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Post by aceloverlarry on May 5, 2022 15:06:09 GMT -6
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Post by austinace on May 5, 2022 15:08:56 GMT -6
Not working for me. Edit: Now it works nine minutes in.
Well I hope the hire goes better than the press conference video stream. Maybe saw four minutes max nine minutes into the press conference and then cut to the Johnny Depp trial.
Anyone know if anything important was said?
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Post by aceloverlarry on May 5, 2022 15:09:53 GMT -6
Mine just started working. Try pausing and unpausing. Missed a lot of good stuff though
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Post by Purp on May 5, 2022 15:11:11 GMT -6
I will once again make up the entirety of the minority opinion on this forum. I hate the timing of this move. I am already on record as supporting Lickliter for another year, but that is not the reason I dislike this. Obviously a case could be made that Lickliter should be fired based on last year's performance, so not terribly upset that ended up coming to pass. I am upset because Ziggy needed to make a decision on this before the May 1 deadline to be fair to the players. He needed to make a decision before he let Lickliter sign two transfers under his watch. Or if he decided he wanted to move on from Lickliter, he needed to have a replacement announced in the same press release. A national search starting now is completely unacceptable. Half the players are already gone from the portal, and at least another half will be again by the time we announce our new head coach. This is another national black eye on a program that desperately needed to regain its status and storied tradition. Who is available at this point that we're going to hire? Tom Crean? This just set the program back another year at least and it pains me to see. "National black eye"? We aren't even a national program at this point. I think this is risky, but I also think Ziggy was hired to do a job. Let him do it. I can't imagine he pulled the trigger on this without having a plan that looks like the future to him. He has my full support right now, and my season ticket holder status just switched back to the "on" position.
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Post by acesslover on May 5, 2022 15:16:02 GMT -6
We saw more of the Depp trial than the Aces conference
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Post by aceloverlarry on May 5, 2022 15:17:13 GMT -6
We saw more of the Depp trial than the Aces conference That was a massive troll to all aces fans. Cant believe they did that
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Post by ncace on May 5, 2022 15:22:27 GMT -6
Hopefully, the university will put the presser on the Gopurpleaces website. Full communication with the Aces community is important, to be sure alumni, fans, boosters, and donors are all informed.
Gotta like the gumption shown by Ziggy….and it’s clear now that he has full support from the admin.
As a comment on “national search,” I have to believe that a very short list exists, which is the way the big boys do it. You don’t make a move like this unless you have an option 1 and option 1a already in your pocket. I’m hoping the choice isn’t Crean. I know he’s a super enthusiastic guy, but he’s not shown a lot of recent success. IMHO, there are better, younger guys out there who can bring a fresh approach to Aces round ball. However, I think Ziggy has already been deep into this, and he will do a great job finding the kind of coach we need in a few days….but in any event soon.
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Post by aceloverlarry on May 5, 2022 15:28:24 GMT -6
If we pay 50 grand for a search that brings in Calbert Cheaney and David Ragland as finalists I’m going to lose my mind. I think Ragland is a worthy finalist for what it’s worth, but hopefully this will lead to a true national search and a great coach.
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Post by bballjunkie on May 5, 2022 15:33:28 GMT -6
Crean - can definitely recruit but his bench coaching isn’t great. One thing is he’s nationally known, has recruited for IU in the Big 10 and Georgia in the SEC, so he has connections to great high school and AAU programs.
If he could bring a couple former Georgia players and a couple kids he was recruiting for that program, the Aces would improve substantially in year 1.
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Post by aceloverlarry on May 5, 2022 15:36:10 GMT -6
Crean - can definitely recruit but his bench coaching isn’t great. One thing is he’s nationally known, has recruited for IU in the Big 10 and Georgia in the SEC, so he has connections to great high school and AAU programs. If he could bring a couple former Georgia players and a couple kids he was recruiting for that program, the Aces would improve substantially in year 1. not saying creans my top candidate but don’t understand the hate either. I think he could excel at building a mid major program and would recruit well and develop players. He also probably wouldn’t leave for another job this late in his career even if he had success imo
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Post by acescott on May 5, 2022 15:42:11 GMT -6
I personally am not big on Fife, Crean. Like Marcus, granted lack of experience legit concern but if he were to REALLY want it he could make a home run impression. Ben McCollum is exteremely intriguing to me.
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Post by 65pointgame on May 5, 2022 16:15:12 GMT -6
Could not resist posting this one with the Gage Bobe tie in.
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Post by aceshigh on May 5, 2022 16:20:29 GMT -6
I personally am not big on Fife, Crean. Like Marcus, granted lack of experience legit concern but if he were to REALLY want it he could make a home run impression. Ben McCollum is exteremely intriguing to me. I agree that Ben McCollum is an interesting choice but as it’s been stated many times before we have only one chance to get it right. While he has been extremely successful at the D-2 level the transition to D-1 is extremely difficult. UE needs a complete rebuild and half the team is in place. Are these the right players for Coach McCollum’s intricate offense and defense systems. Is this Coach worth the risk at this time. I don’t think he is who I want.
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Post by lawrencevgibson on May 5, 2022 16:21:30 GMT -6
I just saw this on Facebook. What the heck. I didn't expect that. I hope it doesn't effect our new recruits. I'm gonna be positive because if they did this at this late stage they would have to have somebody in place or they have a major plan.
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Post by castle69 on May 5, 2022 16:23:02 GMT -6
Did someone spike Bobe's Switz City pizza?
As far as a coaching hire, Aces don't need extra baggage!
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