[Husker] Weber out at Illinois

[Steve Cornelius]

I look at the Nebraska BB job as a stepping-stone type of position where we
can attract a top assistant or a head coach at a mid-major school. I have
no problem with that type of coach looking to come to Lincoln, build a
quality, competitive program and then leave after 3-5 years for another
head coaching position at a "top BB school." It's much different from the
FB position where we want someone who will come in, maintain a high quality
program and stay as long as he (and the administration...and the fans)
wants.

[Someone asked me off-list what my definition of "basketball success" would
be. I want the program to be competitive in the Big 10, advance to the
semi-finals or finals of the Big 10 tournament on a regular basis (winning
it every so often), make the NCAA tournament on a regular basis and advance
to the Sweet Sixteen every so often. I'm not expecting Nebraska to become a
national basketball power -- although I would not object to it. I simply
want us to be competitive and hold our own with anyone.]

Hopefully the head BB coaching position at Nebraska will become a
sought-after position in a few years.

--
Steve Cornelius




On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Shawn Sherlock <shawnsherlock at sbcglobal.net
> wrote:

> The "they" is Illinios.  They are a program that have achieved a certain
> level of success over the years that not only includes just consistantly
> making it to the NCAA tourny, five Final Four apperances, and reaching the
> championship game as recently as 2005.  The next level they are looking is
> completely different than the next level we are looking for.  Their
> coaching search needs to be handled much more similarly to how the
> blue-bloods find a coach (UNC, KU, Duke, etc).  Based on their past and
> proximaty to some very furtile recuirting areas, Illinios should not be a
> stepping stone job.  But since they like to hire as if they are (Weber from
> SIU, Self from Tulsa) they are going get some real winners that move on to
> the blue-bloods and some that are just better at smaller schools.
>
> We are looking looking for someone that can get us to what should be an
> easier next level, which is regular tournament appearances.
>
> At this point of where the program is, personally I think we need a
> recruiter that can kind of coach as opposed to a coach that can kind of
> recruit.  It would have been nice to see what Doc could have done had he
> been able to land a top flight recruiter as an assistant coach.
>
> Just my thoughts, but basketball is a sport that a program can be turned
> around pretty quick considering (a) how one or two players can actually
> change a team, (b) that freshman are much more seasoned now and can
> actually contribute day one, and (c) the number of overall quaility players
> available combined with scholarship limits of 13 (at 5 new scholarships a
> year per team would spread the top 150 players over 30 different schools).
> Get a recruiter to land just one or two solid recruits each year and the
> program will automatically become more competetive.
>   ------------------------------
> *From:* Matt <matthew.a.phillips at gmail.com>
> *To:* Shawn Sherlock <shawnsherlock at sbcglobal.net>
> *Cc:* Steve Cornelius <sscornelius at gmail.com>; Husker List <
> husker at tssi.com>
> *Sent:* Fri, March 9, 2012 9:47:14 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Husker] Weber out at Illinois
>
> Shawn - on your last point, does your  'They' refer to Illinois or
> Nebraska?
>
> I would fall out of my chair if we got that Smart dude... did you guys see
> that video clip of him running some sort of 'effort' drill with his team
> last year. It was fantastic!
>
> ~ sent via mobile phone ~
> On Mar 9, 2012 9:35 AM, "Shawn Sherlock" <shawnsherlock at sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
>
>> They are going to be very tough to compete with for a coach if were both
>> going after an up and comer.   Considering they actually have a somewhat
>> passionate BB fan base already and the success that Bill Self had there
>> with the teams he put together (probably would have won the NCAA Tourny the
>> year he left).
>>
>> They really should be going after bigger name guys to get where they want
>> to go. Poach a successful coach from a lower BCS school rather than one
>> from the smaller schools.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Mar 9, 2012, at 8:53 AM, Steve Cornelius <sscornelius at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Illinois basketball coach Bruce Weber has reportedly been let go. A
>> press
>> > conference will be held later today.
>> >
>> > The only reason I bring this up is that the Chicago media has
>> speculated on
>> > several replacements and some of these candidates have also been rumored
>> > for the Nebraska position should Doc Sadler be let go. One of the
>> > "candidates" on both "lists" is VCU coach Shaka Smart.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Steve Cornelius
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