(04-01-2015 05:47 PM)DallasTiger Wrote:  

(04-01-2015 11:41 AM)tigerscane Wrote:  Let me just break things down a bit shall we....Josh will get 1 new Assistant and From the chatter and where we stand it probably will be 2 Assistants....Now he needs a X and O's assistant and one thats a good developer of talent and Skills training....He went after Miles Simon not once but twice for that very reason as he works with Nike and Pre NBA Draft camps and has a proven track record at the Development and Skills Training part and has been a part of the Baker Team a LONG time now.....He Should Consider Randy Livingston for a Assistant spot, he has 10 seasons of NBA playing exprience, Been in the D-league which is the Development league for the NBA, been a pretty good HC for Idaho in the D-league, so exprience there, Founder of LivOn Nike Basketball Camps and Training in New Orleans, Has Lots of Connections and Friendships through NIke and NBA, would have full Respect and attention of the Players and could really help Josh out, and would be one hell of an Asset for Josh and his staff....Plus Dedric Lawson is Better, than Skal, and thats some real TrUeTh.....KJ Lawson is really close to being Penny like and pattens his game after him and wants to really become the Next Penny type of player, and is good enough with more hard work to become very close to that type of player.....Bringing Nick Marshall in now and Developing his Training, Body, and his Skills and getting him use to this level now will either Help him develop his potential or break him down......But I for one think it's a great move by Josh and the staff right now, because He Needs as much Talent or talent to be develop by the NEW assistant as possibable to right this ship for our program.....And Josh has to listen to those around him, Lose the stubborness and get things down and Allow his assistants to do more of their jobs and be more free to do so....That's the Real TrUeTh.....The World Is Ours Memphis.....

Makes sense.

Especially the last sentence. I'm feelin' it. Who's with me?

(04-01-2015 12:59 PM)Willie Becton Wrote:  I like Pastner!!

Second

Can everyone just acknowledge that bigbob is a troll account or alias or whatever that's trying to "prove" that you can be as offensive as you want as a so-called "good poster" or "happy clapper" or whatever and stop responding to him. Or ban him and make him happy. Or whatever.

The OP lost me with the excessive ...............

Being concise is key

(04-01-2015 06:37 PM)DoomHaynesJr Wrote:  

(04-01-2015 12:59 PM)Willie Becton Wrote:  I like Pastner!!

Second

Third, even if he has under achieved. Lots of stuff in house he has handled quietly and with dignity. He will turn it around.

Just go get a good Assistant or 2, someone like a Randy Livingston or a guy like that, someone like Buzz Braman wouldn't hurt either...But get a good or better X and O's Assistant who is also a player developer and skills trainer with Lots of Connections and Friendships should be a must.....Some pretty good ones in the D-league or on NBA benches, or guys like Randy Livingston out there who would listen if asked.....The World Is Ours Memphis....

(04-03-2015 08:24 AM)TigerBo Wrote:  Losing Skal for whatever reasons hurt the program badly... Recruiting is typically what turns a program around, and ours has had slippage.

Yep - and it wasn't just Skal locally either.

Stokes, JW3, Cam Payne, Leron Black, Chris Chiozza, etc.

Like I've always said, if you don't sign a locally ranked kid, you need to sign an equal talent from outside the city to make up for it - like Cal did when he signed Anthony Rice instead of haggling with Earnest Shelton. On the flip side, Cal didn't have a suitable substitute signing for Thad Young, so that was a bad recruiting miss.

The other problem is that when Pastner actually did that - decided to take Pookie Powell over Cam Payne - the player he chose didn't work out for whatever reason.

It's not like it's been all bad - in hindsight, Joe was obviously a much better decision than Chris Jones.

Still, it's been sliding locally under his tenure.

(04-01-2015 09:25 PM)Briskbas Wrote:  Can everyone just acknowledge that bigbob is a troll account or alias or whatever that's trying to "prove" that you can be as offensive as you want as a so-called "good poster" or "happy clapper" or whatever and stop responding to him. Or ban him and make him happy. Or whatever.

You mean someone was taking him seriously?

(04-01-2015 12:08 PM)bigbob Wrote:  

(04-01-2015 12:00 PM)thagr82008 Wrote:  Josh needs "Penny" if we will expect to WIN! Juan NOT enough knowledge for him to win against quality coaching. ...sorry,but we don't have 10 years for him to flourish. ....

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Ten years to flourish? Really the most inane and intellectually vacuous comment and line of thought.

To wit:
1. Top 10 in wins in 1st 6 yrs as head coach
2. Tied with Calipari for number of wins in 1st 6 years at Memphis
3. Has won 75% of his games
4. 4 NCAAs in the 5 years for which he's accountable

Flourish?

Brain damaged criticism.

What was the attendance in Cal's sixth year vs JP's sixth year? I think I saw this not long ago, but did not do that comparison.

(04-03-2015 08:43 AM)HoopDreams Wrote:  

(04-03-2015 08:24 AM)TigerBo Wrote:  Losing Skal for whatever reasons hurt the program badly... Recruiting is typically what turns a program around, and ours has had slippage.

Yep - and it wasn't just Skal locally either.

Stokes, JW3, Cam Payne, Leron Black, Chris Chiozza, etc.

we could not sign stokes mid year, JW3 is bailing on his school, no major schools wanted Cam, Black isn't a superstar, let's see how Chris turns out. Outside of how Cam surprised everyone we would have people on this board complaint about those guys underperforming if they had the same states here. Stokes doesn't count because we couldn't sign him.

(04-03-2015 09:18 AM)Tiger46 Wrote:  

(04-01-2015 12:08 PM)bigbob Wrote:  

(04-01-2015 12:00 PM)thagr82008 Wrote:  Josh needs "Penny" if we will expect to WIN! Juan NOT enough knowledge for him to win against quality coaching. ...sorry,but we don't have 10 years for him to flourish. ....

Posted from my mobile device using the CSNbbs App

Ten years to flourish? Really the most inane and intellectually vacuous comment and line of thought.

To wit:
1. Top 10 in wins in 1st 6 yrs as head coach
2. Tied with Calipari for number of wins in 1st 6 years at Memphis
3. Has won 75% of his games
4. 4 NCAAs in the 5 years for which he's accountable

Flourish?

Brain damaged criticism.

What was the attendance in Cal's sixth year vs JP's sixth year? I think I saw this not long ago, but did not do that comparison.

What was Cal's recruiting like going into years 7 and 8 versus JP's?

(04-03-2015 09:31 AM)Halfcourt Wrote:  

(04-03-2015 09:18 AM)Tiger46 Wrote:  

(04-01-2015 12:08 PM)bigbob Wrote:  

(04-01-2015 12:00 PM)thagr82008 Wrote:  Josh needs "Penny" if we will expect to WIN! Juan NOT enough knowledge for him to win against quality coaching. ...sorry,but we don't have 10 years for him to flourish. ....

Posted from my mobile device using the CSNbbs App

Ten years to flourish? Really the most inane and intellectually vacuous comment and line of thought.

To wit:
1. Top 10 in wins in 1st 6 yrs as head coach
2. Tied with Calipari for number of wins in 1st 6 years at Memphis
3. Has won 75% of his games
4. 4 NCAAs in the 5 years for which he's accountable

Flourish?

Brain damaged criticism.

What was the attendance in Cal's sixth year vs JP's sixth year? I think I saw this not long ago, but did not do that comparison.

What was Cal's recruiting like going into years 7 and 8 versus JP's?

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