Basketball Asssitant Coaches

by R00T4UT on Mar 19, 2010 11:44 AM CDT

While this year was certainly disappointing, and Barnes' coaching of this team lacked considerably, I think he has done far to much for this program to be fired this offseason. I think he can be the coach to lead us to the promise land, but he needs to show next year that he is still leading Texas in that direction.

Instead of firing Barnes, I think we should look at bringing in some new assistant coaches. I don't want to get rid of all of our current staff, but brining in some new ideas (meaning probably not another former player of Barnes) could be very helpful (similar to what Robinson and McDuff, Chizik and then Muschamp did for the Mack and the football team).

But I don't know who the top assistants out there are. Unlike in football, where some coordinators are known just as well as their head coach, basketball staffs are all about the head man. So, I ask, who are the top assistants we could bring in to improve our basketball staff, and our basketball team?

Thanks, and Hook'em!

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We have the money

we can pry away assistant coaches from other big name basketball schools. Only question now is if Dodds and Barnes are on board with this.

by goingforthecorner on Mar 19, 2010 12:00 PM CDT reply actions

Dodds

I’m sure he’s on top of it. Just a matter of waiting out the NCAAs and seeing who he can shake loose. Assistants play a lot of different roles. We need a bench coach to manage substitutions and defenses. If we can bring in an offensive guru, so much the better. I like Barnes teaching the defense himself, but he could use experienced help developing point guards and big men. Add to that the need for recruiting connections and you can see we need a lot of help here.

Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. If they get mad, you're a mile away AND you have their shoes.

by Caradoc on Mar 19, 2010 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions

Would love to see a new offense installed.

Bring in Pete Carrill to teach the Princeton back-cut offense. How ’bout the Bobby Knight motion offense? Tear it down and turn it into the Paul Westhead Loyola Marymount Hank Gathers / Bo Kimble run & gun. With the talent that UT brings in annually, you know this would be interesting.

As bad as I’d like to see the offense changed, I think their biggest problem right now is the defense & rebounding. Bradley’s fine and J’Covan’s tries hard but JHam is one of the worst defenders I’ve ever seen. Let’s hope they buckle down in the next couple of years and learn how to man-up.

by robthecob on Mar 19, 2010 2:30 PM CDT reply actions

+1

if a group of private school white boys can run it and have success at the collegiate level, Imagine what we could do with the princeton offense. I love it too, instead of backdoor layups , our team would be and espn highlight reel every night.

by JRBTX on Mar 19, 2010 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions

Princeton

If you want to know what that offense looks like with athletes watch Georgetown.

'Til Gabriel blows his horn...

by mattyj on Mar 19, 2010 4:10 PM CDT up reply actions

i could live with that

i mean its no barnes hickory mulitple screen stand around O, but im up for something new.

by JRBTX on Mar 19, 2010 4:20 PM CDT up reply actions

would you be more upset..

..if you were Georgetown (3 seed) losing to Ohio?

by vy til i die on Mar 19, 2010 6:11 PM CDT up reply actions

Offensive system

You need a “pro” style system that will attract top recruits. I doubt many kids are looking to master the Princeton offense, but you might try whatever Utah runs since they seem to get a lot of back cuts. I’m used to watching the Spurs, and their offense does not seem too complicated. In any case, you want a system that freshmen can move into without a lot of extra work, since we are going to be concentrating on defense. And once you have a system established, stay with it so that it will only be the newcomers that have to learn it.

Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. If they get mad, you're a mile away AND you have their shoes.

by Caradoc on Mar 19, 2010 5:50 PM CDT up reply actions

the problem with that is that nba “pro” style systems can’t work nearly as well with college players. nba players, even on the worst teams, are the best players in the world. they are all fundamentally sound or just such freak athletes that they can get away with less fundamentals, but either way there is no way college players can consistently flourish using the same systems. watching the nba, how many open shots do they miss compared to watching the ut team this year?

by tim11ut on Mar 20, 2010 1:50 AM CDT up reply actions

So you have system for guys that can't hit open shots?

Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. If they get mad, you're a mile away AND you have their shoes.

by Caradoc on Mar 20, 2010 8:54 AM CDT up reply actions

+1

If the guys can’t hit open shots, no system is going to help them very much.

TEXAS FIGHT

by Darklust on Mar 22, 2010 1:12 AM CDT up reply actions

-1

What open shots are you referring to? Rarely in 2010, did you see any kickouts to wide-open Texas players, catching the defense out of position. Heck, you barely saw any meaningful off-ball screens that freed open shooters.

by Eskimohorn on Mar 22, 2010 9:19 AM CDT up reply actions

Mason and Balby got a lot of those

They just new better than to shot them

by Wells on Mar 23, 2010 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions

I was just talking about this with someone the other day.

It’s an excellent point. Seems like we need some separation between Rick and the team. He’s a great coach, but he seemed to do so much better as the Big Bad Boss Man. How has that changed in the past 4 years?

by The Mack Attack on Mar 19, 2010 5:08 PM CDT reply actions

Rick Barnes is a good coach

But I wonder if he’s humble and flexible enough to realize that he needs to change. Makes me really appreciate Mack Brown — we had trouble between younger and older players when Derry, Killebrew, Odwuegwu, Marcus Griffin, etc were starting over younger, more talented players. But Brown and the football coaches have really learned to balance loyalty and the need to play the best athlete.

My gut feel is the some or all of the freshman are punks and refuse to buy in, making it harder for Barnes to realize that they have a point.

by Kwix on Mar 19, 2010 8:35 PM CDT reply actions

I hear Sean Sutton is looking for a job.

shawnsuttonmugshot

Eddie must be proud.

by TXStampede on Mar 20, 2010 6:20 PM CDT reply actions

Not Sean

but what about some other ex head coaches who have been successful at some previous point in time but who have gotten canned for recent poor performance. They probably won’t be able to get another “big time” job and would have to go back to a small school and work their way back up, so they might be open to an assist job at a big time program (like Melvin Watkins going to Mizzou after being canned by A&M).

Two guys who come to mind are Likliter from Iowa, who had built a successful program at Butler before going to Iowa, and Ernie Kent at Oregon who had some successful years at Oregon before falling on hard times. I think these guys would be a big plus on the recruiting front too. I think a recruit might be more impressed if an Ernie Kent came into his house as opposed to Chris Ogden.

by gcinthewoods on Mar 21, 2010 11:51 PM CDT reply actions