[06] How Top Programs Evaluate and Acquire Winning Personnel (with special guest Sam Story)

02/29/24 • 96 min

On this special edition of Xs and Joes, Bob and Mike welcome longtime Indiana fan, coach, referee, and all-around good dude Sam Story (CoachSS) to the show.

The three longtime friends and college hoops fans engage in a deep dive on how winning college basketball programs evaluate, determine, and land the players and coaches who are best for them.

In this episode ...

Segment 1: What traits are college coaches and recruiting evaluators looking at with prospective players? What information should fans look at as legitimate versus noise?
Segment 2: What are the stages and levels of recruiting? How does it translate to other positions like coaching and program/department administration?
Segment 3: How does a program’s overall performance, resources, image and style impact who and how they recruit? (We might just talk about IU here)
Wrap Up: The confluence of Quantity Theory of Money and the free movement of human assets in an unregulated marketplace: What the world looks like with the transfer portal, NIL and the retrenchment of the NCAA.

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On this special edition of Xs and Joes, Bob and Mike welcome longtime Indiana fan, coach, referee, and all-around good dude Sam Story (CoachSS) to the show.

The three longtime friends and college hoops fans engage in a deep dive on how winning college basketball programs evaluate, determine, and land the players and coaches who are best for them.

In this episode ...

Segment 1: What traits are college coaches and recruiting evaluators looking at with prospective players? What information should fans look at as legitimate versus noise?
Segment 2: What are the stages and levels of recruiting? How does it translate to other positions like coaching and program/department administration?
Segment 3: How does a program’s overall performance, resources, image and style impact who and how they recruit? (We might just talk about IU here)
Wrap Up: The confluence of Quantity Theory of Money and the free movement of human assets in an unregulated marketplace: What the world looks like with the transfer portal, NIL and the retrenchment of the NCAA.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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[05] Rivalry Essentials: Unpacking the Crucial Role That Rivalries Play in How We Experience College Sports

In Episode 5, Mike and Bob take a deep dive into rivalries and the many critical roles they play in the college sports ecosystem -- not just for fans, but for coaches and administrators too.

In this episode ...

Segment 1: One, Two, Three, Four ... wait, what are we fighting for?

Why are there no moral absolutes in the souls of fans?
What are rivalries and how do they happen?
Why do we see prestige as a “zero sum” game?

Segment 2: The Constant Battle of Keeping Ahead (or Up With) The Joneses

How does the performance of a rival drive our greatest fears or confirm our greatest hopes?
When does a rival push a program to make substantive changes?
Why are rivals, oftentimes, polar opposites of one another in their style?

Segment 3: Telling what we truly think: What are Mike’s and Bob’s deep feelings and thoughts on rivals?

Purdue
Kentucky
Why is this healthy? We hope...

Wrap-Up: How could and have changes in conferences and throughout athletics impact functional rivalries and why these matchups need special consideration?

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[07] The March To March Madness: Well, We Didn't See That Coming (And Some Things We Did)

On this edition of Xs and Joes, Bob and Mike take a look back at the current college basketball season that is nearing its conclusion and analyze some interesting trends and teams that were better/worse than expected. Plus ... some IU talk.

In this episode ...

Segment 1: How was the game played? Some subtle trends that kinda surprised us...