I wasn’t exactly expecting a big name hire here but what I was told from a player very early on in this process was that the coaching staff wanted someone who was experienced and someone who had proven abilities in DEVELOPING players. That’s big for the coaching staff and as this player told me it’s important to guys in the program. They want to be put in the best position to be successful and I don’t think as likable as the two departing coaches were that they instilled any longterm hopes in thse guys.

Locklin brings experience to the table, he’s a players coach which will help balance the staff out a little and I think you’ll see he has done a fairly good job of developing talent at Fresno. With an improved program and players he could do even better. I’ll do a closer look into both Locklin and MIller sometime next week perhaps in a couple of Get to Know segments.

In addition based on the three names I’ve heard as finalists, we really couldn’t have gone wrong but I felt like Locklin might have been the guy that would be the hungriest of the group.

those typically aren’t added to the list until the final team rankings come out…I noticed it in there today as well and found it curious, it’s probably more normal that it not be included yet so I wouldn’t worry. Copeland is on campus and participating in workouts.