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#151
#151
I haven't read through the 10 pages on this thread. However from what I have seen with this guy he is a star in the making and will be VCU's #1 choice when or if Shaka Smart finally moves on.
 
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#152
#152
AV_12 said:
Laugh now, but this guy is gonna be a star
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They just don't get it.

Controlled Chaos? Havoc? Sound similar?

Wade was Shaka's right hand man from the start. He is a great recruiter. He helped design the VCU defense. He will do the same at UTC.

The guy is a Harvard grad, smart as they come, and he knows the game.

In a few years UT won't be able to get him. He will have bigger targets to shoot for, just like Smart, Marshall, etc. See, these type of guys were given a chance by programs that saw the talent (Mostly through a talent development program named Villa 7), and took the chance. They were given a free reign to develop not just a team or players, but a program. And that is why they stay.

This is the trouble with the mid-level BCS programs. They are not willing to go after the talent that needs development. They want an established guy. Well, the best of them are all sitting pretty and not looking. So you settle for some second rate guy that was successful to some extent, and is safe. And they fail, one right after another.

SO TAKE A CHANCE, DEVELOP YOUR OWN TALENT. Look at what programs like Butler, VCU, Wichita State, Gonzaga, and a host of others have done. Hire a good young coach who has potential. Give him what he needs to be successful. Give him time. And sit back and enjoy.
 
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TheTruthSreader said:
They just don't get it.

Controlled Chaos? Havoc? Sound similar?

Wade was Shaka's right hand man from the start. He is a great recruiter. He helped design the VCU defense. He will do the same at UTC.

The guy is a Harvard grad, smart as they come, and he knows the game.

In a few years UT won't be able to get him. He will have bigger targets to shoot for, just like Smart, Marshall, etc. See, these type of guys were given a chance by programs that saw the talent (Mostly through a talent development program named Villa 7), and took the chance. They were given a free reign to develop not just a team or players, but a program. And that is why they stay.

This is the trouble with the mid-level BCS programs. They are not willing to go after the talent that needs development. They want an established guy. Well, the best of them are all sitting pretty and not looking. So you settle for some second rate guy that was successful to some extent, and is safe. And they fail, one right after another.

SO TAKE A CHANCE, DEVELOP YOUR OWN TALENT. Look at what programs like Butler, VCU, Wichita State, Gonzaga, and a host of others have done. Hire a good young coach who has potential. Give him what he needs to be successful. Give him time. And sit back and enjoy.
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You've got to be a family member or maybe his agent. Should we put him in the Hall of Fame tomorrow or the day after? I'm sure the guy has potential. Yet that happens to be true of about 100 coaches--assistants or youngish head coaches--in the game. People achieve things--and /then/ they move up the ladder. That's the way it works. This guy is so good he should just skip UT and wait for the Duke job, or take the next available NBA job. Also, we may be overvaluing the Smart/VCU connection. I think Smart is a good coach, like the defensive style (though notice how consistently VCU has problems making shots in the second half--I think they wear themselves out) --and he's building VCU into a respectable program, but it's also true that he hasn't done anything that hasn't been done by other mid-majors that have one good tournament run. There have been PLENTY of can't miss assistants from big programs who got nice head-coaching gigs based on their association with successful heads--and then flamed out. Let's keep things in perspective, Mom.
 
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TheTruthSreader said:
They just don't get it.

Controlled Chaos? Havoc? Sound similar?

Wade was Shaka's right hand man from the start. He is a great recruiter. He helped design the VCU defense. He will do the same at UTC.

The guy is a Harvard grad, smart as they come, and he knows the game.

In a few years UT won't be able to get him. He will have bigger targets to shoot for, just like Smart, Marshall, etc. See, these type of guys were given a chance by programs that saw the talent (Mostly through a talent development program named Villa 7), and took the chance. They were given a free reign to develop not just a team or players, but a program. And that is why they stay.

This is the trouble with the mid-level BCS programs. They are not willing to go after the talent that needs development. They want an established guy. Well, the best of them are all sitting pretty and not looking. So you settle for some second rate guy that was successful to some extent, and is safe. And they fail, one right after another.

SO TAKE A CHANCE, DEVELOP YOUR OWN TALENT. Look at what programs like Butler, VCU, Wichita State, Gonzaga, and a host of others have done. Hire a good young coach who has potential. Give him what he needs to be successful. Give him time. And sit back and enjoy.
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I'm all for this if you're going to let the coach have the time it takes. Give him a six year deal and honor it come Hell or high water.

If he's not in the tourney in year 2, S16 by 3, and going regularly after that, people will be all over this young guy and his family. Maybe he's a better "fit" and people will be a bit more considerate...
 
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there is usually a reason people we have heard of before or have name recognition
are available for jobs...its probably because of something bad...

I have no idea who Wade is...or some of the other names probably being thrown around... Thats what Hart gets paid to do...

I don't understand the retread logic...I'd much rather have a young up and comer
than an older retread...you may strike out,but you may strike gold and have a young coach who won't leave for 20 years...
 
#157
#157
Dave1967 said:
Personelly,I would take Tubby over him on experience alone.
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Sorry I can't be a fan of Tubby he made a comment about one of his players as a token player while at KY . I don't remember the player but he was KY mr basket ball and he was white .
 
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#161
In before "but WIll Wade has never taken Chattanooga to the Final Four".

I hope so, anyway. I certainly didn't read all 11 pages from point A to here.
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Wade wants a shot at UT? If I were Hart, maybe I consider it. Wade is making 198 grand someone said. I'd offer him 4 years at 600 grand a year. He wins at UT, I'd consider raises almost immediately. Want the shot, come and get it. :good!:
 
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The point isn't that Wade sucks or won't eventually be successful. The point is that, right now, we could do a lot better.
 
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volbeast33 said:
Whoever we hire will be just like any other coach.....he has to prove himself in wins,losses, and tournament appearances.He also has to be a top notch recruiter. If he does that, he will win over the fan base in no time.
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Would it help if they changed their last name to Pearl?
 
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If any of u saw what he did with the UTC this year you would know this is a home run. UTC had nothing at all and won a lot of games.
 
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CagleMtnVol said:
I haven't read through the 10 pages on this thread. However from what I have seen with this guy he is a star in the making and will be VCU's #1 choice when or if Shaka Smart finally moves on.
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Well, if Shaka Smart was a true friend he'd take our job just so Wade could move up.
 
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TheTruthSreader said:
They just don't get it.

Controlled Chaos? Havoc? Sound similar?

Wade was Shaka's right hand man from the start. He is a great recruiter. He helped design the VCU defense. He will do the same at UTC.

The guy is a Harvard grad, smart as they come, and he knows the game.

In a few years UT won't be able to get him. He will have bigger targets to shoot for, just like Smart, Marshall, etc. See, these type of guys were given a chance by programs that saw the talent (Mostly through a talent development program named Villa 7), and took the chance. They were given a free reign to develop not just a team or players, but a program. And that is why they stay.

This is the trouble with the mid-level BCS programs. They are not willing to go after the talent that needs development. They want an established guy. Well, the best of them are all sitting pretty and not looking. So you settle for some second rate guy that was successful to some extent, and is safe. And they fail, one right after another.

SO TAKE A CHANCE, DEVELOP YOUR OWN TALENT. Look at what programs like Butler, VCU, Wichita State, Gonzaga, and a host of others have done. Hire a good young coach who has potential. Give him what he needs to be successful. Give him time. And sit back and enjoy.
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Pssssttt!...Stop, they aren't going to hire him.
 
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ochocinco said:
none of that is true.
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2008–2009 UCLA 26–9 13–5 2nd NCAA Round of 32
2009–2010 UCLA 14–18 8–10 T–5th
2010–2011 UCLA 23–11 13–5 2nd NCAA Round of 32
2011–2012 UCLA 19–14 11–7 T–5th
2012–2013 UCLA 25–10 13–5 1st NCAA Round of 64

OK. So, they did win a first round game twice in those 5 years but they also didn't even make the tournament in two of those years!

Also, he alienated the entire athletic dept and the area HS and AAU coaches, had 11 players in 5 years transfer out and WAS FIRED AT UCLA.

How can you not win at UCLA? Lone Lawyer said his 93 yr old mother could take UCLA to the Elite 8. Howland couldn't even get to the Sweet 16 in his last 5 years at UCLA.
 
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armchair said:
You've got to be a family member or maybe his agent. Should we put him in the Hall of Fame tomorrow or the day after? I'm sure the guy has potential. Yet that happens to be true of about 100 coaches--assistants or youngish head coaches--in the game. People achieve things--and /then/ they move up the ladder. That's the way it works. This guy is so good he should just skip UT and wait for the Duke job, or take the next available NBA job. Also, we may be overvaluing the Smart/VCU connection. I think Smart is a good coach, like the defensive style (though notice how consistently VCU has problems making shots in the second half--I think they wear themselves out) --and he's building VCU into a respectable program, but it's also true that he hasn't done anything that hasn't been done by other mid-majors that have one good tournament run. There have been PLENTY of can't miss assistants from big programs who got nice head-coaching gigs based on their association with successful heads--and then flamed out. Let's keep things in perspective, Mom.
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Funny you mentioned the Duke job, thirty years ago they hired a little known coach from Army no one had hardly heard of. That one worked out pretty good for them.
 
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lincolncovol said:
Funny you mentioned the Duke job, thirty years ago they hired a little known coach from Army no one had hardly heard of. That one worked out pretty good for them.
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The Duke students hung Coach K in effigy and wanted him fired during the first 3 years he was there.

How'd that work out for the Blue Devils.
 
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