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UAF goes all in on Coach Ostanik after pressuring him out of the same job back in 2007.
https://x.com/NanooksMBB/status/1797674610772840662Last edited by gratefuldad; 06-03-2024, 01:24 PM.
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It’s funny, I ran into a long time coach in Alaska basketball and he told me Friday about UAF “that is Frank’s job, everyone knows he is getting it”. So I guess it hasn’t been that big of a mystery.
Frank has a lot of roster slots to fill and it’s late in the game recruiting wise. UAA just finished up their class, probably most schools in the GNAC are done and he will just be getting started. Hopefully he has already started.
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Originally posted by gratefuldad View PostHe is a good fit at UAF and I predict that he'll be successful up there. The first order of business if you're coaching in Fairbanks will be the recruiting hurdle. How to convince enough good players that Fairbanks is where they want to be.
On the basketball side of things one can look at playing time. Personally, I think there's not a lot of worse things in sports than sitting on a bench and not being able to compete at game time. This coach seems to understand the lay of the land up there and I'm guessing he can sell it.
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Happy we have a coach with so much experience in Alaska and success throughout. I wasn't excited initially because of the history of when Ostanik left last time, but I'm open to the possibility that he learned a lot from that experience and will not repeat it. I think he's got a step up in the recruiting department than somebody new to Alaska, as he runs a lot of high school basketball camps around the state (I think the Alaska Basketball Academy runs the biggest camps in the state) and has for a long time. So at least in terms of Alaska athletes, he may put a lot more pressure on UAA in terms of getting Alaskans to choose Fairbanks over Anchorage. But in order to sustain that, he's got to develop those kids, find them playing time, and make it an experience that speaks to kids year after year.
But yes, you all are right, it's REALLY LATE in the game for recruiting and he's got a lot of roster spots to fill as most of the guys with playing time from this past season and eligibility left departed shortly after Sparling departed... I'll be eager to see how the roster fills out!
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