Mcollum

[mzman]

WVU is now a revolving door....May as well hire the best available every season and if we don't need to, it's all gravy. Poor schools have to live that way in todays game.

Look at Drake🤦🏻‍♂️

 

[WVRON]

I can start a RR one. Does that work ?

Sure cause I wouldn’t read it as he’s not of much concern to me at this time. I’m concerned about the hire Wren is about to make.

 

[Bobbybouche1]

Am I the only one who thinks his offense is worse than Huggs?

It’s amzing. He is getting exactly what he wants. That’s the key

 

[BackpageNews]

I can start a RR one. Does that work ?

Possible DD will return in 17 years, after all it worked for RR.

 

[WVSportsman304]

Good question. If Wren is convinced that he can handle the donors then I would just overlook that concern and hire him.

Why do the donors insist on being schmoozed? Is a 90% win rate not enough to give the guy some money?

 

[Mitch D.]

The cons are he has a rep for not being great at everything else you need outside of coaching, such as fundraising. And he is viewed as someone who would leave as soon as he could line up a good job back in that region.

Wouldn't Iowa be considered a good job back in that region?

I mean, if he would pass that job up to come here instead, wouldn't that pretty much quell those fears?

 

[backcountry mounty]

I think everyone would be fine bringing him in.

But if you’re Wren getting paid millions there are concerns. Especially considering what just happened with another Drake coach that he hired with a lot of similarities in terms of being from the Midwest (same state actually)… rumors he doesn’t like the “schmoozing donors” part… that he just wants to coach and that’s it.

At the end of the day Wren has to figure out if the pro’s outweigh the cons with McCollum. I think they do, but I’m obviously not making the hire.

I think we have to get through Iowa and nail him down before the other P4 get the chance. He's going to be a huge commodity

 

[Vernon]

Wouldn't Iowa be considered a good job back in that region?

I mean, if he would pass that job up to come here instead, wouldn't that pretty much quell those fears?

You would think but they're a disaster financially.

 

[mdeer1]

I think we have to get through Iowa and nail him down before the other P4 get the chance. He's going to be a huge commodity

First time really watching him. This is quite unreal

 

[backcountry mounty]

First time really watching him. This is quite unreal

Runs half court offense about as good as it can get.

 

[Eers_Do Work]

McCollum + Frazier =

 

[WVU_Dave]

The cons are he has a rep for not being great at everything else you need outside of coaching, such as fundraising. And he is viewed as someone who would leave as soon as he could line up a good job back in that region.

Thankfully that didn't happen here

 

[Shortgapbob]

McCollum + Frazier =

McCollum doing the heavy coaching and Frazier running the offense-the-court stuff seems like it could make sense 🤷

 

[wvufootball2006]

Refs took over drake game.

 

[bornaneer]

So Calhoun it is then

No

 

[gold23blue]

Freaking nice press break! Boom!!

 

[cwbullet]

Back up the brinks truck.

 

[Bobbybouche1]

Price just went up.

Thanks for that buy out money Indiana

 

[jerzac]

Tell me WHY we shouldn’t want McCollum

To quote George Clooney, “my hair”

 

[WVSportsman304]

You HAVE to get McCollum. Have to have to have to. I think he’s a once in a generation coach.

 

[B eer]

Hire him, and tell him to bring Stirtz with him.

 

[cwbullet]

Imagine what he can do with the CRT money.

 

[BigC]

Hire him, and tell him to bring Stirtz with him.

Stirtz followed him from D2 you would have to think he’s following him wherever he goes next.

 

[slaton916]

Stirtz followed him from D2 you would have to think he’s following him wherever he goes next.

It’d be true WVU style to get McCollum then Sturtz goes to Kansas or Kentucky

 

[bgregory74]

It’d be true WVU style to get McCollum then Sturtz goes to Kansas or Kentucky

That kid can play.

 

[PhoenicianEer]

It’s incredible. Drake has a significant lack of talent and their FT shooting would make Huggs blush.

 

[BigC]

It’s incredible. Drake has a significant lack of talent and their FT shooting would make Huggs blush.

I don’t see them beating TT, they are well coached too and are much more talented.

 

[bornaneer]

Drake has FOUR D-2 players

 

[backcountry mounty]

Drake has FOUR D-2 players

Four that he's coached for several years. Huge.

 

[17-14]

I don’t see them beating TT, they are well coached too and are much more talented.

That’s an interesting potential matchup.

Three years ago, Grant McCasland had just finished his first year at North Texas when he went to a college coach symposium weekend. It was there that McCasland met McCollum. McCasland was in the beginning stages of a rebuild, and he was excited at what he’d accomplished offensively that year. He took over a team that ranked 315th in adjusted offensive efficiency, and he got the Mean Green to 162nd in Year One. He asked for McCollum’s feedback.

“You’re really easy to guard and predictable, and this offense isn’t any good,” McCollum told him after watching the tape.

McCasland was staggered by the verbal haymaker, and he went home to study McCollum’s offense so he could find a retort. His approach had to have some holes, he thought. McCollum’s offense defied the modern principle that playing with pace equals efficiency, but the results justified his beliefs. “He scores in the half court, but he scores more points than anybody that tries to play fast,” McCasland says. “He just is against the grain in so many ways. He orchestrates an offense that has elite precision but with ultimate freedom, which is the greatest compliment of a disciplined team.”

A year later after experimenting with some different offenses, McCasland went back to McCollum and asked for help adopting the Bearcat way. His team made a monstrous jump from 265th in adjusted offensive efficiency to 34th and won Conference USA. This past season North Texas won the C-USA automatic bid and upset Purdue in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament.

“He changed the trajectory of our program in a lot of ways,” McCasland says.

 

[Cheat Lake EER]

After seeing Drake shoot FTs, I'm convinced McCollum was born to coach here.

 

[HPeer]

Yes personnel was a factor but we couldn’t score against 3-17 Colorado

Probably would’ve been easier to score if our coach wasn’t halfway to Indiana

 

[slippinjimmy35]

It’d be true WVU style to get McCollum then Sturtz goes to Kansas or Kentucky

K-State is his dream school and you know they’d pay him.

 

[wvuarmyguy]

You would think but they're a disaster financially.

How are they in such bad shape with B1G money and a consistent, stable FB program?

 

[BigC]

How are they in such bad shape with B1G money and a consistent, stable FB program?

Because men’s basketball is the 4th most important sport at Iowa behind football, girls basketball and wrestling, thus they don’t give them the resources they need to be successful.

 

[squigsWV]

How are they in such bad shape with B1G money and a consistent, stable FB program?

They put more NIL towards wrestling and woman’s basketball than men’s. Their AD is in way over her head it appears.

 

[GoonTheLegend]

With Wade off the table, McCollum is the guy. I'm not too impressed with Calhoun.

 

[BigC]

They put more NIL towards wrestling and woman’s basketball than men’s. Their AD is in way over her head it appears.

McCollum would be a fool to go to Iowa. He’s a great coach but he’s not winning in the Big 10 on coaching alone.

 

[backcountry mounty]

They put more NIL towards wrestling and woman’s basketball than men’s. Their AD is in way over her head it appears.

I bet that somehow gets changed up after this. How did anyone affiliated with Iowa let that happen in that conference?

We may not have the most money but at least we have vision.

 

[The Dapper Don]

McCollum would be a fool to go to Iowa. He’s a great coach but he’s not winning in the Big 10 on coaching alone.

Maybe he likes sticking a corn cob up his ass more than money.