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nol · 08-13-2014, 02:44 AM

Desmond is currently a 24 year old first-year assistant coach at Boston College with a comfy three-year deal worth $122,381 per season. As you'd expect from a 24-year-old with a gig at an ACC school, his ambition is second to none, but as you'd also expect he's not the most well-rounded basketball coach: 13 of his 140 coaching points are distributed into recruiting and scouting (6 into recruiting and 7 into scouting, if you're interested in the exact breakdown). That single-minded focus on player development is what has him employed while some of his level 5 peers are still couch surfing, and he will do everything in his power to maintain that edge throughout his career.

Boston College has not been able to string together successful seasons with any sort of consistency. In fact, the Eagles are currently at a low point having gone 5-27 in the past two ACC campaigns. Unsurprisingly, this led to BC head coach Simon Motta being "encouraged" to retire at age 60, after just four seasons at the helm. Boston College's AD, having recently spearheaded a massive fundraising effort towards upgrading the training facilities to 20/20 (good for 3rd in the conference), is not in a patient mood.

New head coach David Holston (Desmond's boss) has done enough waiting as well. Holston is a coaching lifer who spent 16 seasons as the lead assistant at Mississippi State before being fired in 2027. After landing on his feet for a brief stint at Ohio State, he was hired by the FIU Panthers (demoted from the Sun Belt to the Southern Conference in 2009) and hit the ground running. In his five seasons there, he led FIU to 4 of the program's 7 20-win seasons since 2009 and its 1st NCAA bid since 2013.

David, another Xs and Os maniac who gets a much bigger kick out of coaching his players up than finding a diamond in the rough on the recruiting trail, is a perfect mentor for Desmond at this stage of his career. While Holston - whose reputation as a perfectionist precedes him - will likely be slow to fully turn over the reigns of his offense to his 24-year-old assistant, the professional benefits Desmond stands to gain will be undeniable. In fact, Desmond's position is open in the first place because 40-year-old Joshua Folse, Holston's only assistant coach during his 5 years at FIU, was hired as the head coach at Texas Tech while the rest of Holston's staff made the move to Chestnut Hill.

(Programming note: I'm going to be playing in "assistant coach mode" with Holston also a human head coach so BC can be set up for the CPU to handle everything but training and game strategy until Desmond takes a head coaching job of his own)

08-13-2014, 02:44 AM	#2
nol Banned Join Date: Oct 2003	Desmond is currently a 24 year old first-year assistant coach at Boston College with a comfy three-year deal worth $122,381 per season. As you'd expect from a 24-year-old with a gig at an ACC school, his ambition is second to none, but as you'd also expect he's not the most well-rounded basketball coach: 13 of his 140 coaching points are distributed into recruiting and scouting (6 into recruiting and 7 into scouting, if you're interested in the exact breakdown). That single-minded focus on player development is what has him employed while some of his level 5 peers are still couch surfing, and he will do everything in his power to maintain that edge throughout his career. Boston College has not been able to string together successful seasons with any sort of consistency. In fact, the Eagles are currently at a low point having gone 5-27 in the past two ACC campaigns. Unsurprisingly, this led to BC head coach Simon Motta being "encouraged" to retire at age 60, after just four seasons at the helm. Boston College's AD, having recently spearheaded a massive fundraising effort towards upgrading the training facilities to 20/20 (good for 3rd in the conference), is not in a patient mood. New head coach David Holston (Desmond's boss) has done enough waiting as well. Holston is a coaching lifer who spent 16 seasons as the lead assistant at Mississippi State before being fired in 2027. After landing on his feet for a brief stint at Ohio State, he was hired by the FIU Panthers (demoted from the Sun Belt to the Southern Conference in 2009) and hit the ground running. In his five seasons there, he led FIU to 4 of the program's 7 20-win seasons since 2009 and its 1st NCAA bid since 2013. David, another Xs and Os maniac who gets a much bigger kick out of coaching his players up than finding a diamond in the rough on the recruiting trail, is a perfect mentor for Desmond at this stage of his career. While Holston - whose reputation as a perfectionist precedes him - will likely be slow to fully turn over the reigns of his offense to his 24-year-old assistant, the professional benefits Desmond stands to gain will be undeniable. In fact, Desmond's position is open in the first place because 40-year-old Joshua Folse, Holston's only assistant coach during his 5 years at FIU, was hired as the head coach at Texas Tech while the rest of Holston's staff made the move to Chestnut Hill. (Programming note: I'm going to be playing in "assistant coach mode" with Holston also a human head coach so BC can be set up for the CPU to handle everything but training and game strategy until Desmond takes a head coaching job of his own) Last edited by nol : 08-14-2014 at 01:21 AM.