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For those of you looking to be Dakich's bitch, err, Assistant Coach, her is the posting from the NCAA News. Some of you might think you would be a great assistant, but you might not meet all of the qualifications:

Bowling Green State University. Assistant Men's Basketball Coach. Assist the head coach in all phases of the specified sport program including but not limited to, recruiting qualified student athletes, organization of practice and games, scheduling, budget management supervision of academic progress, public relations, and compliance with University, Conference, and NCAA rules. Minimum requirements; Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s degree preferred. A minimum of 2 years previous coaching experience at the Division I, II, III, NAIA or Junior College level or 3-5 years head high school coaching experience required. Full-time administrative position. Salary commensurate with education and experience. Full benefit package available. To apply: submit cover letter, resume and 3 names, addresses and telephone numbers of professional references to: Office of Human Resources, (Search R-000431), Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403. (419)-372-8421 (http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/ohr) BGSU is an AA/EEO employer. Review of applications will begin June 5, 2006 and continue until position is filled.

transfer2BGSU wrote:

cbjhack wrote:Some of you might think you would be a great assistant,...

You totally got that wrong.

They think they would be a great HEAD coach.

Of course! They would be perfect head coaches. All their recruits and players would be TRUE athletes. They would win at least 20 games EVERY year. They would win the MAC Tourney and go to the NCAA Tourney EVERY year. Their players would all do great academically and graduate and their would NEVER, EVER be any transfers because they would run their program so good that everyone would want to play for them! And AA would be sold out every game. They would so perfect that nobody would need to bitch on this board about everything their doing wrong!!

CrazyFan wrote: They would so perfect that nobody would need to bitch on this board about everything their doing wrong!!

Nobody would ever be that perfect.

Personally, I know I'm not even close to qualified to be a coach in any sport. However, that doesn't mean that I don't know what I'm talking about when I see something I don't like...the same goes for many others. If you're willing to back up your opinions with your observations, and why you're arriving at those opinions, I don't care what you say.

cbjhack wrote: Bowling Green State University. Assistant Men's Basketball Coach. Assist the head coach in all phases of the specified sport program including but not limited to, recruiting qualified student athletes

Does that mean Dan would be recruiting the non-qualified students?

I kind of go both ways on this issue (does that make me an opinion homo?) On the one hand, there certainly seem to be issues that arise in game that are open to criticism from knowledgeable fans. On the other hand, I think that until you've actually built a team, studied an opponenent and formulated a game plan to beat that opponent and then executed in game adjustments while taking that opponent on, you should probably think twice before criticizing. What looks obvious to you may be the result of numerous subtle factors that you have no knowledge of.

Of coures, I work in a field that is eternally open to monday morning QB'ing and second guessing, so I don't have particularly thick skin on this one.

What is with the 3-5 years experience at the high school level? Would they not consider someone with 6 years? And if so, doesn't that make the range irrelevant? Why not just "at least 3 years"? I just read a job posting that stated that the right combination of education and experience would preclude the need for the minimum education and experience requirement. I applied, not for that position, but for the Director of Personnel-I figure they need help.

Here's the actual listing from the BGSU HR office:

http://www.bgsu.edu/downloads/execvp/file20515.pdf

Dare I ask what the status of this position is? Artie left in mid-May and the review of applications was slated to begin June 5.

It'd be nice to have a full complement of assistants once the July recruiting period begins.

Look for info around the start of the month.

I was half asleep listing to my alarm radio this morning, and Todd Walker said the coach would be John Stroia. Must not have been officially announced yet.

Stroia was previously an assistant at Weber State and head coach at Youngstown State.

He was on campus yesterday, and being introduced as the new assistant.