Basketball 2015-16

[Ken711]

Former Cornell assistant and current Penn assistant Nat Graham will be interviewed in Houston by Andy Noel.

The Cornell Basketball Blog has been pushing for Nat so hard, you have to wonder if he gets a cut of his first year salary. Nat may well prove to be a great coach, but hiring him feels a lot like trying to live in the past.  A happy, warm past, but the past nonetheless.

I hear you.  Definitely not an "outside the Cornell family" type of hire.

[shasta1]

EASY way out again for Andy.  Nat is a nice guy but can he actually coach from the bench?

[imafrshmn]

I took the phys. ed. basketball course back in Fall '05 and Nat Graham was our instructor. Great gym teacher!

[Swampy]

EASY way out again for Andy.  Nat is a nice guy but can he actually coach from the bench?

Has Nat been hired or just interviewed?

It may be premature to accuse Andy of taking the easy way out. Then again, none of the candidates mentioned here are very accomplished.

[mountainred]

EASY way out again for Andy.  Nat is a nice guy but can he actually coach from the bench?

Has Nat been hired or just interviewed?

It may be premature to accuse Andy of taking the easy way out. Then again, none of the candidates mentioned here are very accomplished.

I have zero insider information, but I think he's just one of several interviewees.

Cornell basketball is an entry-level job, but that's okay.  Cornell was the first head coach gig for 7 of our last 8 coaches.  I'd rate 4 (Donahue, Jan VBK, Dement, and Miller) as successful in Ithaca, 2 (BC and Walker) as unsuccessful and 1 (Bluitt) as in-between as he left the program better than he found it, but that's not saying much because he found a dumpster fire.  I'm okay with a first time coach but a Donahue protege doesn't match well with the current roster.  Do you really want to see these guys take more three's?

[semsox]

EASY way out again for Andy.  Nat is a nice guy but can he actually coach from the bench?

Has Nat been hired or just interviewed?

It may be premature to accuse Andy of taking the easy way out. Then again, none of the candidates mentioned here are very accomplished.

I have zero insider information, but I think he's just one of several interviewees.

Cornell basketball is an entry-level job, but that's okay.  Cornell was the first head coach gig for 7 of our last 8 coaches.  I'd rate 4 (Donahue, Jan VBK, Dement, and Miller) as successful in Ithaca, 2 (BC and Walker) as unsuccessful and 1 (Bluitt) as in-between as he left the program better than he found it, but that's not saying much because he found a dumpster fire.  I'm okay with a first time coach but a Donahue protege doesn't match well with the current roster.  Do you really want to see these guys take more three's?

I'm not necessarily pro- or anti- Nat, but in terms of him running Donahue's system, I think that would still be a step up from the <> system we've been running the past few years on offense....

[billhoward]

It may be premature to accuse Andy of ...

Not here it isn't

[Trotsky]

It may be premature to accuse Andy of ...

Not here it isn't

Wins thread.