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look if SMU can get Doh...you should do it...he will bring instant credibility to SMU hoops...but i will also say if you want it to work SMU has to make a commitment to the basketball program...thats means facility upgrades, pay your assistant coaches well, and give Doh money to recruit with...if SMU does that they will become a challenger in the conference.

Go Tigers!!!
Drew

Hoop Fan wrote:I would worry if Doherty came and brought a bunch of assistants with him from Florida.

Hadn't thought to look it up before, but I did look at Doherty's assistants. They are (i) a former player of his at Kansas; (ii) an assistant from Toledo, who before that had been an AAU coach and HS coach, apparently was Mike Dunleavy and Michale Finley's AAU coach; and (iii) an assistant coach from another small college in Florida. None of Doherty's three assistants at FAU had worked with him before.

SMU would probably pay assistants more than FAU, so the staff would probably be different somewhat. I would guess the former Kansas player would almost certainly come. I would bet the third assistant I mentioned would not follow Doherty to SMU. This is all hypothetical, of course.

And before we begin, yes Stallion, the FAU roster is loaded with transfers, Jucos, and prep school grads.

I did a similar search. Rex Walters his main assistant was a very good player at KU and I believe he played for Doherty while Doherty was an assistant there. My guess is he would come here with Doherty. As for others, I agree with Hoop Fan that an effort should be made to get a local guy (ie, Tubbs 10 years ago when Dement hired him to mine Dallas which he did very well for us and OU) and/or a guy that played locally and has connections - what are Willie Davis, Damon Hancock, and Sasser up to these days?

I say we hire Shady's HS coach. Or the coach of the best local player that graduates next year. Why not?

gomemphistigers1 wrote: ...but i will also say if you want it to work SMU has to make a commitment to the basketball program...thats means facility upgrades, pay your assistant coaches well, and give Doh money to recruit with...if SMU does that they will become a challenger in the conference...

Just a hunch, but if any coach with any name value at all shows interest, I expect such stipulations would be written into any contract.

And I think Blog's idea is a good one, too. If you're going to have three assistants, one should be hired solely as an ace recruiter.

anyone with the name "duke blue blood" is immediately suspect in my book ... nothing good comes out of derm, nc

just playing, of course, dbb ... cant resist a shot at the school 8 miles down the road ... part of being good rivals!

PonySnob wrote:Any idea as to how many players our last final four team had? What about the last team from SMU that won the SWC?

Not sure about how many but there were only 5 on the court at a time. That would be true in both cases.

I want Rob Evans

mrydel wrote:I want Rob Evans

Me too.

gomemphistigers1 wrote:look if SMU can get Doh...you should do it...he will bring instant credibility to SMU hoops...but i will also say if you want it to work SMU has to make a commitment to the basketball program...thats means facility upgrades, pay your assistant coaches well, and give Doh money to recruit with...if SMU does that they will become a challenger in the conference.

Go Tigers!!!
Drew

we have been waiting for those things to happen since....forever.

[quote="mrydel"]I want Rob Evans[/quote]

Never say I never gave you anything.

The XtC wrote:

mrydel wrote:I want Rob Evans

Never say I never gave you anything.

An XTC sighting? The first in a week.

a 6 pack of guiness says we hire Doherty..........