Coaching Legacy of James Frizzell (CH 2K8 - Coach Mode)

[superjames1992]

Morehead State Hires James Frizzell

Morehead, KY - After a 12-18 season last year the Morehead State Eagles looked to go for some fresh blood as they went about looking for a new head coach. Today they announced the hiring of James Frizzell.

Frizzell is a bit of an unknown. The 25-year old coach has no collegiate coaching experience. His only coaching experience came as the head coach of his local recreational youth league. Some doubt whether his experiences justifies his holding a D-1 job, but the Morehead State administration must have seen something in him to hire him.

"Do I have the experience justify being on this podium right now?" asked Frizzell at his opening press conference. "Who knows? One thing I do know. If I do win here, no one's going to care about my previous coaching experience. If I lose here, no one's going to care about my previous coaching experience; they're going to care about the failings I've had at Morehead State. Of course, I'd prefer the former rather than the latter."

Frizzell also lacks playing experience. The 6'0" 150 lbs. 25-year old was never all that successful on the hardwood, where he was relegated to playing at his local YMCA's rec league.

"I was decently fast and I could jump fairly well, but I couldn't pass, dribble, or shoot the ball to save my life," explained Frizzell. "Maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration, but it's not too far off the mark. But a wise man once said that you don't have to be good at basketball to be good at coaching it. That wise man was me, by the way."

Frizzell looks to bring in a Princeton offense that will test each player's cerebral and shooting abilities. This will be an interesting transition from the previous system used at Morehead State, but Coach Frizzell believes it can be a success.

The Eagles have not made the NCAA Tournament since 1984 and only have five tournament bids in school history. Coach Frizzell will look to change that.

"You just have to have the attitude to win," explained Coach Frizzell in his inaugural press conference. "Sure, you have to have talent. Sure, you have to have size, height, and all that. But, most importantly you have to put in your best effort and have the will to win. We may not have the most talented team in our state or our conference, but we can still have a successful team. I fully expect us to be very competitive in our conference this season. Our goal is nothing less than an Ohio Valley Conference Championship."

Those are strong words for a man that has never stepped onto a high school basketball court as a player or coach, let alone a college one.

[superjames1992]

Reserved for various things, perhaps.

[superjames1992]

Re: Coaching Legacy of James Frizzell (CH 2K8 - Coach Mode)

So I have finally decided to try out coach mode. I've been wanting to do this for awhile, but I've finally found some sliders that I like (Vandy's, actually) and with plenty of time on my hands at the moment, I think I can handle two legacies. CH 2K8 is the only 360 game I play these days, anyways.

My main "thumb jockeying" legacy shall continue. Have no fear about that.

I am using the original named rosters. I don't really see the point in downloading a recent roster, especially since I will be starting in the lower conferences, anyways. Besides, there is no way to change the starting season from 2007-2008, so it is only realistic this way.

[superjames1992]

2007-2008 Morehead State Roster

Starters
PG #15 Nikola Stojakovic 6'2 195 (Lithuania) 59 overall SR
SG #5 T.J. Clark 6'2 190 (San Antonio, TX) 61 overall FR
SF #33 Leon Buchanan 6'5 200 (Atlanta, GA) 66 overall JR
PF #23 Les Simmons 6'7 205 (Queens, NY) 62 overall JR
C #35 Kenneth Faried 6'8 215 (East Orange, NJ) 60 overall FR

Bench
PG #4 Cecil Brown 5'11 185 (Detroit, MI) 58 overall SO
SG #32 Royce Gay 6'5 195 (Richardson,TX) 62 overall JR
SG #1 Maze Stallworth 6'4 205 (Owensboro, KY) 60 overall SO
SG #25 John Lamb 6'1 180 (Cedar Falls, IA) 59 overall FR
PF #41 Den Penick 6'8 240 (Louisville, KY) 56 overall FR
PF #12 Andreas Coleman 6'7 215 (Chicago, IL) 55 overall FR

Reserves
SG #22 Demonte Harper 6'4 180 (Memphis, TN) 58 overall FR (Redshirting)

Coaches
James Frizzell: C overall (1st year)
Darrian Hipsher C overall (1st year)
Lewis Feeney: C overall (1st year)

2007-2008 Projected OVC Standings

1. Tennessee State
2. Austin Peay
3. Tennessee Tech
4. Murray State
5. Eastern Kentucky
6. Jacksonville State
7. Southeast Missouri State
8. Eastern Illinois
9. Tennessee Martin
10. Morehead State
11. Samford

2007-2008 Morehead State Schedule
11/9 at Houston
11/13 vs. Western Illinois
11/17 at Bowling Green
11/21 at Oklahoma
12/1 at Marshall
12/6 at Austin Peay
12/8 at Murray State
12/17 vs. Tennessee-Martin
12/19 vs. Eastern Illinois
12/26 at #5 Louisville
1/3 at Tennessee State
1/7 at Tennessee Tech
1/10 vs. Eastern Kentucky
1/12 at Tennessee-Martin
1/17 vs. Samford
1/19 vs. Jacksonville State
1/24 at Southeast Missouri State
1/26 at Eastern Illinois
1/29 vs. Tennessee Tech
2/7 vs. Southeast Missouri State
2/9 vs. Murray State
2/14 at Samford
2/16 at Jacksonville State
2/20 at Eastern Kentucky
2/28 vs. Tennessee State
3/1 vs. Austin Peay

Preseason Top 25 AP Poll
1. Kansas
2. North Carolina
3. Memphis
4. Michigan State
5. Louisville
6. Georgetown
7. Tennessee
8. UCLA
9. Marquette
10. Duke
11. Wisconsin
12. Kentucky
13. Oregon
14. Arizona
15. Pittsburgh
16. Texas A&M
17. Arkansas
18. Texas
19. Florida State
20. Indiana
21. Illinois
22. Clemson
23. Ohio State
24. Syracuse
25. Maryland

[Knickerbocker91]

Re: Coaching Legacy of James Frizzell (CH 2K8 - Coach Mode)

I haven't dabbled in Coach Mode all that much, between the sim dynasties I'm running through offline to practice my recruiting plus the one I'm currently playing I haven't given myself much time.

But in a basic sense, you just call the plays and make the timeouts and subs while the CPU attempts to carry out your actions, right?

[superjames1992]

Re: Coaching Legacy of James Frizzell (CH 2K8 - Coach Mode)

I haven't dabbled in Coach Mode all that much, between the sim dynasties I'm running through offline to practice my recruiting plus the one I'm currently playing I haven't given myself much time.

But in a basic sense, you just call the plays and make the timeouts and subs while the CPU attempts to carry out your actions, right?

Yeah, you can call the plays, though I often let my point guard (i.e. the AI) call them most of the time except in crucial situations. You also control the pacing of the game through the coaching sliders, substitutions, pressure, when to press, double-teams, etc. But, yes, in the end the CPU has to carry out your actions.

It is an interesting concept that I always found to be rather dull in the past, but I must say that it has started to grow on me and will give me a chance to go back to the smaller conferences without wrecking what I've started at WVU in my main legacy.

It's also a chance for me to play without having to worry about house rules and such, which is nice since I've had to restrain myself over the years, especially in regard to running pick-and-rolls and jumping passes on defense (since I've pretty much memorized every play the CPU runs after all these years and nearly 700 games in my career legacy).

Vandy's Sliders are pretty solid and seem to give me some good statistics for 20-minute halves.

[VandyRedskins21]

Re: Coaching Legacy of James Frizzell (CH 2K8 - Coach Mode)

Hope you have fun playing in coach mode! Morehead State is a fun team to play with too. Jon Lamb is a lethal shooter from what I remember. Good luck and glad you like the sliders

[superjames1992]

Re: Coaching Legacy of James Frizzell (CH 2K8 - Coach Mode)

Hope you have fun playing in coach mode! Morehead State is a fun team to play with too. Jon Lamb is a lethal shooter from what I remember. Good luck and glad you like the sliders

Thanks! Yeah, Lamb should provide us with a good offensive burst from off the bench, as should Maze Stallworth. With my offense, we're going to be shooting lots of threes!

Royce Gay is our highest-rated shooting guard, but he probably won't see a ton of playing time since he's a pretty poor three-point shooter.

I also like our freshman center, Faried. He isn't a force now, but in four years he could be really good.

The sliders seem pretty good. There could be more turnovers, but I think that's just a game issue that can't really be fixed aside from dropping ball handling to zero, which leads to other problems.

[superjames1992]

Coach Frizzell Interview

Today we had a chance to sit down with James Frizzell, who was hired as Morehead State's head coach this past summer. Now, with only days remaining until the Eagles' season-opener at Houston, the first-year head coach sits down with us and talks about his expectations for this season.

Reporter: Hello, Coach Frizzell.

Coach Frizzell: Thanks for having me!

R: Coming into this season, you said your expectations for this team were nothing less than a conference championship. Do you still hold this view?

F: Yes, I do. I believe we have the talent and the willpower to come through with an OVC Championship this year. We have a lot of talent on this team, even if it is inexperienced. One of the greatest things on this team is our young talent. Two of ours starters this season, T.J. and Kenneth, are freshman. Both have bright futures. T.J. is good shooter from the arc and Kenneth gives us a good presence and a big body inside.

R: You also have a lot of depth, it seems.

F: Yes, we do. Some might say we have too much depth, particularly at shooting guard. We have a glut of guards there. There's no denying that. I've made it clear that my team is going to shoot a lot of jump shots and a lot of threes, so that may work in some players' advantage more than others. We'll see how it stacks up. In the end, I don't necessarily plan on running with a 12-man rotation, so some of our guards won't likely see much playing time. We'll let their performances out on the court determine that, though. I'm willing to give everyone their chance.

R: Do you feel like your like of depth in the frontcourt could be an issue?

F: It could. We only have five true frontcourt players. If we have an injury, we could be in trouble. One option we could explore is moving Kenneth down to power forward, but by doing that we would certainly sacrifice a lot of size and I'm not sure if that's something we want to do. Playing small ball would also give our plethora of guards more chances at playing time, but we'll see how it goes. Against smaller teams, you may very well see some small ball.

R: Do you think your team can beat Eastern Kentucky?

F: They have a good team, but wouldn't it basically be treason if admitted we have a chance to lose to them? We are going to crush them!

R: I like your enthusiasm.

F: You have to have that attitude if you want to win games. Defeatism isn't going to win you many games at this level.

R: Very true. Thanks for talking with us, coach.

F: Thanks for having me. I look forward to seeing you all fill the stands at Ellis Johnson Arena this season. We should put on a good show for the home fans. Go Eagles!

[gausec]

Re: Coaching Legacy of James Frizzell (CH 2K8 - Coach Mode)

Awesome stuff love your other dynasty will be even better reading from the coach perspective I also had a quick question if you know how to post the roster file your using in an offline link? I got CH recently and want an original named one.

[superjames1992]

Re: Coaching Legacy of James Frizzell (CH 2K8 - Coach Mode)

Awesome stuff love your other dynasty will be even better reading from the coach perspective I also had a quick question if you know how to post the roster file your using in an offline link? I got CH recently and want an original named one.

I don't think my eight-year old flash drive (512 MB) is large enough to transfer any Xbox 360 files (the setup alone uses 512 MB), so I'm afraid not. I'm sure it's out there on the forums somewhere. Maybe search back in the rosters section from the 2007-2008 time frame?

EDIT: A cursory glance at the 2K8 rosters section suggests that this may not be the case. I guess everyone just depended on 2K Share (myself included).

One of the other guys in Dynasty HQ might have the original named rosters and the means to transfer them. I was about to transfer the roster to my flash drive until I saw that it would use all of its memory! Maybe I should get a new flash drive at some point.

In any case, thanks for following.

[K0ZZ]

Re: Coaching Legacy of James Frizzell (CH 2K8 - Coach Mode)

For a moment I thought your other career was over, but an extra great College Hoops dynasty to read is definitely never a bad thing!

Good luck!

[superjames1992]

Re: Coaching Legacy of James Frizzell (CH 2K8 - Coach Mode)

For a moment I thought your other career was over, but an extra great College Hoops dynasty to read is definitely never a bad thing!

Good luck!

No, no, I could never end that (unless the save gets corrupted or something beyond my control).

Thanks for following!

[mpejkrm]

Re: Coaching Legacy of James Frizzell (CH 2K8 - Coach Mode)

Faried is a monster. Hopefully the Manimal stays with you for all four years as he did in real life before going to Denver. Excited to read more of this.

[superjames1992]

Re: Coaching Legacy of James Frizzell (CH 2K8 - Coach Mode)

Faried is a monster. Hopefully the Manimal stays with you for all four years as he did in real life before going to Denver. Excited to read more of this.

Ah, yeah that's right. I was thinking he looked familiar. I think he led them to the NCAA Tournament his senior year, too.

Hopefully, Faried plays as well in my legacy as in real life!

Thanks for following!