Indiana State Announces Josh Schertz as Next Men's Basketball Coach

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Here's his mock-interview

 

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Two things on his recruiting strategy: he prioritizes three-point shooting and says he only recruits three positions - Point, Wing, Big.

Not revolutionary, but he says he changed his strategies after spending two summers with Brad Stevens and the Celtics. Before that he saw recruiting as 5 positions.
 
tennessee said:
LMU is a pretty reputable school in these parts - especially the Law School. Many University of Tennessee graduates are sent there for law school. I say this to point out they are pretty well funded.

In asking around, it sounds like he is very well respected and was a candidate at Austin Peay a couple of years ago. He recently beat out Belmont's HC for a Tennessee coach of the year award that really got him a lot of attention. He was expected to be a candidate there as well if Casey Alexander ever leaves.

Recruiting is probably going to be a concern - I imagine they will address this with the staff.

This is an inspired hire. No guarantee of success, but I like trying to pluck someone like this from D2.
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only a cursory glance at the LMU Law School... it's ~18 months old, how reputable can it be? Plus if ISU was HIRING an LMU Lawyer, it would be a factor...

Who awards the Tenn CoY award? the Tenn sports media? When I think of MBB and Tenn, shades of Dana Kirk and John Cali-Probate-iri come to mind in Memphis and Bruce Pearl in Knoxville...

Sherards has to knock a HR on this pick, no room for error
 
tennessee said:
Two things on his recruiting strategy: he prioritizes three-point shooting and says he only recruits three positions - Point, Wing, Big.

Not revolutionary, but he says he changed his strategies after spending two summers with Brad Stevens and the Celtics. Before that he saw recruiting as 5 positions.
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No problems with recruiting bigs, wings and points; not a fan of prioritizing the 3
 

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In 2017-18, Schertz directed one of the most dynamic teams in NCAA history as the Railsplitters won their sixth-straight SAC regular season title in dominant fashion after going undefeated (20-0) in league play. In doing so, LMU became what is believed to be the first team in NCAA history to lead the nation in field goal offense (53%), field goal defense (36.6%) and scoring margin (25.4 PPG). The Railsplitters posted a 32-2 mark, which included a 21-game win streak, and won the SAC Tournament for the fourth time in school history. Along the way, LMU posted its fourth consecutive 30-win season, made its eighth-straight NCAA Tournament appearance and won at least 25 games for the eighth-straight season while appearing in the NCAA Regional Championship game for the third year in a row.
 
sycamore tuff said:
I'm a fan of winning! I don't care if his teams give up 100 ppg as long as they win and he is our coach.
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So you only care if the Trees win w/ him as the HC?

Seems awfully invested in a guy that hasn't been hired...

Have watched enough teams win by the 3 as have died by the 3
 

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My only concern is recruiting.....D2 coaches in some situations can recruit above their league level.
Coach Schellhase during his early years at Morehead State (Minnesota) recruited 2-3 athletes from Indiana
and won many games. Unfortunately he couldn't recruit the caliber players to win at the MVC level.
The games were interesting (as in high scoring) but far too many losses.
As everyone on the board knows........you have to recruit the talent needed to compete at the MVC level, not D2.
Can any future hire do that?????? It is a must. You can't make chicken salad out of chicken s***!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks.....by the way ISU baseball plays 20th ranked Florida Atlantic a 3 game series starting tomorrow.
 
jben said:
My only concern is recruiting.....D2 coaches in some situations can recruit above their league level.
Coach Schellhase during his early years at Morehead State (Minnesota) recruited 2-3 athletes from Indiana
and won many games. Unfortunately he couldn't recruit the caliber players to win at the MVC level.
The games were interesting (as in high scoring) but far too many losses.
As everyone on the board knows........you have to recruit the talent needed to compete at the MVC level, not D2.
Can any future hire do that?????? It is a must. You can't make chicken salad out of chicken s***!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks.....by the way ISU baseball plays 20th ranked Florida Atlantic a 3 game series starting tomorrow.
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His coaching staff will be the make/break there. Different times and he'll need to get a dynamic lead recruiter that can sell his vision.

If he is hired and Kareem doesn't have another job, he's that guy. I've seen him recruit when he was a UMKC after he left Louisville. He's dynamic.
 
jben said:
My only concern is recruiting.....D2 coaches in some situations can recruit above their league level.
Coach Schellhase during his early years at Morehead State (Minnesota) recruited 2-3 athletes from Indiana
and won many games. Unfortunately he couldn't recruit the caliber players to win at the MVC level.
The games were interesting (as in high scoring) but far too many losses.
As everyone on the board knows........you have to recruit the talent needed to compete at the MVC level, not D2.
Can any future hire do that?????? It is a must. You can't make chicken salad out of chicken s***!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks.....by the way ISU baseball plays 20th ranked Florida Atlantic a 3 game series starting tomorrow.
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Much ado about nothing. Any coach from any level will recruit the best players he can get. He won't recruit players that are not interested because they are going bigger.
 

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Very fascinated to see how the staff comes together.

Looking at his staff from LMU, none of these guys seem like no-brainers to follow him.
 
tennessee said:
Very fascinated to see how the staff comes together.

Looking at his staff from LMU, none of these guys seem like no-brainers to follow him.
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Yeah, I'm sure they are are good dudes, but I hope one of the conditions was he grab someone with D1 experience. Two of the three assistants have only been assistants with him for three years and the third was hired just last year.

The staff is always key because they are usually delegated a lot of the responsibilities.
 
Jason Svoboda said:
Yeah, I'm sure they are are good dudes, but I hope one of the conditions was he grab someone with D1 experience. Two of the three assistants have only been assistants with him for three years and the third was hired just last year.

The staff is always key because they are usually delegated a lot of the responsibilities.
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Rod Clark from Austin Peay would be a perfect candidate. I wonder if they’ve gotten to know each other being in-state and recruiting the same areas.

Kareem Richardson very likely has an offer to stay, given his resume and how much the current players care for him.
 
This is honestly not meant to be as negative as it might seem, but this guy seems like a terrific pick to me. He must be doing something right. Given his incredible record why hasn't he been hired by another mid-major as HC. A couple really strong seasons schools would be saying "well maybe....we'll see down the road"
Well he's down the road with many, many seasons of incredible success. Any mid-major the past 2-3 years would have been foolish not to consider him. Or perhaps a Power 5 school looking for an assistant.
Just wondering.
PS Given the MVC's reputation as this defense dominated league I think it might be refreshing to have a fast-paced, high scoring offense
 
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