Ernie Zeigler.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Zeigler
Korey McCray expected to come in from Atlanta AAU ranks. We're about to jump in the AAU recruiting game big time.
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Ernie Zeigler.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Zeigler
Korey McCray expected to come in from Atlanta AAU ranks. We're about to jump in the AAU recruiting game big time.
We've got a pipeline to Saudi Arabia now!
I guess he got the 3rd slot instead of Garson. I wonder if Garson decided to stay a HC or Howland just chose Zeigler. Either way another coach he is used to having on staff.
He has a lot of international experience. That could be a very useful pipeline.Quote:
Originally Posted by Political Hack
Or Director of Basketball Operations for one of them?
Love getting ex D1 head coaches as assistants ...
isn't diamond stone, the #1 center, from Detroit?
Milwaukee.Quote:
Originally Posted by justwin
And China!Quote:
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I was wondering on that too and my thinking was on this was possibly Scott Garson, since Korey McCray is supposed to get the other assistant position, along with George Brooks.
McCray is with Howland at the baseball game, so it looks like that's a done deal.
Anybody know for sure on Zeigler vs. Garson? Both seem like good options.
Met McRay at the game with Howland. He introduced himself as the new assistant coach and said he was glad to be on board. Sounds official to me. Howland quite impressive!
He spoke to Garson about the job but he decided to stay as a HC. So Zeigler was the next choice.Quote:
Originally Posted by smootness
Cool. Love having a guy with head coaching experience on the staff. This is definitely a very good staff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ifyouonlyknew
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Thanks Dan!
McCray, Ziegler, and Brooks are done deals?
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Any word on who may be the Director of Basketball Operations?
Looks like it.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
From what I've read on Zeigler, he's more of a player's coach than Howland, which I think is important for him.
Is McCray going to be huge difference maker as a recruiter, or is this going to be a bit slower process than many are expecting?
Personally, I'm not expecting us to pull in multiple elite guys. But is as in as you can possibly be with one of the top AAU programs in the country and also obviously has ties with other programs as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by BeardoMSU
He should definitely be able to pull in talent. This isn't going to be a 4-year rebuild.
I'm not expecting McCray to get the very top guys from the ATL Celtics but if we can get a couple of the bench guys we'll be set. For example D'Marcus Simonds doesn't start for the Celtics & he's a top 50-60 prospect. Get 1 or 2 of those guys every year plus the top guys in MS & you're constantly pulling in a top 20 class.
Speaking of assistants...I wonder if strength and conditioning staff will be retained. I know Ray kept them around from Stans/Williams days.
Howland specifically praised our strength program, so I would assume they'll stay.Quote:
Originally Posted by DawgSaint
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Originally Posted by BeardoMSU
I'm tempering my expectations and not expecting anything other than (hopefully) Malik for 2015. I think we will at the very least get some interest from the top guys on that Celtics AAU team, hopefully we can pull 1 of them and get Simmonds back on board.
I hope we can get in on the kegler sweepstakes tooQuote:
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