[BingGrad]

...because there are only a finite amount of chances you will find to become a Division I head men's basketball coach? The desire for a new challenge, to run your own program, branch out on your own? There is no guarantee his boss moves anywhere, ever, despite his best efforts. So, do you really want to wait around for that if you're motivated to be a head coach? And, if he did, while he might be the favorite, it's not a guarantee. He can ask the assistant coach who recruited him to UVM about that.

I don't even know if he's going to be a serious candidate for the job. It's all just a bunch of early speculation...but eventually guys who have any ambition are going to have to take the opportunities in front of them.

Let's not turn this into a UVM thread though. If Schnieder is a candidate for UNH, he's a candidate. He'll be one of many.

Exactly. Think about Mike Hopkins at Syracuse. For ten years, starting in 2007 he was the heir-apparent -- ready to step in when Boeheim retired until he finally gave up and took the HC job at Washington. That was six years ago. Boeheim finally is retiring (and it isn't at all clear that he really wanted to retire) 16 years after Hopkins was identified as the Boeheim successor.

If Schneider has an opportunity to get this job, then he should go for it.

 

[UVM Hoop Cat]

Chris Markwood to Maine. There's no better example.

 

[godanesgo99]

Herrion was always one of the opposing coaches that I hated when they came into SEFCU. Seeing him on the court and yelling and complaining. My section of the stands had multiple people always yelling "Sit down and Shut Up" to him multiple times each game. That said, he always had a few strong players. While he never really won anything there, his teams were consistent contenders and threats to upset the favorites in the league on almost any given night. He deserves some credit for what he did with the resources he had.

For anyone who is keeping score, or who has followed the league for sometime, this will make you feel old and I think it shows that we are watching major change unfold in the conference:

With Herrion leaving, and after Becker and Duquette, the coach who has been in the America East the longest is a tie between Jim Ferry, Laval Sanders, and Dwayne Killings. Grasso is an old timer at leading his team since way back in 2018, but he only has 1 year in the AE. It feels like UML joined the league just yesterday. To see Duquette as #2 is crazy to me. Assuming Becker leaves soon (as in within a few years), the coaching dynamics of the league will be entirely new in the very near future.

 

[GoCatsGo!]

Saw that UNH hired a search firm (DHR)

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1636885937400553473

 

[catpower]

While search firms get a bad rep (because there are bad ones), at a minimum I would hope UNH is using these to skirt public records and helping them set up stuff not on school systems so they can keep things from getting out through a record request. The AD should have their candidates picked out and ready to talk to...if you're relying on search firm or search firm adjacent events to find your coach, you're in trouble.

They've done Louisville, DePaul basketball, and Michigan State football in 2020.

 

[GoCatsGo!]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1639478906708189186

Brett MacConnell would be an interesting hire. I’d be for it. Would also be very-like UNH to wait out a candidate and lose him to someone in the conference

 

[GoCatsGo]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1639478906708189186

Brett MacConnell would be an interesting hire. I’d be for it. Would also be very-like UNH to wait out a candidate and lose him to someone in the conference

MacConnell is in an interesting spot. He's one of the ships being lifted by the current Princeton Rising Tide. But he's probably got one eye on whether his boss has a chance to cash in and if that would allow him to slide one seat to the right. But while fully acknowledging we're one unexpected Carousel move away from changing a lot of outcomes, I don't think I see a natural immediate next step for Henderson based on some of the things I've read, so UNH might be the move for him.

He's in a nice spot, with two schools searching that feel like good fits. As long as he doesn't try to get cute, play them against each other, and foul up both of them,

 

[UNHFan]

New Hampshire…

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1639706249750278145

 

[GoCatsGo!]

Brett MacConnell is a good hire. It’ll be fascinating to see how he does.

 

[UNHFan]

I wouldn't be surprised to see Jean Bain brought in as the associate head coach and to see Tyrece Gibbs retained.

 

[GoCatsGo!]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1640478276496904192

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1640470533962887168

It’d be disappointing to lose out on Brett MacConnell. I feel like they’re losing out on time with recruiting and the transfer portal. UNH could’ve hired Sydney Johnson already.

Kind of ‘blah’ hire if it ends up being Johnson, but we’ll see. At least he’s had some success. Of course, Bill Herrion had plenty of success before UNH, too.