Needa NY guy here with some balls
Antigua. Guy was shot in the head. Balls, street cred, whatever you want to call it, he has it. his USF team is struggling but anyone would struggle with that roster this season.
So being shot in the head is now a positive thing? Maybe he can hire an assistant that was stabbed or run over by the 5 train. That would really be cool.
It means he can relate to some players who have come from less than ideal backgrounds. That's all.
Baldi said the next coach should have some balls. To me, antigua has that in spades. Nothing was handed to him.
He has a ton of other things going for him as well, learned from Dixon and Calipari, been to Final Fours, was a CHSAA guy himself at St Rays right?, Dominican national team coach, etc.
You can do a lot worse than go with a young guy like that.