Karl Hobbs to RU
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I like brandin too, but one could argue hobbs has a much better resume. UCONN tree w/ 2 national championships, 10yr head coach at GW with 3 NCAA appearances, a winning record and A-10 coach of the year.
there was a time not too long ago when Karl Hobbs was the "hot young coach" and at one point in our coaching disasters was even mentioned on this board as a desirable HC
Fool me once.....(and, yeah, this might be a better hire than Knight...). I'll wait for the official word this time lol!
Bam! There's our shark! Karl Hobbs is a guy who has consistently recruited players of the caliber to play on top 25 teams. Pikiell worked under him at GW and now Hobbs is here at Rutger's. There is no better assistant hire in America that Rutgers could have made. He will fit into this staff seamlessly.
Stop with the bring in a coach who can coach big men talk. Pikiell and his staff just coached an All American at Stony Brook. Do you have any idea how hard it is to be an All American from a low mid major conference? The kid was a true back to the basket center who got exponentially better each and every year. You don't need a frigging coach who is a "big specialist."
http://www.onthebanks.com/2016/3/31...ketball-to-hire-uconn-assistant-karl-hobbs-as
Lots of good stuff in this On The Banks article
Lots of good stuff in this On The Banks article
Carino threw some shade on Twitter saying that the program under Hobbs at GW was built on academic risks and JUCOs to the best of his recollection
Carino is talking about an area he knows zilch about. Coaching GW is a tough job--Maryland and Georgetown are right there, and during my nearly 40 years in the DC-Md area, GW was always a poor third to those two programs. Plus other schools like to grab players from Md and DC. Most coaches at GW relied heavily on foreign players, who would vanish after a year or two. Some pretty good rentals from Russia, Ukraine, etc. Hobbs did OK there, and is a good hire. If nothing else, he might have some good international connections.
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Just ok? He made 5 ncaa tourneys and coached Ray Allen and Pops Mensah-Bonsu (GW Hoops Legend) that played a few years in the NBA. You could argue Hobbs has a better resume than Pikiell. Grand slam hire.
Considering this is Pikiells program and won't be Hobbs'..that shouldn't be concerning.
As long as he's a good recruiter, good coach, has ties...sign me up.
Seriously. We have very strict guidelines regarding JUCO's, anyway, so I'm not sure why Carino would need to throw this stuff out there right now.
Glenn Miller was the Associate HC at UCONN so this is a bump up for Karl Hobbs to Associate Head Coach.
This may impact the Kevin Freeman speculation. Freeman may now move from DOBO to full time assistant coach at UCONN.
About Karl Hobbs......While Hobbs was at UConn, he was instrumental in the recruitment of such Husky stars as Richard Hamilton, Caron Butler, and Emeka Okafor.
This sounds like an absolutely excellent hire. Has a ring, been to the dance as an HC three times. Awesome.
Karl Hobbs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1987–1993 Boston University (asst.)
1993–2001 Connecticut (asst.)
2001–2011 George Washington
2012–present Connecticut (asst.)
Championships A-10 Tournament Championship (2005, 2007)
A-10 Regular Season Championship (2006)
Awards
A-10 Coach of the Year (2006)
Head coaching record
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
George Washington (Atlantic Ten Conference) (2001–present)
2001–02 George Washington 12–16 5–11 5th (West)
2002–03 George Washington 12–17 5–11 T–4th (West)
2003–04 George Washington 18–12 11–5 2nd (West) NIT 1st Round
2004–05 George Washington 22–8 11–5 1st (West) NCAA 1st Round
2005–06 George Washington 27–3 16–0 1st NCAA 2nd Round
2006–07 George Washington 23–9 11–5 3rd NCAA 1st Round
2007–08 George Washington 9–17 5–11 13th
2008–09 George Washington 10–18 4–12 13th
2009–10 George Washington 16–15 6–10 10th CBI 1st Round
2010–11 George Washington 17–14 10–6 T-4th
George Washington: 166–129 84–76
Total: 166–129
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Hobbs
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1987–1993 Boston University (asst.)
1993–2001 Connecticut (asst.)
2001–2011 George Washington
2012–present Connecticut (asst.)
Championships A-10 Tournament Championship (2005, 2007)
A-10 Regular Season Championship (2006)
Awards
A-10 Coach of the Year (2006)
Head coaching record
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
George Washington (Atlantic Ten Conference) (2001–present)
2001–02 George Washington 12–16 5–11 5th (West)
2002–03 George Washington 12–17 5–11 T–4th (West)
2003–04 George Washington 18–12 11–5 2nd (West) NIT 1st Round
2004–05 George Washington 22–8 11–5 1st (West) NCAA 1st Round
2005–06 George Washington 27–3 16–0 1st NCAA 2nd Round
2006–07 George Washington 23–9 11–5 3rd NCAA 1st Round
2007–08 George Washington 9–17 5–11 13th
2008–09 George Washington 10–18 4–12 13th
2009–10 George Washington 16–15 6–10 10th CBI 1st Round
2010–11 George Washington 17–14 10–6 T-4th
George Washington: 166–129 84–76
Total: 166–129
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Hobbs
Tremendous hire. Big time. Very big time! Laughable to think that the previous three top assistants were Cox, Mike O and Dalip.
I have been a season ticket holder for more than 25 years and I really can't remember a time when I was more excited about the future of our program. It's amazing that I can say that after the season we just lived through. I am absolutely delighted with both the Head Coach and Associate Head Coach hires!! I'm not sure how this is going to read, but the whole transition in the Men's Basketball program has seemed very un-Rutgerslike. I'm on cloud nine right now.
Great hires!!! So much more head coaching experience than football. Impressed!!!
