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ttun basketball (Juwan out, Dusty May in)

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think howard, cooley, and yaklich are all fine hires. howard has no experience as a head coach, but he has name recognition, has obvious ties to the program, and would would likely kill on the recruiting trail. cooley is a proven -- and good -- coach who is also known as a solid recruiter. yaklich has no experience as a head coach, but the defense would always be good or great under him and he, too, is regarded as a good recruiter.

success is a fickle thing. i mean, consider beilein. first four years were complete "mehs." fifth year was a conference co-championship... before a first-round loss in the tournaments. ttun fans weren't exactly enamored with beilein. calls for his firing were widespread.

so what happens the next year? sure, they made it to the championship game, but they needed a miracle to beat kansas in the sweet 16. the championship game in 2018? they needed the miracle of miracles to make it past the round of 32.

i'm not at all saying beilein was just a lucky coach. no, he was a very good coach. zero doubt about that. but to be considered a very good coach, you often need a lot of luck on your side. two of ttun's highly improbable plays go the other way and beilein doesn't have anything near the reputation he left ttun with. not even close.

so we'll see if howard, cooley, or yaklich find beilein's good fortune. without it, that coach almost certainly won't reach beilein's heights. such as the case with almost any program unless you're signing 5-stars year-in and year-out.
 
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BuckeyeNation27 said:
Juwan Howard has name recognition for 16-18 year olds?
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This is one question that seems to get wildly divergent responses. I think I'm with you, I don't feel like he is a huge game changer in recruiting for kids these days. He has been an NBA assistant since 2013. High school juniors (soon to be seniors) were in fifth grade when he last played in the league and that last year was when he was barely playing. The Fab 5 was a long time before any of these recruits were born. I doubt many recruits saw his playing career at all. How much attention do NBA assistants actually get? Most fans aren't even going to know he is an NBA assistant unless they were Heat fans. He might have a big name relatively speaking among coaches due to his playing history, but I don't think just having name recognition will bring you some type of decisive advantage in recruiting. Penny was an AAU coach and built a lot of recruiting connections through that, plus he was a much bigger star in the NBA comparatively, so I don't see him and Howard as comparing apples to apples.
 
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He can have name recognition, I cant say he lacks that. I just don't see it as if when Juwan Howard walks in the door, recruits are gonna be coming like magnets. He can have a slight edge for his past, I doubt it will be substantial. You are still going to have to outbid Coach K and Calipari if you want top-10 recruits. Memphis is the new hotness in recruiting, I don't see Howard getting past Penny for star-struck recruits that truly admire past stars.
 
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DZ83CK said:
He can have name recognition, I cant say he lacks that. I just don't see it as if when Juwan Howard walks in the door, recruits are gonna be coming like magnets. He can have a slight edge for his past, I doubt it will be substantial. You are still going to have to outbid Coach K and Calipari if you want top-10 recruits. Memphis is the new hotness in recruiting, I don't see Howard getting past Penny for star-struck recruits that truly admire past stars.
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Howard was a star for most current recruit's parents.

I mean, I met Pat Boone at a golf outing once. Managed to keep my composure.
 
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Ed Cooley?

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I didnt realize the UM AD hired Kevin Ollie. Ollie got handed a national championship roster by Jim Calhoun and then ran the program into the ground immediately after that first year. Now Ollie and UConn are in a bitter divorce.
 
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