Donlon?

[NURoseBowl]

Not trying to get off topic here but Glenn Olson at Niles North is the best bball coach in the CSL conference. I am a little bias as I've played for him at his stop before getting the Niles North job. But he has coached teams with far inferior talent and gotten the most out of them, game after game. His kids play hard for him and are very fundamentally sound. He really knows how to coach.

As possibly the only Niles North guy here, that's good to see. Wasn't Olson at Maine East before? Or am I misremembering?

 

[hdhntr1]

Didn't Jack Cooley go to GBS? A 6'8"-6'9" that the former NU coach missed completely and would have been a perfect fit to play alongside Shurna and start from Day 1 and get 15-20 ppg and 10-15 rpg. He turned out to be a two-time all Big 10 performer at ND because BC could not evaluate and locate guys in his own backyard. He also missed on former Deerfield HS standout 6'8" Duje Dukan who played on the UW 2 Final Four teams and made it for a year on the Sacramento Kings. I love the CSL. I believe Tino Malnati is from that conference (New Trier grad). Collins knows talent unlike prior coaches.

How was he all Big 10 at ND or was that ND High School?

 

[hdhntr1]

Didn't Jack Cooley go to GBS? A 6'8"-6'9" that the former NU coach missed completely and would have been a perfect fit to play alongside Shurna and start from Day 1 and get 15-20 ppg and 10-15 rpg. He turned out to be a two-time all Big 10 performer at ND because BC could not evaluate and locate guys in his own backyard. He also missed on former Deerfield HS standout 6'8" Duje Dukan who played on the UW 2 Final Four teams and made it for a year on the Sacramento Kings. I love the CSL. I believe Tino Malnati is from that conference (New Trier grad). Collins knows talent unlike prior coaches.

We can all agree that over the years he missed a lot of backyard players.

 

[Walker Fan]

That's a shame that you feel that way. I guess your reading comprehension level is at a very low level. Offering a scholarship offer to Robbie Hummel does not excuse the litany of recruiting and coaching failures of the prior regime. It downplays and avoids the recruiting miscues of Frank Kaminsky recruiting fiasco who only turned out to be national college player of the year and avoids the reality of the recruiting of Vic Law whose dad made it very clear that he would never have gone to NU if the prior coach had been there. Vic Law's signing at NU as CC's initial recruit showed that the days of settling for mediocrity or worse were over and that NU can compete on the court and still dominate in the classroom. Oh well, continue being a BC apologist. Too late to change that at this stage in your life and enjoy cheering for Holy Cross! Oh well, some will never change. On to bigger and better things with the CC Era.

 

[Figrating]

Great news that CC was able to fill the vacancy so quickly. No doubt BD knows coaching and CC. Also feels good to take him from UM.

The most critical skill for an NU coach is recruiting. Hope BD has it.

 

[Ish0522]

As possibly the only Niles North guy here, that's good to see. Wasn't Olson at Maine East before? Or am I misremembering?

You remember correctly, good memory. Since we're on the Niles North subject they were close to getting rid of the football program last year due to the lack of kids willing to play. I'm born and raised on the northside, not a North alum, just what I heard through the grapevine.

 

[YesterdaysCat]

Great news that CC was able to fill the vacancy so quickly. No doubt BD knows coaching and CC. Also feels good to take him from UM.

The most critical skill for an NU coach is recruiting. Hope BD has it.

It sure won't be for a lack of knowledge about NU considering his bloodlines.

 

[gocatsgo2003]

Don't know if I've seen this link posted elsewhere, but a very interesting look at Collins' ties with Donlon... apologies if it is a duplicate:

http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2017/03/billy_donlon_chicago_northwest.html

And does seem like Donlon has some recruiting chops (and seems like his style would go over pretty well with the guys NU goes after):

http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2016/07/eli_brooks.html

 

[NJCat]

Here is the NU press release announcing he is joining the staff.

http://nusports.com/news/2017/6/26/...s-northwestern-basketball-coaching-staff.aspx

 

[gocatsgo2003]

Here is the NU press release announcing he is joining the staff.

http://nusports.com/news/2017/6/26/...s-northwestern-basketball-coaching-staff.aspx

Pretty happy to see the official announcement before Nance gets to campus.