His name is obviously already "out there" if he's being mentioned as possible assistant at UConn.
Abdelmassih to UConn?
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His name is obviously already "out there" if he's being mentioned as possible assistant at UConn.
Who could have possibly saw you being the glass half empty type. Shocking revelation.
let's be honest about that, that was an odd situation where we got very fortunate (or lucky) in landing Royce.
Like I said, Matt could be a monster recruiter like some have said, but he hasn't shown it the last couple years. But, he is also only 27, so it's to be expected that Mann, Otz, and Hoiberg are the ones getting the talent.
It's the nature of the beast that assistants move one. He's going to leave sooner or later. Fred will just need to reload when it occurs. The man we want to hold onto is Mr. Hoiberg!
Easiest to replace:
Otzelberger
Mann
Abdelmassih
Abdelmassih is the easy choice here. He landed Royce. Other than that he's proven? I doubt we'd see much change if he moved on.
It would suck since he's the lead recruiter for Vaughn but I'm sure Fred has a good enough relationship with him that if MA did leave, it wouldn't hurt us too bad.
I may be wrong as I actually can't remember, but wasn't Matt behind Niang? That is his wheelhouse up there. I know Fred was heavily involved there too but wasn't Matt in the mix to some extent? If so, Niang is a good badge for Matt.
Hell, I would go a step further and bet that Fred ASSUMED Matt would be gone after a couple years. If you've got young, hungry assistants, you've got to assume they'll be in line for better opportunities eventually and want to take advantage of them.
These guys are ladder climbers and who can blame them. If the UConn job is a "promotion" in terms of title and responsibility, I imagine Matt will move on and I will wish him well.
According to who, the guy watching on TV or I guess in your case Cyclone Alley? Please.
Rivals says Fred was the lead recruiter for Niang, just like Rashad Vaughn.
Georges Niang - Yahoo! Sports
You hope like hell people constantly want your assistants. That means you're doing something right. So far Fred's done a nice job hiring and as long as he continues doing so, he'll have a revolving door of assistants. Its not a bad thing as long as other people want them and the coaches themselves aren't just trying to get out.
The possibility of Matt A leaving right now is concerning to me. Mainly due to timing and his current relationships he has built for our next two classes with the large number of open scholarships in '13 & '14. (Also his good relationship with Brewster Academy, though Fred is well known there too) All that said, our continued success is going to lead to our assistants being poached from other programs, if he decides to leave I will wish him luck. Fred has all ready proven to have a good eye for identifying successful candidates for his staff, coaching and recruiting, thus I am sure he has a contingency plan in place. If this is the price of success I will begrudgingly pay it.
I am a little surprised his name came up just now, Ollie has been the UCONN coach in waiting for 1.5 years and on staff before that. I would have thought if they had a recruiting position open he would have already been contacted previously? Of course, Ollie may just want to be making his own imprint on the program and impressed with Matt and ISU success.
I am a little surprised his name came up just now, Ollie has been the UCONN coach in waiting for 1.5 years and on staff before that. I would have thought if they had a recruiting position open he would have already been contacted previously? Of course, Ollie may just want to be making his own imprint on the program and impressed with Matt and ISU success.
He might be a better fit for UConn anyway. It's probably a lot easier to recruit NYC kids to UConn than ISU. Not saying his loss wouldn't be big but I could see why he'd do it.
