Forgive me but this is the dead period so this may just be another Zombie post.
How was Coach Haskins judged? Wins, of course. But it was much more than that. There was recruiting, practice and preparation, game time adjustments, and player development. And then there was the discipline and team cohesiveness aspect.
How were coaches after The Bear judged? The same way? Harder? Softer? Differently. The Bear was the one and only, so everyone else is different. We can discuss what is and isn't. We can judge game play based on competition and how well it was played, or if it was just a sloppy shit show. That is a reflection of much to judge. We can judge the in-game adjustments to an extent. The coach is still going to be held responsible for team chemistry and patience for it as an excuse is thin. But it seems to me that recruiting, and player development may have changed dramatically and forever.
Haskins never had to worry about stolen players (except Ainge maybe, lol my old brain seems to recall something, sometime) or deserters. Golding has to be aware of it constantly. Today, a coach has to worry about where they are in the food chain that is constantly changing. Coaches used to recruit a still photo and now they have to manage a never-ending live shot. If your degree is a cherished degree from a prestigious university, you may want to get the full experience and the loyalty of being a great honored graduate. But if your school considers itself to be a full service commuter school just doing solid work in educating the locals you probably have very different things to worry about. I think those recruits are going to be few and far between and should be. It kind of shows a lack of desire to achieve and compete if they don't. So, really all we should expect is a couple of years-maybe three and by then if they have done things right they are graduates of very close.
I believe there should be a new way to judge player development for coaches with all of this movement we now have. There should be a Move-up/Retain/Move-down Retain ratio. I will use Golding's as an example but it is Terry's players mixed in so it isn't pure (and maybe pure is impossible).
Here we go;
TV ^
JB ^
KK^
SB ^
Onyema -
Kalu -
Sibley -
Dekoninck -
Agnew v
Giffa?
White v
Maring ?
Clardy ?
Hollins^
Saterfield v
So far, 5/4/3(with three yet determined. I think it is fair to give Terry credit for this on the players aspect, but it was done with their play under Golding and that has to be worth something.
This season it will be much easier to measure how well Golding's players and Golding is doing using the ratio as a tool.
