I would be speaking with David Velazquez at SDSU. 5 year student manager (Knows how to work and grind) spent a number of years in player development. They've had great success and he played a major part in helping build it.
As a D1 former player, should our new coach get players who fit his structured philosophy or a coach who is more flexible and will adjust his systems to fit the players on his roster? In my opinion, CDM stuck with his systems on O and D even if it wasn't working with his players. What are your thoughts?
While we never like to see someone get fired a change needed to happen and now the right coach needs to be hired to sustain long term success.
I remember coming on my visit in the summer of 94 and visiting with Seth and the late Dave O'brien and the vision was for Long Beach to become the UMASS of the West. It turned out that Gonzaga became that and more.
I think it's important to hire a coach that has worked extensively at the mid-major level with tremendous success in recruiting as well as winning consistently. I remember Wayne always complaining about what we didn't have that Syracuse had. No shit coach. The next hire needs to understand the grind. Seth grinded. You have to understand the landscape of CBB at the LM/MM level. If you have a player that is putting up big numbers you are going to have to fight your ass off to keep him. NIL is real. On the other hand you have to be able to recruit off the high major rosters of guys that aren't playing like they thought they would be.
1. Have to recruit local and develop locally. Makes it harder for local players to leave when close to family. 70% of the roster should be within 60 miles of campus.
2. 1/2 HM transfers like mentioned above.
3. Try and find an assistant with international contacts.
This is the best job in the league and winning it at a 50% clip should be expected. We should want our HC to turn over because that means we are winning. This is a stepping stone job not a destination. Need to be honest with ourselves.
Here's to making a run in the conference tourney.
B-Yank
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