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

[Egor's Assistant]

Seems like a young Mike White to me. Hope he can live up to the hype.

 

[Mobtowngator]

Seems like a young Mike White to me. Hope he can live up to the hype.

"A young Mike White"... looking back at his initial introduction news conference, he did remind me a bit of Opie. Coaching ages you...

 

[deuce]

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]

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.

 

[jdh5484]

The guy oozes masculinity.

WTF is stuck between his front teeth?

 

[oxrageous]

It's the Michael Strahan gap. High schoolers are going to flock to play for this guy.

 

[Loogis]

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.

 

[jdh5484]

Another Todd.

 

[BNAG8R]

Who? Never heard of her.

happy birthday though, I guess.

 

[FireFoley]

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]

The guy oozes masculinity.

WTF is stuck between his front teeth?

Skinny trousers? Have we hired a soy boy?

 

[oxrageous]

Skinny trousers? Have we hired a soy boy?

A soy boy from San Francisco? Say it ain't so!

 

[MertzJay26]

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

 

[GatorJB]

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]

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

 

[BNAG8R]

A soy boy from San Francisco? Say it ain't so!

He probably schits on the sidewalks.

 

[Bushmaster]

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.

 

[Joegator96]

The "meh" here is a"meh"zing

 

[g8r.tom]

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.”

 

[oxrageous]

Just started this site, time to get rolling:

http://firetoddgolden.com