Top candidates to replace Jerrance

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@JasonKingESPN: K-State's Alvin Brooks III is one of the top candidates to replace Jerrance Howard on Larry Brown's staff at SMU, source told ESPNcom.


Has Texas ties...especially Houston. Played at Lamar. Would be a solid hire in my opinion

Career:

Lamar (Asst.)
Houston (Asst.)
Texas Tech (Asst.)
North Texas (Asst.)
UTEP (Asst.)
Texas A&M (Asst.)
Kentucky (Dir. of Ops.)
Houston (Assoc.)
K St Asst

[hoopmanx]

Love the idea of locking down Htown, to go w/Maligi in Dallas. Chicago and NYC aren't sustainable post-Brown. Also, a Maligi/Brooks recruiting tandem can be retained when Jank is head man. Howard was always going to bolt when Jank got called up

[EastStang]

Chicago might still be in play. We've had enough 2nd City players over the years for that to be a legitimate recruiting area. Jank did coach at an Illinois State school, albeit the other end of the state. I agree with NYC assessment. LB also has probably a great presence in Detroit since he won a ring there.

[Treadway21]

Love the idea of locking down Htown, to go w/Maligi in Dallas. Chicago and NYC aren't sustainable post-Brown. Also, a Maligi/Brooks recruiting tandem can be retained when Jank is head man. Howard was always going to bolt when Jank got called up

This sounds good. We can compete with Texas players.

[LA_Mustang]

I would love this hire. Let's lock Dallas and Houston down.

[mustangxc]

I realize Maligi recruits Texas, but I still think that we would be smart to have another Maligi on the staff to lock down Texas and hedge our bets for the day Maligi leaves.

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I believe Brooks woud qualify as somene that could help us lock down Texas! Let's get it done.

[ponydawg]

From when he was hired at K-State........

section about recruiting

One of the first things Weber said when he got here was that he wanted to bring in an assistant who could recruit Texas. I’m guessing you’re that guy. What’s your philosophy on recruiting the Lone Star State?

First off, it’s a huge state. I think it’s going to be fun recruiting the state just because it’s huge. There are a lot of players there. It’s even better now because more and more schools are recruiting Texas because of the reputation that it has lately. I think the biggest thing is just using the relationships I already have and building on more that I will gain. At Kansas State, it will be a place to talk to them about and their recent exposure. I think it will be fairly easy to get in the door. I’ll just have to do the rest from there.

Is it any harder to recruit Texas now that SMU and Houston are headed to the Big East?

I wouldn’t say harder, but I would say it’s more challenging. You have a lot of teams down there, even North Texas that moved up a league to Conference USA. It will definitely be a challenge, but the state is so big there are plenty of players to go around. I can’t say exactly what I’m going to tell them, because I don’t want it to be used against me, but we have a major advantage here that will help us with a lot of kids in Texas.

When you were at Sam Houston State, did you recruit the majority of your players from Texas?

Yeah, but I was only there two years. The majority of the kids are from Texas, but not all of them. I’m not just a Texas recruiter. I have relationships in Louisiana, Oklahoma, Las Vegas and of course Illinois, because I was there. Really, I’m all around the country … Alabama. I have relationships everywhere. It’s not just Texas, but it is a big enough state where if you only had Texas ties you would probably be OK.

Read more here: http://blogs.kansas.com/kstated/2012/05 ... rylink=cpy

[GiddyUp]

Get it done, sounds good

[smusic 00]

Wow. Sounds good.

[RGV Pony]

That oughta be pretty good