Jordan

[MUBasketball]

Great hire! I'm thrilled. Big improvement over Jeter I guarantee it.

Kudos to Braun!

[uwm97]

Based on what?

[MUBasketball]

Based on what?

Highly regarded. Learned under Beilein who is an excellent coach. Not only is Beilein a great coach, plays a very fun style. I would assume Jordan will implement the same thing at Milwaukee.

I think Jordan is much better than Webster would have been. TJ would have been a great choice also, but I really like this hire.

[MU/Panther]

I love it! Well done! I can't wait!

[uwm97]

The EXACT same things were said when Jeter was hired. Who know what style he'll play. Jeter said they'd continue to push the ball when he was hired and we know how that turned out. This was a safe hire and I don't see how this is going to lead to these expectations Braun has set. I hope it works out but this appears to be more of the same.

[MUBasketball]

The EXACT same things were said when Jeter was hired. Who know what style he'll play. Jeter said they'd continue to push the ball when he was hired and we know how that turned out. This was a safe hire and I don't see how this is going to lead to these expectations Braun has set. I hope it works out but this appears to be more of the same.

Well, after 10 years with Jeter we know it didn't work. It was time to shake things up. Just because they look alike and were both assistant coaches doesn't mean they'll have the same results!

[uwm97]

"Shaking things up" is doing something different. This isn't something different. It's the same resume 11 years later.

[MUBasketball]

"Shaking things up" is doing something different. This isn't something different. It's the same resume 11 years later.

LaVall Jordan isn't Rob Jeter, right? I'm pretty sure they are two different people. So in fact yes, this is shaking things up. They are basketball coaches, how much different does anybody's resume look! Would you have been happy with Otzelberger? How is his resume any different from Rob's?

Rob was here 10 years and was average. It was time to move on. Why are people fighting change?? I don't understand it. Let's try for something better and not the same average status quo of the past 10 years.

[Skrapheap]

LaVall Jordan isn't Rob Jeter, right? I'm pretty sure they are two different people. So in fact yes, this is shaking things up. They are basketball coaches, how much different does anybody's resume look! Would you have been happy with Otzelberger? How is his resume any different from Rob's?

Rob was here 10 years and was average. It was time to move on. Why are people fighting change?? I don't understand it. Let's try for something better and not the same average status quo of the past 10 years.

Because we aren't fighting change, from our point of view.

We all recognize that as Athletic Director, Amanda Braun had the authority to fire Rob Jeter. We all recognize that she has done so, and that a coach will be hired to replace Jeter.

She has given us precious little reason to believe that she is up to the task of hiring a better coach, so far.

Insanity is defined, famously, as doing the same thing and expecting different results. You will have to pardon those of us who think that by hiring this coach, Amanda Braun would be doing the same thing and expecting different results.

If she really wants to elevate the program, why hire someone who even appears to be Rob Jeter redux?

Granted, if she was actively sabotaging Rob Jeter to try to get rid of him (a charge of which i have yet seen no refutation from Amanda Braun), she is likely to give her hire more support. What guarantee that is of better results remains to be seen.

[TheSultan]

"Shaking things up" is doing something different. This isn't something different. It's the same resume 11 years later.

Who do you think UWM was going to get? You are either looking at a D2 or D3 coach, or a top assistant somewhere. Just because an assistant was hired 11 years ago, and they are hiring another one now, that doesn't mean the same results will occur.