[X&J #6] How Top Programs Evaluate and Acquire Winning Personnel (with special guest Sam Story)
In Episode 6, Mike and Bob welcome special guest Sam Story (CoachSS) for a live discussion about how winning programs evaluate, determine, and land the players and coaches who are best for them.
On this special edition of Xs and Joes, Bob and Mike welcome longtime Indiana fan, coach, referee, and all-around good dude Sam Story (CoachSS) to the show.
The three longtime friends and college hoops fans engage in a deep dive on how winning college basketball programs evaluate, determine, and land the players and coaches who are best for them.
In this episode …
Segment 1: What traits are college coaches and recruiting evaluators looking at with prospective players? What information should fans look at as legitimate versus noise?
Segment 2: What are the stages and levels of recruiting? How does it translate to other positions like coaching and program/department administration?Â
Segment 3: How does a program’s overall performance, resources, image and style impact who and how they recruit? (We might just talk about IU here)
Wrap Up: The confluence of Quantity Theory of Money and the free movement of human assets in an unregulated marketplace: What the world looks like with the transfer portal, NIL and the retrenchment of the NCAA.Â
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Good day, I've been meaning to post something related to this and I think it would be a great discussion for another episode and general discussion. When Woody departs the program I'm sure an "international search" will take place to find his replacement. What are the characteristics of the person that IU should hire to replace him? For now, the IU program is in critical condition- even with beating Wisconsin. (Thankfully) For my perspective, IU needs to find a proven winner at the Power 5 + Big East level. There's no time for risks of a mid-major coach like Archie who may or may not be able to make it. There are limits for some candidates, and IU can't take a chance at this point. If you look at proven winners in high level D-1, you've got guys like Sean Miller, Mick Cronin, Thad Matta, Greg McDermott, Kyle Smith, Danny Hurley - and there are others. But you'll have to pay for these guys. Steve Alford could not do it in high division one, but he's very good at mid-major (quite a game last night at Colorado State). Archie could not do it at high division one, but he's good at RI. Same for Dan Monson, Richard Pitino and more. The thing is this: What do these high level winners do that's different than the ones who cannot get it done? What makes Nick Saban and Jim Harbaugh so good at the details of winning big? Sure it's the players, but that's only part of it. What made Bob Knight better than Dr. Tom (and I have great respect for Dr. Tom)? In order to get great results, we need a great coach - not a possible great coach. A GREAT COACH. What makes these super coaches so super? It's a good discussion.