Kurt Joseph added as Director of Men's Basketball Strength & Conditioning

Big, needed change. 

Scroll through pictures for testimonials from D-Rose, KAT, and a couple others.

High praise

Looks to be a good hire.  Did Coach Wilson retire/resign get terminated? 

Not sure what we had in place before as far as strength and conditioning, Hoiberg must have identified it as an area for improvement.  Good luck Mr. Joseph and welcome to the Nebrasketball family.

I would think having all these guys with NBA resumes looks pretty good to potential recruits.

Can’t wait to see Banton stacked as shit at 280 playing point.  

56 minutes ago, Huskerpapa said:

Did Coach Wilson retire/resign get terminated? 

This was the first question that came to my mind as well.

3 hours ago, basketballjones said:

Big, needed change. 

I've seen this sentiment a couple of places. Explain, please.

1 hour ago, Norm Peterson said:

 

I've seen this sentiment a couple of places. Explain, please.

Yeah, I'm curious as well.  Didn't Wilson come in with an NBA background too?

2 hours ago, Norm Peterson said:

 

I've seen this sentiment a couple of places. Explain, please.

Was wondering the same thing.

5 hours ago, Vinny said:

Can’t wait to see Banton stacked as shit at 280 playing point.  

Royce White 2.0 (minus the fear of flying)

4 hours ago, 49r said:

 

Yeah, I'm curious as well.  Didn't Wilson come in with an NBA background too?

He was praised a lot during the season with the shut down and how he handled the players so it is a head scratcher

16 hours ago, Norm Peterson said:

 

I've seen this sentiment a couple of places. Explain, please.

It's complicated. Tim Wilson is a great human and absolutely knows his stuff, zero question. However, I still feel that S&C has yet to become a "strength" (pun intended) of our program, and he's been here 10 years. I don't even know if I mean that to be a critique of Wilson. Just think that we need a shake up and to go in a different direction. 

Also, due to how much time the S&C coaches spend around the players, what is asked of them, and how much influence they have - I think you want to find someone who's younger and can relate very well with the players. That is all I am going to say on that and I am not going to elaborate or argue with anyone. 

11 minutes ago, basketballjones said:

It's complicated. Tim Wilson is a great human and absolutely knows his stuff, zero question. However, I still feel that S&C has yet to become a "strength" (pun intended) of our program, and he's been here 10 years. I don't even know if I mean that to be a critique of Wilson. Just think that we need a shake up and to go in a different direction. 

Also, due to how much time the S&C coaches spend around the players, what is asked of them, and how much influence they have - I think you want to find someone who's younger and can relate very well with the players. That is all I am going to say on that and I am not going to elaborate or argue with anyone. 

But...but...but we have to argue it is a message board for God's sake. 

43 minutes ago, Silverbacked1 said:

 

But...but...but we have to argue it is a message board for God's sake. 

No, I wasn't trying to start an argument...just genuinely curious.  I knew virtually nothing about coach Wilson, therefore no emotional investment in whether he stays or goes.

1 hour ago, basketballjones said:

It's complicated. Tim Wilson is a great human and absolutely knows his stuff, zero question. However, I still feel that S&C has yet to become a "strength" (pun intended) of our program, and he's been here 10 years. I don't even know if I mean that to be a critique of Wilson. Just think that we need a shake up and to go in a different direction. 

Also, due to how much time the S&C coaches spend around the players, what is asked of them, and how much influence they have - I think you want to find someone who's younger and can relate very well with the players. That is all I am going to say on that and I am not going to elaborate or argue with anyone. 

Wilson was a mixed bag in my opinion…our guys rarely look like the stronger team “off the bus” and the fact that we consistently lose the rebounding battle backs that up. I don’t see a lot of physical development from year to year.  On the other hand, when it comes to conditioning and avoiding injuries, I think we’ve been top-notch.    

Also, everyone wants to tiptoe around the obvious, but this move adds another highly-qualified Black coach in a visible role that does a lot of interacting with players. It sends a message to potential recruits that the program is inclusive, even in its leadership, and differentiates it from other unnamed programs that may struggle to sell that idea going forward.  In a sport where 75-80% of the top 100 players are Black, that could pay huge dividends.

More importantly, does he know A-Rod & J-Lo...?

22 hours ago, Handy Johnson said:

More importantly, does he know A-Rod & J-Lo...?

Anthony Edwards doesn't!

Anthony Edwards doesn't!

9 hours ago, basketballjones said:

Anthony Edwards doesn't!

9 hours ago, basketballjones said:

Anthony Edwards doesn't!

I heard that on KFAN in Mpls yesterday, funny as hell. You gotta figure tho, Ant Man is only 19 & it’s been AWHILE since A-Rod was a Yankee or in the news...

Joseph was on the McGowens Brothers.

After listening to this, makes me understand the move a bit more.  I think either Joesph or Wilson would do a good job at the training portion of this job but if Briedenbach broke up with his girlfriend and was going to call up a coach about it, I could see that being Joseph, not Wilson.

21 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

 

Joseph was on the McGowens Brothers.

After listening to this, makes me understand the move a bit more.  I think either Joesph or Wilson would do a good job at the training portion of this job but if Briedenbach broke up with his girlfriend and was going to call up a coach about it, I could see that being Joseph, not Wilson.

 

Briedenbach broke up with his girlfriend? He dump her or she dump him? Poor guy. #BeenThere

2 minutes ago, Norm Peterson said:

 

Briedenbach broke up with his girlfriend? He dump her or she dump him? Poor guy. #BeenThere

No