So my Assistant goes to a BS evaluation of a player who already says he wants to play for me. He tells me the player's girlfriend raised hell because my assistant was staring at her. He adds, that based on the scene she caused, the player will never sign with us now. WTF? 
1, Has anyone seen this?
2, Am I dead here?
3. Where's the "Fire your assistant" button?  

Pics or it didn't happen.

Posted by muskienut37 on 8/7/2012 8:26:00 PM (view original):
So my Assistant goes to a BS evaluation of a player who already says he wants to play for me. He tells me the player's girlfriend raised hell because my assistant was staring at her. He adds, that based on the scene she caused, the player will never sign with us now. WTF? 
1, Has anyone seen this?
2, Am I dead here?
3. Where's the "Fire your assistant" button?  

ahahaha i have never seen that before thats crazy and you should be able to fire your assistant after that. but seriously though if you cant sign him because of that then  thats BS.

Just a random generated comment.  I've seen it a few times before.  I don't think you have anything to worry about.

He had already shown interest in my school. He's had three home visit's. Two evals without a problem...Dad loves us, assistant said he's looking for a program like ours...all signs positive. But on the third eval, this happened.    

Here's what your assistant was thinking:

"I haven't been to this town in a long time. I wonder if she still lives here...if she remembers.  That young girl over there looks so familiar; I can't stop staring at her.  Dang!  All I've written about this PG is "decent low post play." I'll fill some more stuff in later. I don't want Coach to blow a gasket. 

 There's a striking woman, probably her mother, sitting next to the girl. When she looks over, I realize that it's Joanie!  She catches my eye and I instantly learn the truth. The girl is my daughter, too.  Why didn't she tell me?? If I'd known, I wouldn't have broken her heart 17 years ago. "

AFTER THE GAME:

  Joanie's on the floor, talking to the PG. She's pointing in my direction and is obviously agitated. The player's becoming more and more upset.  I've got a feeling we won't be signing him...SHH-BANG.

I wonder if Dairy Queen is still open.

MAYBE SHE HAD SOMETHING STUCK IN HER TEETH

Al nailed it... real Maury stuff. You just to have your Asst man up and explain the situation. Could even end up being a bonus in helping you land the recruit

This is an even better message than the end-of-recruiting one we all get about the assistant going on an Animal House Marathon. You have to update us on how this turns out!

I've seen it before... I think you left out part of the story.

Update:
He's still considering us.I called him and he still says he's "excited" about our program. I sent him a scholly offer and he says he can't wait to sign. As though nothing happened.

From your assistant:

 Fortunately, he didn't listen to that pack of lies from his 'future mother-in-law'.  Learning to ignore her is a sign of supreme intelligence. I think we've got a good one!

Coach, just flew back from my evaluation visit of XXXXX.
The trip was a nightmare, but what's new?
Anyway, knowing what I know about DII basketball, here were some of the observations I jotted down as I watched him play:

- Excellent ball handling skills - he has the raw skills to make me think he has *tremendous* upside.
- Good free throw mechanics - I definitely think we can correct some fundamental issues to help him improve.
- Really poor rebounding fundamentals - I don't see any upside here.
- Can knock the outside shot down if open - I see such solid fundamentals that with enough practice I don't see why he can't be a *significantly* better shooter than he is today..

Looks like the team primarily plays runs a motion offense. Maybe he had a big date after the game. I can't think of any other reason that he'd be out of position that many times when they ran motion.

Defensively, they played mostly a halfcourt press/zone. Pretty typical of most players that age in terms of understanding the zone. Based on their sets, he seemed like he knew where to be while running press, but there were a couple of times he was out of position.

Overall, I think with some work, he'll be a decent Division II player - although he would probably sign with the right DIII school - I don't think there's anyway he'll see an offer from a DI school.

Now don't hate me, but I accidentally stared too long at his girlfriend (how was I supposed to know it was his girlfriend)? Anyway, she made a big scene. There's no way he's going to even consider Montevallo now. I say move on.

Rodney Gee
Head Assistant Coach
Montevallo