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Wouldn't Sprinks be a no brainer?

Is there anyway you could find out for us if he wants the job? Otherwise, he wouldn't even be worth talking about.

Bay Area Cat wrote:Is there anyway you could find out for us if he wants the job? Otherwise, he wouldn't even be worth talking about.

Mslacat said he did, and I trust everything he says about the B-ball program

this might be a good indicator as to whether MSU basketball is regarded as a graveyard. If Sprinkle puts in for the job its probably thought of as a decent place to coach. If not its probably thought of as a graveyard.

In addition there may be the issue of control of recruiting.If Fields relinquishes his control over what type of player and student is accepted in the program, perhaps Sprinkle would put in for the job. That may be one of the reasons he left in the first place. a coach doesn't want criminals in his program, however if only can't miss students are recruited we get further away from can't miss basketball recruits.

Weberstate1 wrote:Wouldn't Sprinks be a no brainer?

The last time we (the vast majority of us on BobcatNation) clamored for a coaching hire as a "no brainer" it was Brad Huse. Just say'n.

imacat wrote:

Weberstate1 wrote:Wouldn't Sprinks be a no brainer?

The last time we (the vast majority of us on BobcatNation) clamored for a coaching hire as a "no brainer" it was Brad Huse. Just say'n.

Huss was thrown into a tough situation. APR was bad and MSU had a lot of off court issues. He got off to a decent start, but players lost confidence in him. He's not a bad coach. Things just didn't break right for him. I think either Dirden or Sprinkle would be good hires and would definitely keep our signees on board.

[cat_bracket] wrote:

imacat wrote:

Weberstate1 wrote:Wouldn't Sprinks be a no brainer?

The last time we (the vast majority of us on BobcatNation) clamored for a coaching hire as a "no brainer" it was Brad Huse. Just say'n.

Huss was thrown into a tough situation. APR was bad and MSU had a lot of off court issues. He got off to a decent start, but players lost confidence in him. He's not a bad coach. Things just didn't break right for him. I think either Dirden or Sprinkle would be good hires and would definitely keep our signees on board.

I completely disagree with these statements. It was Huse's scheme and his inflexible nature (not wanting to change his system to maximize the abilities of the current athletes on the roster) that ended up being his demise. The players lost confidence because of his dogged desire to slow them down. I can't remember seeing very many breakaway dunks during the Huse tenure. Absolutely zero interest in a transition game of any sort. Inflexibility and no ability to change is the mark of a bad coach, IMO.

grizzh8r wrote:

[cat_bracket] wrote:

imacat wrote:

Weberstate1 wrote:Wouldn't Sprinks be a no brainer?

The last time we (the vast majority of us on BobcatNation) clamored for a coaching hire as a "no brainer" it was Brad Huse. Just say'n.

Huss was thrown into a tough situation. APR was bad and MSU had a lot of off court issues. He got off to a decent start, but players lost confidence in him. He's not a bad coach. Things just didn't break right for him. I think either Dirden or Sprinkle would be good hires and would definitely keep our signees on board.

I completely disagree with these statements. It was Huse's scheme and his inflexible nature (not wanting to change his system to maximize the abilities of the current athletes on the roster) that ended up being his demise. The players lost confidence because of his dogged desire to slow them down. I can't remember seeing very many breakaway dunks during the Huse tenure. Absolutely zero interest in a transition game of any sort. Inflexibility and no ability to change is the mark of a bad coach, IMO.

Another mark of a bad coach is when your team finishes 9th in an 11-team conference, in a year in which you had a wealth of returning experience and talent.