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Post by Big D on Apr 22, 2024 18:34:04 GMT -5
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Post by Big D on Apr 21, 2024 7:27:30 GMT -5
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Post by Big D on Apr 20, 2024 15:59:00 GMT -5
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Post by Big D on Apr 18, 2024 19:57:40 GMT -5
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Post by Big D on Apr 18, 2024 18:15:59 GMT -5
Agree-Nice coach pickup here, would say our chances of getting both kids from Alter in portal have definitely increased. We need both if Sargent can make it happen! There is only 1 kid from Alter in the portal that we are recruiting: Jacob Conner.
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Post by Big D on Apr 17, 2024 21:17:08 GMT -5
South Carolina Beaufort (D2) transfer Marcus Overstreet has been talking to Coach Bere and Coach Goff
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Post by Big D on Apr 17, 2024 21:03:43 GMT -5
Brian Cooley would be the smart choice, I’m afraid WSU will go with the easy choice and promote Brown to AD and Sargent as the next basketball coach just because it will be easier and cheaper to stick with the status quo. I like Sargent but he isn’t a program builder. He does a good job recruiting but he likes to recruit a small group of players each year and does a good job landing a couple of them. He isn’t equipped to refill 1/2 to 3/4 of a roster the way he recruits. I would have liked Cole to be added in Tae Gibbs role. It would have been the next step up the coaching ladder, not a full blown assistant. Cole has absolutely no recruiting experience and more importantly no recruiting connections. Half the battle of recruiting is getting past the gate keepers, which are the high school and AAU coaches. If those guys like you, you have an in with their players. Cole currently brings nothing to the table from that regards. I think Cole will eventually be a good recruiter but it is going to take some time. I wrote the first quote before Clint was hired and the second after Cole was added as our last assistant coach able to recruit off campus. After losing Webber today it is pretty imperative that they both prove me wrong. We now have 5 open scholarships for next year and some glaring holes to fill. The only player Clint has offered a scholarship to since being named head coach decided to attend the worst program in the HL instead of coming to Wright State. Honestly, that was a straight kick to the balls for the program. The staff needs to step up their game big time and start making good additions to the roster for next year.
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Post by Big D on Apr 16, 2024 20:18:21 GMT -5
Gentry and Goff just reached out to Air Force transfer
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Post by Big D on Apr 16, 2024 11:15:48 GMT -5
Do we even have an opening for another full time assistant coach or just a player development position? Feels like maybe we should be tempering our expectations for how big of an impact the remaining staff position is going to be. I’m 2023 the NCAA changed the rules for the number of assistant coaches allowed. I am not sure what the exact rule is and how many of those coaches can recruit off campus etc.
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Post by Big D on Apr 16, 2024 6:27:02 GMT -5
Would love to see Wright State bring in some players from Overseas. Seemed like Wright State was one of the first teams to bring in Foreign players, beginning with the Underhill era. Players like Herriman, Potapenko, Sheinfeld, Nahar, Kos and I think Bruno Peterson was from Latvia. Can anyone think of any other foreign players who played for Wright State? As Runt pointed out, those days are long gone and not coming back for us, at least with our current coaching staff. As I mentioned a few posts back when I brought up what Cole Gentry lacked as a recruiter, it is all about relationships. A very large part of recruiting is knowing who to recruit and getting your foot in the door. Underhill was able to bring in overseas recruits in a large part because he knew overseas scouts that would tell him they had a handful of kids it would be worth taking a look at. Those scouts made sure those kids would be interested in the chance to come to the US and going to school at WSU. They would also make sure those kids would be able to get through the NCAA clearinghouse. Underhill would travel overseas every other year to take a look at those kids then. We don’t have a coach on our staff with any of those connections and like Runt pointed out, kids overseas now know they have much better options to come to the US than coming to WSU. Nowadays more foreign players also come to the US and spend a year at prep schools to get the exposure they need to get scholarships. Ultimately, it isn’t a goal of our coaching staff to bring in foreign recruits. If anything, I know they would like to recruit better locally in Ohio.
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Post by Big D on Apr 15, 2024 19:56:11 GMT -5
I was surprised that we could get him away from Colorado St so soon, especially since they extended their coach another 5 years with options for more money ($1.7 mil now to $2 mil in option year 7), which I assume more money also went down to the assistants too. I also thought Nagy might also try to get Gentry on his bench, after losing another coach today. Cole Gentry was a graduate assistant at his last 2 stops. You basically get to go to graduate school for free and get a small stipend in those roles. CSU’s coach probably has a bigger budget in his contract for suits than what they give graduate assistants. In regards to Cole joining our staff, I’m withholding full judgment pending on how Sargent completes his staff. The press release says he has 1 spot left to fill. I think he needed to add a veteran coach that will bring new ideas to the table. A guy that coaches zone with Ohio recruiting ties would have been a huge bonus. I still hope that occurs with that final ire. I would have liked Cole to be added in Tae Gibbs role. It would have been the next step up the coaching ladder, not a full blown assistant. Cole has absolutely no recruiting experience and more importantly no recruiting connections. Half the battle of recruiting is getting past the gate keepers, which are the high school and AAU coaches. If those guys like you, you have an in with their players. Cole currently brings nothing to the table from that regards. I think Cole will eventually be a good recruiter but it is going to take some time. When it comes to the staff in it’s entirety, we have very little experience. Sargent is a first time head coach. He only had 8 years experience as an assistant coach before that and it has all been while he was here at WSU. Trice only has 3 years of college coaching experience and all of that has been here. Bere is our most experienced assistant coach with 18 years experience as an assistant at WSU, Jacksonville, and Fort Wayne. Im happy for Cole and the rest of the staff. I just hope we make a really good hire with that last spot.
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Post by Big D on Apr 11, 2024 21:56:15 GMT -5
If I’m not mistaken, Kaden can take a free transfer here, due to coaching change, then still use a no-sit transfer later if he decides. This seems like a smart move for him. Not really and it doesn't matter anyways. Not really in the fact that he left before the coaching change, so if that rule was still in existence, he wouldn't qualify for that exemption. It doesn't matter anyways because that rule got shot down by the courts. Kids can transfer every year now without having to sit out.
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Post by Big D on Apr 11, 2024 19:38:03 GMT -5
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Post by Big D on Apr 11, 2024 18:20:35 GMT -5
Silly question. When the Raiders play at NKU, do they drive back and forth for each game, or do they stay in hotels? Drive back and forth
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Post by Big D on Apr 10, 2024 21:51:55 GMT -5
William & Mary transfer Charlie Williams is talking to Coach Goff. He was recruited by Wright State out of high school. Headed to Lipscomb
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