And yet, all of them got their a$$es handed to them by Kareem. Heck even Wilt Chamberlain was a lanky, lean guy in his prime. Once he bulked up, he became a stiff. The reality is that almost everyone you listed played in the paint with their back to the basket. They were called space eaters at the time and many of them were just big, not muscular. Once you moved away from the basket, most players relied on quickness, and skill. Take for instance Jamal Wilkes. His nickname was "Silk". He was typical of the era.
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Off on another tangent. How the HE double-hockey sticks did a thread about assistant coaches turn into a nostalgic discussion about NBA greats? ADD is rampant on this board.
No way she weighs 208. I thought she weighed 160 at Iowa.
My 6-3 buddy who owns his own personal training business and is ripped. Said he got up to 210 recently. He is absolutely shredded. I agree I don't think she's even pushing 180. That's being generous
Gatens interviewed with BM, but he’s not getting hired. Word on the street is Tobin Anderson, recently released by Iona and former coach of Fairleigh Dickinson when they upset Purdue as a #16, is joining the staff.
Interestingly enough, Tobin Anderson was on the staff at Sienna for a couple of years after Fran left for Iowa.
Love gatens but tobin would be a great hire. He has lots of ties to the north east.
Recruited pretty well also. Has the potential to bring players over. I looked their team, pretty good players!
She said that it was the closest she has been to 200 for a long time so take that however you want.
My bad. My wife was talking about my niece Kaitlin. Good lord I'm getting old.
I should have followed with what I thought in the first place. I said that there was no way that she weighed over 200 lbs.
Truman State parts ways with men's basketball coach Jeff Horner after seven years
After seven years of leading the Truman State University Men's Basketball program, Jeff Horner is out as Head Coach for the Bulldogs.
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All assistant spots taken??🤔
This should be a hard pass. Great player for Iowa but but should not be an option.Truman State parts ways with men's basketball coach Jeff Horner after seven years
After seven years of leading the Truman State University Men's Basketball program, Jeff Horner is out as Head Coach for the Bulldogs.ktvo.com
All assistant spots taken??🤔
That's what I think too. Heck, I'd rather we kept Sprulock. I'm holding out hope for the former Iona HC or a top TT coach that has been discussed.
Fellas--afford Mac the opportunity to build this as he sees fit. If he didn't think the guy could do well, he wouldn't have hired him. Trust the process! He's a bright young coach--something we've been wanting/needing for years!
Agree. I get his loyalty to his drake staff. But honestly none of the 3 move the needle especially this hire. Need guys on staff with more experience and familiarity with big time D1 ball, recruiting etc. so far we have little to none.
No offense, but I don't think coaches with "more experience and familiarity with big time D1 ball" are looking to come to Iowa. Not until Ben can turn this thing around. Until that time comes, he needs guys who are familiar with him and his system so everyone can hit the ground running.
I'll trust the decision making of a guy with an 82% win rate and 4 nattys until he proves otherwise.
Ben and these guys have worked their way to get to this point. They had a very successful climb up the ladder to get here. They earned the chance to compete at this level and I think they will do it successfully.
Licklitet brought his whole staff minus Stevens and those guys were in over their heads especially when it came to recruiting.
Scott frost brought entire UCF staff to Nebraska. That worked out well.
Level of competition is higher and status quo doesn’t always translate up a level. And plenty of former, current asst or even former HC looking for jobs would listen to or want to come to Iowa. Like dean oliver who was turned down.
Fran also hired a bunch of old head coaches and a former Nike executive. Look how that worked out.
The same Dean Oliver who couldn't get a job anywhere else and is now in AAU ball? C'mon man.
And for every example you give of guys coming from lower level with their own guys and failing, I can give you just as many examples of them succeeding.
How about you give him a chance to actually coach a game at Iowa the way he wants to do it before passing judgment?
Yeah they upgraded talent that was lacking when they came in and dug the program out of the basement. Got a lot of recruits on campus and able to sign fair of quality players. They just couldn’t take program to the next step.
Such as?
And point with Oliver is he was a former asst at WI who was turned down. He’s not only one and sure are others out there like him who who’ve coach at high D1 that would come to Iowa let alone listen.
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I would have loved to keep Spurlock but I have heard he is going to Penn with Fran.
Looks like they're wearing Converse All-Stars. My first high quality gym shoe from the mid '60's were All-Stars.You gave 2 examples - Pete Maravich and John Johnson. I gave 2 (Hayes and Unseld) in reply from years earlier. You may want to check the entire 1967 All American team.
I see muscles here in the Iowa 67-68 roster. I would say Glenn #44 is the outlier.
WHY DOES MCCOLLUM KEEP HIRING COACHES WITH A TRACK RECORD OF WINNING WHO HAVE EXTENSIVE MIDWESTERN RECRUITING CONNECTIONS AND CAN RELATE WELL TO PLAYERS?????? IT MAKES ME SO ANGRY!!!!!
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Another former Drake coach who brought her staff with her…I think that turned out ok 😉
Looks like Barnwell may be the final coach???....
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not true on Lickliter--go back annd look at the class he had coming in before he was let go.
I wonder what happened to the Tobin Anderson rumors. Any spots left? Director of Basketball Operations? GM/Chief of Staff?
I suspect Anderson wouldn't be interested in a DBO or GM (if that materializes) position.
UI Directory has:
Wheeler - Player Development
Sash - Assistant Coach
Williams - Assistant Coach
Barnwell - Assistant Coach
Comparing to Fran's Staff:
Assistant Coaches - Dillard, Gatens, Eldridge
Player Development - Spurlock
GM - Siebert
Director of Basketball Operations - Denning
Vid. Coordinator - Pauley
Jesse Shaw, who is following from Drake, is also in the directory now and listed as "Chief of Staff." Not sure if that is the much discussed GM role or not but he was McCollum's recruiting coordinator at Drake. Xavier Kurth is also in there as "director of player development." Neither one is classified as an "assistant coach" in the directory (wheeler also has a player development title but notably IS classified as an assistant coach) so it's possible there's still a slot open for Anderson
If true, Coach Ben will have a young staff. Barnwell was a Naismith high school coach of the year.
Agreed - Texas Tech coaching tree has been pretty good of late…😉
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