DaChief4ever
- Urbana
4 years at DePaul as assistant....?Good addition, but not of the “blow your mind” level to me. Let’s see if he can land Casey and/or Washington. Good luck to him.
4 years at DePaul as assistant....?Good addition, but not of the “blow your mind” level to me. Let’s see if he can land Casey and/or Washington. Good luck to him.
Do a bit more research and you may be surprised...!4 years at DePaul as assistant....?
Did I Miss the experience with the Power Conferences...Do a bit more research and you may be surprised...!
Has connections to AAU circles… and player development is for guys headed to the draft… spoken highly off by many including isiah liversDid I Miss the experience with the Power Conferences...
BU said that some of the people calling him about the AC job "would blow your mind." At various times, there was speculation that the hire would be someone with NBA staff experience, an assistant from an elite college program, or someone who has been talked about as a "top recruiter." CY Young, Huss, Mennenga, Pastrana are a few of the rumored names I recall. While I think that Tim will be fine, and might be excellent over time, let's not pretend that a guy with four years at Depaul as his only major CBB experience has a comparable resume and track record to some of the other guys that were mentioned for this position. A position to which, if you recall two months ago, our AD was allegedly willing to commit a seven-figure salary.I don’t understand this take. Does he not blow your mind because you just aren’t familiar with him? Because I think anyone in the know would say this is an excellent hire as a third assistant. He’s been lauded on this very board going back years by people who were connected to the AAU scene
Agreed...good points, I don't think he trumps Chin or Antiqua, but let's see what he can do.....nothing wrong with having a different take on things.BU said that some of the people calling him about the AC job "would blow your mind." At various times, there was speculation that the hire would be someone with NBA staff experience, an assistant from an elite college program, or someone who has been talked about as a "top recruiter." CY Young, Huss, Mennenga, Pastrana are a few of the rumored names I recall. While I think that Tim will be fine, and might be excellent over time, let's not pretend that a guy with four years at Depaul as his only major CBB experience has a comparable resume and track record to some of the other guys that were mentioned for this position. A position to which, if you recall two months ago, our AD was allegedly willing to commit a seven-figure salary.
I wish Tim well. I think he will be good. He doesn't blow my mind. I hope he proves me wrong. Kentucky went home with the prom queen. We didn't.
I think this is fair. I also think it's possible we received interest from several "blow your mind" candidates but weren't able to lock any of them down for any number of reasons. Reasonable minds can differ on the strength of the Alexander hire, but I would agree that he probably wasn't one of the people BU was thinking about when he made that particular comment. I'm okay with that. I think Alexander is a great addition to this staff.BU said that some of the people calling him about the AC job "would blow your mind." At various times, there was speculation that the hire would be someone with NBA staff experience, an assistant from an elite college program, or someone who has been talked about as a "top recruiter." CY Young, Huss, Mennenga, Pastrana are a few of the rumored names I recall. While I think that Tim will be fine, and might be excellent over time, let's not pretend that a guy with four years at Depaul as his only major CBB experience has a comparable resume and track record to some of the other guys that were mentioned for this spot.
I wish him well. I think he will be good. He doesn't blow my mind. I hope he proves me wrong.
OA is on a far different plane than Chin. I think all 3 of our new ACs will be better than Chin (given some time).Agreed...good points, I don't think he trumps Chin or Antiqua, but let's see what he can do.....nothing wrong with having a different take on things.
C'mon. Doubt we get Ayo without Chin. Antigua was one of the three best recruiters at Illinois over the past 40 years, after Self and Collins. In my opinion.The current staff as a whole could run laps around the previous staff from a recruiting standpoint. Anderson has some awesome connections that are going to pay off big time!
Seems like OA can coach a bit too. I suspect OA and Laurel and Hardy would be one of the best staffs in the country.C'mon. Doubt we get Ayo without Chin. Antigua was one of the three best recruiters at Illinois over the past 40 years, after Self and Collins. In my opinion.
BU said that some of the people calling him about the AC job "would blow your mind." At various times, there was speculation that the hire would be someone with NBA staff experience, an assistant from an elite college program, or someone who has been talked about as a "top recruiter." CY Young, Huss, Mennenga, Pastrana are a few of the rumored names I recall. While I think that Tim will be fine, and might be excellent over time, let's not pretend that a guy with four years at Depaul as his only major CBB experience has a comparable resume and track record to some of the other guys that were mentioned for this position. A position to which, if you recall two months ago, our AD was allegedly willing to commit a seven-figure salary.
I wish Tim well. I think he will be good. He doesn't blow my mind. I hope he proves me wrong. Kentucky went home with the prom queen. We didn't.
The last 40 years would still include the last couple years of the late Tony Yates's tenure here, who brought us Audie Matthews, the real Mark Smith, Eddie Johnson, Derek Harper, George Montgomery, Anthony Welch, Efrem Winters, Bruce Douglas, and Ken Norman among others. Antigua did a great job. Had he stayed a little he might have equaled what Yates accomplished.C'mon. Doubt we get Ayo without Chin. Antigua was one of the three best recruiters at Illinois over the past 40 years, after Self and Collins. In my opinion.
Antigua will be missed, but half the reason the “Chin is a good recruiter” narrative is out there is because it is perpetuated by Chin himself. And Gentry couldn’t recruit in the slightest bit.C'mon. Doubt we get Ayo without Chin. Antigua was one of the three best recruiters at Illinois over the past 40 years, after Self and Collins. In my opinion.
Chester and TA will be STUD recruiters. GA has some great ties on the AAU circuit as well.
At the time I certainly questioned why Lou was hiring a probation officer from Chicago as an assistant. Collins turned out ok, though.Coach Underwood is prone to hyperbole. Huss was definitely interested and reportedly came close to accepting the position. The most mind blowing candidate who apparently showed real interest was the other Young, the one from UConn. In both of those cases, the job and pay were probably at least decent upgrades, but the timing to make a move was off. Heard we almost had another top guy, but there were contract issues.
Top level assistants seldom make lateral moves, unless it is to programs like UK, KU, etc. I went over all of UI's top recruiting assistants here, dating back to Howie Braun. Prior to Antigua, who was available for a reason, the most qualified coming in was probably an up and comer named Tony Yates. He had three years of experience as an assistant at Cincinnati and had helped Gale Catlett put together a strong recruiting class. Frazier and Anderson are highly qualified by our own historical standards. As is Alexander.
That's a great alumni list. Includes Nik Stauskas so I assume this means the Canadian pipeline is open again.This is a good hire and his player development skills are top notch . He has run camps in Chicago for quite a while too so I can easily see him stepping into the home of a future Chicago area recruit and him knowing the parent and the kid from his youth camps that run ages 6-18 .
Link to his training website for a list of alumni
GroundZero
www.groundzerotraining.com
It's an Elite list!That's a great alumni list. Includes Nik Stauskas so I assume this means the Canadian pipeline is open again.