Assistants do most recruting if he hires assistants that have good knoweldge base on getting players out of the region that would help..If someone has connection on the east coact and west coast they will not have to compete with the other school in the southland, and there is a lot of talent everywhere, like in California players dont even get looked at by Califonia college because of how much talent is there, A school like Central Arkansas can benefit off that, if they bring in assistants that have connects there, recruiting is about who you are! If Corliss walks into parents living and is like I been through this play and played for the best and learned from two great coaches to players and parent they will buy in! everybody needs a first chance, Coach K and Bobby Knight had a first chance why cant, Coach Williamson, I bet this work out at the end you watch and see..

Boss

How is he going to bring in the type of players we need whenever he has no experience in recruiting at even a D2 level. Either way go bears..good luck...very dissappointed

And I'm disappointed that they made the Internet easy enough for you to figure out.

Recruiting is basically the same at any level. Identify good talent, approach good talent, build a relationship with that good talent, sign good talent. The end. If anything recruiting is easier as you move up in level because you don't have to sell it as hard. Kentucky probably doesn't recruit nearly as hard as UAM because it's bigtime D-I and is associated with greatness and people want to play there. They basically get to select.

Similar deal (though to obviously a lesser extent) with hiring a guy like Corliss. He's got NCAA and NBA championship rings and had a good, long career and is popular/recognized by everybody from kids who watched him in the NBA to people who followed him from his time as a high school/AAU star through his run with the Razorbacks. He's got a ton of name recognition and it's all positive. Kids will want to play for him. Maybe people in their 50s sitting at home on their keyboards don't get it, but he's a better hire to prospective players than some old dude they've never heard of.

Recruiting should be the least of your concerns. It's not like you have to read a bunch of books and study up to know how to go to an AAU tournament or high school games, see good players and then start recruiting them. And maybe you're concerned he won't be able to recognize Division I talent ... which I'm not the least concerned with since he was surrounded by it every day for three years as a player, then went on to see what NBA talent is up close and personal. "Game recognize game" as the kids say. Players know as well as anybody what it truly takes to be successful and can recognize those traits in others.

And recruiting is about being likable. I've never heard anybody who has met the guy have negative things to say. I think, by all accounts, he's a pretty likable guy. And he has credibility. Lots of it. Those aren't many things more important in recruiting than those two things. People have to like you and believe in you. Recruits believe in championship rings and being in the NBA.

Is every great coach a former player? No ... but a whole helluva lot of them are. Is every former player going to be a great coach? No - but some have the traits to succeed in that capacity and others don't. Allen Iverson ... probably doesn't have it. Corliss Williamson does.

You can't tell me that he was at the top of anyone's list going into the search though.

like I said a good coach needs a chance to show he can coach

a champion

WRONG

On paper, there were some coaches that I thought might be a better/safer choice. Whether those coaches were even interested is another matter of course. But, after talking it out with a non-UCA fan, I'm on board.

I am, however, very interested in who the assistant coaches are going to be - not so much from a recruiting or on-the-court perspective, but from an off-the-court administrative perspective. Hopefully he brings in some guy(s) who've done it before. In what little I could make out of the audio link I posted above, he at least acknowledged that assistant coaches are what make a good head coach. Cliche, sure. But he still said it.

Two-Time All-American I can't give you a certain answer on why the UALr sisutaion didn't work, but you can't compare situation that never works out you have to just see reults and I really believe he will bring results.....like I said a good coach needs a chance to show he can coach and I really agree with the hire, players will come play for a champion.....Isiah Thomas already is starting to bring in better recruit in FIU because of his name...so I believe the same will happen for UCA!