JD Byers who I am hearing right now
we shall see
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hokieZ71
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If nothing else that should help with staff continuity, assuming the volleyball team can stay on an upward trajectory
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...this one would be to be third assistant and bump the others up. Just my 2 cents.
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HokieRat
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Per Chris Arvin 247, that was Frazier and it fell through.
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HokieRat
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Up for people
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HokieRat
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I'm in no way linked to any sources so i was trusting 2nd hand
Link:
Not Frazier, Courtney
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I assumed when people said former assistant they had caught on there...they were talking of someone else
James Johnson was also interested, but unsure of the reciprocation
Jamion Christian was interested but obviously not for a 2nd chair role to bump up Webster (he was/is getting other offers)
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HokieSA
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I guess stranger things have happened
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It's that he's never felt he's too big for any job. He loves basketball, loves his players and wants to help people get better.
He's a lot better with relationships than program building, but he's not under the assumption that he deserves more than he's been given
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It wouldn't have been for JJ.
He was in town back in December. Went to a few games wearing VT gear. Good guy.
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HokieSA
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He wasn't dealt a great hand. I'm not sure other than Mark Byington he ever had a staff to recruit well, and they still found some diamonds in the rough like Emelogu and Trevor Thompson that could have developed. Hope he lands back in coaching soon.
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Seems to me he did pretty good wherever he was
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Hard to evaluate asst 🏀 coaches
Is it the head coach W-L record or industry reputation? Or both?
I’m 🏈 you watch their unit and look at advanced stats. Mike doesn’t even publicize a specialty for his assistants.
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...this is from Jamal Brunt's bio in his hiring at Penn State:
"Brunt engineered one of the nation's top defenses throughout his time at VCU as associate head coach and defensive coordinator, helping the Rams to three NCAA Tournament appearances, four national postseason appearances, a pair of Atlantic 10 regular-season titles and an A-10 tournament championship during his five seasons on Rhoades' VCU staff."
Byers was always the offensive coordinator and Jamal Brunt the defensive coordinator.
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so, how are they evaluated?
How does anyone but Mike evaluate any of his assistants in their performance at Tech?
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MY has his own criteria I'm sure just like any boss in any career.
Mike Young is far from the only coach to not have defensive and offensive specialists. It's much more common not to have them than have them.
I think people are getting stuck on them due to the familiarity with football and those distinct roles
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...and he coached the offense while Jamal Brunt did the defense. No idea why it is listed on Brunt's bio but not his but I'm 100% sure those were the roles. Brunt was always considered the ace recruiter on that staff for whatever that is worth.
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