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what % of your bankroll would you be willing to put up choosing one shooter on your team vs. me in a 3 point shootout?

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what would your plan be to move up thru the ranks to become a D1 head coach as fast as possible?

also, you mentioned that as your goal.(being a D1 head coach) do you just want to coach any D1 team?

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This is a great thread OP, well done.

What is the one NCAA rule (whether game rule, recruiting, coaching, whatever) that you would like to change, and why?

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what % of your bankroll would you be willing to put up choosing one shooter on your team vs. me in a 3 point shootout?

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approx what % (out of a 100) can you make?

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we dont compete with them

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am currently an assistant coach at a Division 1 University in Texas.

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[/ QUOTE ]Does Florida compete with Florida International. I do not coach at a large school.

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How did you get this job? What are you qualifications for a coaching job besides being a player? Have you read " the 7 habits of highly effective people"?

[/ QUOTE ]I got the job because I previously worked for current Kentucky head coach Billy Gillispie while he was at Texas A&M...I was the Assistant Director of Basketball Operations for a year at A&M, and much of what I do now I did there as well.

I have not read that book, although I do own it and plan to read it during Christmas Break..My favorite coaching books are The Pyramid of Succes (Wooden), Leading with the Heart and Beyond Basketball (Coach K), and The Carolina Way (Smith)

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As a non-American it seems strange to me that college basketball and American football draw such a big audience, when there are also top level professional leagues in the same games. What is the attraction of these sports when played at college level?

edit: for example, why is there no such following for college baseball?

[/ QUOTE ]I think much of the attraction is because the students/alumni of each school have a team they already feel connected to...there is more loyalty to a school you spent 4+ years at than a team that just happens to be in your city.

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Is he D1A or AA?

Sorry to [censored] on your thread, but this seems a lot like, "Ask a high school bball coach." The way this particular thread works best is with the details: finances, recruiting tricks, scheduling practices to get around NCAA regs, mentoring kids away from home and into the college environment for the first time, etc. Refusing to say what teams you compete with and giving platitudes like, "Oh, all our players meet academic requirements!" takes all of the wind out of the thread.

[/ QUOTE ]There is no 1-AA in college basketball...we are a small Div 1 university.

You really want to reveal my school and then talk about recruiting tricks and getting around NCAA regulations? LOL at that thought process.

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How much is the biggest "guanrentee" pay day you've had?

[/ QUOTE ]80K

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Is it hard to find games?

[/ QUOTE ]Its not hard to find people that want to play, it is difficult to figure out dates, home/away schedule, etc.

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What is the atmosphere like in the last few game sbefore the conference tourny? Is the team only looking forward to that since thats their last chance to qualify for the postseason (assuming you are in a conference).

[/ QUOTE ]The games get much more competetive during the second half of conference play since all of the teams are either battling for a better seed in the Conf Tourney (yes we are in a conference) or still trying to get in the tourney.

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What was your feeling on the whole Eric Gordon recruiting saga as well as your school's head coach and others thoughts that you converse with also.



[/ QUOTE ]By saga do you just mean that he changed his commitment? I would imagine that Illinois fans/coaches were upset, but I do not know the details of that situation.

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what % of your bankroll would you be willing to put up choosing one shooter on your team vs. me in a 3 point shootout?

[/ QUOTE ]I would imagine a lot, but since I have never seen you play/shoot it would be stupid to actually make that bet.

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what would your plan be to move up thru the ranks to become a D1 head coach as fast as possible?

also, you mentioned that as your goal.(being a D1 head coach) do you just want to coach any D1 team?

[/ QUOTE ]My plan is to be at a high-major school as an asst coach within 10 years, and then bide my time, work hard, and make as many connections as possible.

Any Div 1 job would be awesome- they are incredibly difficult to come by.

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What is the one NCAA rule (whether game rule, recruiting, coaching, whatever) that you would like to change, and why?

[/ QUOTE ]They recently changed the rules making it illegal for us to send text messages to kids...Its annoying because we used it to get the kids to call us (since we can only call them 1 or 2 days/wk), but I understand.

There are a lot of regulations on mailouts that are annoying as well- I feel that if I want to outwork somebody in recruiting then I should be allowed to do that.

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what % of your bankroll would you be willing to put up choosing one shooter on your team vs. me in a 3 point shootout?

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approx what % (out of a 100) can you make?

[/ QUOTE ]I assume this is to snowbank, but I am about a 55-60% 33pt shooter if Im just catching/shooting with no defense. When I played I was 44% my last year.

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ok Im caught up- Im out for the rest of the weekend...its our last weekend before full practice starts so Im headed out of town.

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What is the one NCAA rule (whether game rule, recruiting, coaching, whatever) that you would like to change, and why?

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They recently changed the rules making it illegal for us to send text messages to kids...Its annoying because we used it to get the kids to call us (since we can only call them 1 or 2 days/wk), but I understand.

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This is one of the many reasons why this rule was instituted. I have a hard time agreeing with rules a lot of the time, but this one was 100% on point.

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ARe you going to try and tell us that everything is squeaky clean when it comes to your school and recruiting? I hate when people try and act like it is. Such as when everyone came down on Colorado football a few years back when they learned part of the "recruiting trip" involved taking the guys to a nudie bar.

Recruiting trips involve getting the kid drunk and getting them laid.

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ouuuu i am very interested in this thread, i will read the whole thing and post some questions v soon.

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This is one of the many reasons why this rule was instituted. I have a hard time agreeing with rules a lot of the time, but this one was 100% on point.

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obviously if you're gonna have the 'you can't call the players more than once or twice a week' you need to include text messages in that, but why does that rule even exist? seems kinda silly to me.

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Do you ever think college athletes are treated unfairly compared to the rest of the student body? For example, some one going to school on a music scholarship is allowed and even encouraged to get paying music gigs while in school and during the summer. Same could be said about accounting majors, etc.

Also would college sports really be hurt in any way if alumni or any fan were allowed to openly give gifts to specific players?

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what do you think about the AAU system? corrupt?

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As a non-American it seems strange to me that college basketball and American football draw such a big audience, when there are also top level professional leagues in the same games. What is the attraction of these sports when played at college level?

edit: for example, why is there no such following for college baseball?

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I guess its hard to explain to someone from outside the US, alot of it comes from atmosphere and tradition. In Football and Basketball (Football mostly because players have to stay 3 yrs) there is very high competition/skill level. I'd attribute a lot of basketball to the March Madness aspect/heavy school following. And for football the fact that saturdays are pretty much all college in a country that can't have enough football allows it to be so viable. Add that with the fact that there are regions where the college game is king and always has been gives it a big boost. Theres a lot of other reasons that I may not be able to explain that easily/forgetting about.

Part of the reason that college baseball isnt as big could be attributed to the fact that America's love for baseball started with the pro game, where in football and basketball the tradition of the sport is rooted much deeper in the college level.

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I guess its hard to explain to someone from outside the US, alot of it comes from atmosphere and tradition.

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Unlike Europe, America is spread way out. If you look at big cities, pro teams are popular (NY, LA, Boston, etc). College is more popular in the rural areas (the south, midwest especially). Europeans don't have these large rural areas so you don't have college sports. Think about it like rooting for the 2nd division team nearest you, because in the US, college basketball and football is basically second division.

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Part of the reason that college baseball isnt as big could be attributed to the fact that America's love for baseball started with the pro game, where in football and basketball the tradition of the sport is rooted much deeper in the college level.

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Yeah, baseball has always been pro, basketball and football started out as college games.

Another huge reason is that the transition from college to top tier in baseball takes much longer. In football and basketball, a player is a college star one year and a pro star the next (or maybe the second year for a tough position like quarterback). In baseball, it's pretty standard to take 3+ years, so you don't get the constant hype about someone.

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Casper -

If your goal is to become a D1 head coach one day, why is it best to be a small time assistant at a small D1 school vs moving your way up as a head coach (say, JuCo->D3->D2->D1 head).

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what are your responsibilities? recruiting? scouting? reviewing game tapes?

How many hours do you work a week? Do you travel a lot of spend most of your time on campus?

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Why are some of the bigger schools such pussies about scheduling?

I have season tickets to UNR (Nevada)- each year they struggle to complete their schedule. It seems that few good schools want to come to Reno to play. They signed a home and home with North Carolina this season, but have to go their twice for one home game.

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Casper -

If your goal is to become a D1 head coach one day, why is it best to be a small time assistant at a small D1 school vs moving your way up as a head coach (say, JuCo->D3->D2->D1 head).

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I was curious about that too. If I was going to try to coach, my route would probably be the opposite.(head coach at D3, D2, then D1) If you have sick records it seems like you jump up fast.(at least from my limited knowledge of coaches i knew of)

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how much will Kansas beat you by this year?

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I guess its hard to explain to someone from outside the US, alot of it comes from atmosphere and tradition.

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Unlike Europe, America is spread way out. If you look at big cities, pro teams are popular (NY, LA, Boston, etc). College is more popular in the rural areas (the south, midwest especially). Europeans don't have these large rural areas so you don't have college sports. Think about it like rooting for the 2nd division team nearest you, because in the US, college basketball and football is basically second division.

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Part of the reason that college baseball isnt as big could be attributed to the fact that America's love for baseball started with the pro game, where in football and basketball the tradition of the sport is rooted much deeper in the college level.

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Yeah, baseball has always been pro, basketball and football started out as college games.

Another huge reason is that the transition from college to top tier in baseball takes much longer. In football and basketball, a player is a college star one year and a pro star the next (or maybe the second year for a tough position like quarterback). In baseball, it's pretty standard to take 3+ years, so you don't get the constant hype about someone.

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add that most of the high draft picks and eventual MLB stars never even go to college, but are taken out of high school or as a foreigner in the amateur draft.

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This is one of the many reasons why this rule was instituted. I have a hard time agreeing with rules a lot of the time, but this one was 100% on point.

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obviously if you're gonna have the 'you can't call the players more than once or twice a week' you need to include text messages in that, but why does that rule even exist? seems kinda silly to me.

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What about PMs?

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1. Comments on Renardo Sidney and his game/issues?
2. Your favorite to win the NC this year?
3. Top head coach at the moment?

Thanks.

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This is one of the many reasons why this rule was instituted. I have a hard time agreeing with rules a lot of the time, but this one was 100% on point.

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obviously if you're gonna have the 'you can't call the players more than once or twice a week' you need to include text messages in that, but why does that rule even exist? seems kinda silly to me.

[/ QUOTE ]Some recruits would have to disconnect their phone if this rule didn't exist...Some of these kids are getting recruited by 40+ schools.

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Do you ever think college athletes are treated unfairly compared to the rest of the student body? For example, some one going to school on a music scholarship is allowed and even encouraged to get paying music gigs while in school and during the summer. Same could be said about accounting majors, etc.

[/ QUOTE ] Are you asking if athletes should be allowed to have jobs? If that is what you are asking, then I'd say that they don't have time during their respective seasons, and they are allowed to have jobs when they are out of season.

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Also would college sports really be hurt in any way if alumni or any fan were allowed to openly give gifts to specific players?

[/ QUOTE ]Absolutely- you cant allow alumni to pay players. College championships would all go to the schools with the richist alumni.

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what do you think about the AAU system? corrupt?

[/ QUOTE ]Some AAU programs are corrupt, yes, but I don't think there is anything that can be done. Summer ball exists to give players a chance to be seen and coaches a chance evaluate during the summer when they have the most time. There will always be people who do what they can to take care of themselves...whether it be aau coaches, parents, or colleges.

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Casper -

If your goal is to become a D1 head coach one day, why is it best to be a small time assistant at a small D1 school vs moving your way up as a head coach (say, JuCo->D3->D2->D1 head).

[/ QUOTE ]Once you leave D1 it is hard to go back. Im not sure exactly why that is, but part of it is that you become apart of that group. All your connections become D3 coaches, ADs, etc- and none of them will do the hiring for D1 jobs.

JUCO is different because you are constantly associated with D1 coaches who are recruiting. There is a good chance that I will be in the JUCO ranks within the next couple of years.

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what are your responsibilities? recruiting? scouting? reviewing game tapes?

[/ QUOTE ]I don't do much recruiting at all because I teach classes as well so I have to be on campus. I evaluate players we are looking at, scout, work with the post players, help with film exchane, direct/oversee our summer camps, and break down practice tape. This year I am also in charge of putting in a new offense that we will be running.

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How many hours do you work a week? Do you travel a lot of spend most of your time on campus?

[/ QUOTE ]I am on campus for 20 hours/wk teaching classes. During the offseason, I put in an additional 40+ hours a week with basketball. When the season starts, it will be closer to 60-70 hours/wk with basketball.

So, during the offseason I put in about 60 hours/wk. During the season I put in anywhere between 80-110 hours/wk.

I'm also taking 9 hours towards my masters degree.

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Why are some of the bigger schools such pussies about scheduling?

I have season tickets to UNR (Nevada)- each year they struggle to complete their schedule. It seems that few good schools want to come to Reno to play. They signed a home and home with North Carolina this season, but have to go their twice for one home game.

[/ QUOTE ]Well, when it comes to school that are good but not well known, the big school has nothing to gain. If they win, nobody cares, so they might as well have played a team that sucks that would be a guaranteed win.

I'm not sure how difficult/expensive it is to travel to Reno, but travel costs/time comes into play a lot as well.

In general, larger schools don't travel to smaller schools. They want the guaranteed win and the money that comes from hosting a game.

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Casper -

If your goal is to become a D1 head coach one day, why is it best to be a small time assistant at a small D1 school vs moving your way up as a head coach (say, JuCo->D3->D2->D1 head).

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I was curious about that too. If I was going to try to coach, my route would probably be the opposite.(head coach at D3, D2, then D1) If you have sick records it seems like you jump up fast.(at least from my limited knowledge of coaches i knew of)

[/ QUOTE ]It is much much much more common for an assistant coach to get a D1 job than a D2 coach.

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how much will Kansas beat you by this year?

[/ QUOTE ]we don't play Kansas this year, but they will be very good. I imagine that if we played them they would beat us by about 40. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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1. Comments on Renardo Sidney and his game/issues?
2. Your favorite to win the NC this year?
3. Top head coach at the moment?

Thanks.

[/ QUOTE ]1)I cannot comment on recruits, sorry.
2)eh, Im gonna stay away from this as well.
3)My top 5 would probably be- Roy Williams, Billy Donovan, Rick Pitino, Coach K, Billy Gillispie...in that order.