Jim Boylen

[CrossCyed]

I'm not sure why Keno is needed for Iowa connections if you've got Hoiberg. We need someone more in the Lutz mold for one of the assistant spots, a former HC if possible, and not one that caught lightning in a bottle for one year with his dad's guys and then flamed out in a pretty spectacular way.

[Cyforce]

I'm lost. I think the notion that Fred would hire Boylen to get Clyburn is a complete fail. Hiring Boylen to be an assistant wouldn't be a fail. Well, it could be, but I don't know enough about him to say.

that's my point, nobody in this thread knows that much about Boylen other that Clayburn left Utah because he got fired. If we're gonna start selling coaching positions (which is exactly what this thread is about) to get players we should get better players with more years to play.

Now to say it in a less offensive manner, hire a coach with strong AAU ties.

[BeTheCyclone]

Part of me is wishing this had happened a week earlier so we could have had a shot at Jeff Capel.

I'm confused. Has Capel actually been hired by someone, presumably Missouri?

[bostrem00]

Quin Snyder Ftw!

[Mowilly]

I have no idea if Clyburn is coming or not and if Boylan is connected to him or not in a recruiting sense. I don't even know if he is a good fit. He is a good coach w/ a decent track record IMO. Many people know of him and he was rumored to have nearly landed several jobs last March including Iowa before withdrawing

Boylan was an assistant under Jud Heathcoate and Tom Izzo. He also worked in the NBA under Rudy T in Houston and won 2 NBA rings as an assistant w/ the Rockets. Later, he was on the staff of the Warriors and the Bucks. Jim Boylan sits down w/ elite NBA Coaches and collegiate staffs and is not out of place at the table. Most feel he was jobbed in Salt Lake.

He did what I thought was a nice job at Utah winning a conference title, a conference tourney title and 1 NCAA bid in his four years. Having first hand knowledge of that program, I can assure you that it was gutted by his predecessor. Utah is a proud hoops school who is desperate to right the ship as it goes to the Pac 12. I find it hard to believe that Larry Kristowiak will do any better but I wish him well.

He is a Michigan native and has deep ties to the state. Had we done any search at all last year (I am glad we did not- we would have hoped that he might have been at least considered)

He is so much more accomplished Keno Davis it is beyond silly to most NBA types-IMO

[swarthmoreCY]

It's comical that you come accross like you want Boylen for any other reason than to help land Clyburn. If Fred wanted to sell a coaching job to get players he'd be better served with an AAU coach.

Cydkar, this whole thread is a fail.

Those that follow basketball realize that Boylen would have been a potential candidate regardless of Clyburn's interest in ISU. You must not be familiar with him:

-4 years as a head coach bringing Utah two the NCAA in Year 2
-2 years as a top assistant to Izzo
-11 years as an assistant in the NBA

[Bigguns]

that's my point, nobody in this thread knows that much about Boylen other that Clayburn left Utah because he got fired. If we're gonna start selling coaching positions (which is exactly what this thread is about) to get players we should get better players with more years to play.

Now to say it in a less offensive manner, hire a coach with strong AAU ties.

It may be what the thread is about but it was not the intention of the thread. I just wanted some talk about a possible assistant coach, and then I realized it was brought up in another thread.