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Sam Purcell
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May be wrong, but I feel like this could be a good hire. Wish we'd go a similar route in football and men's hoops....up and comer with great work ethic, strong recruiting, and something to prove. May not work out, but to me it's better than hiring a has been whose ceiling is well defined before he arrives
Has a pretty impressive resume. I like the hire.
That?s a good hire!
An up and comer was basically who Dan Mullen was and we had the best ten year stretch in the history of MSU football.Quote:
Originally Posted by CadaverDawg
We hired a recruiter. No HV experience and not even the top Asst. On that staff.
Still would have liked to see Novak get the opportunity. Wonder how many transfers out we will have.
Seems like a good hire and I'm behind it. Trying to be positive, so don't tempt me.
According to his bio, he was instrumental in developing the UL offense with emphasis in guard play. If anything it sounds like great potential based off of who he?s coached under as well. At the end of the day, it?s women?s bball.
Yes the Mullen comparison didn't fit. Mullen ran the offense at Florida, was not known and later proved not to be a great recruiterQuote:
Originally Posted by Cooterpoot
What time Monday is the hastily called news conference for the MBB.
Yes and now we can focus on the men'sQuote:
Originally Posted by Thick
I'm not excited about this hire... Novak deserved the job in my opionion. Hope Purcell proves wrong. From the little research I've done he is apparently a great recruiter. He better start re-recruiting Danae Carter, Jessika Carter, the Michigan State transfer and Jerkaila Jordan really quick because that's the backbone of our team
CorrectQuote:
Originally Posted by Thick
I'm down with it
Wasn't he an associate HC? Looks like a solid hire. Will he be Mullen or Moorhead?Quote:
Originally Posted by Cooterpoot
Like many have said "it's only women's basketball", so I guess I will wait and see, I have only been to one women's game since Msu started a girl's team and that was during one of Vic's great runs.
I do hate it for Novak who I grew to really like, I wish him well, hard worker.
Big gamble on someone that has never led a program but hope it works out. Was hoping for Novak because we at least knew he could coach and motivate even against the odds in the fire of actual SEC games. Can only hope that this "good on paper" hire works better than Moorhead or NMP. His first recruiting job is trying to keep some current players so he doesn't have to replace the entire roster.
Ok, not too bad, at least on paper. We shall see how it plays out. The last "great recruiter" Cohen hired was for shit. Oh yeah, drop the bow tie. Too reminiscent of our friends to the north.
Novak deserved the job
I agree... But I'll still wait and see what Purcell can do before I pass any judgmentQuote:
Originally Posted by preachermatt83
I am officially recanting all previous statements I've made along these lines and getting behind Coach Purcell 100%.Quote:
Originally Posted by preachermatt83
Novak had never coached a basketball team before becoming the interim coach for us. Someone in this thread said today?s hire was a big gamble as he?s never coached a team before. Well, he?s been an assistant for what 8-9 yrs with Ville? Does that not count as coaching?Quote:
Originally Posted by preachermatt83
Good grief!
Let Novak stay on as one of the assistants.
He appears to be the type of personality who would be ok with that in this case.
Novak coached alot of basketball teams, this was his 1st time coaching women's basketballQuote:
Originally Posted by TALL DAWG
That will be his first recruiting job. The present team. I wanted Novak also but am happy with this hire.Quote:
Originally Posted by AROB44
On the men's side I would not be unhappy with hiring the coach at Sanford.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUoR...tTVTimothyGray
Ok, let's stop the political shit and talk about the hire.
I encourage every one of you to go to the announcement tweet from the women's hoops Twitter account, and read the Quoted tweets....this dude is loved by EVERYONE. All the UL players commenting, AAU coaches commenting, colleagues and former colleagues, ESPN analysts like Holly Rowe, everybody is raving about the guy. I think this might be a great hire. We'll know soon enough
He was a damn good recruiter for State, maybe not for Florida
If referring to my post I said he had never led a program, so no, being an assistant doesn't count for being a head coach. As of now Novak has more women's HC experience than Purcell does. I certainly hope this hire is successful for us though. Only time will tell.Quote:
Originally Posted by TALL DAWG
Vic is 24-6 at Texas this year.
We hired what looks to be a good hire. Let's all get behind him and get the program turned around.
And I don't enjoy deleting 44 posts but this needed to be cleaned up so we can discuss our new coach.
Amen to that.
Thank you Scooba.
This guy is energetic, no doubt about that.
We’ll see but didn’t expect much more from a baseball AD.
This could NEVER, EVER work!! It would be so awkward for all parties as to be totally unworkable. Just coach Novak's presence would totally undercut the new coach's position as well as the players feel totally awkward. They wouldn't be able to figure out who to listen to.Quote:
Let Novak stay on as one of the assistants
He appears to be the type of personality who would be ok with that in this case.
Job Description
Mississippi State Interim Coach
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Section XVI. Upon assumption of the position, your remaining university tenure is guaranteed to be not less than 90 days but under no circumstances will exceed 150 days.
I?m in agreement that Coach Novak shouldn?t be forced on Coach Purcell as an assistant and obviously that is not going to be the case. However if Coach Purcell wants him then based on Coach Novak?s personality I?d think it could work. However I don?t see that happening. I also generally share your concerns.Quote:
Originally Posted by schddog72
Vic is now 26-6 after cutting down the nets in Big 12 Championship Game against Baylor. Texas is a 2 seed in NCAA. Matharu averages about 8 minutes a game at Texas after being a Starter at MSU.Quote:
Originally Posted by SailingDawg
I like this guy. Beautiful family too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Percho
He's the anti-Novak at this point. Proven recruiter with no coaching experience. I've already said it, but once Smesko said no, we really had nobody else so we went with the best recruiter from a proven program basically. He'll get players. If he can coach and hire good coaches things will be good.