Name the next head coach (a GMUJim tribute album)

[gmujim92]

This is gonna require some Edwards magic and a bag of cash, but I think we should go hard to steal Mike Rhoades from Rice.

Here are just a few reasons why I think he'd be a very attractive candidate:

1. He's an East Coast guy all the way -- played his college hoops in Pennsylvania, coached in Virginia -- who might jump at the opportunity to return to his northeast roots.

2. He has made magic at Rice, a perennial doormat in men's hoops. Rice's overall record is only 11-19, but he finished his first season 8-10 in C-USA and already has two top-100 recruits signed.

3. He has a gazillion contacts in the northeastern recruiting corridor, which just happens to be where we're getting most of our players these days.

4. He was the brains behind vcu's defensive system. Shaka has admitted as much.

5. C-USA (RPI 17) is no match for A-10 (RPI 7). Gonna be tough making the NCAAs out of a league that will be one bid most of the time. Our job is much more attractive now that we're in one of the best basketball leagues in America.

Can we convince Rhoades to leave a school that gave him his first D-I head coaching job after just one season? Who knows? But he's not going to be there forever anyhow ... may as well even the karmic score for Rick Barnes while we have a chance.

 

[gmujim92]

Only question on Shaver...and I hate to do this because I think he does a pretty good job at WM...is that he will be 62 next season. He might coach another 15 years...or he might decide in the next 5 he is done....

Definitely a consideration, although I would think he'd be energized by moving up on the food chain and getting a chance to recruit a level of athlete he (with a few notable exceptions) can't even get in the door with at W&M.

One thing not many people know about Shaver is he prefers to play full-court pressure D and up-tempo offense. His teams at Hampden-Sydney used to blow people's doors off.

He only changed to the modified Princeton when he got to W&M because he knew he'd never get the athletes to play 94 feet in the CAA.

 

[disgruntled]

Only question on Shaver...and I hate to do this because I think he does a pretty good job at WM...is that he will be 62 next season. He might coach another 15 years...or he might decide in the next 5 he is done....

This might be the perfect situation to get a good Xs and Os guy like Shaver to bring some maturity and stability to the program. This would likely be the last stop for him that might allow us to set up a measured transition to an up and comer that starts as an assistant with the Assoc Head Coach title bestowed within 3 - 4 years given hitting certain metrics. For example, not using all of your freaking timeouts with 5 minutes left in the game ( I jest). I think something like this could work for Shaver and the longer term prospect at HC.

 

[Walter]

This is gonna require some Edwards magic and a bag of cash, but I think we should go hard to steal Mike Rhoades from Rice.

Here are just a few reasons why I think he'd be a very attractive candidate:

1. He's an East Coast guy all the way -- played his college hoops in Pennsylvania, coached in Virginia -- who might jump at the opportunity to return to his northeast roots.

2. He has made magic at Rice, a perennial doormat in men's hoops. Rice's overall record is only 11-19, but he finished his first season 8-10 in C-USA and already has two top-100 recruits signed.

3. He has a gazillion contacts in the northeastern recruiting corridor, which just happens to be where we're getting most of our players these days.

4. He was the brains behind vcu's defensive system. Shaka has admitted as much.

5. C-USA (RPI 17) is no match for A-10 (RPI 7). Gonna be tough making the NCAAs out of a league that will be one bid most of the time. Our job is much more attractive now that we're in one of the best basketball leagues in America.

Can we convince Rhoades to leave a school that gave him his first D-I head coaching job after just one season? Who knows? But he's not going to be there forever anyhow ... may as well even the karmic score for Rick Barnes while we have a chance.

I wouldn't think we would be able to out bid Rice. Deep pockets at Rice.

 

[A.-Siegfried]

I wouldn't think we would be able to out bid Rice. Deep pockets at Rice.

And we don't even know if our pockets are deep enough to even need to compete with Rice. All this may be for nothing.

 

[Quentin Daniels]

Another name I'd be absolutely thrilled with is Rick Byrd out of Belmont. Has taken a former NAIA squad and turned it into a regular NCAA tournament team. He gave Duke all they could handle a couple years ago in the first round and they just knocked Murray State out of the Top 25 to win their conf. tourney.

I can't see him leaving Nashville for Fairfax, but would be a great hire.

 

[A.-Siegfried]

What about....

....Hubert Davis?

 

[JimP]

What about....

....Hubert Davis?

I liked Hubert as a Knick. I remember hearing him commentate during March Madness one year and he was dismissive of teams from non-power conferences getting at large bids. I think he mentioned GMU by name. I don't know anything about his coaching ability, but he'd have to change that mindset.

 

[GSII]

shaver has a hole to dig out of. Down 10 at the half.

 

[polepino]

What about....

....Hubert Davis?

I remember he ate at my restaurant with his son one time, definitely incognito since most people wouldn't recognize him.

 

[gmutom]

shaver has a hole to dig out of. Down 10 at the half.

Northeastern is playing great, and W&M is obviously gassed from double OT game last night. Thornton is struggling after playing 49 of 50 minutes last night, but the better team is definitely winning. NU has great shooters and some good athletes. Congrats to Coen getting them back to the NCAAT for the first time in 24 years.

 

[Walter]

I vote no to Shaver

 

[gmutom]

It ain't over yet. Tribe go on 16-0 run to cut the lead to 6 with 36 seconds. Unreal.

Update: NU knocked down FTs to hold on. What a fantastic game. Love this time of year.

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

I would be fine with Shaver. Very familiar with his style and have had good friends play for him at Hampden Sydney.

Just don't think he'd be interested. He's a UNC/southern type that I'm not sure is that motivated by cash to move somewhere he's not into moving to.

I like him though. He, like Cherry, are both already Jollay familiar, which I think is important for any new coach.

 

[GMUgemini]

I would be fine with Shaver. Very familiar with his style and have had good friends play for him at Hampden Sydney.

Just don't think he'd be interested. He's a UNC/southern type that I'm not sure is that motivated by cash to move somewhere he's not into moving to.

I like him though. He, like Cherry, are both already Jollay familiar, which I think is important for any new coach.

But Williamsburg is like the most boring town in the history of boring towns. It's like the place old folks go when they are too old to be in the old folks home. It's not like Charleston, or Charlotte, or Memphis, or Atlanta we're talking about, this is Williamsburg!

Hell, I'd rather live in St. Augustine, Florida, the other place that still likes to pretend it's the 17th Century. At least there you can get some damn good shrimp and grits on the beach, or some barbecue pork butt from a shack in the swamp, or a damn good Brazilian steak downtown. I mean, what's open in Williamsburg past 8:00, that really crappy Italian place?

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

But Williamsburg is like the most boring town in the history of boring towns. It's like the place old folks go when they are too old to be in the old folks home. It's not like Charleston, or Charlotte, or Memphis, or Atlanta we're talking about, this is Williamsburg!

Hell, I'd rather live in St. Augustine, Florida, the other place that still likes to pretend it's the 17th Century. At least there you can get some damn good shrimp and grits on the beach, or some barbecue pork butt from a shack in the swamp, or a damn good Brazilian steak downtown. I mean, what's open in Williamsburg past 8:00, that really crappy Italian place?

I actually one time flat out told him Williamsburg is the sleepiest place on the planet and how did he entice any high school kid to go there?

He gave me a spirited defense of the place...obvious he really loves it there.

I'd never go there, though, and I'm a history guy. Once played adult league baseball with a guy who pitched there...he said there were four hot girls in the entire college. I believed him completely.

 

[TweederGMU]

But Williamsburg is like the most boring town in the history of boring towns. It's like the place old folks go when they are too old to be in the old folks home. It's not like Charleston, or Charlotte, or Memphis, or Atlanta we're talking about, this is Williamsburg!

Hell, I'd rather live in St. Augustine, Florida, the other place that still likes to pretend it's the 17th Century. At least there you can get some damn good shrimp and grits on the beach, or some barbecue pork butt from a shack in the swamp, or a damn good Brazilian steak downtown. I mean, what's open in Williamsburg past 8:00, that really crappy Italian place?

Yea, not known for their food in the burg.

However, Water Country USA is the shit and Jamestown was cool as a kid. Busch Gardens is Busch Gardens. Shaver must like watching all the scattered a** at Water Country USA during the summer..... I hear he has a VIP lounge chair at the wave pool.

 

[G M U]

Could we pull Steve Prohm Murray State head coach? Young, native of Vienna Va., averages 25.5 wins per season over the last 4 seasons. Perhaps they get left out of the tournament and he realizes he needs to move to a bigger program/conference.

 

[p8triotfan4life]

Steve Massiello from Manhattan anyone? even though he lied on his resume, he's won the title 2 years in a row.

 

[gmujim92]

Prohm and Masiello are both likely to get offers from schools higher on the food chain than Mason, but either would be an excellent hire.