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Posted: 1/30/2026 1:11 PM
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Sorry for my late response. I have been actively recruiting the regional campus teams for immediate impact players (LOL). OUZ has a promising 5'1" guard that shoots 29% from 3 and 70% from the stripe. Better than we have now but I need to digest the 5"1" side of things.

Volunteer assistant? I guess I have to start somewhere. Maybe a side hustle mopping up floors at the Cat's Eye.
I'm very impressed, may have to work you into a graduate assistant position, or maybe even a paid position. Scouting the branches like that is almost reminiscent of Jim Snyder's going into Perry County and signing two guards from Corning High School -- Jerry Jackson and Charlie Gill -- who helped us get to the Elite 8. Keep it up, and we may have to change your screenname to Diamond-in-rough-finder-Cat.
OCF, Just curious. I know there weren’t near the number of divisions (2?) in those days but did Corning make any noise at all in the high school tournament during their time there? Maybe the drop off after those two was too much to overcome.

My apologies for asking here as I do not mean to delay the valuable work. Please carry on with the building of our exciting new organization.
Yes, there were two division, A and AA Athens High was AA and highly ranked in the early to mid 1960s. Corning was probably A. I don't think they advanced very far in the tournament, though Jerry Jackson's obit mentions specifically that he received some Big Ten offers. So, he wasn't totally under the radar.
OK OCF. Thanks. A whole different challenge with just two divisions. Not quite like “Indiana challenging” was during that time but tough enough.
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Posted: 2/8/2026 2:58 PM
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Well, it's now prudent to add yet another assistant coach to the best coaching staff ever assembled in the USA:

Assistant in charge of discipline: No-nonesense Ted Thompson

He's been enforcing discipline among the unruly posters on this board for years. By comparison this should be a cakewalk.

For the record, here are the previous appointments:

Head Coach: FearLeon
Assistant in charge of teaching fundamentals: shabamon
Assistant in charge of explaining rules to players: BTC
Assistant in charge of recruiting: TheOptimist
Assistant in charge of player development: GraftzZ06
Assistant in charge of translating head coach's coachspeak: M.D.W.S.T.
General Manager: FJC31
Assistant GM: Diamond Cat
Last Edited: 2/8/2026 7:32:13 PM by OhioCatFan
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Posted: 2/8/2026 4:53 PM
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OhioCatFan wrote:expand_more
Well, it's now prudent to add yet another assistant coach to the best coaching staff ever assembled in the USA:

Assistant in charge of discipline: No-nonesense Ted Thompson

He's been enforcing discipline among the unruly posters on this board for years. By comparison this should be a cakewalk.

For the record, here are the previous appointments:

Head Coach: FearLeon
Assistant in charge of teaching fundamentals: shabamon
Assistant in charge of explaining rules to players: BTC
Assistant in charge of recruiting: TheOptimist
Assistant in charge of player development: GraftzZ06
Assistant in charge of translating head coach's coachspeak: M.D.W.S.T
+1,000,000 on Ted appointment

#DisciplineCzar
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Posted: 2/8/2026 5:36 PM
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OhioCatFan wrote:expand_more
Well, it's now prudent to add yet another assistant coach to the best coaching staff ever assembled in the USA:

Assistant in charge of discipline: No-nonesense Ted Thompson

He's been enforcing discipline among the unruly posters on this board for years. By comparison this should be a cakewalk.

For the record, here are the previous appointments:

Head Coach: FearLeon
Assistant in charge of teaching fundamentals: shabamon
Assistant in charge of explaining rules to players: BTC
Assistant in charge of recruiting: TheOptimist
Assistant in charge of player development: GraftzZ06
Assistant in charge of translating head coach's coachspeak: M.D.W.S.T
Don’t forget….

GM: FJC31
Assistant GM: Diamond Cat
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Posted: 2/8/2026 7:31 PM
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FearLeon wrote:expand_more
Well, it's now prudent to add yet another assistant coach to the best coaching staff ever assembled in the USA:

Assistant in charge of discipline: No-nonesense Ted Thompson

He's been enforcing discipline among the unruly posters on this board for years. By comparison this should be a cakewalk.

For the record, here are the previous appointments:

Head Coach: FearLeon
Assistant in charge of teaching fundamentals: shabamon
Assistant in charge of explaining rules to players: BTC
Assistant in charge of recruiting: TheOptimist
Assistant in charge of player development: GraftzZ06
Assistant in charge of translating head coach's coachspeak: M.D.W.S.T
Don’t forget….

GM: FJC31
Assistant GM: Diamond Cat
Yes, they are crucial parts of the team! Clerical error on my part. Corrected. Thanks.
Last Edited: 2/8/2026 7:36:03 PM by OhioCatFan
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Posted: 2/9/2026 11:43 PM
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OhioCatFan wrote:expand_more
Well, it's now prudent to add yet another assistant coach to the best coaching staff ever assembled in the USA:

Assistant in charge of discipline: No-nonesense Ted Thompson

He's been enforcing discipline among the unruly posters on this board for years. By comparison this should be a cakewalk.

For the record, here are the previous appointments:

Head Coach: FearLeon
Assistant in charge of teaching fundamentals: shabamon
Assistant in charge of explaining rules to players: BTC
Assistant in charge of recruiting: TheOptimist
Assistant in charge of player development: GraftzZ06
Assistant in charge of translating head coach's coachspeak: M.D.W.S.T
Don’t forget….

GM: FJC31
Assistant GM: Diamond Cat
Yes, they are crucial parts of the team! Clerical error on my part. Corrected. Thanks.
You also forgot my earlier post on this the thread about new Play-by-play broadcaster, while we're at it maybe there could be a new color guy too
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Posted: 2/10/2026 12:21 AM
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uagamer wrote:expand_more
Well, it's now prudent to add yet another assistant coach to the best coaching staff ever assembled in the USA:

Assistant in charge of discipline: No-nonesense Ted Thompson

He's been enforcing discipline among the unruly posters on this board for years. By comparison this should be a cakewalk.

For the record, here are the previous appointments:

Head Coach: FearLeon
Assistant in charge of teaching fundamentals: shabamon
Assistant in charge of explaining rules to players: BTC
Assistant in charge of recruiting: TheOptimist
Assistant in charge of player development: GraftzZ06
Assistant in charge of translating head coach's coachspeak: M.D.W.S.T
Don’t forget….

GM: FJC31
Assistant GM: Diamond Cat
Yes, they are crucial parts of the team! Clerical error on my part. Corrected. Thanks.
You also forgot my earlier post on this the thread about new Play-by-play broadcaster, while we're at it maybe there could be a new color guy too
I didn't so much forget it, as I just want to focus on coaches here not broadcasters.
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Posted: 4/27/2026 3:49 PM
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Head Coach Fear Leon hereby gets a $100,000 bonus for creative NIL deals. See his recent post about Walking Bucket!
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Posted: 4/28/2026 7:39 AM
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Thanks OCF.

Because I am a program guy first, I will turn around and give this $100k bonus to the team’s NIL Collective Fund.

Ohio before me…always.
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Posted: 4/28/2026 3:22 PM
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FearLeon wrote:expand_more
After much though, it occurred to me that all the AD has to do to pick our next coaching staff is to look right here on BA. To help him along, I'll make the following suggestions. Others are free to offer their alternatives:

Head Coach: FearLeon
Assistant in charge of teaching fundamentals: shabamon
Assistant in charge of explaining rules to players: BTC
Assistant in charge of recruiting: TheOptimist
Assistant in charge of player development: GraftzZ06
Assistant in charge of translating head coach's coachspeak: M.D.W.S.T
Only if FearLeon gets 50k a year, with big incentives for never having misses in recruiting, establishing "pedigree", and beating John Groce every time.
Deal!

I promise you that AJ Sheldon, Bahamas Ezuma, The Whiz, Ben Nicol and Mason McMurray would never have received a division-one scholarship from this staff.
How about AJ Gareri? I believe that this staff would have definitely extended schollies to Chet Feldman, Kadeem Green and Andy Kanzig.
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Posted: 4/29/2026 1:03 PM
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After much though, it occurred to me that all the AD has to do to pick our next coaching staff is to look right here on BA. To help him along, I'll make the following suggestions. Others are free to offer their alternatives:

Head Coach: FearLeon
Assistant in charge of teaching fundamentals: shabamon
Assistant in charge of explaining rules to players: BTC
Assistant in charge of recruiting: TheOptimist
Assistant in charge of player development: GraftzZ06
Assistant in charge of translating head coach's coachspeak: M.D.W.S.T
Only if FearLeon gets 50k a year, with big incentives for never having misses in recruiting, establishing "pedigree", and beating John Groce every time.
Deal!

I promise you that AJ Sheldon, Bahamas Ezuma, The Whiz, Ben Nicol and Mason McMurray would never have received a division-one scholarship from this staff.
How about AJ Gareri? I believe that this staff would have definitely extended schollies to Chet Feldman, Kadeem Green and Andy Kanzig.
+1,000,000

However, I'd like to think Boals and Company would not be dumb enough to offer Kanzig. What a blast from the past. Hunter never capitalized on the post-Trent recruiting years. RIP Coach Hunter....still admire the job you did.
Last Edited: 4/29/2026 1:03:37 PM by FearLeon
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Posted: 4/29/2026 4:51 PM
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FearLeon wrote:expand_more
After much though, it occurred to me that all the AD has to do to pick our next coaching staff is to look right here on BA. To help him along, I'll make the following suggestions. Others are free to offer their alternatives:

Head Coach: FearLeon
Assistant in charge of teaching fundamentals: shabamon
Assistant in charge of explaining rules to players: BTC
Assistant in charge of recruiting: TheOptimist
Assistant in charge of player development: GraftzZ06
Assistant in charge of translating head coach's coachspeak: M.D.W.S.T
Only if FearLeon gets 50k a year, with big incentives for never having misses in recruiting, establishing "pedigree", and beating John Groce every time.
Deal!

I promise you that AJ Sheldon, Bahamas Ezuma, The Whiz, Ben Nicol and Mason McMurray would never have received a division-one scholarship from this staff.
How about AJ Gareri? I believe that this staff would have definitely extended schollies to Chet Feldman, Kadeem Green and Andy Kanzig.
+1,000,000

However, I'd like to think Boals and Company would not be dumb enough to offer Kanzig. What a blast from the past. Hunter never capitalized on the post-Trent recruiting years. RIP Coach Hunter....still admire the job you did.
So you're saying Chet Feldman, The King of Ping, and Kadeem Green were your core? Got it!! 😃
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Posted: 4/30/2026 8:56 AM
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Bobcat1998 wrote:expand_more
After much though, it occurred to me that all the AD has to do to pick our next coaching staff is to look right here on BA. To help him along, I'll make the following suggestions. Others are free to offer their alternatives:

Head Coach: FearLeon
Assistant in charge of teaching fundamentals: shabamon
Assistant in charge of explaining rules to players: BTC
Assistant in charge of recruiting: TheOptimist
Assistant in charge of player development: GraftzZ06
Assistant in charge of translating head coach's coachspeak: M.D.W.S.T
Only if FearLeon gets 50k a year, with big incentives for never having misses in recruiting, establishing "pedigree", and beating John Groce every time.
Deal!

I promise you that AJ Sheldon, Bahamas Ezuma, The Whiz, Ben Nicol and Mason McMurray would never have received a division-one scholarship from this staff.
How about AJ Gareri? I believe that this staff would have definitely extended schollies to Chet Feldman, Kadeem Green and Andy Kanzig.
+1,000,000

However, I'd like to think Boals and Company would not be dumb enough to offer Kanzig. What a blast from the past. Hunter never capitalized on the post-Trent recruiting years. RIP Coach Hunter....still admire the job you did.
So you're saying Chet Feldman, The King of Ping, and Kadeem Green were your core? Got it!! 😃
Ha...the sad thing is....Chet the Jet might have scored more points in his career than Kanzig.
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Posted: 4/30/2026 8:33 PM
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FearLeon wrote:expand_more
After much though, it occurred to me that all the AD has to do to pick our next coaching staff is to look right here on BA. To help him along, I'll make the following suggestions. Others are free to offer their alternatives:

Head Coach: FearLeon
Assistant in charge of teaching fundamentals: shabamon
Assistant in charge of explaining rules to players: BTC
Assistant in charge of recruiting: TheOptimist
Assistant in charge of player development: GraftzZ06
Assistant in charge of translating head coach's coachspeak: M.D.W.S.T
Only if FearLeon gets 50k a year, with big incentives for never having misses in recruiting, establishing "pedigree", and beating John Groce every time.
Deal!

I promise you that AJ Sheldon, Bahamas Ezuma, The Whiz, Ben Nicol and Mason McMurray would never have received a division-one scholarship from this staff.
How about AJ Gareri? I believe that this staff would have definitely extended schollies to Chet Feldman, Kadeem Green and Andy Kanzig.
+1,000,000

However, I'd like to think Boals and Company would not be dumb enough to offer Kanzig. What a blast from the past. Hunter never capitalized on the post-Trent recruiting years. RIP Coach Hunter....still admire the job you did.
Serious comment here, Trent was a total miss by everyone else for many reasons. After that he did have some steals and big number recruits. Never got over the top, but Simmons, Fenoral (sp?)Fakhir were all steals for their ratings. Larry brought a lot of talent to Athens with a few bust but hey.

And you can’t find a better more loyal person.
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Posted: 4/30/2026 11:17 PM
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BillyTheCat wrote:expand_more
After much though, it occurred to me that all the AD has to do to pick our next coaching staff is to look right here on BA. To help him along, I'll make the following suggestions. Others are free to offer their alternatives:

Head Coach: FearLeon
Assistant in charge of teaching fundamentals: shabamon
Assistant in charge of explaining rules to players: BTC
Assistant in charge of recruiting: TheOptimist
Assistant in charge of player development: GraftzZ06
Assistant in charge of translating head coach's coachspeak: M.D.W.S.T
Only if FearLeon gets 50k a year, with big incentives for never having misses in recruiting, establishing "pedigree", and beating John Groce every time.
Deal!

I promise you that AJ Sheldon, Bahamas Ezuma, The Whiz, Ben Nicol and Mason McMurray would never have received a division-one scholarship from this staff.
How about AJ Gareri? I believe that this staff would have definitely extended schollies to Chet Feldman, Kadeem Green and Andy Kanzig.
+1,000,000

However, I'd like to think Boals and Company would not be dumb enough to offer Kanzig. What a blast from the past. Hunter never capitalized on the post-Trent recruiting years. RIP Coach Hunter....still admire the job you did.
Serious comment here, Trent was a total miss by everyone else for many reasons. After that he did have some steals and big number recruits. Never got over the top, but Simmons, Fenoral (sp?)Fakhir were all steals for their ratings. Larry brought a lot of talent to Athens with a few bust but hey.

And you can’t find a better more loyal person.
Hey, we agree again, twice in the same day. Some on here may need their smelling salts!
Last Edited: 5/1/2026 5:56:10 PM by OhioCatFan
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Posted: 5/1/2026 5:48 PM
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One thing we've learned is that the dumbest posts get the most hits.
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Posted: 5/1/2026 5:59 PM
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One thing we've learned is that the dumbest posts get the most hits.
I sense you don't like satire and don't have the world's greatest sense of humor. But, we still love you, man!
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Posted: 5/1/2026 6:03 PM
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Or, it's quite possible that giacamo has the world's greatest sense of humor.
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Or, it's quite possible that giacamo has the world's greatest sense of humor.
Bring in the clowns!
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