Brian Fish New Coach?

[aucat]

Welcome to Bozeman, Coach!

fish@uoregon.edu

[Hawks86]

"I wish him the best at Montana State," said outgoing senior center Waverly Austin in a phone interview, describing Fish as a "player's coach." Fish worked with Oregon's forwards and centers in practice.

"You can have a good relationship on and off the court. He's funny but also very serious about the game. I think it's important for coaches to have that relationship, it brings a comfort level for a player. That's what he can do for that team."

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[bobcat99]

Paging mslacat...he posted a tweet that Nevin Johnson, formerly of Creighton and now at New Mexico JC, is headed to MSU. Johnson appears to have also had an offer from Auburn, at least prior to their change in coaching staffs.

Johnson is averaging 7.5 ppg on 32% shooting.

Yay?

[MSU01]

Paging mslacat...he posted a tweet that Nevin Johnson, formerly of Creighton and now at New Mexico JC, is headed to MSU. Johnson appears to have also had an offer from Auburn, at least prior to their change in coaching staffs.

Johnson is averaging 7.5 ppg on 32% shooting.

Yay?

Their 13.5 PPG leading scorer was signed by Oklahoma State, so it must be a good team he's on currently. I really have no idea how good he is, but Creighton is a strong enough program that if they signed him out of HS, he must have some talent. Haven't seen anything more on this other than the one tweet, so who knows if this is at all accurate.

[vike_king]

One of my Duck friends said it's a great hire for us. "He is a great recruiter and great guy on all accounts". Surprised by the hiring, but seems like it might be just what we needed. I may buy season tickets just to support the Cats again now that we have something to look forward too.

Uh oh, an Oregon Duck? Don't we have a contract with that other sports clothing company?

[Colter_Nuanez]

Sources: Oregon assistant Brian Fish is new MSU men's head hoops coach
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[gtapp]

So did we get the best coach or the best coach we could afford!

[phantom]

I've known Fish for many years. He seemingly has contacts everywhere ... he will bring in players. Really good guy that has always been a great recruiter because of his ability to connect with people and build relationships. I came to this board to check things out when he was reported as a candidate. I will now be following the Bobcats and pulling for them to do well.

[MSU01]

So did we get the best coach or the best coach we could afford!

The latter of course. By all accounts Fish is taking a significant pay cut to come here as he was making over $200K a year at Oregon, so it would seem Fields did a good job attracting quality candidates given the budget he has to work with.

[BelgradeBobcat]

I've known Fish for many years. He seemingly has contacts everywhere ... he will bring in players. Really good guy that has always been a great recruiter because of his ability to connect with people and build relationships. I came to this board to check things out when he was reported as a candidate. I will now be following the Bobcats and pulling for them to do well.

Welcome to the board and thanks for the info!

[The Butcher]

Hope his background check clears.

[hokeyfine]

Colter's headline should be......."The Fish That Saved Bozeman"............. for all you Dr. J fans.......... and dating myself

[Bobcat Jim]

Fish went to high school in Seymour Indiana, as did John Mellencamp, so maybe he can get him to come in and do some concerts before games to draw back some of us older rocker/basketball fans to MSU basketball.

[Darth Yoda]

So did we get the best coach or the best coach we could afford!

Not sure 7 figures for a guy like Izzo or Calipari was ever really on the table. I will say this: I think the administration was able to really reach deep and find a way to pay the guy (at least close to) what he deserves. I'm impressed we were able to land a very high quality guy with a ton of big time experience with a seemingly limited budget.

[allcat]

So did we get the best coach or the best coach we could afford!

Time will tell.

[aucat]

My apologies to Peter Fields. I doubted his ability to bring in a top flight coach, but I can't imagine
a better choice than Brian Fish, and not only that, but actually landing him.

Go Cats. I'm ready for some new excitement as our program
begins to rebuild.

[homeytennis]

Oregon was kicking around Wisconin pretty good in the NCAAs until Wisconsin woke up. Now Wiskey is in the Final Four.

[technoCat]

I think I've got to give Fields some credit. This seems like a great hire. Will be interesting to find out what kind of compensation they offered him. Maybe they convinced him with incentives he could get close to what he was making.


Welcome to MSU coach!

[grizatwork]

He may have jumped at the opportunity to be a head coach. Prove himself a winner here and he could move up a level.

[SonomaCat]

He may have jumped at the opportunity to be a head coach. Prove himself a winner here and he could move up a level.

Or (and this is where you will see my inner child and his big dreams) he can make MSU a winner, turning MSU into a perennial top-tier mid-major, bringing in tons of fans and tons of money from around the state/region, allowing MSU to pay him a lot more down the road and thus keeping him for a long time.