Who should be Wichita State's Head Coach?

[Shockm]

I've seen no improvement from Ballard. Sorry. He has rock hands and is out of position so much. He can block a few shots though.

How many blocks last game? 8 or close to it. He blocked more than a few.

[SubGod22]

5

[Stickboy46]

He alters 3x the number he blocks. Plus changes the entire strategy for the other teams offense. If he can just do SOMETHING on offense... He's our starter.

[MikeKennedyRulZ]

How many blocks last game? 8 or close to it. He blocked more than a few.

Ok. He blocks shots. Not sure I ever disputed that fact...

[WstateU]

Neither of these guys seem to have any stamina. It's very noticeable. I thought QB was gonna pass out after going on the floor the other day. Dude did hurt his neck a little, too.

Captain Roger Murdock from Airplane would be proud.

[Shockm]

Ok. He blocks shots. Not sure I ever disputed that fact...

He blocks lots of shots. The closest player we have to his rim protecting abilities is unfortunately, our Point guard.

[MikeKennedyRulZ]

He blocks lots of shots. The closest player we have to his rim protecting abilities is unfortunately, our Point guard.

He has shot blocking potential for sure. Take away the 5 he had Saturday and he had 5 total in the previous 6 games so let's not turn him in to Dikembe Mutombo just yet. Longwood's tallest player who played significant minutes was 6'7".

[Stickboy46]

He has shot blocking potential for sure. Take away the 5 he had Saturday and he had 5 total in the previous 6 games so let's not turn him in to Dikembe Mutombo just yet. Longwood's tallest player who played significant minutes was 6'7".

To be fair .. he may have "played" in 7 games .. but 4 of those games are 3 minutes, 4 minutes, 6 minutes and 6 minutes. In the 3 games he's played over 6 minutes? 9 blocks...

[WeWillShockU2]

Lifted this one from the Texas Tech forums: “Sign ideas for the UT games…’The Austin Strangler’”

That is good.

[SubGod22]

SI has a list of 10 coaches at non-power conference jobs whose names you'll want to remember. I'd have to look into most of them more closely to have an opinion, but if we're looking outside of the Marshall tree....

Drew Valentine - Loyola-Chicago
Jeff Linder - Wyoming
Jordan Mincy - Jacksonville
Grant McCasland - North Texas
Shantay Legans - Portland
Niko Medved - Colorado State
Austin Claunch - Nicholls State
Kim English - George Mason
Bob Richey - Furman
Robert Jones - Norfolk State

There are little snippets on each in the article. Jeff Linder seems intriguing based on what he's pulled off at Wyoming. I'll have to do a deeper dive on him and the others though.

Screw it, here's another College Hoops Today - 20 coaches on the rise entering the 2022-23 season by Rothstein. Some of the same names as the SI list above.

Shantay Legans - Portland
Bob Richey - Furman
Robert Jones - Norfolk State
Richie Riley - South Alabama
Bashir Mason - St. Peter's
Austin Claunch - Nicholls
Joe Pasternack - UC Santa Barbara
Matt Langel - Colgate
Eric Henderson - South Dakota State
Stan Johnson - Loyola Marymount
Jared Grasso - Bryant
Terrence Johnson - Texas State
Grant McCasland - North Texas
Darian DeVries - Drake
Jordan Mincy - Jacksonville
Dana Ford - Missouri State
Jeff Boals - Ohio
Jonas Hayes - Georgia State
Danny Sprinkle - Montana State
Ritchie McKay - Liberty


Some of these coaches are probably bound to be more successful in other regions, but it's a list we can look at if we so choose. Most of them are under 40 and could offer a lot to a program like ours and potentially be here a long time if they have success and we take care of them.

[pinstripers]

Seems like I've heard of Bob Richey

[BostonWu]

Bring in Grant McCasland and Matt Braeuer.

[Stickboy46]

Bring in Grant McCasland and Matt Braeuer.

Wonder the possibilities of poaching a coach from the same conference ...

[ShockBand]

Wonder the possibilities of poaching a coach from the same conference ...

If we do it soon enough, then technically...

[SubGod22]

I like McCasland, but I think getting him to come here and face his old school a couple of times a year might be difficult.