Re: 2021 Coaching Candidate Thread (this time for reals)
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2021 12:54 pm
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:BCEagles25 {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:BCEagles25 {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:BCEagles25 {l Wrote}:Man the lists floated by the media are underwhelming. James Jones? No thanks. He’s been at Yale since 1999 and has produced positive seasons at a low rate over a long stretch of time. Even Amaker, I’m good. The last Ivy coach we hired set us back several years
Schmidt and UVM’s coach are realistic candidates I can get down with
By the way... Brad Stevens is on the Twitter hot seat, not the actual hot seat.
James Jones is a far better choice than the guy from Vermont.
Couldn’t disagree more. Both are in barely competitive basketball conferences for at least a decade, sure - but one of them has had nothing but 20-win seasons. It is not James Jones.
James Jones
21 seasons coaching at Yale:
20-win seasons: 5
Average record: 16-13
John Becker
9 full seasons at UVM:
20-win seasons: all 9 seasons
Average record: 24-10
I have familiarity with Jones' system from Albany and I have had the misfortune of watching a lot of Vermont games in the 50s. Jones yes. Hard pass on Becker.
Fair enough. I have no eye test experience with James Jones, maybe I’ll just defer to you there. The numbers signal Becker to me. I don’t mind low scoring fist fight basketball - works for Tony Bennett, worked for Al
Becker also inherited a far better situation.
So did Dan Henning.
At year 9 I think we can say Becker is running his own program.
Does his cousin Boris show up for some games at Conte? #teambecker