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Post by thevampire5 on May 4, 2020 22:08:56 GMT -6
Why can’t UE be more forthcoming with their publicity of events that fans should know about such as Seltzer and Commodore no longer being on the coaching staff and going further back extending Ruffing’s tenure. It is really hard to support the program when they don’t seem to think that we should know about these things other than hearing it through the grapevine from unconfirmed sources. Spot on. The fans are shown disrespect by no announcements from everything from Williams injuries to women’s coach contract extension, among other things. Responsibility falls on Spencer. If coaches aren’t not returning,that’s news that should be shared with the people who support the program monetarily.... and that is us! Basically we are being told we are not important enough to be filled in. It is up to you heavy hitter donors to complain. They don’t give a darn about a Joe Blow season ticket holder. This is just the way it's always been at UE, you can be sure the high dollar donors have been told what's going on, but they've been sworn to secrecy. But they'll be more than happy to take your money when it comes time for UE's season ticket drive.
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Post by goacesgo on May 12, 2020 17:08:20 GMT -6
Keep your fingers crossed I’m hearing Marcus Wilson will be offered an assistant coaching position.
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Post by gaace on May 12, 2020 17:57:24 GMT -6
Keep your fingers crossed I’m hearing Marcus Wilson will be offered an assistant coaching position. Who’s gone, Seltzer? He’s still on the roster at gopurpleaces.com along with Commodore and Baumann.
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Post by acecard on May 12, 2020 18:07:30 GMT -6
Keep your fingers crossed I’m hearing Marcus Wilson will be offered an assistant coaching position. Short of getting a 6-10 who can play the game, this would be great news. The question might be, would he take it?
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Post by stennisrm72 on May 12, 2020 18:17:57 GMT -6
Gopurpleaces.com won't be updated until all the i's are dotted and t's crossed. Can't remember when it was last season but I believe it was late summer.
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Post by hedlyvanhalen on May 12, 2020 19:02:55 GMT -6
Sorry, but I am very, very skeptical that hiring Marcus Wilson is a good idea. There are at least three potential problems.
1. His resume. He has literarily zero experience as an actual assistant coach.
2. Nostalgia. We have made hiring and not-firing decisions that were heavily influenced by it. They have not worked out well for us. Which leads to Problem #3.
3. There will be a lot of pressure to annoint him as next-in-line for HC. He's nowhere close to proving himself/earning the job.
Right now we need singles, doubles, and stolen bases. Not big, wild swings for PR homeruns, aka strike outs.
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Post by aceshigh on May 12, 2020 19:15:45 GMT -6
Keep your fingers crossed I’m hearing Marcus Wilson will be offered an assistant coaching position. Excellent choice! I hope he’s offered and I hope he accepts. There have been few people to come through the UE athletic programs with as much class as Marcus. The timing would be perfect to groom him to take over the HC position when TL decides to permanently retire. It also fits the vision of TL to build a program for the future.
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Post by austinace on May 12, 2020 19:17:26 GMT -6
Of the three most often mentioned available assistant coaches to bring in (Marcus, Graves, and Ragland) Marcus would be my third choice simply because I think he is the least likely to be qualified to be the head coach in waiting.
I am ok with him being offered and accepting the job as long as the other (most likely) available assistant job goes to someone more qualified to be the eventual new head coach.
Of course, all of this is speculation since there has been no official announcement of openings for assistant coaching positions.
With that being said there is no better ambassador for the university than Marcus and I am guessing they would be able to get him for less money than some of these other more experienced assistant coaches. And in this day and age and environment money is especially important for a small university like Evansville.
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Post by bleedpurple on May 12, 2020 19:55:40 GMT -6
Regarding Seltzer and Commodore, I have reliable source that they are both on contract until May 31st which has been extended to sometime in June or July because of the coronavirus so don’t expect any announcement until then. I think Marcus is very well spoken highly personable and has a thorough knowledge of the Aces program with a high basketball IQ and would be an excellent choice.
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Post by evilleways on May 12, 2020 20:08:21 GMT -6
Excellent choice! I hope he’s offered and I hope he accepts. There have been few people to come through the UE athletic programs with as much class as Marcus. The timing would be perfect to groom him to take over the HC position when TL decides to permanently retire. It also fits the vision of TL to build a program for the future. Oh hey, let's hire someone we liked as a played as head coach of Evansville just because we liked him as a player and he's someone that's familiar to the fans. That's how we got a decade of Marty Simmons. Sorry guys, irrespective of his actual merits, I'm against hiring Wilson just because I think we need to break out of this insular dynamic that only "Evansville guys" will work at Evansville. If any other team in the Missouri Valley would be happy to hire a particular individual (ex. Ragland, Graves), OK, we're in the right ballpark. But if it's just us, no thank you. The athletic department needs to stop trying to win the press conference and start making decisions that will help us win games. Anybody who'd get excited about Marcus Wilson is already a season ticket-holder. What the fans (both casual and die hard) need are WINS. I'm for hiring whoever helps us win the most games. The odds that the very best coach available just happened to play for UE are pretty low.
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Post by acescott on May 12, 2020 20:48:06 GMT -6
I've been pro Marcus ever since I started watching his series of interviews, especially his take on McCarty after his firing. He would be good with PR and I will take someone who has UE experience than 'City of Evansville' experience. If UE hires him as an assistant in my opinion it is an excellent decision, the university's first good decision in some time. Hopefully it would start a trend..
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2020 7:14:11 GMT -6
Marcus's lack of "coaching experience" is of no concern to me whatsoever. Chaney and Ragland liked him so much they were going to hire him as their assistant had McCarty not got the job. He has a tremendous basketball IQ. He is so well spoken and a person of great integrity. Currently he is the executive director of the Bayer YMCA in St. Louis, MO. He has excelled in his present job and gotten numerous awards. Most folks on this forum just know him as a broadcaster. No one could better represent the university better than he. To allude to a previous post, there is no possible way this is a "cheap hire"...he is not going to leave his present positions without a financial incentive. Marcus would blend well with Lickliter. Whether he would be next in line to be the head coach is yet to be determined, if this rumor is true. But this is a no brainer of a hire. Nostalgia has zero to do with this.
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Post by acecard on May 13, 2020 10:51:03 GMT -6
Marcus's lack of "coaching experience" is of no concern to me whatsoever. Chaney and Ragland liked him so much they were going to hire him as their assistant had McCarty not got the job. He has a tremendous basketball IQ. He is so well spoken and a person of great integrity. Currently he is the executive director of the Bayer YMCA in St. Louis, MO. He has excelled in his present job and gotten numerous awards. Most folks on this forum just know him as a broadcaster. No one could better represent the university better than he. To allude to a previous post, there is no possible way this is a "cheap hire"...he is not going to leave his present positions without a financial incentive. Marcus would blend well with Lickliter. Whether he would be next in line to be the head coach is yet to be determined, if this rumor is true. But this is a no brainer of a hire. Nostalgia has zero to do with this. I agree with this post in every way possible.
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Post by E-Villan on May 13, 2020 16:11:13 GMT -6
I feel with the circus that has developed with DeAndre/Preacher Roy, that the hire of Lickliter was the right guy at the right time. Can you imagine the circus we would be in now if that decision had been delayed?
So with that, I have no choice but to trust any decision Lickliter makes for who he wants on his bench. He has been around long enough to know his success will be greatly impacted by who he chooses for assistants.
Marcus on paper appears much more qualified than Brad Stevens would have when TL hired him. Plus, who is to say that Marcus will be the designated heir apparent. I don't want him just because he played here, but it is a nice plus. He is a tremendous ambassador who has been a part of success here. If anyone gets where we need to be, it is him.
To write him off because Marty failed is wrong. Marcus has the ability to engage many sectors...recruits, students, fans, boosters, community movers and shakers, etc. something Marty was unable/unwilling to do. Throw in the fact I am sure he wouldn't over-coach the same predictable offense, and there really is no comparison.
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Post by ncace on May 13, 2020 17:04:25 GMT -6
Coach Lick has to get his guy. He's a pro. He knows that UE needs an asst. who can step in in 2-3 years, but who can provide value in recruiting and team motivation now. Despite the feel that Marcus's background is more suited to be AD than asst. BB coach, I am all for him. Circle the wagons. Bring in a winner. I am confident that Marcus has the skills to do whatever it takes.
BtW, if we could get David Padgett to be the 2nd asst. coach and recruit bigs, I'd like that move too.....but maybe that is asking too much.
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