OT: Ben Howland to Mississippi State

[tzznandrew]

Really surprised he would take a job like Mississippi State. Does he have the right recruiting connections for down there.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bas...tract-become-mississippi-state-bulldogs-coach

 

[methodology]

He's been a winner everywhere he has coached. He wont have any problem building Miss St into a tournament caliber team.

Northern Arizona, Pitt, UCLA were all successful under Howland. He's always recruited well for the schools he was at. Doubt he has lost his contacts and such from all over the country.

 

[Walker11]

From an Adidas school to an Adidas school to an Adidas school. Don't be surprised when he starts picking up talent from the Adidas AAU circuit. Howland is a shady dude.

 

[boog204]

He went to three final fours, was a great recruiter, and can call on Kevin Love and Russell Westbrook as former players who he put in the league. Yes both were one and done blah, blah, blah. Recruits could care less (see Calipari, John) There's always a ton of talent in the south. I think he'll do just fine.

 

[jfuchs91]

From an Adidas school to an Adidas school to an Adidas school. Don't be surprised when he starts picking up talent from the Adidas AAU circuit. Howland is a shady dude.

He's a perfect fit in the SEC.

 

[boog204]

Howland is a shady dude.

All the more reason to expect great things now that he is in the SEC.

 

[champs99and04]

The biggest problem with Ben Howland seems to be that nobody likes him. His exit in Los Angeles wasn't the most gracious, so it'll be interesting to see if he continues hauling good classes with everybody recruiting against him rushing to pull out that article from a couple years ago.

 

[BUConn10]

He's a perfect fit in the SEC.

Notice how when guys like Calipari, Howland, and Pearl, who have all had shady histories at prior schools and had multiple accounts of violations or being fired from said university, are brought up, most people trash them or put them down. Then, when they magically get hired at an SEC school, the fans are all "great hire!" or simply accepting of his past with no questions asked. The SEC only cares about $$$ and winning, no one including the administrations or fans gives a s*** how that happens, its almost like an unspoken rule that the SEC will cheat, just dont get caught.

 

[mauconnfan]

Wow he blows. Way behind the times coach, ok!

 

[Fishy]

It's kind of a weird fit, but he's a good coach and he can hire assistant coaches with the connections he needs.

He would have seemed to have been a natural fit at Arizona State, but it seems they already knew where they were going when they fired Sendek.

 

[BoatShow]

He went to three final fours, was a great recruiter, and can call on Kevin Love and Russell Westbrook as former players who he put in the league. Yes both were one and done blah, blah, blah. Recruits could care less (see Calipari, John) There's always a ton of talent in the south. I think he'll do just fine.

Yeah those no talent shmucks needed his coaching to get there...

 

[gtcam]

The SEC deserves him and he deserves the SEC. The Squid, The Pearl and The Howler can now have strategy sessions and secret AAU open houses.

 

[boog204]

Yeah those no talent shmucks needed his coaching to get there...

Hence the "blah, blah, blah"... Recruits don't care. Howland can go after a top guard and say, "I'd like to use you the way I used Russell Westbrook. You know I was his coach, right?" Signed, sealed, delivered...

 

[aceboon]

Westbrook played 2 years and was a 3 star recruit, not sure why ya'll are grouping him in the "1 and done, elite recruit" category.

 

[boog204]

Westbrook played 2 years and was a 3 star recruit, not sure why ya'll are grouping him in the "1 and done, elite recruit" category.

Couldn't remember if he was one or two years. Regardless, Howland can "claim" him. Given Westbrook's ridiculous run this year, that's a nice little Ace to throw at a guard recruit.

 

[djct1999]

My money, ok Addidas's money, says Malik Newman ends up there.

 

[RipCity]

Also gotta watch out for them stepping it up with Kegler, who is a Mississippi kid.

 

[caw]

My money, ok Addidas's money, says Malik Newman ends up there.

He was supposedly leaning there anyway wasn't he?

 

[djct1999]

He was supposedly leaning there anyway wasn't he?

I thought he was a lsu lean.

 

[RipCity]

I thought he was a lsu lean.

http://247sports.com/PlayerInstitution/Malik-Newman-at-Callaway-33365/CurrentExpertPredictions

He had 6 straight LSU predictions in the crystal ball followed by 2 Miss St picks. Take that as you will. Those are the two schools he has momentum towards it would appear.