(03-19-2020 03:00 PM)BSKB 24 Wrote:  

(03-19-2020 02:43 PM)HyperDuke Wrote:  BSKB, what makes you rank those 2 above Jones? Just picked Jones since he seems to be the name with the most buzz right now. I’m just curious on your thoughts.

Multiple reasons, Hyper.

They are proven winners with Head Coaching experience. A winner is a winner. If they can win at the DII level they can win at JMU.

Because they are DII, we would be a big step up for them. We would be in a position to offer them more money than they are currently making without having to bust our budget. They should both be ready to make a move up as they have pretty much accomplished all they can in their current situations.

I will guarantee you that either would have a winning record in their first year at JMU. Google them and read up on their records.

38-0! I'll take that any day.

(03-19-2020 03:00 PM)bcp_jmu Wrote:  Lombardi - italian coaches are better

(03-19-2020 03:01 PM)Dukester Wrote:  

(03-19-2020 02:43 PM)HyperDuke Wrote:  BSKB, what makes you rank those 2 above Jones? Just picked Jones since he seems to be the name with the most buzz right now. I’m just curious on your thoughts.

He might know something.......

(03-19-2020 10:19 AM)Bill Wrote:  

(03-19-2020 10:06 AM)JMURocks Wrote:  Looking at Byington’s record and others, what strikes me is there are quite a few coaches out there that can get you to 20 win season territory, but not nearly as many that get to the NCAA tourney on a regular basis if at all.

Lots of Brady and Shaver types that win but don’t make the dance much.

I believe Shaver would have greater success at JMU than he had at W&M and than Brady had at JMU, too. I don't think he's going to get that chance, but I think he would.

(03-19-2020 01:08 PM)Dukes84 Wrote:  

(03-19-2020 12:33 PM)RamDawg Wrote:  

(03-19-2020 10:41 AM)Dukes84 Wrote:  The fact that we're now seeing a couple of new names being floated could mean (and I emphasize could) that we're going thru phase 1 of the interview process; i.e., initial interviews with a pool of candidates. Phase 2 might mean bringing back finalists. Might be the end of next week or beginning of following week before this is settled. I could also be totally off base.

Factually, what names are being floated around? Is there anything besides board banter or the twitter experts talking? I'm more interested in what cities Bourne has been traveling to the past couple of weeks.

I'm not sure how JMU's AD is doing it but it's been my experience, this process is nothing like the interview process for a normal business type job. Courting coaches is very similar to courting recruits. The potential candidates are interviewing JMU more so that JMU interviewing them. Head-hunters do the vetting, the AD travels to the candidate. Then most finalists have an offer in hand before an official face to face visit/interview.

First we saw Greenberg, Legler and Jones.

Then we saw Richey.

Now we're seeing Wofford and GA Southern coaches.

(03-19-2020 03:02 PM)HyperDuke Wrote:  

(03-19-2020 03:00 PM)BSKB 24 Wrote:  

(03-19-2020 02:43 PM)HyperDuke Wrote:  BSKB, what makes you rank those 2 above Jones? Just picked Jones since he seems to be the name with the most buzz right now. I’m just curious on your thoughts.

Multiple reasons, Hyper.

They are proven winners with Head Coaching experience. A winner is a winner. If they can win at the DII level they can win at JMU.

Because they are DII, we would be a big step up for them. We would be in a position to offer them more money than they are currently making without having to bust our budget. They should both be ready to make a move up as they have pretty much accomplished all they can in their current situations.

I will guarantee you that either would have a winning record in their first year at JMU. Google them and read up on their records.

38-0! I'll take that any day.

And I trust your judgement! Appreciate it.

(03-19-2020 02:40 PM)BSKB 24 Wrote:  Here are my top two choices:

Ben McCollum
Ben McCollum’s Northwest Missouri State Bearcats just capped off a 38-0 season by winning the 2018-19 NCAA Division II National Championship. For that, he was named the John McLendon National Coach of the Year.

In his 10 years at Northwest Missouri State, McCollum owns a record of 241-75, with six consecutive league titles. I could go on and on about his resume, but in the spirit of getting to the point… He’s one of the best college basketball coaches on the planet! If you’re a high school athlete looking to play at the next level, listen up!

Joe Lombardi
During his time as the head coach of the IUP men’s basketball program, Joe Lombardi has proven to be the most consistent and dominant coach in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, and one of the most recognized and respected in not only the Atlantic Region, but the entire nation.

In 13 seasons, Lombardi has a 305-100 (.753) overall record with nine NCAA tournament appearances, four PSAC tournament titles (2010, 2011, 2013, 2019), two Atlantic Region Championships (2010, 2015) and two Division II National Championship Game appearances (2010, 2015).

He boasts a 184-52 (.780) record in conference games and has won nine PSAC West regular season titles, including five straight from 2010-14. Lombardi has also been the top postseason coach in IUP history with a combined record of 37-17 (.685) in PSAC and NCAA tournament games.

Lombardi became the all-time winningest coach in program history with a 72-64 victory over the University of the Sciences on November 27, 2015. The win was his 207th, which broke his tie with Gary Edwards for most all-time. Edwards went 206-88 (.701) in 10 seasons at IUP.

With IUP's divisional-title clinching win at Edinboro February 27, 2019, Lombardi secured his 300th career victory, becoming the fastest coach in conference history to reach that milestone.

(03-19-2020 04:59 PM)JMU85 Wrote:  Ralph trying to throw his hat into the ring:

https://www.dnronline.com/dnronline/sampson-has-interest-in-jmu-coaching-job/article_5bd2b3c8-0a4c-58c8-b41b-a9cb3fda05bd.html

(03-19-2020 06:33 PM)Purplehazed Wrote:  What would jmu basketball be like now if Ralph had chosen jmu over uva? Years of top #5 ranking, probably #1

(03-19-2020 03:23 PM)Dukester Wrote:  

(03-19-2020 03:02 PM)HyperDuke Wrote:  

(03-19-2020 03:00 PM)BSKB 24 Wrote:  

(03-19-2020 02:43 PM)HyperDuke Wrote:  BSKB, what makes you rank those 2 above Jones? Just picked Jones since he seems to be the name with the most buzz right now. I’m just curious on your thoughts.

Multiple reasons, Hyper.

They are proven winners with Head Coaching experience. A winner is a winner. If they can win at the DII level they can win at JMU.

Because they are DII, we would be a big step up for them. We would be in a position to offer them more money than they are currently making without having to bust our budget. They should both be ready to make a move up as they have pretty much accomplished all they can in their current situations.

I will guarantee you that either would have a winning record in their first year at JMU. Google them and read up on their records.

38-0! I'll take that any day.

And I trust your judgement! Appreciate it.

"Because they fit our budget". Others we are interested in don't. That in itself is a downer.......

I'm your pal '24, but this budget thing is getting old. Highest budget in football in the CAA, but not the case in basketball?

As I said on another post - there are at least 50 options out there that could have winning record next year. Which one of those 50 are likely better than Brady? That's what we should be looking for.