calumnus said:
In football there are so many players and units that you need to delegate, so hiring good coordinators and position coaches is critical.
However, in basketball, especially with an authoritarian coach, assistants do not matter so much, since they have no input. Even assistants who are hired to be "recruiters" are hamstrung because the head coach needs to close, the players know ultimately it will be the head coach in charge and all of this is generally known. Shuffling assistants in basketball is not the salve that it can be in football.
What seems strange to me is that Andrew Francis stuck around. He must like Cal and like the area.
Big C said:calumnus said:
In football there are so many players and units that you need to delegate, so hiring good coordinators and position coaches is critical.
However, in basketball, especially with an authoritarian coach, assistants do not matter so much, since they have no input. Even assistants who are hired to be "recruiters" are hamstrung because the head coach needs to close, the players know ultimately it will be the head coach in charge and all of this is generally known. Shuffling assistants in basketball is not the salve that it can be in football.
What seems strange to me is that Andrew Francis stuck around. He must like Cal and like the area.
Dunno if Andrew Francis has a wife and school-age kids, but I could see him wanting to have them all not get uprooted again and enjoy life here for a while. My cousins in Queens, NY used to always tell me it was their dream to live in California one day, but they didn't live long enough.
Assistants in college football and basketball work their azzes off and move around a lot.
Assistants are responsible for skills development. And skills have not been developed.calumnus said:
In football there are so many players and units that you need to delegate, so hiring good coordinators and position coaches is critical.
However, in basketball, especially with an authoritarian coach, assistants do not matter so much, since they have no input. Even assistants who are hired to be "recruiters" are hamstrung because the head coach needs to close, the players know ultimately it will be the head coach in charge and all of this is generally known. Shuffling assistants in basketball is not the salve that it can be in football.
What seems strange to me is that Andrew Francis stuck around. He must like Cal and like the area.
And for recruiting. Both areas have been awful and its inconceivable upgrades/changes have not been made.sluggo said:Assistants are responsible for skills development. And skills have not been developed.calumnus said:
In football there are so many players and units that you need to delegate, so hiring good coordinators and position coaches is critical.
However, in basketball, especially with an authoritarian coach, assistants do not matter so much, since they have no input. Even assistants who are hired to be "recruiters" are hamstrung because the head coach needs to close, the players know ultimately it will be the head coach in charge and all of this is generally known. Shuffling assistants in basketball is not the salve that it can be in football.
What seems strange to me is that Andrew Francis stuck around. He must like Cal and like the area.
BearGoggles said:And for recruiting. Both areas have been awful and its inconceivable upgrades/changes have not been made.sluggo said:Assistants are responsible for skills development. And skills have not been developed.calumnus said:
In football there are so many players and units that you need to delegate, so hiring good coordinators and position coaches is critical.
However, in basketball, especially with an authoritarian coach, assistants do not matter so much, since they have no input. Even assistants who are hired to be "recruiters" are hamstrung because the head coach needs to close, the players know ultimately it will be the head coach in charge and all of this is generally known. Shuffling assistants in basketball is not the salve that it can be in football.
What seems strange to me is that Andrew Francis stuck around. He must like Cal and like the area.
Falls on the AD IMO, though Fox should be smart enough to make the changes on his own.
