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The coaches convention is this weekend at the Final Four, so things should loosen up soon.
CDS staff speculation.
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This is why i'm hoping we might see a hire or two next week.
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I wonder if we see someone familiar land at ND.
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One thing to keep in mind is that CDS doesn't really have a staff of his own that he can bring with him because he was an assistant in the NBA rather than a head coach at some other place. His last staff at Pacific were primarily west coast guys and don't believe any had P5 experience (although it's possible I missed something along the lines). None really make a lot of sense here from what I can tell.
Overall there aren't any natural quick hires that I could see if we weren't going to retain anybody from the previous staff. So we'll probably have to wait until the musical chairs dies down a bit so anyone gunning for a HC spot knows whether they have it or not, and the better jobs, relative to other openings not just us, start to fill out. Was hoping we'd have at least one hired by this point to help with recruiting but I agree with the poster who mentioned the coaches convention as a likely major timing point about that.
He expects CMS to bring one from PSU and retain one from ND
Hold your horses, bro. I put in my application pretty late. I've been told the results if the background check are starting to come in ....
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Pastner was hired April 8th so it was about the month mark that he finished his staff. CDS was hired March 13th. I doubt we want to wait until mid April to make any assistant hires due to how quickly the portal moves and how much we really need to take advantage of it this year. Longer our staff is up in the air the harder it will be to get what we need from the portal.
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Well if they are doing a background check, then you are doomedHold your horses, bro. I put in my application pretty late. I've been told the results if the background check are starting to come in ....
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Another data point: Syracuse has yet to officially announce their hire for their lone vacancy, though the leading candidate is widely known.
Well if they are doing a background check, then you are doomed
(Bro, what if the GT administration are lookin'?)
I mean, I respectfully disagree with your assertion, Jimothy.
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I heard from my super secret sources who are, without a doubt, the most plugged in of all the sources out there, that @kg01 would be a shoo-in for the new staff if he can facilitate a massive NIL deal from Mayfield Ice Cream
(Bro, what if the GT administration are lookin'?)
I mean, I respectfully disagree with your assertion, Jimothy.
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Cuse,
How do you feel about Autry keeping the previous staff intact and who is the candidate for the last spot?
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Do we pay for them to check ice cream preferences?Well if they are doing a background check, then you are doomed
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Your ice cream decisions suck!!!!After a mild amount of back n forth ....
Congrats?
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The convention is during a bb recruiting dead period.
CDS time to put together at least 2 coaching hires unless he is looking for NBA related coaches.
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I'm neutral. Hard to know how much the assistants were helped/hurt by Boeheim's system. GMac and Griffin have their pros/cons e.g., Griffin gets credit for developing Edwards and has the strongest recruiting resume behind Autry (HC).
The rumored assistant is Brenden Straughn who is coming from George Washington. A few interesting things: 1) When Syracuse was in its heyday, they did it by winning the recruiting game in NY/NJ, Philly and the DMV. Straughn is considered an elite recruiter from the area with deep ties to Team Takeover (AAU). 2) Via that connection, Straughn is tied to Justin Moore ('Nova transfer) and Donnie Freeman ('24 top 25 recruit) and has Syracuse firmly in the mix, if not leading for both. 3) I hate this part, but Straughn also got a commit from Trey Autry to George Washington, a '23 recruit and the son of Adrian Autry. After the Buddy Boeheim fiasco (not on court per se, but ripple effect to recruiting), I am hesitant about ramifications here as well.
I expect the assistant announcement to come after the Final 4, as is the case with many teams.
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Of course, Syracuse announced the hire of Straughn this morning after my post. Had been in the works for weeks.