Three D1 head coaching positions, 20 years of collegiate coaching experience, .665 winning percentage.
Seriously, I just said that all you're saying is Weber has coaching jobs on his resume and you lead off with this...
Forget that he went 2-12 to close out the season this year. Don't worry about that 55-66 conference record for the last 6 years. Making the tournament twice in the last 5 years? Sign me up!
In the other corner, we have "likes basketball", "thinks he'd do a good job" and "parents lived in Manhattan, KS for two years in the 70s!" ....
Here's what would have been your breakdown of Pat Riley before becoming coach of the Lakers:
"Likes basketball" and "has slick hair".
I think he worked out alright.
Here's a recap of one of Gottlieb's interviews. Please read it so you stop making garbage posts about Bruce Weber. Thanks in advance.
~ Doesn’t know if he’s a candidate ~ has had convos with administrators about state of program, what needs to happen, positive momentum
~ If KSU interested, he’d be thrilled to propose unique idea for program.
~ He would surround self with staff that covers obvious holes ~ former head coaches, dynamic recruiter, etc.
~He has studied how to transform on-air personality into recruiting personality
~A competition he enjoyed as a kid ~ Who could determine what offense being run quickest
~ Believes he has the right mixture of timing, luck, support, cast
~ Restates he thinks it’s a hell of a job
~ Confident the right guy will benefit from the returning core team
~ Would take a different approach to get through to kids than yelling like Frank
~ Discipline oriented program with a different spin
~ Like giving a kid sugar instead of spice, would equip positive reinforcement
~He’s a fan of Frank, but thinks the good timing would mix well with a positive attitude to build off what Frank left, softer message to players
~On recruiting vs the established coaches:
~Would sell the chance to play, style of play, relationship with coach, chance to get to league, etc.
~Faster paced secondary break style, similar to Ok State w/ Gottlieb ~ up and down, fun transition, pressure D, rebound
~ Tinker with offense, keep core defense intact
~ Why come play?: ~ Player-coach relationship ~ connection with kid ~ other great recruiters aboard ~ salesman
~He acknowledges the inexperience argument, but says “either you can do it or you can’t.”
~Towards the middle of the year would do individual based practices ~ break down and walk through things/aspects/tactics
~Talks about falling into broadcasting ~ Analyst job just happened, opportunity appeared before him ~ has always aspired to become a player, analyst, and coach.
~Believes that anybody else we hire ~ will be disadvantaged introducing being unknown to recruit until first meeting ~ Gottlieb doesn’t need to introduce w/ name recognition. ~ Lavin and Gottfried as examples.
~Doug’s already picked up the phone and called the guys he wants to join as staff
~Supports Underwood, but aware the guy is not known outside of KState.
~Thinks he’d bring an immediate buzz, but there’d also be substance behind buzz
~Would know where, how, who to recruit ~ supporting cast to fill in blanks
~Says good teams have great staffs ~ an undervalued aspect
~“You can do special things if given the resources and given the planning … yes, I’ve already done the legwork.”
~Process for KSU entails getting a hiring firm, vetting, interviews, vote of confidence from “godfather”
~Wants to sit down with Currie and explain exactly what his plan is with KSU
~ All for player-coach boundaries and accountability
~ One name that would be on his staff ~ Woljick (sp?) from Tulsa
~ Doug’s dad thinks the K-State idea is great
~ Nobody’s ever won without players, but nobody else was ever given the “pen” for playmaking freedom from Sutton like Gott did.
~ Thinks it’s a good job because of the big time facilities, league is stable and competitive, ESPN deal, well regarded job. Better job than before Huggy came along
