briankaldenberg
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I think our next hire will be someone of that nature.
"Push the Limits" Recruiter
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We don't need a guy that is going to push the limits, we just need a guy who is comfortable networking and promoting the program in urban AAU circuits. All recruiting is, is personal relationships and networks. We need a guy who has established networks and has the skills to establish networks here in the midwest. Lick and Alford (pre-Neal) either refused to, or were unable to make the necessary connections. Alford left right around the time he finally developed the relationships and connections, and he made connections in TX the minute he was hired in New Mexico.
Iowa is an interesting recruiting job. The coach must be able recruit Top 150 Iowa kids, which will not require AAU connections and can be done more traditionally, and then utilize established networks to bring in other kids. Whoever is hired needs to start pounding the door of Chasson Randle the minute he gets hired, the kid has visited several times and he obviously has some interest in the University, and I think the right could coach could sell him on being difference maker for an upstart Iowa program.
Iowa is an interesting recruiting job. The coach must be able recruit Top 150 Iowa kids, which will not require AAU connections and can be done more traditionally, and then utilize established networks to bring in other kids. Whoever is hired needs to start pounding the door of Chasson Randle the minute he gets hired, the kid has visited several times and he obviously has some interest in the University, and I think the right could coach could sell him on being difference maker for an upstart Iowa program.
HawkeyeMike23
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Why wouldn't he need AAU connections for Iowa kids? They're no different than any other high school kids, this isn't twenty years ago, these kids aren't going to want to be Hawkeyes just because they're from Iowa. There was just an article talking about how Lick took way too long to reach out and make AAU contacts in Iowa. The new coach needs to get connected with Martin Bros. and Sullivan's AAU program right away.
I agree you don't want to isolate the Iowa AAU coaches. But the AAU programs have a lot more influence over kids in Detroit and Chicago, who maybe have a little more unstable high school/family life. Most Iowa kids you can still recruit, at least somewhat, through their high school coaches, parents, ect... I think urban AAU programs, prep schools, JUCOs, ect... are also going to have a few more street agents, "advisors," and what-not that a coach is going to have sift through, an element not present with the Iowa clubs. We need a coach comfortable in both environemtns. He doesn't have to play the game or get dirty, but he should comfortable navigating all recruiting channels.
1977Hawkeye
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Isn't that what Lickliter attempted to do? You can see how far it got us ignoring the in-state AAU programs.
clicheusername3
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Iowa fans want Iowa kids more than the program needs Iowa kids.
I was listening to Jean lenti-Ponsetto ,AD of DePaul this morning,and she is citing recruiting as the number one issue with their program also. She is saying that they are going to pay 2 million for a top coach if they need to...at a level that only a couple Big East coaches can match in salary.
I think everyone who is looking for a coach will want someone who can get more talent into their school, or else they would not have fired the last guy.
When I think about our last hire, recruiting was almost a sidebar...pretty ridiculous when you think about it.
Get a recruiter/coach who knows all the right AAU folks,who is a tireless worker,loves recruiting,and knows the rules so they stay within them.
I think everyone who is looking for a coach will want someone who can get more talent into their school, or else they would not have fired the last guy.
When I think about our last hire, recruiting was almost a sidebar...pretty ridiculous when you think about it.
Get a recruiter/coach who knows all the right AAU folks,who is a tireless worker,loves recruiting,and knows the rules so they stay within them.
iowahawkeyes89
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I know an AAU coach in state that echos those comments.
Says Lickliter never reached out to the AAU programs, was very picky about who he would even scout.
Just didn't go out of the way to make AAU programs feel welcome.
