things like Director of Analytics. Hopefully Woody is on that from the NBA and Matta is too. Every shot in practice can be tracked to see how each kid does across various metrics. For example, look at percentages at spots on the floor. Look at catch and shoot versus off the bounce etc. Going left, going right. Get everybody in the right spots to optimize good shots. Track the opponents and defense. Combinations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ButlerHoosier Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 Also who would be a good hire for developing bigs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
go_iu_bb Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 25 minutes ago, BobSaccamanno said: Fife would be great. His immediate knowledge of the B1G can be a huge help. Has experience developing guards. “Come on Dane you’re an IU guy, stop screwing around up there in E Lansing. You have gotten all you could out of that dysfunctional place.” I would love to keep Kenya. Continuity to the prior staff would help with recruiting and knowledge of the existing players. Has experience developing bigs. That gives Woody one spot for somebody he knows that can really help. Roberts might be good for that DOBO type role unless Woody and Matta have somebody else in mind. During the search, I looked at lots of coaching staffs. One thing I noticed is a lot of schools have extra spots for things like Director of Analytics. Hopefully Woody is on that from the NBA and Matta is too. Every shot in practice can be tracked to see how each kid does across various metrics. For example, look at percentages at spots on the floor. Look at catch and shoot versus off the bounce etc. Going left, going right. Get everybody in the right spots to optimize good shots. Track the opponents and defense. Combinations. I was hoping he would hire an assistant coach that is big into analytics. If they can just make a new position and hire another person for that in addition to assistant coaches, that would be even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BobSaccamanno Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 7 minutes ago, go_iu_bb said: I was hoping he would hire an assistant coach that is big into analytics. If they can just make a new position and hire another person for that in addition to assistant coaches, that would be even better. This is just meant to be an example. But it’s a young guy on the Arkansas staff who works on analytics. I saw others like this one when I was looking at different coaches. https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/support-staff/hays-myers/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
go_iu_bb Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 4 minutes ago, IU247 said: So we may have Matta and Brown as support staff? That's good stuff. Maybe this time really will be different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobSaccamanno Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 24 minutes ago, IU247 said: That would cross off the last job Brown has never had lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13th&Jackson Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 15 minutes ago, BobSaccamanno said: That would cross off the last job Brown has never had lol If I’m starting a new job at 63, I’m hiring an 80 year old too so everyone calls me “the kid” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCHoosier32 Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 i hope we get an all-star assistant coaching staff, but it seems weird that we're more excited about the assistants than the new head coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 Nic Saban has brought in plenty of all star assistant s who were former head coaches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCHoosier32 Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 6 minutes ago, IU Scott said: Nic Saban has brought in plenty of all star assistant s who were former head coaches thanks. i feel better now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgambill Posted March 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 1 hour ago, IU247 said: Larry Brown?? I mean the basketball IQ of this setup is through the roof but who is going to do the grunt work....who is getting out there and recruiting these kids. Who is getting dirty on the court and working one on one. This staff seems like Dolson just bought an ex nba GMs old Blackberry from the 90s in a garage sale and started calling the first names in it. Guess you just throw spaghetti and see what sticks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13th&Jackson Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 21 minutes ago, dgambill said: Larry Brown?? I mean the basketball IQ of this setup is through the roof but who is going to do the grunt work....who is getting out there and recruiting these kids. Who is getting dirty on the court and working one on one. This staff seems like Dolson just bought an ex nba GMs old Blackberry from the 90s in a garage sale and started calling the first names in it. Guess you just throw spaghetti and see what sticks. One of my mentors always said, when you are called to a meeting, grab someone younger to take with you, because whoever leaves a meeting with the lowest title will do all the work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 30 minutes ago, dgambill said: Larry Brown?? I mean the basketball IQ of this setup is through the roof but who is going to do the grunt work....who is getting out there and recruiting these kids. Who is getting dirty on the court and working one on one. This staff seems like Dolson just bought an ex nba GMs old Blackberry from the 90s in a garage sale and started calling the first names in it. Guess you just throw spaghetti and see what sticks. Those two won't be a actually on the court coaching or go out recruiting. Woodson was on Brown's staff in Detroit and won a championship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgambill Posted March 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2021 10 minutes ago, IU Scott said: Those two won't be a actually on the court coaching or go out recruiting. Woodson was on Brown's staff in Detroit and won a championship I mean might as well hire Beilein as well and rename Assembly Hall...Centrum Silver Stadium. If we want an 80 year old consultant why not just bring back Coach Knight?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted March 30, 2021 Report Share Posted March 30, 2021 4 minutes ago, dgambill said: I mean might as well hire Beilein as well and rename Assembly Hall...Centrum Silver Stadium. If we want an 80 year old consultant why not just bring back Coach Knight?? SMH why not wait to see who will actually be on the staff as the assistant coaches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier51 Posted March 30, 2021 Report Share Posted March 30, 2021 5 minutes ago, dgambill said: I mean might as well hire Beilein as well and rename Assembly Hall...Centrum Silver Stadium. If we want an 80 year old consultant why not just bring back Coach Knight?? We definitely need to keep Hunter for recruiting. These old guys while great for their knowledge aren't going to be out there grinding it out on the recruiting trail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgambill Posted March 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2021 6 minutes ago, IU Scott said: SMH why not wait to see who will actually be on the staff as the assistant coaches SMH have a sense of humor...I mean no one in their right mind could guess this was coming and no one understands what the heck Dolson and Woodson are doing. I agree I’m waiting to see who are the assistant coaches...hoping someone that can relate with these kids makes the staff. I mean these guys children could be the recruits parents that is how old half this staff is. Are we at risk of being out of touch with today’s youth? Waiting to see who will do the heavy lifting because a bunch of old rich guys aren’t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgambill Posted March 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2021 7 minutes ago, Hoosier51 said: We definitely need to keep Hunter for recruiting. These old guys while great for their knowledge aren't going to be out there grinding it out on the recruiting trail. Yeah gotta wonder who is pulling those late night film sessions, scouting, and cross country recruiting trips. I mean will our guys even be awake for those 9 o’clock BTN tips?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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