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<blockquote data-quote="haasi" data-source="post: 1305238" data-attributes="member: 9034"><p>For clarity in case it's getting lost, S&C's view is that when you hire a coach based on his past success, you really want to hire his whole staff or as close to it as possible. Otherwise you're just getting part of the product with more risk that pieces won't fit together and less guarantee of success. As a result, he thinks its a potentially major problem that we didn't get Evans and/or Boynton from OSU and that we instead got Walker, whom he reasonably thinks we retained to get players from Stl but the results so far are less than promising. </p><p></p><p>In general these points are reasonable. but as noted, we still got one of his former staff (Gentry) who will be able to coach and develop players (but not recruit off campus), we got a stud recruiter in Antigua, and we got a Chicago guy. </p><p></p><p>I think most would probably agree that this wasn't the ideal staff they wanted to see constructed when he came on, at least knowing after the fact that we didn't keep Tilmon and may not/prob won't get Smith. but most would also agree that getting Antigua was a coup and that this staff seems pretty well suited to implement Underwood's system (BU, Gentry, reasonably bright other coaches) and to recruit from major areas and to develop players. </p><p></p><p>Also (pure speculation), based on his public persona which stresses winning and results, I'd guess that underwood unlike groce would not be shy about getting rid of an assistant and hiring a new one if warranted </p><p></p><p></p><p>Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="haasi, post: 1305238, member: 9034"] For clarity in case it's getting lost, S&C's view is that when you hire a coach based on his past success, you really want to hire his whole staff or as close to it as possible. Otherwise you're just getting part of the product with more risk that pieces won't fit together and less guarantee of success. As a result, he thinks its a potentially major problem that we didn't get Evans and/or Boynton from OSU and that we instead got Walker, whom he reasonably thinks we retained to get players from Stl but the results so far are less than promising. In general these points are reasonable. but as noted, we still got one of his former staff (Gentry) who will be able to coach and develop players (but not recruit off campus), we got a stud recruiter in Antigua, and we got a Chicago guy. I think most would probably agree that this wasn't the ideal staff they wanted to see constructed when he came on, at least knowing after the fact that we didn't keep Tilmon and may not/prob won't get Smith. but most would also agree that getting Antigua was a coup and that this staff seems pretty well suited to implement Underwood's system (BU, Gentry, reasonably bright other coaches) and to recruit from major areas and to develop players. Also (pure speculation), based on his public persona which stresses winning and results, I'd guess that underwood unlike groce would not be shy about getting rid of an assistant and hiring a new one if warranted Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk [/QUOTE]
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