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Kevin O'Niell?

Newportcat wrote:Kevin O'Niell?

Steve Alford?

Levar Ball?

ChooChooCat wrote:Got a name. It's a very very safe hire with connections in a big recruiting area of ours. That's all I can say. Every thing is still pending though of course.

Safety and recruiting sound like just what the doctor ordered. I’ll press just a little further: a) would you be happy with him being a Cat and b) happy with the collective coaches behind Miller if hired?

YoDeFoe wrote:

ChooChooCat wrote:Got a name. It's a very very safe hire with connections in a big recruiting area of ours. That's all I can say. Every thing is still pending though of course.

Safety and recruiting sound like just what the doctor ordered. I’ll press just a little further: a) would you be happy with him being a Cat and b) happy with the collective coaches behind Miller if hired?

A) I have no reason not to be. I'm not going to lie, I had to look the guy up and you will too if he's the guy. I'm a pretty big diehard and I had no idea who he was, but he is a proven coach with extensive ties to an important region.
B) Hard to say honestly. I mean in Peters he's got a young, hungry, loyal guy, who wants nothing more in this world than to do every thing in his power to help Miller get back on top and that's extremely useful. In this other guy, if he is the guy, you have someone who theoretically should be a major help in the new primary recruiting focus, which is the west coast. I'll just say I'm optimistic with this group, but I tend to be optimistic before things fully get implemented and play out regardless. So while it's not the group I pandered for to begin with it's one that I can see the positives with and provide me enough hope for the future.

ChooChooCat wrote:

YoDeFoe wrote:

ChooChooCat wrote:Got a name. It's a very very safe hire with connections in a big recruiting area of ours. That's all I can say. Every thing is still pending though of course.

Safety and recruiting sound like just what the doctor ordered. I’ll press just a little further: a) would you be happy with him being a Cat and b) happy with the collective coaches behind Miller if hired?

A) I have no reason not to be. I'm not going to lie, I had to look the guy up and you will too if he's the guy. I'm a pretty big diehard and I had no idea who he was, but he is a proven coach with extensive ties to an important region.
B) Hard to say honestly. I mean in Peters he's got a young, hungry, loyal guy, who wants nothing more in this world than to do every thing in his power to help Miller get back on top and that's extremely useful. In this other guy, if he is the guy, you have someone who theoretically should be a major help in the new primary recruiting focus, which is the west coast. I'll just say I'm optimistic with this group, but I tend to be optimistic before things fully get implemented and play out regardless. So while it's not the group I pandered for to begin with it's one that I can see the positives with and provide me enough hope for the future.

Was/is he an assistant at a PAC-12 school? I am not referring to Grace, but is he Afro-American?

ChooChooCat wrote:Got a name. It's a very very safe hire with connections in a big recruiting area of ours. That's all I can say. Every thing is still pending though of course.

The obvious name would be David Grace with his SoCal connections, but that would be too obvious.

Azgirl wrote:

ChooChooCat wrote:

YoDeFoe wrote:

ChooChooCat wrote:Got a name. It's a very very safe hire with connections in a big recruiting area of ours. That's all I can say. Every thing is still pending though of course.

Safety and recruiting sound like just what the doctor ordered. I’ll press just a little further: a) would you be happy with him being a Cat and b) happy with the collective coaches behind Miller if hired?

A) I have no reason not to be. I'm not going to lie, I had to look the guy up and you will too if he's the guy. I'm a pretty big diehard and I had no idea who he was, but he is a proven coach with extensive ties to an important region.
B) Hard to say honestly. I mean in Peters he's got a young, hungry, loyal guy, who wants nothing more in this world than to do every thing in his power to help Miller get back on top and that's extremely useful. In this other guy, if he is the guy, you have someone who theoretically should be a major help in the new primary recruiting focus, which is the west coast. I'll just say I'm optimistic with this group, but I tend to be optimistic before things fully get implemented and play out regardless. So while it's not the group I pandered for to begin with it's one that I can see the positives with and provide me enough hope for the future.

Was/is he an assistant at a PAC-12 school? I am not referring to Grace, but is he Afro-American?

No and yes.

Merkin wrote:

ChooChooCat wrote:Got a name. It's a very very safe hire with connections in a big recruiting area of ours. That's all I can say. Every thing is still pending though of course.

The obvious name would be David Grace with his SoCal connections, but that would be too obvious.

Miller hates Grace.

Simon

ChooChooCat wrote:

Azgirl wrote:

ChooChooCat wrote:

YoDeFoe wrote:

ChooChooCat wrote:Got a name. It's a very very safe hire with connections in a big recruiting area of ours. That's all I can say. Every thing is still pending though of course.

Safety and recruiting sound like just what the doctor ordered. I’ll press just a little further: a) would you be happy with him being a Cat and b) happy with the collective coaches behind Miller if hired?

A) I have no reason not to be. I'm not going to lie, I had to look the guy up and you will too if he's the guy. I'm a pretty big diehard and I had no idea who he was, but he is a proven coach with extensive ties to an important region.
B) Hard to say honestly. I mean in Peters he's got a young, hungry, loyal guy, who wants nothing more in this world than to do every thing in his power to help Miller get back on top and that's extremely useful. In this other guy, if he is the guy, you have someone who theoretically should be a major help in the new primary recruiting focus, which is the west coast. I'll just say I'm optimistic with this group, but I tend to be optimistic before things fully get implemented and play out regardless. So while it's not the group I pandered for to begin with it's one that I can see the positives with and provide me enough hope for the future.

Was/is he an assistant at a PAC-12 school? I am not referring to Grace, but is he Afro-American?

No and yes.

Does said coach have the potential to bring any big name players with him?

gronk4heisman wrote:
Does said coach have the potential to bring any big name players with him?

Not that I'm aware of.

ChooChooCat wrote:

gronk4heisman wrote:
Does said coach have the potential to bring any big name players with him?

Not that I'm aware of.

Is he bigger than a bread box?

ChooChooCat wrote:

Azgirl wrote:

ChooChooCat wrote:

YoDeFoe wrote:

ChooChooCat wrote:Got a name. It's a very very safe hire with connections in a big recruiting area of ours. That's all I can say. Every thing is still pending though of course.

Safety and recruiting sound like just what the doctor ordered. I’ll press just a little further: a) would you be happy with him being a Cat and b) happy with the collective coaches behind Miller if hired?

A) I have no reason not to be. I'm not going to lie, I had to look the guy up and you will too if he's the guy. I'm a pretty big diehard and I had no idea who he was, but he is a proven coach with extensive ties to an important region.
B) Hard to say honestly. I mean in Peters he's got a young, hungry, loyal guy, who wants nothing more in this world than to do every thing in his power to help Miller get back on top and that's extremely useful. In this other guy, if he is the guy, you have someone who theoretically should be a major help in the new primary recruiting focus, which is the west coast. I'll just say I'm optimistic with this group, but I tend to be optimistic before things fully get implemented and play out regardless. So while it's not the group I pandered for to begin with it's one that I can see the positives with and provide me enough hope for the future.

Was/is he an assistant at a PAC-12 school? I am not referring to Grace, but is he Afro-American?

No and yes.

Warmer

ChooChooCat wrote:

YoDeFoe wrote:

ChooChooCat wrote:Got a name. It's a very very safe hire with connections in a big recruiting area of ours. That's all I can say. Every thing is still pending though of course.

Safety and recruiting sound like just what the doctor ordered. I’ll press just a little further: a) would you be happy with him being a Cat and b) happy with the collective coaches behind Miller if hired?

A) I have no reason not to be. I'm not going to lie, I had to look the guy up and you will too if he's the guy. I'm a pretty big diehard and I had no idea who he was

Thank You Choo! I can now take this off of the things I think about!

ChooChooCat wrote:

YoDeFoe wrote:

ChooChooCat wrote:Got a name. It's a very very safe hire with connections in a big recruiting area of ours. That's all I can say. Every thing is still pending though of course.

Safety and recruiting sound like just what the doctor ordered. I’ll press just a little further: a) would you be happy with him being a Cat and b) happy with the collective coaches behind Miller if hired?

A) I have no reason not to be. I'm not going to lie, I had to look the guy up and you will too if he's the guy. I'm a pretty big diehard and I had no idea who he was, but he is a proven coach with extensive ties to an important region.
B) Hard to say honestly. I mean in Peters he's got a young, hungry, loyal guy, who wants nothing more in this world than to do every thing in his power to help Miller get back on top and that's extremely useful. In this other guy, if he is the guy, you have someone who theoretically should be a major help in the new primary recruiting focus, which is the west coast. I'll just say I'm optimistic with this group, but I tend to be optimistic before things fully get implemented and play out regardless. So while it's not the group I pandered for to begin with it's one that I can see the positives with and provide me enough hope for the future.

Being a shadowy figure usually walks hand in hand with being a good recruiter.

ChooChooCat wrote:

YoDeFoe wrote:

ChooChooCat wrote:Got a name. It's a very very safe hire with connections in a big recruiting area of ours. That's all I can say. Every thing is still pending though of course.

Safety and recruiting sound like just what the doctor ordered. I’ll press just a little further: a) would you be happy with him being a Cat and b) happy with the collective coaches behind Miller if hired?

A) I have no reason not to be. I'm not going to lie, I had to look the guy up and you will too if he's the guy. I'm a pretty big diehard and I had no idea who he was, but he is a proven coach with extensive ties to an important region.
B) Hard to say honestly. I mean in Peters he's got a young, hungry, loyal guy, who wants nothing more in this world than to do every thing in his power to help Miller get back on top and that's extremely useful. In this other guy, if he is the guy, you have someone who theoretically should be a major help in the new primary recruiting focus, which is the west coast. I'll just say I'm optimistic with this group, but I tend to be optimistic before things fully get implemented and play out regardless. So while it's not the group I pandered for to begin with it's one that I can see the positives with and provide me enough hope for the future.

Well if you had to look the guy up I guess Levar Ball is out...dammit

David Lee

We any closer to an annoucement or any info to share? This to me is a critical hire......start the ball rolling in the right direction.

TheCat wrote:We any closer to an annoucement or any info to share? This to me is a critical hire......start the ball rolling in the right direction.

Nope. If Miller didnt rush to hire a guy for this weekend then he's in no hurry. Not sure where we're at, but it's certainly on the backburner at the moment.

TheCat wrote:We any closer to an annoucement or any info to share? This to me is a critical hire......start the ball rolling in the right direction.

I agree TC, to me the fact Arizona hasn't found a recruiter type of Asst. Coach does not look favorably. I think this is a tragedy mistake by Miller to wait so long.

Azgirl wrote:

TheCat wrote:We any closer to an annoucement or any info to share? This to me is a critical hire......start the ball rolling in the right direction.

I agree TC, to me the fact Arizona hasn't found a recruiter type of Asst. Coach does not look favorably. I think this is a tragedy mistake by Miller to wait so long.

What if he is finding the reception to be less than favorible. Does he settle or work his ass off to Get the right person?

azcat49 wrote:

Azgirl wrote:

TheCat wrote:We any closer to an annoucement or any info to share? This to me is a critical hire......start the ball rolling in the right direction.

I agree TC, to me the fact Arizona hasn't found a recruiter type of Asst. Coach does not look favorably. I think this is a tragedy mistake by Miller to wait so long.

What if he is finding the reception to be less than favorible. Does he settle or work his ass off to Get the right person?

Personally I think that the person he wanted, he couldn't wrap up but not due to effort on his part. So yes he is trying to find the best available right now.

BY "recruiter type of assistant", does one mean one who has great ongoing relationships with the people already (or about to be) indicted by the FBI???

Just askin'

Did we forget to hire a third assistant coach?

Ned Zissou wrote:Did we forget to hire a third assistant coach?

Levar Ball just came back from Lithuania...just saying

I know Sean has been busy but any movement on this front?

Does Jordan Brown's dad need a job

TheCat wrote:I know Sean has been busy but any movement on this front?

None.

Does Miller just not want (or see the need for) another assistant?

PieceOfMeat wrote:Does Miller just not want (or see the need for) another assistant?

He's just not in any rush. He's already done some legwork, but at the moment he can afford to be patient. Trust is a big factor in this one.

ChooChooCat wrote:

PieceOfMeat wrote:Does Miller just not want (or see the need for) another assistant?

He's just not in any rush. He's already done some legwork, but at the moment he can afford to be patient. Trust is a big factor in this one.

ChooChooCat wrote:

PieceOfMeat wrote:Does Miller just not want (or see the need for) another assistant?

He's just not in any rush. He's already done some legwork, but at the moment he can afford to be patient. Trust is a big factor in this one.

An assistant can't really help this year's recruiting class, and that's pretty much the major task right now. I understand being patient when there isn't a pressing need and I assume no one has jumped out.

I would also think that showing AZ can still recruit would or could attract a top line guy after we wrap up this class. The top guys for the next class have us on the radar and Miller can sell that

New York or Chicago guy maybe?

azcat49 wrote:I would also think that showing AZ can still recruit would or could attract a top line guy after we wrap up this class. The top guys for the next class have us on the radar and Miller can sell that

Another thought. Given that the last year in public purgatory was touched off by the reckless actions of an assistant coach, I understand Miller being cautious with this hire of an assistant coach.

Makes perfect sense. Miller did ALL the heavy lifting with this recruiting class. He rolled up his sleeves and saved the program from a disaster. He doesn't need to make a quick hire to help with recruiting. But he's also proven that the FBI mess didn't hinder his ability to attract top talent. That points to Miller have much more leverage on hiring a top flight assistant coach.

FWIW I think the guy I initially referred to earlier is going to be the guy. I have no idea if it's done though or have any timeline on it, but barring him saying no I think he's the guy.

Hey, as long as it's a guy. That narrows it down.

catgrad97 wrote:Hey, as long as it's a guy. That narrows it down.

Lol hey at least I've provided some hints about who he is. When I know it's done or trending that way I'll provide more, promise.

ChooChooCat wrote:

catgrad97 wrote:Hey, as long as it's a guy. That narrows it down.

Lol hey at least I've provided some hints about who he is. When I know it's done or trending that way I'll provide more, promise.

I recall west coast assistant, but not P12. Black, really good recruiter. Someone we'll have to google.

Miss anything?

prh wrote:

ChooChooCat wrote:

catgrad97 wrote:Hey, as long as it's a guy. That narrows it down.

Lol hey at least I've provided some hints about who he is. When I know it's done or trending that way I'll provide more, promise.

I recall west coast assistant, but not P12. Black, really good recruiter. Someone we'll have to google.

Miss anything?

Nope, you got it.

We stealing romar back from pepperdine?

Guess we wouldn't have to Google him.

Total shot in the dark ...... Patrick Sandle?

Chicat wrote:Total shot in the dark ...... Patrick Sandle?

Nope, but you're on the right track.

Patrick Stewart?

Beachcat97 wrote:Patrick Stewart?

William Shatner?

LeVar Burton?

Ray Bolger?