Coach Tic Price

[TexGator]

My bad,CoachDavid Green,who played at Silsbee,and his state champion Beaumont United team.

 

How many schools has Green taken to the state tournament?

Pretty sure he took:

- Kountze

- Central

- Hightower

- North Shore

- Beaumont United

... all to the Final Four and now has a ring.

 

He wouldn't be a bad pick. I would weigh other options like (and I'm not kidding about these options):

- Shaka (he probably will be available, if we're willing to wait 2 weeks)

- Alvin Brooks III (his dad played here, he'd probably bring his dad as an assistant, currently on Scott Drew's Baylor staff, and I think he was even born in Bmt)

- Kellen Sampson (Kelvin's kid; probably as hungry as Brooks and just as likely to take a WAC Conference gig to prove himself)+

[geezer]

I have nothing against a successful top high school coach from the stand point of their coaching ability and I like a winner. The problem for a high school coach going to D1 college is can they recruit to the level needed? I think you saw that when Lamar brought back football and hired a couple of good high school coaches for assistants. The problem with college assistants is can they coach? We saw that with Roc.

[TexGator]

I have nothing against a successful top high school coach from the stand point of their coaching ability and I like a winner. The problem for a high school coach going to D1 college is can they recruit to the level needed? I think you saw that when Lamar brought back football and hired a couple of good high school coaches for assistants. The problem with college assistants is can they coach? We saw that with Roc.

 

Given that it would be a big pay raise, Green (or another successful HS coach) might be worth bringing on as an assistant. Given that I'm wanting a "climber" someone like Green might be perfect to move from the big fish in a small bond (HS head coach) to little fish in the big pond (college assistant) to big fish in a big pond (college HC) when the climber moves to a Major College job.

[geezer]

I will agree with that philosophy but generally the assistants are hired by the head. I don't think you want the AD telling a head who to hire for an assistant. Now if the new HC wants to keep the local recruits currently either on the team or committed to sign a LOI then that might be used as a recruiting move. That used to happen sometimes. Don't know if the rules currently allow for it?

[PeckEm]

This will be the defining move in the Marco Born Athletic Director tenure. Marco needs to get this one right. My opinion of Price is that he is a fine gentleman, but lacks something needed to get Lamar to the next level of success.

 

Agreed. I have only been slightly on the fence with him because he seems like a great guy whose been first class and apparently has recruited high character kids. But, it is about winning and it just has not happened. Just not doing a very good job at coaching, especially on offensive side of the court.

[PeckEm]

Given that it would be a big pay raise, Green (or another successful HS coach) might be worth bringing on as an assistant. Given that I'm wanting a "climber" someone like Green might be perfect to move from the big fish in a small bond (HS head coach) to little fish in the big pond (college assistant) to big fish in a big pond (college HC) when the climber moves to a Major College job.

 

I agree, Green as an assistant but NO WAY head coach. We need a successful head coach from a smaller program.

[PeckEm]

I agree, Green as an assistant but NO WAY head coach. We need a successful head coach from a smaller program.

Or maybe a historically good coach who moved up and didnt have success at the big time level.

[geezer]

information only, Willis Wilson at A&M CC announced his retirement yesterday. I put him on a par with Price as coaching ability and recruiting. The main thing his retirement does is open another vacancy to compete for a good coach.

[Skinny1]

information only, Willis Wilson at A&M CC announced his retirement yesterday. I put him on a par with Price as coaching ability and recruiting. The main thing his retirement does is open another vacancy to compete for a good coach.

 

Wilson retiring from A&M-CC is only semantics, he had 1 year left on his contract and it was not going to be renewed. I believe he probably made a deal in exchange for his last year of coaching.

I agree that he was on par with Tic and his time was up at A&M-CC.

[geezer]

Wilson retiring from A&M-CC is only semantics, he had 1 year left on his contract and it was not going to be renewed. I believe he probably made a deal in exchange for his last year of coaching.

I agree that he was on par with Tic and his time was up at A&M-CC.

The report did say he would remain an employee as some kind of assistant to the AD.