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I took my kids to the CCSF basketball game today. Their opponent was overmatched. But they had some very good athletes and played very active, swarming defense. At one point late in the first half they were up 40-9. They were well coached and for the most part knew what they wanted to do offensively and defensively, as a team.

It had me wondering. Could Cal beat this team? I think the odds are not good.

Also, I realize things are very different at the JUCO level but the CCSF coach has quite the resume and I wonder how often a JUCO coach has made a successful transition to D1. Anyone have any insight there?

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GMP said:

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Yeah, good point.

Also, the CCSF coach's bio says he is tied with Tarkanian for the most state titles, with four. I didn't know Tark started at JUCO, but he coached at three different JUCOs over ten years before he got to LBSU. So that's a pretty good example of a coach making the transition, but it was also almost sixty years ago.

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GMP said:

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I took my kids to the CCSF basketball game today. Their opponent was overmatched. But they had some very good athletes and played very active, swarming defense. At one point late in the first half they were up 40-9. They were well coached and for the most part knew what they wanted to do offensively and defensively, as a team.

It had me wondering. Could Cal beat this team? I think the odds are not good.

Also, I realize things are very different at the JUCO level but the CCSF coach has quite the resume and I wonder how often a JUCO coach has made a successful transition to D1. Anyone have any insight there?

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Alkiadt said:

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GMP said:

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I took my kids to the CCSF basketball game today. Their opponent was overmatched. But they had some very good athletes and played very active, swarming defense. At one point late in the first half they were up 40-9. They were well coached and for the most part knew what they wanted to do offensively and defensively, as a team.

It had me wondering. Could Cal beat this team? I think the odds are not good.

Also, I realize things are very different at the JUCO level but the CCSF coach has quite the resume and I wonder how often a JUCO coach has made a successful transition to D1. Anyone have any insight there?

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Justin Labaugh was a walk on at Cal.

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calumnus said:

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Alkiadt said:

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GMP said:

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I took my kids to the CCSF basketball game today. Their opponent was overmatched. But they had some very good athletes and played very active, swarming defense. At one point late in the first half they were up 40-9. They were well coached and for the most part knew what they wanted to do offensively and defensively, as a team.

It had me wondering. Could Cal beat this team? I think the odds are not good.

Also, I realize things are very different at the JUCO level but the CCSF coach has quite the resume and I wonder how often a JUCO coach has made a successful transition to D1. Anyone have any insight there?

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Justin Labaugh was a walk on at Cal.

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Yes, was waiting for someone to mention he is a Cal alum.

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KoreAmBear said:

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GMP said:

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Yeah, good point.

Also, the CCSF coach's bio says he is tied with Tarkanian for the most state titles, with four. I didn't know Tark started at JUCO, but he coached at three different JUCOs over ten years before he got to LBSU. So that's a pretty good example of a coach making the transition, but it was also almost sixty years ago.

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Also Tark was a big proponent of recruiting the best JUCOs like Larry Johnson. Man what a run he had.

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HoopDreams said:

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i think the two cal players who were kicked off the team played there for a year and may have won a state championship (not sure)

netflix has an excellent series on juco ball ( last chance u ). east LA juco has two former D1 players, the star is 7 foot center from UW

they featured this team for two seasons and SFCC has been the 800lb gorilla

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bearmanpg said:

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Lute Olson coached in high school for 13 years before moving to Long Beach City College for 4 years. He went to Long Beach St. to take over for Tarkanian before moving on to Iowa and of course, UA. Right now, I can't understand how anyone could discount a JC coach when the coach we have is clearly not even up to JC standards at this time. Labagh is definitely a good coach and would be a major upgrade for Cal right now.

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Not sure if you are implying I discounted him, so I just want to be clear that I did not. I assume the jobs are very different. In some ways, JUCO seems tougher, with near complete roster turnover every year and coaching kids with particular problems that have landed them there. But I also assume there are things a D1 coach has to do that a JUCO coach doesn't have to worry about, including far more competition in recruiting.

My specific question about Labagh is that with all his success, why is he still there? Maybe he likes it. But it's hard to believe D1 money wouldn't be too much to turn down, and so I am wondering if there is some reason no one has hired him away.

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bearmanpg said:

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GMP said:

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bearmanpg said:

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Lute Olson coached in high school for 13 years before moving to Long Beach City College for 4 years. He went to Long Beach St. to take over for Tarkanian before moving on to Iowa and of course, UA. Right now, I can't understand how anyone could discount a JC coach when the coach we have is clearly not even up to JC standards at this time. Labagh is definitely a good coach and would be a major upgrade for Cal right now.

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Not sure if you are implying I discounted him, so I just want to be clear that I did not. I assume the jobs are very different. In some ways, JUCO seems tougher, with near complete roster turnover every year and coaching kids with particular problems that have landed them there. But I also assume there are things a D1 coach has to do that a JUCO coach doesn't have to worry about, including far more competition in recruiting.

My specific question about Labagh is that with all his success, why is he still there? Maybe he likes it. But it's hard to believe D1 money wouldn't be too much to turn down, and so I am wondering if there is some reason no one has hired him away.

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I wasn't implying you discounted Labagh, I was just wondering how anyone could discount him considering our current coach. I can't answer your question about Labagh not being hired by someone else but I have heard that he and his wife really like this area.

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