quote:How so?
Anyone who believes that we will not be at a disadvantage in recruiting against Smart going forward is fooling themselves.
quote:How so?
Anyone who believes that we will not be at a disadvantage in recruiting against Smart going forward is fooling themselves.
quote:When has Texas A&M not been at a recruiting disadvantage in basketball vs. tu? Yep. And water is wet. They could have Mickey Mouse over there as coach and some 4-stars would still probably go to Austin.
Anyone who believes that we will not be at a disadvantage in recruiting against Smart going forward is fooling themselves.
quote:How the hell would you know if building personal relationships is one of his strengths or not? From everything I've heard and read from players and other coaches nothing has indicated it is not.
Kids want to play for the cool coach.
Smart is the epitome of cool.
Kennedy would be on the other end of that scale. Building personal relationships really isn't one of his strengths so hopefully he finds some assistants who can do that.
Has nothing to do with UT vs A&M per se.
quote:Who have you talked to that knows "the real story".
if you talked to our players or anyone who really knows BK off of the record, you would know the real story
quote:Ok, guess we'll have to take your word for it.
sorry, that's as far as I can go
quote:Always love 'I know things, bad things, but that's as far as I can go' vaguely worded posts on internet message boards. Very entertaining.
sorry, that's as far as I can go
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if you talked to our players or anyone who really knows BK off of the record, you would know the real story
quote:Can you provide a link to the interview? To maybe better help us understand what you are referring to?
perhaps you can remind me of the last time that you heard a Texas A&M assistant coach criticize their Head Coach during a TexAgs interview?
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OK, 3 weeks have passed since the topic was discussed.
Since then, we have filled one of three open coaching positions. And we have filled zero of our five open scholarships since Keller and Stansbury left.
Summer semester and summer training begins in 30 days.
To those who strongly argued against my points then, do you still feel the same way now?
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if you talked to our players or anyone who really knows BK off of the record, you would know the real story
The players, assistant coaches, and coaches from other teams all have nothing but high praise for Kennedy as a person. TexAgs just interviewed all three assistant coaches and they all spoke highly of Kennedy and his leadership. In effect, You are calling all of them liars. Your post makes me think you have some sort of axe to grind.
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All the freshman recruits last year specifically mentioned the early contact and relationship with BK as an important reason for picking A&M. None of the asst coaches or other personnel we're mentioned. Have a hard time believing they all got together and decided to make up that line.
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My point is that retaining and hiring coaches along with recruiting is about building and maintaining relationships, and my belief that relationship building is not one of BK's strengths (which is a huge problem if one is a D1 Major Sport HC). With a Sweet 16 appearance along with a fantastic core group of returning players, the Aggie BB story is about as good as it has been in some time.
So the problem is not in telling the A&M story, but who is telling it. Instead of capitalizing on a great story, all of us fans instead seem to be holding our breath over what will happen over the next month or so.
Who's responsible for that?
quote:What is the foundation for this belief?
my belief that relationship building is not one of BK's strengths
quote:You interpret those facts as being supportive of Kennedy not being a good relationship builder? Looks to me like you're just throwing a bunch of crap against the wall and hoping some of it sticks.
Well, it's May 8th. We've filled one of three coaching vacancies and have acquired a transfer from Lipscomb with one of our five open scholarships. I stand firm in my view.
quote:quote:What is the foundation for this belief?
my belief that relationship building is not one of BK's strengths
All evidence I have seen points to the contrary.
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He's amazingly good at building relationships with people that decide his fate as Aggie head bball coach.
I think that's the definition of a good coach in any sport.
quote:I think that's the definition of a good coach in any sport.quote:
He's amazingly good at building relationships with people that decide his fate as Aggie head bball coach.
quote:So we have two years with Keller and Stansbury to secure recruits for the 2016 class and you're melting down that we haven't added any in the 6 weeks after they left?
Last year with Keller and Stansbury, we sign a stellar class. This year with Keller and Stansbury, we sign two really top recruits. Once those guys left, not so much. And people don't appear to be beating down the door to join this staff. Feel free to ignore the evidence.