sactowndog Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 On 4/7/2024 at 8:45 PM, masterfrog said: How good have his teams been at Clovis West over the last eight years? Pretty good from what I have heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cincy Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 On 4/7/2024 at 8:45 PM, masterfrog said: How good have his teams been at Clovis West over the last eight years? In two different stints at Clovis West, Walberg has a 559-104 overall record in what is the most competitive league in the Fresno/Clovis area. At Fresno City College he was 133-11 and won a JC State Championship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FresnoFacts Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 On 4/8/2024 at 10:32 AM, Eat_Your_Dried_Fruits said: Welp Vance Walberg has chosen his number 1 assistant and it’s a big one. John Welch. I believe Walberg and Welch were assistants together in the NBA at both the Kings and the Nuggets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebels2k3 Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 On 4/8/2024 at 2:39 PM, SDSUfan said: Why is this a "big hire"? Ask any someone who has legit ties to basketball and they will tell you John Welch has a good mind for the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfrog Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 On 4/8/2024 at 4:40 PM, Cincy said: In two different stints at Clovis West, Walberg has a 559-104 overall record in what is the most competitive league in the Fresno/Clovis area. At Fresno City College he was 133-11 and won a JC State Championship. That is good to hear. If you are going to hire a 67 year old coach that has been coaching high school for the last 8 years, he better be the best damn one in the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
818SUDSFan Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 On 4/8/2024 at 2:40 PM, Cincy said: In two different stints at Clovis West, Walberg has a 559-104 overall record in what is the most competitive league in the Fresno/Clovis area. At Fresno City College he was 133-11 and won a JC State Championship. Immediately before SDSU hired Tom Craft he had won two NATIONAL championships at Palomar College. After Craft was canned by SDSU, he won another one at Mt. SAC, Riverside or some such place. He also was a terrific OC for SDSU for a few years. However, at the time Craft was hired, he was the first FBS head coach hired directly from a JC in close to 20 years. Granted, SDSU's most highly rated football recruiting class ever remains one of the four Craft had. He got everyone excited that second year and I decided I was wrong about him. However, according to a subsequent Union-Tribune article, something like 48% of that class failed to be on the roster longer than one season. Circumstantial evidence suggests that as a JC coach, he hardly cared a whit about academic ability and character. He also allegedly got the school's strength coach fired which led to settlement of a big money lawsuit against the school, he got SDSU football on NCAA probation for the only time in its history, he slapped one of his starting offensive linemen during a team meeting which further got the football program in hot water with the faculty, he was alleged by boosters to have been visibly drunk at the team hotel the night before a game bringing further bad publicity, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebelRobert Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 You know what is sad for Fresno. Your AD talked to Calipari, just didn't make the correct offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cincy Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 On 4/8/2024 at 5:21 PM, 818SUDSFan said: Immediately before SDSU hired Tom Craft he had won two NATIONAL championships at Palomar College. After Craft was canned by SDSU, he won another one at Mt. SAC, Riverside or some such place. He also was a terrific OC for SDSU for a few years. However, at the time Craft was hired, he was the first FBS head coach hired directly from a JC in close to 20 years. Granted, SDSU's most highly rated football recruiting class ever remains one of the four Craft had. He got everyone excited that second year and I decided I was wrong about him. However, according to a subsequent Union-Tribune article, something like 48% of that class failed to be on the roster longer than one season. Circumstantial evidence suggests that as a JC coach, he hardly cared a whit about academic ability and character. He also allegedly got the school's strength coach fired which led to settlement of a big money lawsuit against the school, he got SDSU football on NCAA probation for the only time in its history, he slapped one of his starting offensive linemen during a team meeting which further got the football program in hot water with the faculty, he was alleged by boosters to have been visibly drunk at the team hotel the night before a game bringing further bad publicity, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Doubt Calipari would even consider Fresno. He is better off going to Arkansas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soupslam1 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 On 4/8/2024 at 9:40 PM, smithy said: Doubt Calipari would even consider Fresno. He is better off going to Arkansas. Same difference. Lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDSUfan Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 On 4/8/2024 at 3:53 PM, Rebels2k3 said: Ask any someone who has legit ties to basketball and they will tell you John Welch has a good mind for the game. They hired a fvcking 67 yr old coach. That isn't enough "mind"? This what they always say about assistants that are past their expiration date. At any rate, neither hire screams program build. More like they;ll work for the price. 2 Quote “Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.” -Richard Feynman "When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators." -P.J. O’Rourke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph90702 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Fresno State is gonna continue sucking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swoll Cracker Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Is it just me or does it feel like Fresno had Tiny Grant on the top of their list until they realized he was dead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaztecs Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 On 4/8/2024 at 4:53 PM, Rebels2k3 said: Ask any someone who has legit ties to basketball and they will tell you John Welch has a good mind for the game. That doesn't mean he can recruit in this era. If I were an AD, I would invoke ageism, and find a younger, energetic guy who was in tune with the Portal and Team building. Quote "We don't have evidence but, we have lot's of theories." Americans Mayor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
818SUDSFan Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 On 4/9/2024 at 4:47 AM, ph90702 said: Fresno State is gonna continue sucking! Well at least Fresno's Tom Craft won't be coaching their football team and when has Fresno ever been good at basketball anyway? Being serious here for a minute. Maybe the plan is to run men's basketball on the mega-cheap and use the savings to help fund renovation of Bulldog Stadium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogs4Me Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Bookmarking this one…you never know. 1 Quote Quote Mike Bronson, on 27 Sept 2013 - 8:45 PM, said: Don't be mad because the refs are going to need Tommy John surgeries after this poorly played game. Quote mugtang, on 27 Sept 2013 - 8:49 PM, said: Your mom is going to need Tommy John surgery after jerking me off all night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super six Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Steve Fisher retired at 72. he was past his prime and ineffective, and Dutcher is 64. Should he hang it up at 67? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTedfordTrain Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Meh. Basically the same comments we got from the Tedford hire. Too old, health problems, retread, a young guy would have been better, doesn’t know the new game, blah blah blah. We’ll see how it works out. Not taking any opinions on here seriously. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfrog Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Any new coach gives hope, but any college that wanted him probably could have had him as an assistant during the last 8 years. I doubt he was making too much coaching high school basketball in Clovis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super six Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 On 4/9/2024 at 2:15 PM, masterfrog said: Any new coach gives hope, but any college that wanted him probably could have had him as an assistant during the last 8 years. I doubt he was making too much coaching high school basketball in Clovis. "He was likely earning an annual salary of $120,000. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
