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Wes Miller Watch 2018-2019

Exactly!!! Great explanation....


Now RJ is counting experience as an Power 6 assistant, not as a HC.

By that criteria, both of WF's previous failed HC's had P6 experience as Manning was a Power 6 player and an assistant coach, and as stated above, [] had Power 6 experience; how safe were those hires?

There is nothing "safer" about hiring a coach with "Power 6" experience as an assistant than a successful head coach at a mid major. You want to claim that Chill or Steve Woodbury or even Nolan Smith (Duke) or Ron Sanchez (UVA) or Steve Robinson (UNC) is a safer hire because of their Power 6 experience than Mark Few, Gregg Marshall, Bob McKillop (Davidson), Nate Oats (Buffalo) Casey Alexander (Lipscomb) or Kyle Smith (San Francisco)? Don't think so, but under the Power 6 criteria all of those non-Power 6 coaches are excluded.

FWIW, the random Power 6 decree doesn't exclude RJ arch-enemy Wes Miller. He played for three years in a Power 6 program; he even wrote a book entitled "The Road to Blue Heaven" (perhaps a disqualifying decision) about his experience at UNC .

You want to exclude Nate Oats because he didn't serve a year as an assistant at Rutgers 10 years ago? Bad move. He built a program with no tradition, no natural recruiting base, and he will get a Power 6 job. So, under RJ's criterion, in 2010, [] would've been a safer hire than Brad Stevens coming off a NC game appearance? Don't think so.

Other successful Power 6 head coaches with no experience as a Power 6 head or assistant coach when they were hired:

- Chris Holtmann (Ohio State)
- Tim Miles (Nebraska)
- Scott Drew (Baylor)
- Bryce Drew (Vandy)
- Brad Brownell (Clemson)
- John Beilein (WV)
- Steve Prohm (Iowa State)
- Ben Howland (Pitt)
- Jamie Dixon (Pitt)



The larger point is this: WF needs to consider all possible candidates and pick 1. The Power 6 mandate is unnecessarily limiting.
 
ahh thanks for clarifying...its annoying in football, and thats coming from an ecu alumn.

No worries. Another oddity about that conference is that I believe only Butler isn't a Catholic based university.
 
Wes was an assistant at Elon during Nestor’s last season as HC.
 
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Ron Wellmans list should include
TJ Otzelberger-SDSU
Nate Oats-Buffalo
Earl Grant-C of Charleston
Wes Miller-UNCG
Pat Kelsey-Winthrop
Steve Forbes-ETSU
John Brannen-Northern Kentucky
Any of those would be really good hires IMO.
 
Earl Grant has a nice coaching resume. He projects as a strong candidate for serious consideration.
 
My sources are telling me Manning is a dead man walking. The writing is on the wall.
 
Ron Wellmans list should include
TJ Otzelberger-SDSU
Nate Oats-Buffalo
Earl Grant-C of Charleston
Wes Miller-UNCG
Pat Kelsey-Winthrop
Steve Forbes-ETSU
John Brannen-Northern Kentucky
Any of those would be really good hires IMO.

Whomever brought up TJ made a good find. Anyone who can recruit to Iowa State can recruit anywhere.
 
I like that it appears Otzelberger is in with that Villa 7 group where you can get dope assistants.
 
Brannen will probably move up the ladder at some point because he's paid peanuts at NKU, but he's closing in on 50 and he grew up in northern Kentucky. So there's that.
 
Down 36-16 at home to Wofford at the half.

At least such beatdowns would be a familiar feeling
 
My hometown Terriers destroying Miller and UNCG by 32 with 7 minutes to go in Greensboro.

Can we please stop this talk about Miller? Maybe we should be talking about Mike Young.
 
It'd be nice and convenient if Wes were a stud coach.

But he's not
 
Ron Wellmans list should include
TJ Otzelberger-SDSU
Nate Oats-Buffalo
Earl Grant-C of Charleston
Wes Miller-UNCG
Pat Kelsey-Winthrop
Steve Forbes-ETSU
John Brannen-Northern Kentucky
Any of those would be really good hires IMO.

What about Bob Richey Furman?
 
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