New Coach....?

[OptionQB]

I want nothing to do with Boals There has been very little player development down there with this group and if my Buckeye fan friends are right, he's a short term solution as Thad allegedly has a degenerative back condition and his time is limited in the head chair.

[BGSU33]

Screw it. I might throw my hat in the ring. They've done worse.

LMAO

[Globetrotter]

Shoot NC State won last night or else we would have our new coach by today.

[BleedOrange]

Hey people, I might get grumpy and sarcastic, but I just want to say that I love you guys. I really do. All of you.

[mscarn]

The Twitter feed bgsusports reports that Michael Huger (alum, assistant at Miami under Larranaga) is now following their account. It is unknown whether it's just to keep up on the search or because of his own interest in the position.

Everyone likes Huger for obvious reasons, but similar to the football search, we really need to branch out and consider people based on the merits and not let nostalgia unduly influence the process.

If it's indeed him than so be it. Roster management, recruiting ability, style of play, player development, motivational ability, fan engagement and community outreach need to be the factors we're judging people on, not whether they happened to have played here 20 years ago.

So if I start following their twitter feed, I'm a coaching candidate?

If you've played professionally for 12 years and currently coach in the ACC then yes. How many ACC assistants are suddenly adding bgsusports to their follow list? The strange thing is that Huger himself only has 11 tweets.

IMO, the lack of information about the search has more to do with the apathy from the local media.

[TG1996]

The Twitter feed bgsusports reports that Michael Huger (alum, assistant at Miami under Larranaga) is now following their account. It is unknown whether it's just to keep up on the search or because of his own interest in the position.

Everyone likes Huger for obvious reasons, but similar to the football search, we really need to branch out and consider people based on the merits and not let nostalgia unduly influence the process.

If it's indeed him than so be it. Roster management, recruiting ability, style of play, player development, motivational ability, fan engagement and community outreach need to be the factors we're judging people on, not whether they happened to have played here 20 years ago.

So if I start following their twitter feed, I'm a coaching candidate?

If you've played professionally for 12 years and currently coach in the ACC then yes. How many ACC assistants are suddenly adding bgsusports to their follow list? The strange thing is that Huger himself only has 11 tweets.

IMO, the lack of information about the search has more to do with the apathy from the local media.

As the tweeter in question, that's all I was saying. He appears to have many of the attributes that have come up on various lists here, including high-level assistant experience and alum status, plus the international pro experience...the guy's been around basketball. As mscarn wrote, it was more a coincidence that someone who *could* be on our radar and hadn't tweeted for (I believe) 8 or 9 months, follows two BG athletic accounts within hours/days of officially having a vacancy.

I haven't followed closely enough to know what Huger has done on Coach L's staff to know if he would be a valuable hire, but IMO, he passes several smell tests to at least get consideration.

[Globetrotter]

Hey people, I might get grumpy and sarcastic, but I just want to say that I love you guys. I really do. All of you.

Meds are kicking in!!!!!!

Love you too.

[Globetrotter]

The Twitter feed bgsusports reports that Michael Huger (alum, assistant at Miami under Larranaga) is now following their account. It is unknown whether it's just to keep up on the search or because of his own interest in the position.

Everyone likes Huger for obvious reasons, but similar to the football search, we really need to branch out and consider people based on the merits and not let nostalgia unduly influence the process.

If it's indeed him than so be it. Roster management, recruiting ability, style of play, player development, motivational ability, fan engagement and community outreach need to be the factors we're judging people on, not whether they happened to have played here 20 years ago.

So if I start following their twitter feed, I'm a coaching candidate?

If you've played professionally for 12 years and currently coach in the ACC then yes. How many ACC assistants are suddenly adding bgsusports to their follow list? The strange thing is that Huger himself only has 11 tweets.

IMO, the lack of information about the search has more to do with the apathy from the local media.

As the tweeter in question, that's all I was saying. He appears to have many of the attributes that have come up on various lists here, including high-level assistant experience and alum status, plus the international pro experience...the guy's been around basketball. As mscarn wrote, it was more a coincidence that someone who *could* be on our radar and hadn't tweeted for (I believe) 8 or 9 months, follows two BG athletic accounts within hours/days of officially having a vacancy.

I haven't followed closely enough to know what Huger has done on Coach L's staff to know if he would be a valuable hire, but IMO, he passes several smell tests to at least get consideration.

I dont like the fact that he isn't active on twitter. That IMO is a prerequisite for any coach this day and age. And I pretty much hate twitter.

[Redwingtom]

Babers was not active on twitter at all when we hired him.

[Rollo83]

The Twitter feed bgsusports reports that Michael Huger (alum, assistant at Miami under Larranaga) is now following their account. It is unknown whether it's just to keep up on the search or because of his own interest in the position.

Everyone likes Huger for obvious reasons, but similar to the football search, we really need to branch out and consider people based on the merits and not let nostalgia unduly influence the process.

If it's indeed him than so be it. Roster management, recruiting ability, style of play, player development, motivational ability, fan engagement and community outreach need to be the factors we're judging people on, not whether they happened to have played here 20 years ago.

So if I start following their twitter feed, I'm a coaching candidate?

If you've played professionally for 12 years and currently coach in the ACC then yes. How many ACC assistants are suddenly adding bgsusports to their follow list? The strange thing is that Huger himself only has 11 tweets.

IMO, the lack of information about the search has more to do with the apathy from the local media.

As the tweeter in question, that's all I was saying. He appears to have many of the attributes that have come up on various lists here, including high-level assistant experience and alum status, plus the international pro experience...the guy's been around basketball. As mscarn wrote, it was more a coincidence that someone who *could* be on our radar and hadn't tweeted for (I believe) 8 or 9 months, follows two BG athletic accounts within hours/days of officially having a vacancy.

I haven't followed closely enough to know what Huger has done on Coach L's staff to know if he would be a valuable hire, but IMO, he passes several smell tests to at least get consideration.

I dont like the fact that he isn't active on twitter. That IMO is a prerequisite for any coach this day and age. And I pretty much hate twitter.

John Wooden sucked at Twitter...just saying.

[TG1996]

John Wooden sucked at Twitter...just saying.

You sure about that? I believe "Don't use hashtags too liberally" was part of the Pyramid of Success....

[Globetrotter]

John Wooden sucked at Twitter...just saying.

You sure about that? I believe "Don't use hashtags too liberally" was part of the Pyramid of Success....

LOL

Great point on Babers. Kids now love Twitter so you have to do it. He has been great.

[Rollo83]

John Wooden sucked at Twitter...just saying.

You sure about that? I believe "Don't use hashtags too liberally" was part of the Pyramid of Success....

LOL

Great point on Babers. Kids now love Twitter so you have to do it. He has been great.

Can you imagine a young Bill Walton on Twitter? I heard Wooden speak at Bluffton College in 1974 and he said he had trouble keeping Bill away from the campus protests of the day.

[MacGuy]

From High Major Scoop twitter, FWIW

Jeff Boals, Lamont Paris, Dane Fife, Jeff Neubauer, Zach Spiker, Joe Pasternack, Chris Hollinder, Lavall Jordan, Ben Braun

[MarkL]

Lavall Jordan is still at Michigan right? I believe he is the guy credited for developing their PGs the last few years. I'd be interested.

Ben Braun would be a retread. He was at EMU for a long time and was very successful. MAC titles and a Sweet 16 appearance.
He since hit the ground running at Cal and was then canned after two seasons right around .500. If you look at his EMU record you could see the team's record improve year to year, then take a drop and start improving again. Cal did not have the patience to see if he could improve again, or maybe something else was going on that led them to let him go.
Then at Rice he never hit the ground running. That stint at Rice is his most recent and worries me. Unless there is a factor impeding success there, I am less than thrilled about him as a prospect. I'd give the administration the benefit of the doubt if a retread who had a lot of previous success in similar places as Bowling Green (like EMU) was the new head coach, but I would prefer a young up and coming guy.