Exactly. Lawyers would find a way to defend this. Hence while it's shady it's still legal.
Okie State Hires Brother of #2 Recruit in the Country...
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Exactly. Lawyers would find a way to defend this. Hence while it's shady it's still legal.
What would be hilarious would be if the recruits started gaming this shady recruitment by landing a job like this for their relative and then proceeding to retract their commitment and go to the school they really wanted to go to.
Yeah, debating qualifications could get messy. I think it'd be a lot more practical to ban hiring of family and coaches during recruitment and possibly up until they leave the college. It wouldn't be foolproof but it would be a good start.
I think there might be some rule around hiring their coaches now, didn't we have to back off someone 3-4 years ago for that reason?
NCAA Bylaw 11.4.2 - Individual Associated with a Prospective Student-Athlete -- Men's Basketball.
In men's basketball, during a two-year period before a prospective student-athlete's anticipated enrollment and a two-year period after the prospective student-athlete's actual enrollment, an institution shall not employ (or enter into a contract for future employment with) an individual associated with the prospective student-athlete in any athletics department non-coaching staff position.
No restriction on hiring for one of the 3 assistant coach positions, but there is more risk with an unqualified assistant than an unqualified Director if Basketball Operations (cough-BillSelf-cough, cough).
Right. Or have a clause that person must have had worked so long before the recruitment and so long after or else there is some sort of repayment back to the school ect. Basically make the school prove they want the person based on merit.
The primary job of assistant coaches is to deliver recruits. They also are assigned game prep and scouting tasks. If Omie State is willing to sacrifice experience in the game prep and scouting to gain an elite recruit then that's their choice. Glad the rule is that these types of people have to be given a full assistant coach position, it forces schools to have to weigh that.
This is so ironic it's hilarious.
Yes, because keeping an unqualified assistant for a year or two on a staff that has other stratetically capable minds is such a deterrent to the practice.
You're talking out of your ass AND represent a fanbase of one of the most corrupt programs in the history of college basketball. Pardon me if I don't buy into your objectivity.
Kansas benefitted when the rule was more lenient and I enjoyed the results but I am glad that the current rule is what it is.
Ed Manning was hired as an assistant coqch by Larry Brown despite no rule requiring such a lofty position at that time. Folks forget that when Brown left Kansas to go coach the San Antonio Spurs that he hired Ed Manning to be one of his assistant coaches.
Mario Chalmers hiring was the one that would fall outside of today's rule. Would he have been given an assistant coach position if the rules required it? You'd have to ask Bill Self.
Then we simply have different opinions on just how valuable an assistant coach is in college hoops. I personally believe they are crucial in today's game. At Kansas, assistant coaches are assigned the creation of game plans for the vast majority of games, especially conference games.
Hey I'm guessing Boyton sees potential in him and is just giving him a chance for advancement. People always say you should hire on potential.
They are crucial to make sure Self's hairpiece doesn't come off when he's getting his token technical foul.