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IncaneInTheBrain said:
Midly encouraged by the fact that Jai doesn't seem to be hiring his friends
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Not hiring his friends, but hiring a bunch of recruiters in an environment where recruiting matters significantly less than it did 10 years ago isn't the move either. If he ends up with Flint and Brey on this staff as the veterans, I'll be fine with this staff, but if it's a bunch of recruiters, it won't end well.
 
Canedude08 said:
Not hiring his friends, but hiring a bunch of recruiters in an environment where recruiting matters significantly less than it did 10 years ago isn't the move either. If he ends up with Flint and Brey on this staff as the veterans, I'll be fine with this staff, but if it's a bunch of recruiters, it won't end well.
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Recruiting doesn’t matter anymore? What in the actual f*ck are you talking about?

It’s also been widely speculated that one of, if not both of Flint and Brey will be on staff, so you’ll have to find something else to b*tch about
 
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Da_Lucky_One said:




Coach Jai is going all in on locking down the State of Florida.
I like this move.
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Dam this dude got his start under Frank Martin at KSU. I have to think this helps with the Indiana transfer, M.R., who we are battling UGA for.

Another reason Pastrana wound up in coaching was his relationship with family friend Frank Martin, the longtime collegiate coach who took South Carolina to the Final Four in 2017 and is currently the head coach at UMass. Martin, another Miami native and Cuban American, was the coach at Miami High School during Pastrana's prep days. Two other coaches, Shakey Rodriguez and Pastrana's coach at Wellington, Jay McCormick, were also big influences.

"All of those guys, I just looked up to them," said Pastrana, who thought he would wind up coaching high school ball one day. And he might have if Martin hadn't hired Pastrana as a graduate assistant at Kansas State in 2007 after he graduated from Florida State.

After two years under Martin at Kansas State, Pastrana's coaching career has taken him to nearly every level of basketball and across the country. He's worked at Power 5 programs like K-State and Oklahoma State and at the community and junior college levels; he's coached AAU teams, and he spent a year as the head coach at Daytona State College.
 
One9 said:
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gacaneaddict said:
Lucas hire isn't as bad as the J.D. hire for sure.

He needs to bring in a veteran assistant with HC experience like a Mike Brey. If he does that he can succeed. Calipari's assistant that was a HC at Drexel does nothing for me. Won't move the needle for Lucas. He needs someone who has proven he can be successful as a Head Coach IMO. The high school coach from Columbus won't do anything from a coaching perspective either. Needs a big time assistant hire.

Also don't move the goalpost miles back because of the last 2 years. This team went to elite 8 in 2022, and final 4 in 2023. To start the 2024 season they were 11-2, and 2-0 in ACC, then lost in OT to WF as the injuries mounted, and never could recover from that rash of injuries. Every game they basically were missing players and couldn't practice effectively, but even as late as end of January this team still had a good overall and not terrible conference record until wheels fell off in February.

This past season was the disaster obviously, but this program was in a strong position to go hire a proven veteran coach for a quick turnaround if they wanted, and they chose not to. Now we have a coach with no experience being a head coach trying to jumpstart the program again.

BTW, is it me or did this hire create very little buzz? Have basketball ticket sales increased much? I saw a poll on this board where like 80% plus said they weren't going to buy basketball season tickets?

Could you imagine the buzz if you hired a coach like Will Wade? Whew, we would have been right back in the ACC elite category quickly.
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Or sean miller....
 
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Canesfan1993 said:
Or sean miller....
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Or McCollum, Shaka Smart, Randy Bennett, or ANY COMPETENT, EXPERIENCED COACH. Miami had a unique opportunity to land a legit coach, and managed to ***** it up. Why? Because Rad is a joke of an AD and he knew he could pull this crap and no one would care. I don't think Rad gives a rip if the program is any good, he just wants it to not be in the way. Like I said before, I think Katie picked up on those vibes, that's why she "retired"(I wouldn't be shocked if she ends up somewhere else, she's 57).
 
Canedude08 said:
Or McCollum, Shaka Smart, Randy Bennett, or ANY COMPETENT, EXPERIENCED COACH. Miami had a unique opportunity to land a legit coach, and managed to ***** it up. Why? Because Rad is a joke of an AD and he knew he could pull this crap and no one would care. I don't think Rad gives a rip if the program is any good, he just wants it to not be in the way. Like I said before, I think Katie picked up on those vibes, that's why she "retired"(I wouldn't be shocked if she ends up somewhere else, she's 57).
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Rad is just coasting.... wish he would just be done and enjoy retirement
 
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Canedude08 said:
Or McCollum, Shaka Smart, Randy Bennett, or ANY COMPETENT, EXPERIENCED COACH. Miami had a unique opportunity to land a legit coach, and managed to ***** it up. Why? Because Rad is a joke of an AD and he knew he could pull this crap and no one would care. I don't think Rad gives a rip if the program is any good, he just wants it to not be in the way. Like I said before, I think Katie picked up on those vibes, that's why she "retired"(I wouldn't be shocked if she ends up somewhere else, she's 57).
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Im sure that Rad is upset that some anonymous poster on the Caneinsight doesnt like him or his hires.
 
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