BM is right. Don't know if we talked to him,but that would have been an excellent idea for us. Recruiter who knows HS basketball from a powerhouse perspective. And someone with a great amount of bench experience, even if HS.
Looks like a higher level team see his value. Good for him.

Interview with Mike Jones
https://t.co/cWaMyh64zL

Said he's been approached before but never really considered the offers until this time as he thought he could learn from Mike Young.  He'll be joining Christian Webster (Darryl's son & Harvard grad) on the coaching staff.  Recruiting the DMV just became harder.

I was referring to interviewing him as a head coach.

Agree with Rising.

Remember Bob Wade from Dunbar? All Maryland fans of my generation do. The reason we have sucked for the past 5 years was because of piss poor decision making. Lets not keep making bad decisions. JC will be gone after the next 3 years - he will either be fired or more likely (in my opinion) he will show much improvement and grab the 1st offer that comes his way.

BM wrote:

Worked well for Wagner.

Wagner is not at the same level as GW. The NEC has taken many flyers on coaches either from the D3 level or otherwise. Dan Engelstad at the Mount came from a D3 program that is no longer in existence - Southern Vermont. The main reason is the level of pay. Mike Jones would have had to take a considerable pay cut to coach in the NEC. The only real candidates for NEC jobs seem to be low level assistants, D3 guys, Coaches on the rebound (Kellogg) and high school coaches.

GW would be crucified by the fan base if they took a high school coach with no college experience in this day and age. Now if the GW job was open 3-4 years from now and Jones did a good job at VPI, then it's a whole different discussion.
 

Interim is probably a good label. That way he can up and leave in September and no one will think any different lol.

Pete Strickland was a great asset for GW, the sudden loss of his recruiting had a deep impact.

GW has not yet recovered from the abrupt resignations of Strickland and Sutton, whose ties to key players were responsible for most of our best recruits of the last decade, we haven't recruited anywhere near that level since those two guys left us

 

Last edited by The Dude (5/20/2021 1:00 pm)

The Dude wrote:

Pete Strickland was a great asset for GW, the sudden loss of his recruiting had a deep impact.

GW has not yet recovered from the abrupt resignations of Strickland and Sutton, whose ties to key players were responsible for most of our best recruits of the last decade, we haven't recruited anywhere near that level since those two guys left us

 

 
Specifically Dude which players did Strickland recruit for Lonergan? (Note to self ... can't wait to read the bs that will follow)

Last edited by GWRising (5/20/2021 1:09 pm)

Gwmayhem wrote:

No big mystery to the Strickland departure other than the dreadful timing.  Lonergan wanted assistants who when not with his own team, would be in high school/AAU gyms 6 days a week or 7 if there were games that 7th day.  Pete was getting up there, had college-aged children, and decided that he did not want the life of a young 30 year old trying to move his way up the coaching ladder.  He simply was not a fit given what Mike was looking for. 

I'll help The Dude out since there's an excellent chance that he doesn't know: Pete had a relationship with Zeke Armwood and his family.  He played a nice role in bringing him to GW.  After that, not a whole lot.  

Correct.