UM Asst BBall Coaches get Extended
Looks as though they will have new contracts with some incentives. I think it is well deserved.
Good, I thought they were beginning to look a little short and stumpy.
Seriously though, congrats to those guys. They've obviously been doing a great job.
Dammit, I clicked on this thread not because I'm interested in their contracts but because I wanted to ask how tall they are now only to find out I was beaten.
Beaten by InABag's tertiary personality, at that.
Well deserved indeed.
Give J.B. all the credit in the world for hiring these guys. But make no mistake about it, Alexander is the main reason we are recruiting so well. He has been a major factor in the turn around in our program.
I think highly of the job Alexander has been doing, but how is he the "main reason we are recruiting so well"? The whole staff is out there working the recruiting trail, and the fact is that Jeff Meyer has actuallly been the lead recruiter for more of the recruits Michigan has landed than Alexander--including Robinson III, Stauskas, Hatch, and Donnal.
The stereotype that white coaches are strategists and black coaches are recruiters has had a long shelf life. Even some very knowledgeable people fall victim to that line of reasoning - such as the hand-wringing here a year ago over Hoke not having enough young black assistants, which seems a little silly now, when we have the top-rated recruiting class in the country.
I wasn't going to mention race and stereotypes, but since it's already been mentioned, I'll chip in here. Kids usually resonate with the coaches with whom they feel they have the most in common. This crew has the three main bases covered: extremely dark, white as Casper the ghost, and in between.
Is it the only factor? Of course not. But sometimes a kid's decision is tipped by how he relates to the coach who is recruiting him. Maybe it matters; maybe it doesn't. The bottom line, though, is that as these kids grow into men, being exposed to a diverse environment and working together toward one goal, can only help them.
Hopefully, by the time they graduate or go to the NBA early, they have learned that, despite the stereotypes they were probably taught, we're all cut from the same cloth.
Looks like they're getting a $52500 bonus this year.
That's Great and Everything...but do we really need to go into details here? Isn't this getting a bit personal?
Well deserved HALOLs all around.
These guys seem to be a great team, each with his own strengths. It's great to see Michigan realize their worth and reward them for it.
Just a couple of years ago they weren't with the program. And they deserve a lot of credit for the improvements in the program. Credit to Beilein for doing it too, because there aren't too many coaches set in their ways that have been successful that would do a major overhaul like that. I mean, it probably saved his job and turned the program around a lot faster, or at least made the future ceiling look higher, but it doesn't mean that kind of flexibility in a guy of his experience and age is normal. Hope the team stays together for a long time.
This news makes me get extended
Great job by the staff and well deserved recognition. I recall Bacari saying he wanted to be a head coach by the time he was 40, so this hopefully gives M a few more seasons of his services
The Bacari Alexander File
Born: September 15, 1976
Hometown: Detroit, Mich.
High School: Southwestern High School
College: University of Detroit, 1999 (BS, Business Administration and Finance)
Family: Married, wife Kesha; children, Mekhi
http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/alexander_bacari00.html
I thought he was ten years older than that, and I mean that as a compliment.
If I were immature I would have made a that's-what-she-said joke about that title.
How to their salaries compare with other B1G assistants/ assistants around the country?
must be posted for the world to see:
bicari alexander is sweet... hes the key developing our post players....