Jeremy Ballard New MUBB Assistant

[JakeBarnes]

Worked under Shaka and Rhodes at VCU. was FIU head coach

[Zog from Margo]

Good call onepost!

[MuMark]

Haynes is also gone.......will they be adding another assistant in addition to Ballard?

https://x.com/marquettembb/status/2041600217544306817?s=61

[CountryRoads]

Is Dibami a high major guy?

[CountryRoads]

Haynes is also gone.......will they be adding another assistant in addition to Ballard?

https://x.com/marquettembb/status/2041600217544306817?s=61

Talk about burying Haynes departure. They were also just hoping no one would notice he was suspended this year.

[JakeBarnes]

Ballard does seem like a great addition to the staff. Big defense focus. Strong player development

[Captain Quette]

I had been hoping for some coaching changes based on recent recruiting and player development. Great to have an assistant w prior HC experience. This type of coach can support Shaka in multiple ways versus being 1 dimensional such as a defense only coach.

[brewcity77]

Looking at Ballard's FIU profile, he's basically Shaka's mini-me. Hopefully the replacement for Nevada brings something new to the table.

[The Sultan]

So if brew's account is accurate, is this an overreaction to a single incident? Were there other issues? Was this mutual?

The actual story is pretty much nothing. In practice, Stevens inadvertantly directed a ball that bounced off Haynes' head. Haynes thought it was intentional and overreacted, yelling and pointing his finger into Stevens' chest.

It wasn't major, but because it involved contact between player & coach, an investigation was done. The investigation confirmed that it wasn't a big deal, minor suspension for Haynes because of the contact.

It wouldn't have been anything if the social media director didn't mistake White Sox Bill for an actual non-troll account. But changing his handle (but not username) was enough to fool the inexperienced social media guy, he did the inaccurate tweet, made it worse by editing it, and Shaka made it worse by repeating inaccurate which convinced people something happened. And something did, but if not for a stupid quote tweet and poor wording, no one would've ever paid this any mind.

Anyone hearing that it was more serious assault, that's bad information and not true. Anyone hearing this had anything to do with Zaide and his departure, that's bad information and untrue. It was just the kind of temper flaring that happens in bad seasons getting blown out of proportion because the social media side mishandled it.

[tower912]

The interesting thing about that is Brew cites Stevens and not Lowery.

[Jay Bee]

So if brew's account is accurate, is this an overreaction to a single incident? Were there other issues? Was this mutual?

File this under, 'we should let this one rest' and go on about our day.

[GoldenWarrior11]

Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be any one of interest to us from the FIU roster in the portal.

Excellent call by onepost.

[tower912]

MU flashes back to 80's hair metal with a power Ballard.

[Billy Hoyle]

File this under, 'we should let this one rest' and go on about our day.

also file it under "MU Athletics needs better social media training." First Josetti, then the intern with WhiteSux Bill

[wadesworld]

also file it under "MU Athletics needs better social media training." First Josetti, then the intern with WhiteSux Bill

And yet nobody outside of MUScoop cared about it more than 12 hours after it was "reported."  And even most of Scoop had forgotten about it until today.

[onepost]

Looking at Ballard's FIU profile, he's basically Shaka's mini-me. Hopefully the replacement for Nevada brings something new to the table.

Any offensive wizards around?

[tower912]

Any offensive wizards around?

All over scoop.  You should apply.

[Zombie45]

Is Dibami a high major guy?

I mean, he has already played more college mins than Clark and Hamilton combined...

[Jay Bee]

I mean, he has already played more college mins than Clark and Hamilton combined...

But 18 will eclipse him next year!

[Zombie45]

But 18 will eclipse him next year!

If he is worthy of those mins I am all for it

[Galway Eagle]

But 18 will eclipse him next year!

20,000 hook shots this summer

[WhiteTrash]

If he is worthy of those mins I am all for it

We all are for it, he just need to be able to check the "deserves to be on the team" box first.