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Topic: The way (not)-too-soon potential next coach thread

Topic: The way (not)-too-soon potential next coach thread

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greencat
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The way (not)-too-soon potential next coach thread

Posted: 11/26/2025 10:46:24 AM

My first nominee is.... (drum roll)

Takayo Siddle - age 39, the current head coach of UNC Wilmington.

Education: Gardner-Webb University, Hargrave Military Academy

Record: 107–47 (.695)

Has had two 27 win seasons.

He currently has THREE 6-11 international players and a 7-1 domestic.

Last Edited: 2/9/2026 10:02:31 AM by greencat

SBH
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RE: The way-too-soon potential next coach thread

Posted: 11/26/2025 11:07:34 AM

Let's not

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RE: The way-too-soon potential next coach thread

Posted: 11/26/2025 11:11:35 AM

Said in my best Top Gun Goose impression.

Cmon Mav. Land the plane. We ain't got no fuel for this!

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RE: The way-too-soon potential next coach thread

Posted: 11/26/2025 11:17:55 AM

I dunno, that's a lot of tall guys. Sure, two of them haven't played any minutes, and one plays 8 minutes a game. But they're really, really, really tall.

greencat
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RE: The way-too-soon potential next coach thread

Posted: 2/9/2026 9:59:44 AM

UPDATE: UNC-W is now 19-4/8-2

New addition: High Point coach Flynn Clayman age 37

High Point is currently 22-4/10-1

FearLeon
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RE: The way-too-soon potential next coach thread

Posted: 2/9/2026 11:38:52 AM

*Hire a coach between the age of 32-35

*At this age, you are getting a coach who is used to NIL/Portal pretty much out of the gate in his career and not getting someone who is 10 years older and used to recruiting pre-NIL/Portal era.

*I don't care about prior head coaching experience.

*Get somebody who isn't going to spout in interviews constantly that we can't afford a "big" because we can't pay a 6'9 guy $100,000.

Here is where I am with Boals. He's done. If not this year, then definitely after the 2026-2027 season. And when I say done, I just get the vibe that he doesn't want to be a head coach anymore in this new world of college basketball. He's had five years to adapt and evolve with change and it's not working for him. Something has been off all year with Boals and his energy. And I'm not saying this is a factor with Boals motivation, but now he can't even coach 'Lil Boalsy every day in practice for the next two years moving forward. I'm sure he was looking forward to coaching his son in practice for four years even though 'Lil Boalsy was never going to play in a game.

The program is a shitcapade right now. No discipline. No fire. No energy.

It's as stale as it can be.

Time for a change.

Last Edited: 2/9/2026 12:22:14 PM by FearLeon

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RE: The way-too-soon potential next coach thread

Posted: 2/9/2026 12:25:11 PM

I don't want to play this game.

But I will anyway.

Siddle has never lived nor coached outside of North Carolina, aside from the one year he spent in Southern Virginia at Hargrave. 38 of his 39 years on earth my boy has never been north of Raleigh. We might as well be Athens, Greece.

greencat wrote:

UPDATE: UNC-W is now 19-4/8-2

New addition: High Point coach Flynn Clayman age 37

High Point is currently 22-4/10-1

High Point won 29 games last season. 27 games the year before. Fist year head coach handed the keys to a Ferrari and hasn't wrecked it in his 8 months on the job.

They don't pay me to make these decisions, but I'm gonna need a little more than 8 months with an ncaa tournament team from the previous year that says you can take on a MAC rebuild.

Last Edited: 2/9/2026 12:37:55 PM by M.D.W.S.T

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RE: The way-too-soon potential next coach thread

Posted: 2/9/2026 12:36:23 PM

I'm not ready to fully lean into the firing of Boals. IMO there's still a lot to like. The area I need to see improvement in is record against Kent/Akron/Toledo/Miami. Improvement against those teams and the results will speak for themselves.

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RE: The way-too-soon potential next coach thread

Posted: 2/9/2026 12:37:06 PM

Siddle is poised for a bigger leap. He'll be on P5 radars this year, especially if he wins the Colonial Tournament again. We'd be a step down at this point for him.

Just cast a wide net. I still like Jamie Quarles or finding the next Josh Schertz or Ben McCollum from the D2 level. Both of those guys won an absurd amount of games and have proven to be successful at the D1 level with systems.

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RE: The way-too-soon potential next coach thread

Posted: 2/9/2026 1:19:06 PM

FJC31 wrote:

I actually have a real longshot. Memphis Grizz assistant Brian Collins. Age 40.

When Memphis inevitably fires their coaching staff at the end of this season, he should be totally available.

The juco team he coached went 54-11, was an assistant at several mids including Illinois State, took over a beleaguered program at Tennessee State and had four winning seasons in 6 years. That might not sound impressive but really is. Visualize a map of Nashville. On the nice "midtown" side of downtown, you have Vandy/Belmont/Lipscomb in the trendy/upscale area. On the other side of downtown you have TSU close to some projects that are so dangerous they are nicknamed Dodge City because of all the shootings. And he played for the legend Rick Byrd (805 wins) in college.

Classy after a win or loss...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MeFkj530Oc

Time to think outside the box a hire a minority basketball coach? Maybe.

greencat
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RE: The way-too-soon potential next coach thread

Posted: 2/9/2026 2:14:18 PM

And BTW, the TSU website says Collins had a 100% graduation rate.

No mystery "Bahamas" situations apparently.

If you watch that video...a man who knows how to conduct himself as a professional.

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RE: The way-too-soon potential next coach thread

Posted: 2/9/2026 3:01:51 PM

greencat wrote:

And BTW, the TSU website says Collins had a 100% graduation rate.

No mystery "Bahamas" situations apparently.

If you watch that video...a man who knows how to conduct himself as a professional.

Did somebody mention "Bahamas"??????????

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RE: The way-too-soon potential next coach thread

Posted: 2/9/2026 3:27:54 PM

greencat wrote:

FJC31 wrote:

Definitely worth a close look in my book.

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