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Post by rbj on Mar 25, 2024 21:05:58 GMT -5
Andy Bronkema he is still coaching. Got another team again making a run twice in the time UDM made a dumpster runs. I wouldn't be upset with Bronkema becoming the next coach at Six and Livernois. He's certainly had enough success at the D2 level to warrant consideration. However, over the past several years, multiple D1 jobs (EMU, CMU, WMU, Detroit) in the state have come open. I'm wondering why no one has snatched him up. I am also curious as to why he hasnt moved up to a D1 job. It cant be that he's waiting on a certain school to open up, because every D1 in Michigan has an opening the past few years besides MSU and Oakland. |
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Post by JDetroitTitan on Mar 26, 2024 6:29:40 GMT -5
I wouldn't be upset with Bronkema becoming the next coach at Six and Livernois. He's certainly had enough success at the D2 level to warrant consideration. However, over the past several years, multiple D1 jobs (EMU, CMU, WMU, Detroit) in the state have come open. I'm wondering why no one has snatched him up. I am also curious as to why he hasnt moved up to a D1 job. It cant be that he's waiting on a certain school to open up, because every D1 in Michigan has an opening the past few years besides MSU and Oakland. I can only think of 4 reasons 1) He is content at where he is at 2) He want to much to move on 3) Other schools over looked him 4) He didn't apply for the position so the schools didn't reach out |
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Post by JDetroitTitan on Mar 26, 2024 6:36:13 GMT -5
Andy Bronkema he is still coaching. Got another team again making a run twice in the time UDM made a dumpster runs. I wouldn't be upset with Bronkema becoming the next coach at Six and Livernois. He's certainly had enough success at the D2 level to warrant consideration. However, over the past several years, multiple D1 jobs (EMU, CMU, WMU, Detroit) in the state have come open. I'm wondering why no one has snatched him up. Personally I doubt we would get him. I have a feeling he is content at where he is at. He will probably be like a Greg Kampe for Ferris State. Underpaid for what he does for the University. The University knows it and take advantage of it because they know he isn't leaving. |
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Post by upbasketballfan on Mar 26, 2024 10:07:07 GMT -5
I wouldn't be upset with Bronkema becoming the next coach at Six and Livernois. He's certainly had enough success at the D2 level to warrant consideration. However, over the past several years, multiple D1 jobs (EMU, CMU, WMU, Detroit) in the state have come open. I'm wondering why no one has snatched him up. Personally I doubt we would get him. I have a feeling he is content at where he is at. He will probably be like a Greg Kampe for Ferris State. Underpaid for what he does for the University. The University knows it and take advantage of it because they know he isn't leaving. Probably the wrong guy! Pretty even and I think he is used to getting a lot of help from the Administration at Ferris State. Coming to Detroit would be a huge step down and a real shock once he realized the support he has at Detroit is a lot less than what he had. We need to fix the problem and should not be glossing it over! |
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Post by upbasketballfan on Mar 26, 2024 10:10:29 GMT -5
I wouldn't be upset with Bronkema becoming the next coach at Six and Livernois. He's certainly had enough success at the D2 level to warrant consideration. However, over the past several years, multiple D1 jobs (EMU, CMU, WMU, Detroit) in the state have come open. I'm wondering why no one has snatched him up. Personally I doubt we would get him. I have a feeling he is content at where he is at. He will probably be like a Greg Kampe for Ferris State. Underpaid for what he does for the University. The University knows it and take advantage of it because they know he isn't leaving. Probably the wrong guy! Pretty even and I think he is used to getting a lot of help from the Administration at Ferris State. Coming to Detroit would be a huge step down and a real shock once he realized the support he has at Detroit is a lot less than what he had. We need to fix the problem and should not be glossing it over! We need someone with a ton of energy who is used to doing what ever it takes not a guy who thinks he is stepping up but is really stepping down and damaging a successful career! |
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Post by formertommytitan on Mar 26, 2024 10:15:49 GMT -5
I was listening to the Mike Valenti show featuring Rico Beard on the way to work today...2-3PM. Valenti and Rico are both MSU grads and they were discussing Tom Izzo, they were saying he needs to shake up his coaching staff, one of them said that Mark Montgomery might be getting the UofD job so there might be a coaching vacancy on the MSU staff soon. Valenti proceeded to go off, he stated that the UofD job was the worst D1 job in the entire country, I disagree with that statement and it hurt my feelings. Please tell me we are not going to hire an assistant coach from a team that clearly cannot develop players -- It has been many years since I've seen an MSU player actually get better in there years there IMO - |
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Post by fan on Mar 26, 2024 10:28:13 GMT -5
Mark Montgomery would be a good hire
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Post by ptctitan on Mar 26, 2024 10:57:23 GMT -5
I was listening to the Mike Valenti show featuring Rico Beard on the way to work today...2-3PM. Valenti and Rico are both MSU grads and they were discussing Tom Izzo, they were saying he needs to shake up his coaching staff, one of them said that Mark Montgomery might be getting the UofD job so there might be a coaching vacancy on the MSU staff soon. Valenti proceeded to go off, he stated that the UofD job was the worst D1 job in the entire country, I disagree with that statement and it hurt my feelings. Please tell me we are not going to hire an assistant coach from a team that clearly cannot develop players -- It has been many years since I've seen an MSU player actually get better in there years there IMO - You mean that Cassius Winston didn't get better. Sissoku is clearly better than he was 2-3 years ago. I'm not saying hire Montgomery. His drawback is that he didn't succeed at NIU. Also, I think that a lot of the 5 year players tend to plateau in year 4. But I don't think it was a mere coincidence that our 2020-21 team started playing better shortly after he joined our staff. But I am skeptical of bringing in assistants from power schools to our situation. And I do think we need a player development coach. But under the current system, if he does too well developing a player, that guy will jump ship and leave for Power conference NIL. |
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Post by JDetroitTitan on Mar 26, 2024 10:59:12 GMT -5
Mark Montgomery would be a good hire His career of head coaching looks a lot like MD career just at UDM. A bunch of mediocre season with one good one and a disaster season that made the AD hit the eject bottom before the end of the season. |
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Post by Titan Jim on Mar 26, 2024 10:59:46 GMT -5
Mark Montgomery had a 126-179 W-L record at Northern Illinois University over a 10 year period, ending in 2021. Not what we need.
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Post by titanmike on Mar 26, 2024 11:11:45 GMT -5
I was listening to the Mike Valenti show featuring Rico Beard on the way to work today...2-3PM. Valenti and Rico are both MSU grads and they were discussing Tom Izzo, they were saying he needs to shake up his coaching staff, one of them said that Mark Montgomery might be getting the UofD job so there might be a coaching vacancy on the MSU staff soon. Valenti proceeded to go off, he stated that the UofD job was the worst D1 job in the entire country, I disagree with that statement and it hurt my feelings. Valenti is wrong 100%, but at this rate if it continues status quo he might end up being right. I take about as much stock in what either of them say as I do TP. |
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Post by titanmike on Mar 26, 2024 11:14:40 GMT -5
We need a promoter a do everything guy. He will be on his own and will not get much help from the Administration. The quotes about this being the worst D1 job in the country are correct! That doesn’t mean it has to stay that way but right now this so called selection committee isn’t doing the next hire any favors. Fire Vowels and does anyone know if Taylor has a clue? I think I posted previously that Dr. Taylor does have a clue. He and his wife are basketball fans. He was a student at Memphis in the late 1980s to mid-1990s when Larry Finch was the coach. He would frequently go to high school games to watch recruits that Coach Finch was evaluating; e.g., Penny Hardaway. Like many fans used to do here in the 1970s and 1980s. Or like current fans who go to the State playoff games to watch the up and coming talent in Michigan. PTC he may in fact have a clue about the coach, but what of the other issues within athletics. I hear a lot about the simplest of things to resolve and they continue to be an issue. |
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Post by upbasketballfan on Mar 26, 2024 11:18:15 GMT -5
Mark Montgomery would be a good hire His career of head coaching looks a lot like MD career just at UDM. A bunch of mediocre season with one good one and a disaster season that made the AD hit the eject bottom before the end of the season. Montgomery will understand what he is getting into and will not be blindsided and disappointed with the situation he finds himself in. We deceive candidates when we present ourselves as a legitimate D1 program. We are playing D1 but have the infrastructure of a NAIA program! I think that might be what happened to MD here. I think when he first came aboard he boasted of what he truely felt he could do. Then after bouncing off of a cement wall multiple times he kinda gave up! |
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Post by lurker on Mar 26, 2024 11:19:11 GMT -5
I can’t believe no one is talkin bout this niz just got hired by cmu the dream is over Les hope there is anotha niz out there what a damn shame just waiting around like a bunch of slackers
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Post by JDetroitTitan on Mar 26, 2024 11:24:06 GMT -5
Are last two hires have the media was completely off. It also sounds like the media is just naming the usual suspects. I doubt it will be any of these guys we are naming.
MD when we hired him looked like the right guy for the job and he falling flat. UDM is looking cursed at this point. We are going to have to call up Peyton Manning and Jeff Daniels to get ride of the Mercy Curse.
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