New Assistant: Brenden Straughn [Now confirmed]

[dasher]

It was a simple question. I never said it wasn’t a good hire. I was more surprised he never had any head coaching experience. That is not the USUAL career ladder.

Bottom line, it’s easier to coach talent than non talent. So getting the talent is priority number 1. To my point that as long as he recruits the heck out of DMV and Philly I don’t care about anything else. Which I also mentioned in my post, which was ignored.

Priority number 2 is coaching the talent. And I may be mistaken but we now have 4 coaches, and I don’t believe any of them have ever been a head coach before. Think that is a little startling. That was one of the reasons I was not too keen on keeping both assistants. We need a stud recruiter and a previous experienced bench coach that red can throw ideas off. Yes he coached beside Jim. But on game days he didn’t appear to have much of a roll like all the other coaches. Sometimes you need guys that have been there and done that to remind you of things you don’t think of as the game is progressing.

I think the guy I wanted to have Head coaching experience was the guy we picked for the top job. A journeyman ass't doesn't really matter to me. Red is going to make mistakes next year that he probably won't be making in year 3. But a ass't that has head coaching experience was not anywhere near the top of my list as a ass't coach. I get your opinion. Just not that important to me. I wanted a recruiting stud. Another Weaver or Murphy.

 

[Carduccib]

Sounds good to me. And if Red's planning on emphasizing Philly kids, would it be reasonable to expect a home-and-home with Nova/St. Joe's/Temple in future schedules?

Villanova series would be heavenly

 

[Ozone!]

 

[OptimusOtto]

Looks good. Knows a ton of the right people. Only possible negative (for some) is that he was another guard (5'10"). Is that too short?

https://ucf./news/who-these-guys-are-brendan-straughn

Nobody asked Red in his intro presser if the minimum height requirement to comment on basketball strategy has been lifted.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

I think the guy I wanted to have Head coaching experience was the guy we picked for the top job. A journeyman ass't doesn't really matter to me. Red is going to make mistakes next year that he probably won't be making in year 3. But a ass't that has head coaching experience was not anywhere near the top of my list as a ass't coach. I get your opinion. Just not that important to me. I wanted a recruiting stud. Another Weaver or Murphy.

His background is very similar to Troy Weaver's. Let's hope the results are similar.

Troy Weaver - Wikiwand

Troy Weaver is an American basketball executive. He is the senior advisor for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

www.wikiwand.com

 

[Franz69]

It was a simple question. I never said it wasn’t a good hire. I was more surprised he never had any head coaching experience. That is not the USUAL career ladder.

Bottom line, it’s easier to coach talent than non talent. So getting the talent is priority number 1. To my point that as long as he recruits the heck out of DMV and Philly I don’t care about anything else. Which I also mentioned in my post, which was ignored.

Priority number 2 is coaching the talent. And I may be mistaken but we now have 4 coaches, and I don’t believe any of them have ever been a head coach before. Think that is a little startling. That was one of the reasons I was not too keen on keeping both assistants. We need a stud recruiter and a previous experienced bench coach that red can throw ideas off. Yes he coached beside Jim. But on game days he didn’t appear to have much of a roll like all the other coaches. Sometimes you need guys that have been there and done that to remind you of things you don’t think of as the game is progressing.

I believe there's new rules where two more coaches can be added to the staff, but they don't recruit. So if Red feels he needs a veteran coach or two, they can be added.

 

[dasher]

I’m sure Red at least knows him from when Straughn coached at Take Over and Eleanor Roosevelt. Those were Reds first 4-5 years here. I’m sure we watched or recruited some of his players. They just never coached together.

Pretty sure this guy recruited Red's son

 

[orangefog]

Any chance we get back in to it with Derik Queen?

 

[OrlandoCuse]

This is worth the watch. Great insight on the life of a young, aspiring coach and the ins and outs of recruiting. Can’t help but like this guy. Could be a home run hire.

 

[Sbucketball]

Any chance we get back in to it with Derik Queen?

I would say there's a Straughn chance we do.

 

[Niastri]

Are any guys we would want in the portal linked to Straughn? He might be a strategic choice, but getting one really good player could make this hire tactical as well. For both sides.

I could see a player saying "I'd love to play for you, coach Straughn, but I need to go to a big time school."

Bam! Coaches Straughn and Autry from Big Time School come knocking a week later.

 

[pwong]

Wonder who the transfer will be

 

[Cusesky8214]

Man I haven't been this excited about cuse basketball in a long time! Let's go!!!

 

[Antiprodigy]

Wonder who the transfer will be

Any recent ex-Takeover players who would be Transfer options?

 

[Hopkins16]

New season can't come too soon.

 

[SUOrangeSU]

There anybody on GW that was high level?

 

[Nicknack]

And Staughn will bring with him a high profile transfer?

Hell effin yeah.

 

[Cuse4455]

There anybody on GW that was high level?

Their PG avged 21 PPG this season.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

Any recent ex-Takeover players who would be Transfer options?

How about Armando Bacot or Hunter Dickinson. And that is just a couple former TTO guys.

Team Takeover (DC) Players - RealGM

Team Takeover (DC) Players - RealGM

basketball.realgm.com

 

[pwong]

James Bishop was GW’s best player and from Baltimore? Originally committed to LSU. Not sure if he was a Team Takeover kid though

 

[djcon57]

This would have to help keeping Benny around, right?
...and Taylor, I guess too

 

[SuFTW]

It was a simple question. I never said it wasn’t a good hire. I was more surprised he never had any head coaching experience. That is not the USUAL career ladder.

Bottom line, it’s easier to coach talent than non talent. So getting the talent is priority number 1. To my point that as long as he recruits the heck out of DMV and Philly I don’t care about anything else. Which I also mentioned in my post, which was ignored.

Priority number 2 is coaching the talent. And I may be mistaken but we now have 4 coaches, and I don’t believe any of them have ever been a head coach before. Think that is a little startling. That was one of the reasons I was not too keen on keeping both assistants. We need a stud recruiter and a previous experienced bench coach that red can throw ideas off. Yes he coached beside Jim. But on game days he didn’t appear to have much of a roll like all the other coaches. Sometimes you need guys that have been there and done that to remind you of things you don’t think of as the game is progressing.

Is that really true about the career path though? I would think there would be a lot of people in a grad assistant to assistant pathway like McNamara. Jon Scheyer, Hubert Davis and Greg Paulus seem to have gone this route as well.

 

[Fly Rodder]

Wonder who the transfer will be

if he's from GWU, not sure. Not a ton of guys on their roster that would profile, IMO, as a P5 starter.
This guy is interesting

Maximus Edwards College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

Maximus Edwards - Stats, Game Logs, Splits, and much more

www.sports-reference.com

 

[kidorange]

Any recent ex-Takeover players who would be Transfer options?

Benny Williams? Someone said he'd be our biggest portal pickup. I didn't click for an explanation on that but maybe it holds water.

 

[LAOrange]

DMV AND Philly? You can recruit entire great teams from those two places alone.

Looks like I'll be spending a lot more time on this board than I have in the past five years...

I've spent more time on the board in the last week than the whole season.