Gator Basketball Todd Golden new Florida Men's Basketball Coach; hires Taurean Green

deuce

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This is just a Boring hire...............

I find myself thinking, "I'm not surprised by anything Strickland does."

I don't think I'll live long enough to see UF BB relevant again.... Crackers!!!!!
 

CU-UF

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Like any new coach we hire, I will give them a chance. But the initial impression is this is a stretch hire. Something you do after a Billy D type leaves not after a Mike W leaves.
 

Loogis

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His wife is a 6 at best. Does not make me feel giddy about his confidence level.

Gotta research everything these days...internet and all.
That’s a good point. I never thought of it that way. I always considered a man with a < 6 wife meant he was all in on his job. But, you raise an interesting point.
 

FireFoley

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Perhaps Golden Shower is a great recruiter but while at USF did he bring in any players such as some of the other USF coaches like a Bill Russell, KC Jones, Bill Cartwright, Quinten Dailey, Winfred Boynes, etc? Okay Okay I get it different era and some these guys were great NBA players and some were well great prisoners. but hey they could all ball.!
 

Ancient Reptile

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The guy oozes masculinity. :lol:

WTF is stuck between his front teeth?

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Skinny trousers? Have we hired a soy boy?
 

GatorJB

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I’m intrigued. Analytically driven with a modern flare. Polar opposite of White.

I'm intrigued as well. Seems to be a strong gameday coach, which was not White at all. We'll know in the next couple years if he can recruit well enough to be successful.
 

aka

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Who really knows if he will cut it here, but I was ready for something different. This appears much different, so we shall see.
 

Bushmaster

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I hate him.

The gap in his teeth.

The double "wtf" hands.

Skinny trousers??

Tennis shoes with a suit?

His name is gay. I can hear the Golden Showers cat calls already.

SS really screwed up this hire.
 

g8r.tom

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I like the hire. Lets give him a chance.


Article in the athletic.


The tenants of Golden’s philosophy is mining analytics to “find incremental advantages against our opponents, whether it’s in-game or macro level.” That process includes:

  • Not auto-benching players with two fouls in the first half, because first-half minutes are just as valuable as second-half minutes.
  • Open 3s are a priority, but uncontested midrange jumpers for some players are preferable to step-back contested 3s.
  • Stressing practice data with players to chart their scoring strengths and development.
  • Tracking deflections and defensive rotation errors.
  • Intentional fouling in advantageous one-and-one situations.
  • Crediting “virtual” assists when ballhandlers made the proper pass regardless of whether the resulting shot went in.
  • Using data to chart player value on the AAU circuit.

“Just like with Billy Donovan, there’s some NBA potential for Todd down the line as well,” a source said. “The Warriors have been to his practices. The Lakers know about him, too. He has a Steve Kerr vibe to him.”
 

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