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04-16-2019, 08:56 AM | #32 | |
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We shall see but I think they got the right guy for right now. It may or may not play out that way. Should NVE have gotten an interview? Not if he didn't meet the preliminary requirements. I would love to see what Nick can do but taking that risk right now could easily take us off solid ground. I think the floor for Nick would be lower than with Brannen (with so many unknowns for NVE) and I don't think you take that risk if future realignment is still an option down the road. We can't really afford to take two steps back. I think Brannen's floor is probably more like 1 step back. This of course assumes NVE already met minimum requirements for the position which I am not sure he did (or even what they are). |
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Just an honest assessment here but there's a lot of disassociation and racial undertoning within some of these posts... Maybe the former players just love Bob Huggins, maybe they just felt NVE was qualified enough to earn at least an interview, maybe just maybe they know a lot more about coaching on all levels than what's being insinuated in some of these comments
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04-16-2019, 11:36 AM | #34 | |
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The problem though is we can't treat each individual hire we see with the same broad brush. We don't know (or at least I don't) what the qualifications or disqualifications were for this particular hire. He may not have even made the cut for interviews because he was disqualified for objective reasons which would have disqualified any coach of any color. Who knows? If he WAS qualified by the objective guidelines of the AD and then was not given an interview...we would have something to talk about. But again who knows? Perhaps a little more transparency would be in order for all universities and their guidelines for hiring to reduce speculation. If NVE got his start at a low major and had some success and Brannen flopped (or even did so well he went to a blue blood) he could be in line the next time around. But this is a very high level to get your start. He is my all time favorite Bearcat so I would love to see him roaming the sidelines someday. As for the player's opinions...I do not discount them. But imagine instead of using Twitter if they all got together as a team and marched into the board to have a heart felt discussion? Maybe the board and the players could come to an agreement on how to adjust hiring guidelines to reduce or eliminate any systemic bias. Maybe that could trickle over to other universities. |
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04-18-2019, 09:03 AM | #37 |
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Brannen is going after Antoine Pettway, the top recruiter at Alabama. He's been ranked as a top 10 recruiter by 247Sports for the past 3 classes.
Brannen isn't messing around. He seems to believe UC is a place that can land top recruits. |
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pettway is home run hire. One of best if not best in South at recruiting. Might take close to mil to get him though
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