bulloni

Coach AAR was an assistant at Georgia under him so they have some type of relationship.

If Crean is a local it wouldn't be that crazy for him to come check out the team at some point and give his old assistant some pointers

8 minutes ago, michibull said:

You have to wonder, “why now?”. From all accounts, CAG seems to be well liked. Was he courted by a bigger school? Were the coaches not that high on him or was it a scheme change? Just seems odd to have it happen right before the spring game (still early enough to change schools, just seems like if you were to transfer, it would be right away). 

I think he was Jeff Scott's highest rated recruit. I could have seen him promised a certain amount of playing time to get him to commit.

New head coach, coordinator, and position coach come in and now when spring practice is almost over he transfers out? That makes me think he realized he didn't like how the depth chart was shaking out

2 hours ago, Dave_Glaser said:

Another: This is a kid who our new coach signed at Kennesaw who got his release . . . 

 

doesn't seem like the biggest prospect, normally would have me nervous but he seems to have a great frame and mobility for a 17 year old 7 footer.

Should have a high floor of at least a defensive contributor

Spring game being streamed on ESPN+ and broadcasted on 102.5

Refreshing to have a coach that isn't so unconfident in his team he resorts to stupid **** like hiding the spring game

The April 19th board meeting has recently had "Special BOT Meeting" added to the description. 

I think that usually means some type of contract is being approved. No clue if its OCS related

Sounds like someone told Golesh to speak more like a politician

9 minutes ago, Cmr3 said:

He wasn’t very good, he was decent at scoring down low only if he caught it close to the rim with in a couple feet. If he ever had to post up a player from let’s say 10 feet  and back them down he missed it the shot most of the time. Also, I don’t know how many time someone passed him the ball and instead of dunking it he would try to lay it in and miss it. 
 

cory walker in my opinion  is way better option and didn’t really get a fair chance with Gregory, he would do some dumb stuff here and there but with the right coach he should be ok. I also like the other freshman center, forgot his name. He might of had more blocks in the couple games he played then tchewa. 

Dok definitely has the potential to be more of a modern rim-running big that can shoot 3's on offense and rim protect on defense.

In 80 minutes Dok had 5 blocks, in 941 minutes Russ had 8 blocks. There's a reason he had offers from Oregon State and LSU. Lets see if a different coach can tap his potential a little better.

12 minutes ago, Cmr3 said:

Honestly I wasn’t that high on  Russell Tchewa this is coming from someone that watched every game, seems like he couldn’t jump over a can. He missed a lot close shots and he barely ever had blocks, look at the stats. 

I much rather have a big man that can throw it down and play good defense. If he tries to go to any big school he’ll be a back up.

At USF he has 20 total blocks across 1927 minutes. That is beyond pathetic for a 7 footer

5 minutes ago, Bull94 said:

nah modern game isn't played with big post guys. they clog up the lane. I liked Tchewa but he is old school.

you need fives that can hit the 3.

Might be right. Looks like Kennesaw State's biggest guy to get over 10 MPG last year was 6'8 264. Coach might be trying to build a team that can run and push the pace.

The 16 seed that beat Purdue and 7'4 Edey had nobody touch the court over 6'6. Going small and fast can work.

12 minutes ago, 79 Bull said:

CAG is just excited to move things forward and that I love.  He probably got a little talking to about tempering the ground breaking talk until it's official.  I do love that maybe he is just trying to make things happen sooner by saying it in public.  Taking the "don't ask for permission, but foregiveness" route sometimes works in your favor.

I think that would be a red flag, trying to power play the boss before the first game. If I had to guess SOMETHING related is happening this summer:

• Softball fields at that current site being demolished, other prep work done. Technically "breaking ground"
• Above + breaking ground on the attached football facility while they finish up the designs for the stadium
• Golesh wasn't wrong, but this is such a big deal and a long time coming USF wants to make the announcement in a more formal way

the daily stampede guys hinting that Rahim is cleaning house

yikes

I'd argue a coach bringing his own guys is different than Gregory going to get guys he never coached before, in regards to them being a level below.

In 2021 Western Kentucky football hired an OC from Houston Baptist (FCS). That coach brought along his QB Bailey Zappe and a receiver Jerreth Sterns. In year 1 their offense went from 19 PPG to 44 PPG. The QB threw for 6000 yards and 62 TD's. The receiver had 1900 receiving yards and 17 TD's.

Sometimes a trust with the coach and a familiarity with his system outweighs the fact that the player was originally recruited to a lower level.

Sounds like he's open to coming back

******* love this. Its been clear since we hired him that Golesh is obsessed with attention to detail, Idk how big of a deal this example is specifically but obsessing over the small things goes a long way in this game.

Really get Mike McDaniel/Sean McVay vibes from him

12 minutes ago, michibull said:

Yeah, I have hopes for a better season next year, but I am not expecting them to replicate last year. I think we have a deeper team than KSU, which will help with their transition. AAR will hopefully help as well. I don’t think for us to expect a .500 season next to be unrealistic, especially with Houston and Cincy gone. MBB is funny, because if you get the right mix of kids and a good coach, things can turn around fast.

Youngblood/Stroud/Jennings I believe all have 2 years of eligibility because the covid year. I think its fair to expect

Year 1: above .500 record, qualify for some postseason tourney. Even the CBI

Year 2: be competitive every game. just being on the bubble for selection Sunday would feel like a huge success after this last decade

If things are moving this quick you'd think we might be finding out what it looks like this summer too

On 3/31/2023 at 6:29 PM, olafberserker said:

How did you make that leap?

Youngblood was 1st team all conference and the leading scorer and Stroud was the conference's defensive player of the year.

The 2 best players on a conference championship team that was tied with #3 seed Xavier with 1 minute to go could find roster spots on one of the ~70 P5 teams.

5 minutes ago, JoeB said:

We couldn't afford Kingston.  South Carolina has a way bigger budget than us when it comes to a Head Baseball Coach.  If it wasn't them someone else from a power conference would have gotten him.

At what point is it cheaper for us to pony up to keep a good coach once we get one?

How much did Oregon out-bid us by for Taggart? 1.5 million per year? That's not much when you consider we've had to pay millions in buyout money on failed replacements since. And have lost all sorts of revenue because the team fell into the ****** with failed hires.

Just now, flsportsfan83 said:

you seem good at this. Any of our players enter the portal yet? Guess 9 players showed up for his meeting, and I see we have 10 on last years roster that were not Seniors. There is some dead weight (Boggs) that need to move on. 

Trey Moss entered the portal.

Jake Boggs, Keyshawn Bryant, Mark Calleja, Jamir Chaplin, Tyler Harris and Serrel Smith Jr. all participated in senior night so don't expect any of them back

Good sign. These guys could play at P5 schools, they must love their coach

Has averaged 6+ PPG on 38% from 3 the past two seasons. Assuming we get all 3 we will be getting Kennesaw State's 3 best returning players in terms of minutes played and PPG last season.

5 minutes ago, bulloni said:

Youngblood officially in the portal along with Brandon Stroud (9 Points, 6.5 board per game. 35% from 3)

Wow didn't realize Stroud was the Asun defensive player of the year. Getting the 2 best players on a tourney team should help immediately

2 hours ago, belgianbull said:

Youngblood would be huge. That alone could give us  a big boost next year in the win column. I have been a bit down on the USF basketball hire, but that alone could make me a buliever and make me excited about next season.

Youngblood officially in the portal along with Brandon Stroud (9 Points, 6.5 board per game. 35% from 3)

Top assistant for him and current Kennesaw State interim coach Ben Fletcher has followed USF on twitter. Should make it easier to recruit the players from their roster if we get the coach and top assistant.

I think his goal there and for us seems to be recruit locally. He has the Georgia connections and Fletcher has deep ties to Alabama. I'd be betting the next assistant is someone with connections in Florida.

Also their star player Chris Youngblood's dad has now followed USF basketball on twitter. Would be a big add, dude can light it up from 3.