Sure. But then you followed up with “Just need to pick the right coach” which to me reading that says Thorr picked the wrong coach when he picked Cox. A little look back in History by Thorr would have shown the odds were stacked against him in hiring an Assistant.Jersey77 wrote: ↑1 year agoThis whole discussion was started because I felt at the time, hiring Cox was the right decision by Thorr.ramster wrote: ↑1 year agoExactly. And what RF1 is showing from history is that getting established HCs has worked out much better than hiring Assistants with no prior HC Experience:
Qualified for NCAA Tournament(s) while HC at URI
Assistants Hired (1-4):
English - No
DeGregorio - No
Malone - No
Skinner - Yes
Cox - No
Experienced Head Coaches Hired (4-1):
Kraft - Yes
Penders - Yes
Harrick - Yes
Baron - No
Hurley - Yes
Miller - TBD
I still defend him.
Yes we all know now that it didn't work out.
Thorr wasn't going to base his decision then on what happened to us in the past.
I moved on.
Sean Miller at Xavier and Archie Miller at Dayton were all good first time HC hires.
The old saying of “Don’t let history repeat itself” applies at URI with Assistant Coach hires to HC.