Comments on: Basketball: Colorado scouting report

By: milo

milo — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:10:47 +0000

Kamp will coach a D1 team in the future…if he decides that’s his path.

By: ken1w

ken1w — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:30:38 +0000

Who said anything about Kamp becoming a coach at Cal? IF coaching is what he wants to do after he’s done playing basketball, he should “go through the ranks” as a coach. Learn to be a coach where the spotlight is not so bright.

As for John Montgomery, I doubt that there is an existing agreement for him to take over after Mike Montgomery retires. I think he is there now to learn from his father, and then he will want to gain more experience elsewhere, working with other people.

By: rollonubears

rollonubears — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:32:53 +0000

I’m gonna go with Ryan Anderson as smartest, or at least a tie there. That guy never made a mistake, and never had a down year or even an off night, it seemed. The guy did everything and quietly led by example.

By: gobears49

gobears49 — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:17:25 +0000

Two points:

1. I think there is a mistake in the positions shown above. I believe Jorge plays point guard and Justin is the shooting guard. Jeff should check.

2. The article says that Kamp is playing back to the basket more this year. I have only seen him play in a couple of games this year, so I could be wrong, but I have NEVER SEEN HIM PLAY WITH HIS BACK TO THE BASKET THIS YEAR, as he did last year. He is fabulous at doing so, so I hope to see more of that type of play for the remainder of the season.

Kamp is the smartest basketball player I have seen at Cal, and I’ve watched Cal play for four decades. Too bad he isn’t about two inches taller or he could play in the NBA.

By: David

David — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:43:56 +0000

Don’t forget Kidd.

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:56:34 +0000

Dream coaching staff (post Monty): Dennis Gates as head coach, Kamp as assistant coach.

By: Esquire Joe

Esquire Joe — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:16:24 +0000

I think it’s a pretty safe bet that, when Mike Montgomery leaves Cal, the head coach of this team will still be named Montgomery. I think it’s commonly understood that one of the reasons Monty took the job was because he wanted to groom John as a head coach. I’d be shocked if it wasn’t part of his agreement with Cal that they’d hire John as his replacement, or at least give him as much of an advantage in the hiring process as they’re allowed, given the NCAA and university rules.

But I do love the idea of Harper staying in the family and coming back soon to learn coaching in the Montgomery system. Unfortunately, though, as Jim implies above, it’s no fun being a fan of a team giving someone their first head coaching job. That’s a learning process I wouldn’t want to put up with. Better that a guy like Harper spends a few years as a Montgomery assistant and then goes off to Azusa Pacific or Sonoma State for a while to endure his growing pains.

How about we calendar the 2020-21 season for Harper’s triumphant return to the Golden Bears’ sidelines?

By: jim crow

jim crow — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:40:56 +0000

Who does not love Kamp and appreciate his intelligent, selfless, and skilled efforts to make any Cal team he is part of as good as he can?

The fact remains that projecting players, however smart, as coaches is rash and risky. Usually it is doomed to failure.

When–shudder!–the day comes to replace a retiring Monty, Cal should intelligently scour the nation for coaches who have shown outstanding success, perhaps at a smaller school, and hire accordingly. Loyalty to former players with no track record as successful head coaches should not be part of the calculus that leads to the hiring of a new coach.

By: rollonubears

rollonubears — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:39:54 +0000

Coach Kamp! That’s a great idea. If he doesn’t make it to the next level, or decide to go to Europe or whatever, they should sign him up now, and groom him to take over the reigns. I’m not sure if that’s the idea with Monty’s son, though, anyhow, I love the kid’s heart and intensity, and it would be great if he kept that in-house.

By: ken1w

ken1w — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:25:26 +0000

If Thurman can become even half as effective as Sanders-Frison was last year, Cal could have a “going big” look where Kamp has more opportunities to score.

When he’s done playing, Harper is going to be a GREAT coach…