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Of the names I've heard so far, realistically and a combination of what I would like would be
KJY: He's paid his dues in the NBA and NCAA, also being promoted to Assistant Head Coach this year. IDK what kind of Xs' and Os' coach he would be, so he would have to hire a relatively experienced staff. But wouldn't it be great if one of our own comes home and gets the mining cart back on track.

Chris Jans: Well, he just wins everywhere he's been at. Also, because extracting something good from NMSU is short of a miracle. Also, to piss off local aggies.

Jerome Tang: He's the most experienced coach on this list and was part of the best team in the land. Though I think even if UTEP offered double what they paid Terry he wouldn't take it. I mean he's been 18 years at Baylor, your just part of the NCAA champs, and you parlay that to go coach at UTEP? Yeah, it doesn't sound right to me either.

Joe Golding: I really don't know why? Everyone seems to like him, he's young and has had a couple of good seasons. Overall his success seems mediocre record-wise, but I admit I haven't followed his career to know if he's just mediocre.

Tim Hardaway:..eh...just because. Probably not the prudent choice...but eh **** it.
 
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nattybry said:
Well to be Fair Floyd was a Splash Hire that everyone was excited about, that just didn't go well.
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That further proofs the point of why I want to stay away from UTEP roots. If a splashy hire with his extensive HC collegiate and NBA experience didn't work out. What are the odds someone with a 1/4 of his experience will work out?
 
develman said:
Of the names I've heard so far, realistically and a combination of what I would like would be
KJY: He's paid his dues in the NBA and NCAA, also being promoted to Assistant Head Coach this year. IDK what kind of Xs' and Os' coach he would be, so he would have to hire a relatively experienced staff. But wouldn't it be great if one of our own comes home and gets the mining cart back on track.

Chris Jans: Well, he just wins everywhere he's been at. Also, because extracting something good from NMSU is short of a miracle. Also, to piss off local aggies.

Jerome Tang: He's the most experienced coach on this list and was part of the best team in the land. Though I think even if UTEP offered double what they paid Terry he wouldn't take it. I mean he's been 18 years at Baylor, your just part of the NCAA champs, and you parlay that to go coach at UTEP? Yeah, it doesn't sound right to me either.

Joe Golding: I really don't know why? Everyone seems to like him, he's young and has had a couple of good seasons. Overall his success seems mediocre record-wise, but I admit I haven't followed his career to know if he's just mediocre.

Tim Hardaway:..eh...just because. Probably not the prudent choice...but eh **** it.
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I like KJY as well, but his past makes it a difficult head coach hire.

Note, Jans also would come with baggage if hired. He was fired at Bowling Green for inappropriate behavior, but has obviously been able to make his way back up the chain.
 
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What Golding has accomplished at ACU, is nothing short of a miracle. IMO, (said this yesterday) the search should begin and end in Abilene, TX. He’s won more games the last three years than any coach in the state of Texas. He’s made the tournament two of last three years (beating UT this year) and vey likely they would’ve advanced in the 2020 year lost to COVID. No small feat. The new coach here will have to retool this roster and forge a team with a strong identity to regain the footing to get back to playing basketball in March. Don’t see any better option. The article linked below that I found online, lays it all out pretty clearly.

“Everything he touches turns to gold,” Ted Crass, a former ACU assistant under Golding, says. “Everything I’ve ever seen Coach Golding do—he has found a way to win at it. Abilene Christian should build a statue for Joe Golding.”

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Behind Abilene Christian's Meteoric Rise

Abilene Christian has transformed its basketball program from a Division II afterthought to a March Madness success story in just a few years.
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Shantay Legans would be ok too. Read he makes around 130k. We could offer him 420k and all parties would be happy.

Nevermind. He was just hired at Portland.
 
JCorona said:
He will be 62 by the start of this season. TF at 62 started the season 2-13 and by the next year quit 6 games into the season. I think TF was in better health than Billy.
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Exactly. BG was the shit at UTEP and A&M because he was a notorious workaholic. Due to his age and health problems theres no way that he comes to UTEP a second time and locks himself in his office for months on end and sustains himself on a diet of soda and fast food while leaving his Christmas tree out till March. The best thing for him at this point in his life is that he’s coaching where he‘s happy and he’s not burning himself out.
 
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UTEPMiners8106 said:
Exactly. BG was the shit at UTEP and A&M because he was a notorious workaholic. Due to his age and health problems theres no way that he comes to UTEP a second time and locks himself in his office for months on end and sustains himself on a diet of soda and fast food while leaving his Christmas tree out till March. The best thing for him at this point in his life is that he’s coaching where he‘s happy and he’s not burning himself out.
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"The best thing for him at this point in his life is that he’s coaching where he‘s happy and he’s not burning himself out."

Why could that not be UTEP? Yes, he was a workaholic and that likely contributed to his health problems. I used to work much longer and harder myself but working a 40-hour week most of the time now has not made me any less effective. I contribute just as much -- if not more -- because I'm not always tired. Work/life balance matters and maybe Billy has finally figured that out.
 
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JCorona said:
Move on from Billy guys. Please. We have young hot coaches interested. Did you all forget about this?
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I'm all for supporting a good coach not named Billy Clyde Gillispie. But can we please stop acting like we have to be his caretaker and decision-maker? He's a grown ass man who's made mistakes and had health issues.

We are not his mommy or his daddy. He's a grown ass man. He can decide for himself what is best for him and if he ****s up again it's entirely on HIM.

Just stop the Billy hate. Please.
 
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TxRdKiller said:
I'm all for supporting a good coach not named Billy Clyde Gillispie. But can we please stop acting like we have to be his caretaker and decision-maker? He's a grown ass man who's made mistakes and had health issues.

We are not his mommy or his daddy. He's a grown ass man. He can decide for himself what is best for him and if he ****s up again it's entirely on HIM.

Just stop the Billy hate. Please.
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I don't care about his alcohol problems. I've dealt with my own demons. Let's not act like he's our savior when in reality he hasn't done shit in D1 ball in the last 15 years. His record of treating his coaches and players like shit doesn't work in this day anymore. Time to hire someone with recent success that has evolved with the game.
 
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No retreads, no ex-players w/o experience. Texas ties not important, be bold and think outside the box. Just because a guy won here last time is no assurance he will the next. College ball has undergone a drastic change in the last ten years, we play in a different conference, players are free agents and we basically have little talent locally to draw on. We need a guy who is playing the game as it is now, not a guy who was relevant 10 years ago. How many times have you seen a D1 school rehire a head coach who left? very very rare if at all. Forget about Barbie, Billy G and the like we don't need a Floyd 2.0.
 
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If it is Golding and his style is what I saw in the UT game, I would pay to see that every night. It's like watching a combination of Tasker's Hobbs Eagles in the 70's, Richardson's Razorbacks and a little bit of Westhead's Loyola Marymount teams. Only time I have seen his coaching but it appears he plays a Ball's Out style and he won't put fans to sleep ala Floyd or Terry.
 
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JCorona said:
Move on from Billy guys. Please. We have young hot coaches interested. Did you all forget about this?

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If Golding is seriously interested, BCG will become a distant memory in my mind.
 
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NorthTexasRed said:
If Bloomquist has good sources that Joe Golding is indeed interested, this needs to get wrapped up ASAP. Something tells me the city of El Paso could/would fall in love with this guy.
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Really like the way Golding coaches. And even more...the way his guys play for him. We haven’t seen anything like that since Barbee, over 10 years ago.
 
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MineroFanatico said:
Really like the way Golding coaches. And even more...the way his guys play for him. We haven’t seen anything like that since Barbee, over 10 years ago.
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I agree. I’ve seen them play on ESPN+ over the years (maybe 15 times) and what he has done in that conference is legit. He overtook SFA and Sam Houston as the team to beat and nobody thought that was possible. The thing I’ve noticed about Joe Golding is that the one constant is high pressure defense that creates turnovers (think they’ve created most turnovers in country last few years.) They then turn turnovers into transition points. He also adapts to opponents. Game Abilene Christian beat UT, I noticed he began running through his offensive sets with about ten minutes left to limit UT possessions. I knew right then he was going to out coach Shaka down the stretch. If Golding is indeed interested, is hired and brings that same intensity to the Haskins, we would be in for a wild ride and playing again into March. Was reading the Texas Tech message boards and they said not only are he and Chris Beard best friends but ACU played Tech this year and they thought Joe Golding was the better coach!
 
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NorthTexasRed said:
I agree. I’ve seen them play on ESPN+ over the years (maybe 15 times) and what he has done in that conference is legit. He overtook SFA and Sam Houston as the team to beat and nobody that was possible. The thing I’ve noticed about Joe Golding is that the one constant is high pressure defense that creates turnovers (think they’ve created most turnovers in country last few years.) They then turn turnovers into transition points. He also adapts to opponents. Game Abilene Christian beat UT, I noticed he began running through his offensive sets with about ten minutes left to limit UT possessions. I knew right then he was going to out coach Shaka down the stretch. If Golding is indeed interested, is hired and brings that same intensity to the Haskins, we would be in for a wild ride and playing again into March. Was reading the Texas Tech message boards and they said not only are he and Chris Beard best friends but ACU played Tech this year and they thought Joe Golding was the better coach!
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That’s exactly what I am hoping for. That style here at utep. It is in your face defense the whole way through. Like you said, many those forced turnovers turned into points.

I like a high scoring team as much as the next guy, but I miss the days of Haskins’ defense first mentality. Golding brings that.

I just don’t want to get my hopes up too high that he’ll come this way, at this point. It’s been a rough decade for us fans.
 
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JCorona said:
I don't care about his alcohol problems. I've dealt with my own demons. Let's not act like he's our savior when in reality he hasn't done shit in D1 ball in the last 15 years. His record of treating his coaches and players like shit doesn't work in this day anymore. Time to hire someone with recent success that has evolved with the game.
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"...in reality he hasn't done shit in D1 ball in the last 15 years. His record of treating his coaches and players like shit doesn't work in this day anymore."

That is at least an argument that holds water and doesn't involve trying to babysit BCG. More of this, less hate over his personal demons. Thanks.
 
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That’s exactly what I am hoping for. That style here at utep. It is in your face defense the whole way through. Like you said, many those forced turnovers turned into points.

I like a high scoring team as much as the next guy, but I miss the days of Haskins’ defense first mentality. Golding brings that.

I just don’t want to get my hopes up too high that he’ll come this way, at this point. It’s been a rough decade for us fans.
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"I miss the days of Haskins’ defense first mentality."

Word.
 
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axingfools1 said:
I love what is being said about his defenses,, but how are Golding's teams offensively and will be able to recruit high level players? O already know Barbee can.
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Those are my questions, too. I'll preface this by saying I've probably watched 35 minutes of Abilene Christian basketball. He did have a 7 footer, but it also seemed like he had an inordinate amount of 5-8, 160 guys on the roster. Not sure if that's a recruiting issue or an ACU issue. Also, it looked like they didn't have much of an offense if they didn't get something in transition. Admittedly, that's from my 35 minutes and most of that being against Texas.
 
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STexMiner said:
Those are my questions, too. I'll preface this by saying I've probably watched 35 minutes of Abilene Christian basketball. He did have a 7 footer, but it also seemed like he had an inordinate amount of 5-8, 160 guys on the roster. Not sure if that's a recruiting issue or an ACU issue. Also, it looked like they didn't have much of an offense if they didn't get something in transition. Admittedly, that's from my 35 minutes and most of that being against Texas.
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They were around 50 pts in their losses to Tech and UCLA. It may be that Golding was not able to get high level recruits to ACU, but we just don't know. It will be a BIG question mark.

The talent level will jump for him at UTEP, but can Golding take it to the next level? This should be a major concern.

I know that the guys from Baylor can recruit (Tang and Brooks III) and we know Barbee can recruit. UTEP needs players and offense too (not just defense).
 
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axingfools1 said:
They were around 50 pts in their losses to Tech and UCLA. It may be that Golding was not able to get high level recruits to ACU, but we just don't know. It will be a BIG question mark.

The talent level will jump for him at UTEP, but can Golding take it to the next level? This should be a major concern.

I know that the guys from Baylor can recruit (Tang and Brooks III) and we know Barbee can recruit. UTEP needs players and offense too (not just defense).
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You know I am with you on this axing. Being able to bring in talent is the first requirement for a successful coach. You can't coach them, if you don't get them. With Golding that is a bit of an unknown for me. That said, he seems to do a lot with the talent he does get. For me, it is Golding #1, and Barbee #2 based on the names I have heard so far. I think this will wrap up soon.
 
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Hopefully Senter plans on interviewing some top assistant coaches as well. It seems like he only wants coaches that have head coaching experience.
 
Lil_Train said:
You know I am with you on this axing. Being able to bring in talent is the first requirement for a successful coach. You can't coach them, if you don't get them. With Golding that is a bit of an unknown for me. That said, he seems to do a lot with the talent he does get. For me, it is Golding #1, and Barbee #2 based on the names I have heard so far. I think this will wrap up soon.
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And that is why I'm not as sold on Golding as others here. I'm not opposed to him, I'm just not sold on him.

I guess as I mentioned elsewhere, I just don't really have a #1 pick personally. I'll just hope for someone high on everybody's lists like Golding and the SFA guy (Keller, I think) and Tang and a couple of others that seem like they'd be a good head coach. I mean, we kinda can't do worse than Terry. But then, we have Senter as AD...
 
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Keep in mind Golding and his 1 star players beat mighty UT with their 4 and 5 star players. Golding did this is Abilene, not exactly a major metropolis. If he can recruit his type of player to Abilene, he sure can recruit better talent to El Paso. If in fact Golding is interested in UTEP, let’s sign him up before someone else snatches him.
 
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I’m not at all concerned about Golding’s offense. Teams that play superior defense don’t usually score 80+ a game because they control the tempo. Against Tech, hell, there are a lot of Big 12 teams that had trouble scoring against them. Looking at this past years scores, Golding averaged 75-80 points a game in conference and average margin of victory was very dominant, to say the least. His ACU page says he recruited two Freshman of the Year in the Southland, not worried about recruiting. I care only about UTEP winning games (Golding won over 23 in each of last three) and making the tournament (Golding has proved that he does that.)
 
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NorthTexasRed said:
I’m not at all concerned about Golding’s offense. Teams that play superior defense don’t usually score 80+ a game because they control the tempo. Against Tech, hell, there are a lot of Big 12 teams that had trouble scoring against them. Looking at this past years scores, Golding averaged 75-80 points a game in conference and average margin of victory was very dominant, to say the least. His ACU page says he recruited two Freshman of the Year in the Southland, not worried about recruiting. I care only about UTEP winning games (Golding won over 23 in each of last three) and making the tournament (Golding has proved that he does that.)
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Well said.
 
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