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I'm wondering if the MSU AD pays for any professional development for basketball coaches.

I know every year football sends coaches out to study with other teams, and sometimes brings big name coaches on campus to teach new offensive/defensive strategies.

Does bball do this?

wbtfg wrote:I'm wondering if the MSU AD pays for any professional development for basketball coaches.

I know every year football sends coaches out to study with other teams, and sometimes brings big name coaches on campus to teach new offensive/defensive strategies.

Does bball do this?

I know Brad goes to the big coaches clinics each year...

wbtfg wrote:I'm wondering if the MSU AD pays for any professional development for basketball coaches.

I know every year football sends coaches out to study with other teams, and sometimes brings big name coaches on campus to teach new offensive/defensive strategies.

Does bball do this?

I don't know if they do, and if they would be open to it or not, but I don't think that's "the answer" to turning the program around.

Strategy, system, and designed plays are just not as important in basketball as they are in football. In almost every game, the results will come down to the skill, talent and desire the players have. If the Bobcats want to improve enough to be competitive in the Big Sky, they need to start recruiting players as good as the ones on Weber and the Griz.

Sending coaches out to study new strategies is one thing. Other teams will be willing to share with guys they don't compete with directly, so we can send our coaches to the East Coast or DI-A schools. However, all teams at the Division I level are direct competitors for recruits, to some degree. Teams are very secretive about recruiting. They aren't gonna give away their secrets in that area.

Bottom line: either Huse needs to improve the recruiting, or Fields does.

BLACKnBLUEnGOLD wrote:

wbtfg wrote:I'm wondering if the MSU AD pays for any professional development for basketball coaches.

I know every year football sends coaches out to study with other teams, and sometimes brings big name coaches on campus to teach new offensive/defensive strategies.

Does bball do this?

I don't know if they do, and if they would be open to it or not, but I don't think that's "the answer" to turning the program around.

Strategy, system, and designed plays are just not as important in basketball as they are in football. In almost every game, the results will come down to the skill, talent and desire the players have. If the Bobcats want to improve enough to be competitive in the Big Sky, they need to start recruiting players as good as the ones on Weber and the Griz.

Sending coaches out to study new strategies is one thing. Other teams will be willing to share with guys they don't compete with directly, so we can send our coaches to the East Coast or DI-A schools. However, all teams at the Division I level are direct competitors for recruits, to some degree. Teams are very secretive about recruiting. They aren't gonna give away their secrets in that area.

Bottom line: either Huse needs to improve the recruiting, or Fields does.

I disagree with your comment about designed plays aren't as important. I would argue that when you're competing in championship games, where the talent is nearly equal, the game comes down to coaching. Who puts players in better positions to make plays. It's all about situational adjustments in the last minutes. I agree, though, that if you don't have the talent, you won't even get the opportunity to win games down the stretch.

The Bobcats have a lot of work to do before they can put a competitive team on the court anyway, at which point then they can worry about what really wins championship games (hint: it's defense, which is mostly on the players). I'm more worried about having a consistently competitive program with top Big Sky talent. That's what the Griz are, which is why they go to the big tournament more than the other teams.