lets just say its a dream job until a major pay raise is offered
better than being a 'good first experience, will bail first chance I get', like a new MBB coach at Bake or CSUN
Yes but remember when our New WVB coach said Long Beach was his dream job and one year later bye bye.
This hire is even better than I had hoped we could do. I assumed we'd attract someone with energy and charisma but someone without much experience. Acker has plenty building up to this. Love his strong convictions, competitiveness, clear direction for how a great defense will flow into a strong offense. Added bonus this is a 'dream job' so maybe a bit of a chance to hold onto him if he's successful.
Now the fun part. Working through the portal with little NIL funds and finding those raw gems with the right attitude to fill up the team. I think if he can get his type of players, the rest will fall into place.
Rob he was pretty impressive and convincing.
Man, just the comments alone about Coach Acker and I can't wait to watch this later at home!
Wow. All I gotta say about this intro to Coach Acker! Impressive man: energy, confidence, conviction, charisma and vision.
From Steve Fisher (weird to see coach Fisher say "Go Beach!" haha) to Brian Acker, glowing words on a video put together by the athletics department from colleagues in the industry. Very obvious that he's been a rising star in the college basketball world.
* He's trying to retain players on the fence (current players).
* This guy is gonna build a strong, winning culture.
* Mentioned defensive emphasis with no compromise + running offense (transitions). He mentioned that players coming in are going to have to be TOUGH on defense and have a high basketball IQ. Boom.
* Emphasized again that this is his DREAM JOB. A reminder again that LB State has had a rich legacy that people do remember - a bit of those intangibles that we know of. This is being revived.
There's a tangible excitement in the air folks!!!
I recommend re-watching the conference: https://www.youtube.com/live/bLEbM46SwLY?feature=shared
GO BEACH!!!
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