[Treebound]

It would be great to hear what former Stanford players think of Russell.  Perhaps Muir will reach out to have some of those conversations.  I like what I have heard, but only had minimal interaction with him when he was here.    He clearly "gets" the uniqueness of Stanford.    Perhaps having a former player on staff might be helpful as well (Madsen, Nick Robinson or others).    I too, am excited about the possibilities.  Hope springs eternal!

[Treebound]

It would be great to hear what former Stanford players think of Russell.  Perhaps Muir will reach out to have some of those conversations.  I like what I have heard, but only had minimal interaction with him when he was here.    He clearly "gets" the uniqueness of Stanford.    Perhaps having a former player on staff might be helpful as well (Madsen, Nick Robinson or others).    I too, am excited about the possibilities.  Hope springs eternal!

[Treebound]

It would be great to hear what former Stanford players think of Russell.  Perhaps Muir will reach out to have some of those conversations.  I like what I have heard, but only had minimal interaction with him when he was here.    He clearly "gets" the uniqueness of Stanford.    Perhaps having a former player on staff might be helpful as well (Madsen, Nick Robinson or others).    I too, am excited about the possibilities.  Hope springs eternal!

[Treebound]

It would be great to hear what former Stanford players think of Russell.  Perhaps Muir will reach out to have some of those conversations.  I like what I have heard, but only had minimal interaction with him when he was here.    He clearly "gets" the uniqueness of Stanford.    Perhaps having a former player on staff might be helpful as well (Madsen, Nick Robinson or others).    I too, am excited about the possibilities.  Hope springs eternal!

[76lsjumb]

I don't follow college basketball much any more, but one name came to mind to consider: Danny Hurley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Hurley

He had success at Wagner that led to URI where he was steadily improving until the year. He comes from a coaching family and I've liked him whenever I saw him. I think he's probably a hot ticket for several replacements. I don't know how strong his West Coast recruiting is, but he'll be able to access a strong east coast pipeline.

As an aside, I was at a basketball camp where he and Danny showed up and put on a clinic. They showed some of their crazy dribbling drills and then challenged any two players to a game of 2X2. They went up against a couple of guys who must have had 4-6 inches on each of them and a lot of leaping ability. They killed 'em something like 15-2. Those guys know their fundamentals.

Well, if Muir doesn't want to keep getting letters from Board folks, he might want to pass on Danny Hurley.  To quote one winflop [from March, 2015]:

          "Hurley was a boor last night and embarrassed URI, and I would never want him to be Stanford's coach." 

That was a fairly common sentiment at the time. 

This year he finished 17-15 [9-9 in conference], with a fair number of close losses.  Not exactly sure how that's a noticeable step up [although URI did beat TCU].

[76lsjumb]

I don't follow college basketball much any more, but one name came to mind to consider: Danny Hurley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Hurley

He had success at Wagner that led to URI where he was steadily improving until the year. He comes from a coaching family and I've liked him whenever I saw him. I think he's probably a hot ticket for several replacements. I don't know how strong his West Coast recruiting is, but he'll be able to access a strong east coast pipeline.

As an aside, I was at a basketball camp where he and Danny showed up and put on a clinic. They showed some of their crazy dribbling drills and then challenged any two players to a game of 2X2. They went up against a couple of guys who must have had 4-6 inches on each of them and a lot of leaping ability. They killed 'em something like 15-2. Those guys know their fundamentals.

Well, if Muir doesn't want to keep getting letters from Board folks, he might want to pass on Danny Hurley.  To quote one winflop [from March, 2015]:

          "Hurley was a boor last night and embarrassed URI, and I would never want him to be Stanford's coach." 

That was a fairly common sentiment at the time. 

This year he finished 17-15 [9-9 in conference], with a fair number of close losses.  Not exactly sure how that's a noticeable step up [although URI did beat TCU].

[76lsjumb]

I don't follow college basketball much any more, but one name came to mind to consider: Danny Hurley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Hurley

He had success at Wagner that led to URI where he was steadily improving until the year. He comes from a coaching family and I've liked him whenever I saw him. I think he's probably a hot ticket for several replacements. I don't know how strong his West Coast recruiting is, but he'll be able to access a strong east coast pipeline.

As an aside, I was at a basketball camp where he and Danny showed up and put on a clinic. They showed some of their crazy dribbling drills and then challenged any two players to a game of 2X2. They went up against a couple of guys who must have had 4-6 inches on each of them and a lot of leaping ability. They killed 'em something like 15-2. Those guys know their fundamentals.

Well, if Muir doesn't want to keep getting letters from Board folks, he might want to pass on Danny Hurley.  To quote one winflop [from March, 2015]:

          "Hurley was a boor last night and embarrassed URI, and I would never want him to be Stanford's coach." 

That was a fairly common sentiment at the time. 

This year he finished 17-15 [9-9 in conference], with a fair number of close losses.  Not exactly sure how that's a noticeable step up [although URI did beat TCU].

[76lsjumb]

I don't follow college basketball much any more, but one name came to mind to consider: Danny Hurley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Hurley

He had success at Wagner that led to URI where he was steadily improving until the year. He comes from a coaching family and I've liked him whenever I saw him. I think he's probably a hot ticket for several replacements. I don't know how strong his West Coast recruiting is, but he'll be able to access a strong east coast pipeline.

As an aside, I was at a basketball camp where he and Danny showed up and put on a clinic. They showed some of their crazy dribbling drills and then challenged any two players to a game of 2X2. They went up against a couple of guys who must have had 4-6 inches on each of them and a lot of leaping ability. They killed 'em something like 15-2. Those guys know their fundamentals.

Well, if Muir doesn't want to keep getting letters from Board folks, he might want to pass on Danny Hurley.  To quote one winflop [from March, 2015]:

          "Hurley was a boor last night and embarrassed URI, and I would never want him to be Stanford's coach." 

That was a fairly common sentiment at the time. 

This year he finished 17-15 [9-9 in conference], with a fair number of close losses.  Not exactly sure how that's a noticeable step up [although URI did beat TCU].

[BobK]

Former players loved Trent.  But being the HC is a whole different world and persona from an assistant.  So asking former players about Russell Turner means something but not much.   

That said Russell coached for a long time at Wake Forest as an assistant and the team averaged 26 wins.  He coached at Stanford for 4 seasons he coached with the Warriors for 6 that's 2 after Monty.  He went from 13 to 25 wins over his 5-6 years at UC Irvine.

And one thing that also impressed me.  His wife is a Doctor and she moved west bringing him.  Then he found a job.   

[BobK]

Former players loved Trent.  But being the HC is a whole different world and persona from an assistant.  So asking former players about Russell Turner means something but not much.   

That said Russell coached for a long time at Wake Forest as an assistant and the team averaged 26 wins.  He coached at Stanford for 4 seasons he coached with the Warriors for 6 that's 2 after Monty.  He went from 13 to 25 wins over his 5-6 years at UC Irvine.

And one thing that also impressed me.  His wife is a Doctor and she moved west bringing him.  Then he found a job.   

[BobK]

Former players loved Trent.  But being the HC is a whole different world and persona from an assistant.  So asking former players about Russell Turner means something but not much.   

That said Russell coached for a long time at Wake Forest as an assistant and the team averaged 26 wins.  He coached at Stanford for 4 seasons he coached with the Warriors for 6 that's 2 after Monty.  He went from 13 to 25 wins over his 5-6 years at UC Irvine.

And one thing that also impressed me.  His wife is a Doctor and she moved west bringing him.  Then he found a job.   

[BobK]

Former players loved Trent.  But being the HC is a whole different world and persona from an assistant.  So asking former players about Russell Turner means something but not much.   

That said Russell coached for a long time at Wake Forest as an assistant and the team averaged 26 wins.  He coached at Stanford for 4 seasons he coached with the Warriors for 6 that's 2 after Monty.  He went from 13 to 25 wins over his 5-6 years at UC Irvine.

And one thing that also impressed me.  His wife is a Doctor and she moved west bringing him.  Then he found a job.   

[Treebound]

I thought you might bring that up BobK (Trent and the former players).  I agree, it counts for something, but not a great deal.  Was Reveno on staff at the same time that Turner was on staff?  Eric hasn't had an easy road up north, but the big men did seem to improve when he came on staff here.    I guess a Turner and Reveno option would be very unlikely. 

As for getting the uniqueness of Stanford, that's what Monty did first with hoops, and it seems the Harbs and Shaw followed his lead with their approach and have taken it to a higher level.  I hope the next basketball coach will take it up another notch or two. 

[Treebound]

I thought you might bring that up BobK (Trent and the former players).  I agree, it counts for something, but not a great deal.  Was Reveno on staff at the same time that Turner was on staff?  Eric hasn't had an easy road up north, but the big men did seem to improve when he came on staff here.    I guess a Turner and Reveno option would be very unlikely. 

As for getting the uniqueness of Stanford, that's what Monty did first with hoops, and it seems the Harbs and Shaw followed his lead with their approach and have taken it to a higher level.  I hope the next basketball coach will take it up another notch or two. 

[Treebound]

I thought you might bring that up BobK (Trent and the former players).  I agree, it counts for something, but not a great deal.  Was Reveno on staff at the same time that Turner was on staff?  Eric hasn't had an easy road up north, but the big men did seem to improve when he came on staff here.    I guess a Turner and Reveno option would be very unlikely. 

As for getting the uniqueness of Stanford, that's what Monty did first with hoops, and it seems the Harbs and Shaw followed his lead with their approach and have taken it to a higher level.  I hope the next basketball coach will take it up another notch or two. 

[Treebound]

I thought you might bring that up BobK (Trent and the former players).  I agree, it counts for something, but not a great deal.  Was Reveno on staff at the same time that Turner was on staff?  Eric hasn't had an easy road up north, but the big men did seem to improve when he came on staff here.    I guess a Turner and Reveno option would be very unlikely. 

As for getting the uniqueness of Stanford, that's what Monty did first with hoops, and it seems the Harbs and Shaw followed his lead with their approach and have taken it to a higher level.  I hope the next basketball coach will take it up another notch or two. 

[Rally]

I thought you might bring that up BobK (Trent and the former players).  I agree, it counts for something, but not a great deal.  Was Reveno on staff at the same time that Turner was on staff?  Eric hasn't had an easy road up north, but the big men did seem to improve when he came on staff here.    I guess a Turner and Reveno option would be very unlikely. 

As for getting the uniqueness of Stanford, that's what Monty did first with hoops, and it seems the Harbaugh and Shaw followed his lead with their approach and have taken it to a higher level.  I hope the next basketball coach will take it up another notch or two.

On that score it should be Madsen or Collins.

[Rally]

I thought you might bring that up BobK (Trent and the former players).  I agree, it counts for something, but not a great deal.  Was Reveno on staff at the same time that Turner was on staff?  Eric hasn't had an easy road up north, but the big men did seem to improve when he came on staff here.    I guess a Turner and Reveno option would be very unlikely. 

As for getting the uniqueness of Stanford, that's what Monty did first with hoops, and it seems the Harbaugh and Shaw followed his lead with their approach and have taken it to a higher level.  I hope the next basketball coach will take it up another notch or two.

On that score it should be Madsen or Collins.

[Rally]

I thought you might bring that up BobK (Trent and the former players).  I agree, it counts for something, but not a great deal.  Was Reveno on staff at the same time that Turner was on staff?  Eric hasn't had an easy road up north, but the big men did seem to improve when he came on staff here.    I guess a Turner and Reveno option would be very unlikely. 

As for getting the uniqueness of Stanford, that's what Monty did first with hoops, and it seems the Harbaugh and Shaw followed his lead with their approach and have taken it to a higher level.  I hope the next basketball coach will take it up another notch or two.

On that score it should be Madsen or Collins.

[Rally]

I thought you might bring that up BobK (Trent and the former players).  I agree, it counts for something, but not a great deal.  Was Reveno on staff at the same time that Turner was on staff?  Eric hasn't had an easy road up north, but the big men did seem to improve when he came on staff here.    I guess a Turner and Reveno option would be very unlikely. 

As for getting the uniqueness of Stanford, that's what Monty did first with hoops, and it seems the Harbaugh and Shaw followed his lead with their approach and have taken it to a higher level.  I hope the next basketball coach will take it up another notch or two.

On that score it should be Madsen or Collins.

[winflop]

I hope the next basketball coach will take it up another notch or two.

From where we are today, that'd better happen.  From where Monty took us, I'd be ecstatic if we got a repeat of that.

[winflop]

I hope the next basketball coach will take it up another notch or two.

From where we are today, that'd better happen.  From where Monty took us, I'd be ecstatic if we got a repeat of that.

[winflop]

I hope the next basketball coach will take it up another notch or two.

From where we are today, that'd better happen.  From where Monty took us, I'd be ecstatic if we got a repeat of that.

[winflop]

I hope the next basketball coach will take it up another notch or two.

From where we are today, that'd better happen.  From where Monty took us, I'd be ecstatic if we got a repeat of that.

[Treebound]

Sorry Winflop,
I wasn't clear.  I meant take basketball up a notch or two from where Harbaugh and Shaw have taken football.  They embraced the uniqueness of Stanford and went after great student athletes that are driven to succeed in all that they undertake.  Monty was the first coach to embrace that approach (in my experience), Harbs and Shaw built on that foundation.  I want someone who can take us even further. 

[Treebound]

Sorry Winflop,
I wasn't clear.  I meant take basketball up a notch or two from where Harbaugh and Shaw have taken football.  They embraced the uniqueness of Stanford and went after great student athletes that are driven to succeed in all that they undertake.  Monty was the first coach to embrace that approach (in my experience), Harbs and Shaw built on that foundation.  I want someone who can take us even further. 

[Treebound]

Sorry Winflop,
I wasn't clear.  I meant take basketball up a notch or two from where Harbaugh and Shaw have taken football.  They embraced the uniqueness of Stanford and went after great student athletes that are driven to succeed in all that they undertake.  Monty was the first coach to embrace that approach (in my experience), Harbs and Shaw built on that foundation.  I want someone who can take us even further. 

[Treebound]

Sorry Winflop,
I wasn't clear.  I meant take basketball up a notch or two from where Harbaugh and Shaw have taken football.  They embraced the uniqueness of Stanford and went after great student athletes that are driven to succeed in all that they undertake.  Monty was the first coach to embrace that approach (in my experience), Harbs and Shaw built on that foundation.  I want someone who can take us even further.