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Post by JazzNC on Mar 8, 2023 17:16:33 GMT -5
Please don’t play zone. Please.
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Post by hofceluck on Mar 8, 2023 17:25:48 GMT -5
Wow. Was NOT expecting that.
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Post by JazzNC on Mar 8, 2023 17:26:40 GMT -5
Wanted an external hire. I hope Red can handle the job. Not convinced. Not the hire that’s going to put us back on the map, imo. But of course I want him to succeed.
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Post by hofceluck on Mar 8, 2023 17:31:43 GMT -5
Wanted an external hire. I hope Red can handle the job. Not convinced. Not the hire that’s going to put us back on the map, imo. But of course I want him to succeed. Suffice to say he would not be my first choice, but I hope he absolutely kills it.
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Post by JazzNC on Mar 8, 2023 18:15:45 GMT -5
So can Red recruit?
Which players are going to stay? Who will leave? Will he hit the portal hard?
Will he abandon the zone?
Does he have a good relationship with Weitsman?
I hope we can keep Copeland, Brown, Taylor, Benny and Bell. If we can somehow retain these guys and hit the portal hard we could be ok next year. Otherwise it could get really ugly. We need a Center besides Hima, Carey and Patterson.
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Post by orangedw on Mar 8, 2023 21:58:26 GMT -5
I’m not worried about Red’s recruiting, relationship with AW, running the program….none of it. He’s not some nobody. He’s been doing this. He’s been recruiting. Early on in his tenure the story was he was taking guys like Joseph, Fair, Southerland to a new level and bringing in studs like Grant and McCullough. I think we’ll get players and I think he knows how to teach.
We’ll see if he’s got the sideline chops or not.
Glad we hired him though - he’s a normal, good guy, and he’s our guy. So many of these new coaches are complete dickheads. From Hurley to the Bryant coach. Maybe guys like this motleycrew guy would go for guys like that, but I’d quit being a fan if we hired someone like that. We kept it Orange and we hired a normal, good guy that I can actually respect and root for. Let’s go.
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Post by hofceluck on Mar 9, 2023 9:09:22 GMT -5
Wildhack was hired for this. He knew he was gonna be the guy who handled this transition. And I kind of feel like he punted by giving the job to Red.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2023 18:20:49 GMT -5
Wildhack was hired for this. He knew he was gonna be the guy who handled this transition. And I kind of feel like he punted by giving the job to Red. Ultimately JW prioritized the current roster of kids as related to the beginning of portal activity Monday. Conducting an external search would surely have led to a mass exodus similar to what happened to the women's team last year. I'm mixed on this like everyone else here, but hopeful that AA can be a truly exceptional hire, one that we'll be happy to be wrong about. Only time will tell.
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Post by hofceluck on Mar 9, 2023 19:53:42 GMT -5
Wildhack was hired for this. He knew he was gonna be the guy who handled this transition. And I kind of feel like he punted by giving the job to Red. Ultimately JW prioritized the current roster of kids as related to the beginning of portal activity Monday. Conducting an external search would surely have led to a mass exodus similar to what happened to the women's team last year. I'm mixed on this like everyone else here, but hopeful that AA can be a truly exceptional hire, one that we'll be happy to be wrong about. Only time will tell. Yes, that’s the chance you take with an external hire. And…I’m ok with that.
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Post by Ghost on Mar 9, 2023 20:43:09 GMT -5
Wildhack was hired for this. He knew he was gonna be the guy who handled this transition. And I kind of feel like he punted by giving the job to Red. I suppose people have pointed out that these things were likely worked out behind the scenes and there was no interest. I don't know. I think it was likely ammo to keep JB from going publicly hostile - cuz Red was his guy. That being said, I'm happy to root for Autry, I love Autry, so I'm not going hard with any arguments.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2023 20:46:08 GMT -5
Wildhack was hired for this. He knew he was gonna be the guy who handled this transition. And I kind of feel like he punted by giving the job to Red. I think that the portal situation and the threat of losing guys like Judah really prevented any kind of national search, and JB surely was not making things any easier for him.
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