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We have 2 examples in our Summit League this season at So. Utah & Centenary. Granted So. Utah is not a good example as this is a retread coach returning to where he coached once before, but Centenary has surprised BIG already this year with 1 major upset with a Juco Coach bring couple of his best players with him. Few years ago WIU missed out on hiring a Coach from Southeastern that turned a down trodden S'west Mo. State program around quickly with some of his Juco recruits. I remember first year he Coached the bears, that Burlington chartered 3 bus loads of fans in support of their former coach. By the way, Charlie Spoonhour had success there, St. Louis U., and finished up at UNLV. I would still take Spoon as our coach at his advanced age if want to try a retread.
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I agree with the comment a while back about Jack Margenthaler and how he promoted the men's basketball program.
Coach Patterson (football), Coach Thomas (men's basketball), and Coach Crane (women's basketball) could all learn from Coach Margenthaler.
WESTERN coaches should be out there meeting the public--both in the community and on campus. Those coaches should be speaking to community groups such as Kiwanis, Rotary, etc as well as campus groups such as fraternities/sororities and residence halls. They need to be promoting their program to the Macomb and Campus community.
I don't think that this is being done right now.
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Funny, I know Jim Molinari personally, found him always to be very cordial, intelligent, and determined. He has a great defensive mind, a mechanical offensive scheme. DT did not seem like that bad of a choice back 5. He had the connections, the enthusiasm, the youth, the type of kid that you thought would come into Macomb hitting on all cylinders, have a couple of winning seasons, and then move on to the next level. He looked like a thoroughbred and turned out to be someone who could recruit but not coach. So where is our next head coach hiding right now? What will he have to offer. And better yet, what will WIU have to offer him? New facility??? More money?
I am not sure why some of you are so critical of this years ball club?? Its a rebuilding year for the 4th straight time, you can't take a couple of junco transfers and some young kids out into the D1 country called the Summit League or really any where else for that matter and expect success when the coach can't coach. No ticket sales, no hype, no crowd, what did you expect, almost as if TV is letting all the air out of the bag before trying to inflate it once again. I expect some type of MidAmerican connection this time around!!!! You can put headbands on a pig and it is still a pig. You can take the headbands off and it is still a pig. A MidAmerican #1 assistant, young like DT but with good coaching ability and the energy to sell the program to the people. He's hiding somewhere???? Oh, I guess next year will be another rebuilding year for the Necks! Thank goodness there will be a different builder.
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On vacation! I'll just say I agree to bringing in a good juco coach-and anyone he can bring with him.PROVIDED, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY PERSONAL BAGGAGE! Recruit with character and skills. There's plenty of these guys out there.
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It all goes back to leadership--plain and simple. Over the next 6 months we will get to see just what kind of leader Tim Van Alstine is.
So far, his improving the sports facilities has been a definite plus. But the lack of aggressive sports marketing and promoting has been a disappointment.
I imagine that it will be difficult to recruit a new coach once they see that aging Western Hall. Western Hall has never been a good basketball facility going back to when it was built in the early 1960's. The design of the building was poorly planned.
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Does anyone know if WESTERN could stay 1-AA in football but drop down to Division 2 for other sports ?????
With SIU-E moving from Division 2 to Division 1, there would be a spot opening up in the conference that SIU-E is in now. Perhaps we should take a look at it.
WESTERN does not seem able to compete at the Division 1 level in men's basketball.
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| Eric Buescher - current Bradley assistant. Son of former Peoria Central and Bradley coaching legend Chuck Buescher. Eric was once the head coach at VIT High School. Has plenty of contacts throughout the state and has been to the Sweet 16 with Coach Les.
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Maybe he's ready, maybe he's not. We just went that route with a D-1 Asst. that everyone thought would lead WIU back to respectability didn't we ? I still have not been convinced that going with the Juco Coach who could bring his best 2 -3 players with him ( as long as they are students with no pending arrest warrants on them ) would be best and quickest route back to being a winning program. Look at centenary. Beat good old Bobby Knight's team at texas tech and most thought they would still be worse than us this year and moving back to D-2. They brought in a solid Juco Coach who brought his 3 best players and " Shazam" they may be in the upper echelon of summit League this season.
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[quote]western-101 (12/7/2007)
I have a suggestion for the next WIU head basketball coach:
JIM MOLINARI.
He spent 11 years at Bradley getting them to the post season 6 times. At NIU he went 42-17 and won the MidCon title in 1991. Resume also includes assistant coach Minnesota/interm head coach. NBA scout, and currently he is an assistant at Ball State.
Jim Molinari is ripe for the picking in my oppinion. He lived for many years in the Peoria area and his kids grew up there. I bet for the right job and right pay he would be happy to co | | | |