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Karl Hobbs Interviewing for College of Charlestown HC Job

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Hopkins at Syracuse, Keats at Louisville, Capel at Duke, Orlando Early at NC State, Tony Stubblefield at Oregon, Jerome Tang at Baylor.
 
Can't believe we almost hired this guy after Huggins was fired. Oh how he has fallen down the ladder...
 
mbt0512 said:
If hired, would be quite the sight to see Hobbs on the opposite bench down in PR.. I imagine he was integral in shepherding Kromah to us last year, and Lasan's contributions were crucial at various points in the title-winning season. Good luck Karl, and it might be a good idea not to verbally assault your players :confused:
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No doubt Hobbs got us Kromah who I really enjoyed watching. Hobbs also was a big part of the Hamilton/Khaled recruiting process: aka one of the best if not the best recruiting job ever at Uconn! Really liked this guy and although a big loss he deserves to move into a head coaching job again. Wish him the best. #alwaysAhusky
 
Fishy said:
If Hobbs does go, I'd hope they'd throw some cash at a serious recruiter - that's the chink in the armor right now.
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Meh. Rather have another guy who bleeds our colors, and can talk about being a lottery pick & the tens of millions he made in the league.

Plus he's a clear answer to "who's your big-man coach?"

Honestly feel like recruiting is going to take care of itself if that's what we show up with.
 
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kobe said:
Can't believe we almost hired this guy after Huggins was fired. Oh how he has fallen down the ladder...
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He had GW ranked #5 in the country in the final poll one year.
 
upstater said:
He had GW ranked #5 in the country in the final poll one year.
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He didn't have the support to win at GW. No money for travel and recruiting and a pathetic budget for coaches. He is a very intense and personable coach.
 
Dino Gaudio was a hell of a recruiter at Wake Forest, but would probably only jump back into the coaching game with a HC gig.
 
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I hope he passes. That "snag" in the negotiations that caused both Johnson and Young to pull their names must be a "whopper"!
 
Gurleyman said:
The obvious answer to replace Hobbs is Vern Giscombe.
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Nice, but I think Vincente Ithier is more of a pure 1 and he's got some good international connections & experience playing for Puerto Rican Nat'l team.
 
tcf15 said:
If Hobbs does leave, would be interesting to see if we hire a coach outside the UConn family.
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My vote is for Donyell. Not only is he a credit to the program with years of NBA experience, but we can finally put the lid on all the "no big man coach" bitching.
 
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intlzncster said:
My vote is for Donyell. Not only is he a credit to the program with years of NBA experience, but we can finally put the lid on all the "no big man coach" bitching.
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What has he ever done to suggest that he would be a good coach?
 
intlzncster said:
My vote is for Donyell. Not only is he a credit to the program with years of NBA experience, but we can finally put the lid on all the "no big man coach" bitching.
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The "no big man coach" is one of the more annoying narratives on this board. You don't need to be a former big man to be qualified to coach big men. I'd even venture to say that there is not a single Division 1 assistant coach who doesn't have the knowledge necessary to coach every position on the floor (there aren't that many of them).

If Hobbs were to leave, the most valuable asset that his replacement can bring is recruiting prowess.
 
Waquoit said:
What has he ever done to suggest that he would be a good coach?
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Well, he's currently an assistant coach at Ryder and he's been an assistant in the D-League. So both college and Pro experience. Way more experience than Ollie had coming in.

And it's not like we are going to bring in an assistant Head Coach. Presumably, this will be a guy who works his way up. Yell is perfect in that regard. Plus the fact he's desperate to coach at UCONN.
 
intlzncster said:
Well, he's currently an assistant coach at Ryder and he's been an assistant in the D-League. So both college and Pro experience. Way more experience than Ollie had coming in.

And it's not like we are going to bring in an assistant Head Coach. Presumably, this will be a guy who works his way up. Yell is perfect in that regard. Plus the fact he's desperate to coach at UCONN.
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I've seen him publicly say before that'd he loved to be a coach at UConn multiple times
 
If he goes, there's always Dove. I'm sure he's not up to anything too sensational at the moment.
 
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joober jones said:
If he goes, there's always Dove. I'm sure he's not up to anything too sensational at the moment.
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And we'll only have to pay him minimum wage. But if we are looking for a bigs man coach there only one person who makes sense and you know who I'm talk'n bout
 
As said above it will be interesting to see if they stay in the family if Karl gets the gig. Maybe Ray says bye bye and joins the staff? LOL
 
Waquoit said:
What has he ever done to suggest that he would be a good coach?
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I'd give him a shot. As long as he's not the free throw coach.





(Ironically, he was actually a really good FT shooter - I think went 20 for 20 one game.)
 
I wonder at times if Donyell would refuse the offer if presented with it. He seemed to take it as a snub when he wasn't chosen earlier on and there might be some bitterness there. That being said, I do think he'd take the job if it were to be offered, but the small doubt still lingers.
 
nomar said:
I'd give him a shot. As long as he's not the free throw coach.





(Ironically, he was actually a really good FT shooter - I think went 20 for 20 one game.)
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At St. John's. Big East record.

BRB, going to go throw things.
 
@GoodmanESPN: Ritchie McKay now out. Karl Hobbs on outside looking in. That leaves Earl Grant and Bobby Lutz as two frontrunners for Charleston.
 
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