Billy Taylor named new assistant basketball coach
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Have I ever posted anything on here that said I thought we should start cheating? You know what, never mind. You guys are right. The best way to run any organization is just keep hiring people you have worked with before so you can stay inside your comfort zone. There couldn't possibly be anyone outside Fran's inner circle that might be able to bring some teaching, coaching or recruiting skills to this team, that Fran hasn't worked with before.
Dude give it a rest. Look at Duke's assistant coaches. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM PLAYED FOR MIKE KRZYZEWSKI. Yet Duke runs a pretty successful program. At UNC, the coaches either played at UNC or coached under Roy Williams at Kansas. Look at our own football program. Kirk hires his son to call plays. Hiring people you know or trust is the way the world works.
It's all in who you know.
Oh, believe me, I appreciate yours too. Fran is not without his head scratching moments.
So now Iowa is Duke or UNC? As for Brian F. he is certainly not just a chip off the old block, and using KF as an example really does not help your argument. How many hires has he made in the last three years, that were new blood that did not have direct ties to the program? Even coach Bell who played here has been a breath of fresh air. All of these coaches have brought something new and positive with them. Just saying maybe this is something Fran should look at. You obviously disagree. Good for you... Doesn't make you right, anymore then it does me. It's just an opinion......
Fran deserves the man he trusts. There will be very little break-in time with Taylor...he will hit the ground running, which we all agree we need. I welcome this fine man back to Iowa City.
Sherm falls asleep every game. All Speraw does is try to control Fran's outbursts.
When you keep the same staff and the same problems continue to happen over and over guess who's going to take some heat? I have no idea about Taylor nor does anyone else on this board. He better be a good recruiter because Francis was the main recruiter.
Who did Francis bring in on the current roster? Sherman, Kirk, Fran have recruited the entire roster and Francis got Joe T
Your assessment of the staff is ridiculous. You don't know who recruited whom, or when they were a part of recruiting a particular recruit.
How would you know who all was involved in the recruitment of every recruit? I suppose you read it on the interweb?
And your impression of what Sherm Dillard or Kirk Speraw says a lot about what you know.
You are the one presuming to know it all. Do tell where your info is from. And lay off the staff insults.
What was the insults the staff just got better ... I couldn’t be happier for Fran and Iowa hoops!
No, I don't find it odd. He'll be working for a head coach he has a 20+ year relationship with at a Big Ten school. Why'd Jay Niemann take a downgrade from DC to a positional coaching job? Nobody asks that question. People take jobs for all sorts of reasons.
I can understand why this was an attractive job, trust me. But at 45 years old, with success as a head coach at every stop, it's still a curious move.
And I'm guessing he isn't taking a pay cut, either.
D-2 head coach to D-1 third assistant, or even second assistant, isn't always such a clearcut step up.
Taylor's career is interesting. Success as a D-1 head coach at multiple stops leads to arguably a demotion to D-1 third assistant, then decides to take a D-2 head coaching job and then success there leads to, arguably, a return to what could be described as a small promotion from where he was on Fran's staff many years ago.
Believe me, I am in no way trying to denigrate Taylor or call into question the hire. I'm actually wondering if he's a staunch values guy, and being on Fran's staff allows him to avoid being pressured to compromise his values. I have my frustrations of Fran (as an Iowa fan), but one thing I admire greatly is Fran seems fully committed to a value system easily admirable.
When I took the Peoria High sophomore team on a campus visit Billy Taylor was the contact who set some things up for us, got us in to watch practice, got us a tour of the new Carver facilities, etc. He was great, loved meeting him. He was beyond gracious. I'm excited he's back, without question. I'm just looking at the progression of his career and speculating on the whys.
≈ $60K to ≈ $225K is a definitely a promotion, assuming he gets Andrew Francis money. Never mind. I was thinking Francis made ≈ $125-150K and Taylor was making closer to that at Belmont (after camp money and other sources of income).
Okay, I see what happened here. You replied to my reply to someone else. See above.
Not that I disagree with you, but what do you consider success at his head coaching jobs? Here's what I see for records for Taylor:
Lehigh 2002-2007 - 81-69 overall (43-27 in conference)
Ball State 2007-2013 - 84-99 overall (44-52 in conference)
Belmont Abbey 2016-2018 - 26-34 overall (15-23 in conference)
Seems like he was average, so a step back up from DII to D1 is logical. Hopefully, the Hawks have success and all of the assistant coaches are helpful in that progress.
Sounds like you have time and resource knowledge...
any idea what the defensive efficiency was of the teams Taylor coached?
Sounds like you have time and resource knowledge...
No clue .. just reading numbers off of web sites. I think familiarity was the key here. Honestly, I was hoping for fresh blood (someone to challenge the status quo) and some defensive chops. Oh well ... let's hope it works out.
Reese Morgan comes to mind...having just retried, he is a huge loss to the football team because he was so good at identifying talent, he was an exceptional recruiter, he provided such leadership based on the way he conducted himself......
Has he really had success though? He had a decent couple years with Lehigh but then he had a losing record while at Ball State and was fired?
We gonna quibble all day? So he had success, but then had some relative lack of success, and then some success again. Fair to say he has demonstrated competency as a head coach. We good?
Sure.
I am curious as to why he didn't want to be a bench assistant somewhere and chose to go to DII to be a head coach. Does he not like being an assistant and sees himself as a head coach? If that isn't it, what is it? Does he not like some of the duties of assisting? Did he not have D1 assistant offers after Ball State or Iowa? Iif not, why not?
I thought much the same thing, not so much the move from DII head coach to Iowa as an assistant, but the lack of progression previously. I like what I have heard otherwise, especially if he can energize some connections in Chicago, which had a lot to do with Lute's success many years ago. I don't know a lot about the coaching staff, but it would not be terrible if one of the other assistants decided to go home and play with the grand kids. That might then be the time for Fran to bring in a young energizing coach who is looking to progress.
Has anyone seen Taylor's star player play and have any idea if he could play at a B1G level?
I may be way off base here, but wasn't Billy the Director of Basketball Operations? I don't think they are allowed to actually coach the players. Am I correct in that? I've met the guy twice, and he was a very personable guy, a guy that is easy to like from the get-go. I think he will recruit well.
I got to say that I'm more passionate about the Hawkeyes now than when I was younger. But I'm not that old. Nor is Taylor.
Billy is in his mid-forties. Only two head coaches in the B1G are younger. And one of them had a horrible year considering their expectations in the preseason. Jus sayin...
Huh? He is so highly regarded he was at D II Belmont Abbey for the past 3 years. I have heard about the assistants and their ties for 10 years and it hasn't done jack to improve recruiting. Fran continues to hire guys to keep seats warm vs. impact coaches / recruiters. Another coach who has no 0 appeal to recruits.
Based on....?
Come on, Billy. Give us something. Who is the best player you have signed?
Of all the possible coaches who would want to come to Iowa, who would you have preferred?
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