Chris Collins

[HawkeyeMike23]

Now we have two...the jury is still out on Coach K's assistants.

Mike Brey was a Coach K assistant and he's been fairly successful at Notre Dame. But I would be hesitant to hire Collins after what Amaker, Snyder and Dawkins have done.

 

[FreddyBrown]

Freddy-right, wrong, or otherwise, I find it pretty telling that in 30 years, Coach K's had very few assistants look to make their own names as head coaches and that those have not had much (see any) success.

The question is why do you find it telling? I find it almost completely lacking in reason.

Mike Brey is a former Duke assistant. He's had ND in the NCAA on a regular basis.

Quin Snyder was doing rather well at Mizzou until he flamed out based on what I would consider individual character issues.

Tommy Amaker succeeded at his first stop at Seton Hall, but got swallowed at Michigan. Quick--name all the recently successful Michigan coaches. Hell, John Belein had a Final Four team at WVa, and he may not succeed at Michigan.

With Johnny Dawkins, it's just too early to tell--and he's also at a school (like Duke) which presents more academic obstacles to big time recruiting than most.

All of these situations are different and the people are different. Personally, I think of the bunch Collins would have the best chance to succeed at a school like Iowa. I think he'd be a great choice.

I've taken the liberty of e-mailing this recommendation to Barta and I'm certain that he's poring over it right now.

 

[FreddyBrown]

Coach K does not let his assistants coach. Coach Pitino assistants are prepared for a D1 job...Steve Masiello.

I'd be interested in hearing more about this assertion. Are you talking about games, practice, what? I watch a lot of Duke's games, and the assistants appear to me to be as involved as they are anywhere, and more so than at a lot of places (Iowa).

For now I'm gonna say you pulled that one out of your rear end.

 

[pmchawk]

the name "Duke" recruits itself. I woudn't want an assistent from there or any program that has a name where players will just come calling (unless they were at a program that didn't recruit itself prior to that).

 

[FreddyBrown]

the name "Duke" recruits itself. I woudn't want an assistent from there or any program that has a name where players will just come calling (unless they were at a program that didn't recruit itself prior to that).

The competition to recruit at that level is, if anything, more intense than what Iowa faces to recruit at the level we have. Duke gets its foot in a lot of doors, but when they do they find coaches from every other elite program in the nation there as well.

Recruiting everywhere is about hard work and salesmanship. Chris Collins is a hard worker and has the pedigree and the personality to sell.

 

[burky247]

I hate Duke. I don't want one of their assistants.

 

[FreddyBrown]

Absolute proof that Coach K allows his assistants...

...to coach:

 

[hawks23]

I like the idea of Montgomery if an assistant coach would be hired. I would be happy with an assistant if he can sell himself as a recruiter. I don't have any knowledge of how much any of these assistants are resposible for recruiting. Nothing against Collins. Just like Montgomery better.

 

[ColumbusHawk]

Chris' mom Kathy is from Cedar Rapids. She met Doug when they were students at Illinois State.