Pastner Staff Thread

[awbuzz]

Kind of hard to believe that he doesn't have someone official yet.

 

[dtm1997]

FTRS is reported an unconfirmed story on Mike Biddy.. I like that idea a lot, particularly in working with the point guards.

He used Stoudemirer at Memphis and learned from Coach Cal on having an NBA point guard on your staff helps with the point guards.

Part of me agrees, part of me disagrees.

It would be amazing to have such a high level NBA talent to work with our PGs. However, this would be another example of Pastner hiring his buddies (a omplaint of the Memphis fan base) and Bibby has no experience recruiting at the college level. For the latter reasons, I'd pass on Bibby because you've got no indication he's ready & willing to grind it out on the trail and if you hire him for one of the non-recruiting roles, you lose that spot that could be better used on a guy with local contacts.

Let Bibby go be Zona's Dir/Ops first. He made plenty of money in the NBA. He may be happy just coaching at the HS level, as he said in the original clickbait article FTRS got the info from.

 

[Peacone36]

I agree. We aren't there.

And while there are no sure things in putting a staff together. There are surer things than Bibby. Who I am a big fan of BTW

 

[RyanS12]

Part of me agrees, part of me disagrees.

It would be amazing to have such a high level NBA talent to work with our PGs. However, this would be another example of Pastner hiring his buddies (a omplaint of the Memphis fan base) and Bibby has no experience recruiting at the college level. For the latter reasons, I'd pass on Bibby because you've got no indication he's ready & willing to grind it out on the trail and if you hire him for one of the non-recruiting roles, you lose that spot that could be better used on a guy with local contacts.

Let Bibby go be Zona's Dir/Ops first. He made plenty of money in the NBA. He may be happy just coaching at the HS level, as he said in the original clickbait article FTRS got the info from.

Hell, if he wants to hire former star college and NBA pgs as assistant coaches then bring in Kenny. He's been begging for the job.

 

[kg01]

Part of me agrees, part of me disagrees.

It would be amazing to have such a high level NBA talent to work with our PGs. However, this would be another example of Pastner hiring his buddies (a omplaint of the Memphis fan base) and Bibby has no experience recruiting at the college level. For the latter reasons, I'd pass on Bibby because you've got no indication he's ready & willing to grind it out on the trail and if you hire him for one of the non-recruiting roles, you lose that spot that could be better used on a guy with local contacts.

Let Bibby go be Zona's Dir/Ops first. He made plenty of money in the NBA. He may be happy just coaching at the HS level, as he said in the original clickbait article FTRS got the info from.

I pretty much agree with this after putting some thought into it. I'd rather Coach be able to land high-caliber players without having to hire their relatives. I'd love to land Bibby as he's apparently a good prospect in his own right. Dude plays just like his dad. It's uncanny. And he's a knock-down shooter.

@RyanS12 , I love KA but (as has been stated and restated) he's got to get his life together. It doesn't matter how bad he wants on the staff.

 

[dtm1997]

The former GT star to hire will be Jarrett Jack when he decides to retire. He's a GT grad, a notorious film junkie and knows EVERYBODY. Also, a sneakerhead.

RE: Bibby Jr, if his dad wants him to start off on his own path, there's no reason he can't still send him to GT without expecting a job.

I didn't post the original clickbait article from Arizona because it was some dude basically saying Pastner's Past Behavior + Pastner's homeboy + Pastner's Homeboy's hoops playing son = story.

 

[orientalnc]

I pretty much agree with this after putting some thought into it. I'd rather Coach be able to land high-caliber players without having to hire their relatives. I'd love to land Bibby as he's apparently a good prospect in his own right. Dude plays just like his dad. It's uncanny. And he's a knock-down shooter.

@RyanS12 , I love KA but (as has been stated and restated) he's got to get his life together. It doesn't matter how bad he wants on the staff.

Rather than travel to faraway high school games, it seems Bibby wanted to watch his son play. I'm OK with that priority.

 

[kg01]

Rather than travel to faraway high school games, it seems Bibby wanted to watch his son play. I'm OK with that priority.

I'm not sure how your post is a response to what I wrote. I agree with you, though. At the end of the day, this was all a made-up theory by the guy who wrote that article. The author also represents that Bibby has a desire to get into coaching at the next level but I'm not inclined to believe that either. As you said, it could be that he just wanted to coach his son.

I don't get that desire, btw. When I coached my son I didn't like it because you end up spending more time coaching other people's kids (and their parents) but I digress.

 

[chrsw003]

The former GT star to hire will be Jarrett Jack when he decides to retire. He's a GT grad, a notorious film junkie and knows EVERYBODY. Also, a sneakerhead.

RE: Bibby Jr, if his dad wants him to start off on his own path, there's no reason he can't still send him to GT without expecting a job.

I didn't post the original clickbait article from Arizona because it was some dude basically saying Pastner's Past Behavior + Pastner's homeboy + Pastner's Homeboy's hoops playing son = story.

I would like Jack too but just curious what him being a sneakerhead has anything to do with coaching? Lol

 

[Peacone36]

It has nothing directly to do with coaching but he may speak up as to the apparel situation at Tech

 

[RyanS12]

If we want a former player on the staff hire Clearance Moore. He was the head coach at Eastern Kentucky for a few years.

 

[TheSilasSonRising]

Hell, if he wants to hire former star college and NBA pgs as assistant coaches then bring in Kenny. He's been begging for the job.

That does not mean he is best for the job.

We need to let CJP hire his people in his time, not ours.

That is what he is paid for.

 

[Techster]

That does not mean he is best for the job.

We need to let CJP hire his people in his time, not ours.

That is what he is paid for.

That's the problem with some fans. Everyone knows messageboarders will ALWAYS make a better hire than the administration and staff...

 

[AE 87]

I know he's working hard to complete recruitment, but more staff would help. catch-22

 

[Stinger90]

I love KA but (as has been stated and restated) he's got to get his life together. It doesn't matter how bad he wants on the staff.

What has Kenny done now to show he needs to get his life together? I've seen nothing in his tweets...Maybe I'm missing something ?

 

[Northeast Stinger]

I would like Jack too but just curious what him being a sneakerhead has anything to do with coaching? Lol

Wait, he is huffing sneakers?

 

[kg01]

What has Kenny done now to show he needs to get his life together? I've seen nothing in his tweets...Maybe I'm missing something ?

I don't think anything has happened lately but the coaching gig he landed a few years ago ended in embarrassing fashion before he coached a game. I hope he's fine now but I don't think he's paid his (coaching) dues regardless though.

 

[dtm1997]

I would like Jack too but just curious what him being a sneakerhead has anything to do with coaching? Lol

In mentioning Jack, I should've mentioned he's still 5-10 years away from potentially becoming a coach, if that's even what he wants to do.

Being a sneakerhead is part of his relatability to today's kids.

 

[gt02]

so who did we hire?

 

[IronJacket7]

No one yet.