re: Tide Hoops | Recruiting

I wonder when Preston Murphys two years show clause is up? Looks like it was handed down in June of 2021 but he resigned from Creighton in 2019 and hasn't coached since then.

Teams hiring new coaches want to grab guys from the better teams in the country, Oats' system is not only a big draw because of his success but also because of how much the players love playing in that kind of system, so easier to recruit.

It's widely known Pettway was overdue for a HC job but wanted to stay in the region, Atlanta is a perfect fit for him. I don't remember much about Henry and Hodg from previous off-seasons but Henry was highly coveted for helping run the defense and I think Hodg was in the running the last time the Buffalo job was open. Just bad timing all three are gone at once.

I think you're looking at this more from a football coaching circus angle than basketball. Getting a HC job somewhere is the big ticket and then you work your way up program tier to program tier. Example, I don't think Mo Williams would leave being the HC of Jackson St to be an assistant here.

Denver Jones committed to Auburn as expected. He should be able to start there from day 1.

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NCAA has hit former Creighton assistant Preston Murphy with a 2-year show cause. There was no proof he kept any money. In fact, Christian Dawkins said Murphy didn’t keep the money, Murphy also passed a lie detector test, and handed over bank records, cell phones, credit report

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Brian Bowen’s dad also testified that Murphy offered him 100,000 and a job if Bowen signed with Creighton.

People were thinking Claunch was gonna get a better HC job at a Bigger Mid Major. Nice hire. He probably sees this route as his quickest to be a P6 HC

Claunch is a great offensive coach his teams regularly score over 100 points. They scored 90 on Purdue.

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Roy Rogers, Preston Murphy, and Austin Claunch (Nicholls State HC). Hell of a job by Nate. You could argue 2 of the 3 took what many would consider a demotion to coach here. Impressive.

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Clearly Claunch must agree with me about P6 assistant vs. low D1 head coach if he takes the job. It’s not as cut and dry regarding taking a head coaching job as you all keep trying to make it out to be. Of course most schools want guys with head coaching experience, it’s that way in literally any sport. The decision is always whether to hire an up & coming assistant or a HC at a smaller school (or retread).

I’m actually more of a basketball guy than a football guy…almost never post or even read the football board. I just don’t see us losing all 3 of our assistants to low D1 schools as 100% positive as apparently the rest of the board does. Probabilities alone would suggest it’s high likely they will make less money for 3-7 yrs, spend less time with their family, and get canned when they don’t win their conference. Hope it doesn’t happen and at least they’ll be able to check the box of HC experience wherever they go next.

Wonder who will be responsible for defense?

A jeff goodman twitter troll finessed me into thinking Noah Gurley was a head coach

Ignore my stupidity