UNLV New Coach...
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FairWarning
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The SD St Jackrabbits coach.
FairWarning
Bells Beer Connoisseur
UNLV is MAC-level now. I know their fans don’t want to hear it.
IWishIWasAPro
EOG Master
Fair is right.
Viejo Dinosaur
EOG Master
RIP UNLV.....can’t think of any basketball program that has fallen this much so fast....
alldaycapper
EOG Veteran
One of my favorite mid majors the past few years has been S Dakota St. He did less with more than any year he's coached there. Lost to W Illinois in the first round of the conference tournament. Can't believe he's now the coach of UNLV. No games for me.
Heim
EOG Master
I don't get what they're doing either. The women AD was quoted a week ago stating she's looking for
a 'big name', recognizable as part of the current 'pop' climate with the Knights and the Raiders coming
to town. So they hire a guy that sounds like a new burger at the Westgate deli.
a 'big name', recognizable as part of the current 'pop' climate with the Knights and the Raiders coming
to town. So they hire a guy that sounds like a new burger at the Westgate deli.
common guy
EOG Senior Member
The same Pump Brothers that brought us Rodney Tention,Bill Grier,Reggie Theus and Bruce Pearl.
railbird
EOG Master
Bayno who lasted 2 weeks, ive known them since they were 15 yr old ticket scalpers
And the team's nose-dive corresponds with the Mountain West's fall from grace.
Not good.
If the UNLV hoop program were healthy, they would be receiving an automatic or at-large bid every season, a la Gonzaga.
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One plus for Otzelberger…Menzies is an easy act to follow.
Menzies was basically booed off stage.
Menzies was basically booed off stage.
FairWarning
Bells Beer Connoisseur
UNLV hoops is the 60-YO ex-supermodel that smokes and wears heavy makeup, just trying to convince people she’s still attractive. If the best west cost talent don’t want to play in the PAC12, why would they even consider the Mt West?
Heim
EOG Master
Players are not going to go to Conferences with limited tv viewership . ESPN tried to get the Pac-12
to extend their distribution deal to 2030 the other day and Larry Scott turned it down. The MWC channel is a joke.
And coaches recruiting against MW teams know it and sell it.
Heard the press conference today introducing the new head coach at UNLV.
Optimism dominated every sentence and clichés were the order of the day.
Optimism dominated every sentence and clichés were the order of the day.
FairWarning
Bells Beer Connoisseur
They sure do.
boston massacre
EOG Master
It's pretty simple.
If you want to fill the Thomas - Mack Center every game, like the days of Jerry Tark,
then when you are watching the McDonald's High School All- American game,
you'll need 3 of those players in that game to have signed with U.N.L.V. every year.
Then the place will be Rocking.
Duke does it every year.
If you want to fill the Thomas - Mack Center every game, like the days of Jerry Tark,
then when you are watching the McDonald's High School All- American game,
you'll need 3 of those players in that game to have signed with U.N.L.V. every year.
Then the place will be Rocking.
Duke does it every year.
smartz
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Donovan Williams length/activity was impressive
Heim
EOG Master
Yeah....Hamm also from Texas U. no slouch either.
WildBill
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I think Kruger is smart that way. These other recent coaches wanted to build up some grass roots program like its going to be Butler or Baylor of the future. Kruger having played there knows the UNLV brand will sell to transfers and kids who just want a year or two of exposure. I mean how many programs have had multiple #1 picks outside of the obvious ones?
Maybe down the line they can get a few HS kids in there to make a difference, but right now with the right brand and a soft enough conference you can put together a winning team just off the portal.
Heim
EOG Master
That's the problem. The MWC TV deal with CBS Sports Network is far from national exposure. Moreover,
some games start as late as 11:30 EST.
You're right. They'll get players. But nothing that will push them to the next level.
Kevin Kruger, the player, was one of the first to take advantage of the graduate transfer rules, the precursor to the transfer portal.
Kruger transferred from Arizona State to UNLV before the 2006-07 hoop season.
A run to the Sweet Sixteen followed shortly thereafter.
"Son of a coach" really fits Kevin Kruger.
Kruger transferred from Arizona State to UNLV before the 2006-07 hoop season.
A run to the Sweet Sixteen followed shortly thereafter.
"Son of a coach" really fits Kevin Kruger.
WildBill
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No doubt UNLV's days of glory aren't coming back. Being the 3rd wheel for now in Vegas and soon to be 5th wheel means the program will never do much better than be an occasional March Madness participant. But Kruger was hired to just right the ship, get them to being a winning team that gets to be semi-relevant again. Playing the tourney on their home floor they can get one of those bids eventually.
And frankly I think TV start times are not a big deal for the kids we are talking about. Scouts worldwide are going to see them play. Their friends back home if the are in their teens or 20s will tune in to watch. Every TV service out there offers a DVR for their family who can't stay up. It really means you just don't get middle aged slobs like us on the east coast to not watch, but that's the least of your worries. Meanwhile you get to live in Vegas for a year or two which to a kid has to be worth a lot of bonus points. Only other consideration you have to fight over is if some small town program comes calling you and you think you can milk it for NIL money. But that's really all Kruger is competing against for these transfer portal kids in putting together a team that can win 20 games in a mediocre conference.
even though they lost by 13 last night to a powerhouse team IMO
UNLV looked v good last night
Heim
EOG Master
Michigan's Moussa Diabate is as close to a young Shaq as anyone I've
seen in college hoops.
seen in college hoops.
railbird
EOG Master
3 inches shorter and 100lbs lighter.