Originally Posted by Anonymous
The new Loyola coach certainly has the credentials unmatched by any other MIAA coach by a wide margin for sure.

Credentials as a player...yes, and obviously, high-level playing experience is good. Coaching credentials? Not so fast...

Playing and coaching are two very different things, and anyone who says playing at a high level automatically translates to coaching well ought to examine the track record of former pro (NFL, NBA, MLB, etc.) players who went into coaching following their playing career. The track record is a mixed bag of success and failure, more the latter than the former. For every Phil Jackson or Joe Torre story, there are a few Wayne Gretzky and Magic Johnson stories.

I hope the guy does a great job, and helps his boys get to the championship games the storied program is used to. LB and the other legitimate (local talent) MIAA teams will need all the help they can get to compete against schools that bring in out of state/out of country players.

Coach Haus will also need to navigate a highly political (read: entitled parents and alums) environment at LB. Let's hope he has the wisdom and political acumen to deal with the toughest part of a HS coach's job - dealing with parents and the school's administration.

Time will tell.