Basically what he said (reading between the lines). Nobody else worth a damn wanted it, TJ is cheap and wants to be here.
Official Announcement of TJ as the New Iowa State Mens BBall Coach
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Quickly paraphrasing from CW:
"If you watched UNLV basketball this year, and I watched every one, that was not TJ's style of play. [Long explanation on roster turnover forcing style of play to be slow.] Once he gets his guys it will be similar to Hoiball."
"If you watched UNLV basketball this year, and I watched every one, that was not TJ's style of play. [Long explanation on roster turnover forcing style of play to be slow.] Once he gets his guys it will be similar to Hoiball."
Anybody else find the line from Pollard about how on any given night 150 D1 teams can lose and it’s impossible for everybody to win a little strange?
These are bad reasons why...?
Worked with Hoiberg.
He wanted to be here (in 2011, at least) and was cheap (to start).
10th place will be in play next year. Hell, the last coach that won us the Big 12 finished in 9th or 10th 60% of the time.
Hiring during a pandemic I would think would be difficult too. I can’t imagine too many coaches who are somewhat comfortable where they are want to pack up their whole family and move right now.
Locking up those 3 would be a home run. Bringingone or two UNLV players/recruits would be a grand slam. That 4 star they have coming in the 2021 class is exactly the kind of guy the CF crybaby wing cries for all of the time.
Yeah, that was weird.
Otherwise though, to be honest, I like both videos that he put out this week; they were amateur-ish enough to the point where I felt they were really honest. They weren't slickly produced, and I thought some of his at time halting speech, accidentally calling San Diego State South Dakota State really lent a touch of authenticity to them that I found refreshing.
Rahshon Clark just asked the CF stream if he can be on TJ's staff lol
Agree, I am confident he will get the player, my concern is whether he will stress defense and rebounding enough. However, I have always believed at getting good players is 75% of the equation and coaching is the other 25%. Getting talent does not guarantee success, but if you don’t get the talent, you don’t have the opportunity to be successful. Talent identification is also critical. Just ask CMC.
Not Jenkins and Grill. Don't know much about the recruit. Put him along 4 star Foster and 4 star Hunter that might be a good start.
I don't think you get a Royce transfer to a struggling program away from bluebloods easily...but I do think you can find the Hogue type of player to plug in to fill a weakness in the roster.
Royce was actually still a bit of an unknown in several ways. We had guys like Kane, Clyburn and Shayok who were virtual can't miss transfers with an incredibly high floor.
No ****, but with the coach he committed changing to the school a current teammate is commited to obviously would help our chances.
I thought the whole presser was odd. Never seen an AD go to those lengths to explain his hiring decision to the fan base. However, I get why he felt that he needed to do i.
