Schaus at his best!  Terrific hire wrapped up less than 72 hours after job opened up.  I was concerned that we might have to settle for whomever was left after Tulsa got their guy, but obviously, it'll be the other way around. 

My only concern is how long can we hold on to this guy?  But it should be a fun ride while he's ours....

Hope you all are right. I really know nothing about him other than that his quote posted upthread sounds almost exactly like Christian two years ago. Hopefully, he'll amount to something and stick around for a while because I don't want to go thru this again in another couple of years.

+1. I feel the same way, Athena.  I'm a little more reserved.  I will say this-SP already has more NCAA Tourney wins than JC and every other coach in the MAC.  Schaus hired this guy in only 3 days and I trust Schaus.  SP will love Athens and the Ozone, that's for sure!

Not a question, but here is one:

would you you rather he have no success and stay for the life of the contract?

Wow, I didn't really think we'd be able to sign a guy with a recent NCAA Tournament win under his belt from a conference roughly on par with the MAC. Considering the other jobs Phillips was linked to this off-season, this is an impressive hire.

My only question is his style. Although we never played quite as quick under Groce as he talked about, we still tried to speed up the pace. While Christian slowed us down a little, Phillips' style is a polar opposite of Groce. Slow and methodical. While there is nothing inherently wrong with that, I do wonder whether our current roster is an ideal fit for Phillips' style, and if not then will we be spending another couple years in transition after just experiencing the same with Christian?

Again, Phillips is a great get, but part of me wonders if Pat Kelsey would have given us a smoother transition given his basketball roots. And I do kind of wish we'd stick to a single style of play, instead of bouncing from one extreme to the other with every new hire.

But overall, an amazing hire for Schaus, especially on such a quick timeframe. Let's hope Phillips can hit the ground running and prevent any significant departures from the program.

NDSU was extremely efficient on offense, but played a very slow pace (302nd in tempo). Admittedly, we were only around the top 200 this year, but under Groce played quite a bit faster. NDSU played at a pace more like EMU, as a point of comparison.

He's the hottest coaching name from the tourney (Archie Miller excepted). Someone would have paid him $550. I'm happy it's us. So let's pay the man what he's worth and throw in a healthy buy-out in the event we're dancing again next year, and we'll roll that money over into our next coach as we drink champagne out of a glass slipper.

I agree and others have made this point as well.  Better in my opinion to have wildly successful coaches for a couple years than mildly successful ones for 6.  

While I was ok with the JC hire when it happened, I didn't feel any excitement about it and that seemed to be the general reaction on BA.  A magnetic personality doesn't guarantee success, but I for one am excited to see some life injected back into the Convo.  Goodbye Coach Christian....hello Coach Phillips!

As I said earlier in this thread, when things were just in the speculative stage, I think this is a very solid hire.  The reaction on the BC board that someone else quoted is really telling.  While he may not have an Ohio Twitter account yet, I do note that his wikipedia page has already been changed to reflect his status as OHIO head coach, perhaps done by one of our BA brethren.  

Yes....in-coming recruits and a couple currently on roster. 

4 incoming recruits are no longer solid. Tariq is gone...no guarantees with other 3 signed players.
No guarantees with at least 2 other players on current roster. 
I don't make stuff up.
Love the hire.