[Updated]: Hobbs gets a new man-toy.

It goes by the name of Brian Ellerbe who will be Hobbs' assistant this year as Mr. Brooks left for his alma mater Bowie State.  Brian here is a Maryland native who coincidentally went to Bowie High. He coached @ Loyola-Md from 94-97 and then @ U-Mich.  from 97-01 where he was 2 games over .500.  He managed to win the Big Ten Tournament. Yet, most of his wins have been nullified due to the GREAT Chris Webber Scandal. In 98 his Big Blue squad was placed in the same South region as GW. He advanced to the 2nd round while GW did not. More on this hiring and the long term effects on Hobbs' sanity. We will also dig up where Mr. Ellerbe has been hiding during the Bush Administration. FKH puts our odds on Ellerbe chilling in Africa with Dave Chapelle in South Africa. 

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According to Sir Brian's online CV from the years '01-'03, he could have been either in Michigan (watching the beginning of the end of GM), Darkar, Senegal (in search for the next Mouhamed Sene), or with previously mentioned Dave Chappelle. However starting May of 2004 he decided to get off his ass and go to work (but not as a coach). In fact as the Vice President of Corporate Development of this company called Madison Grace Construction Services LLC in Las Vegas, NV. This has been his last position that he has held until now of course. How can Hobbs manage to hire someone that hasn't been in the game for more than 8 years. Will his company exec skills translate into player development? I doubt those skills translate into teaching  the fundamentals of basketball not only to Karl Hobbs but to incoming Freshman. 

The bad about Mr. Ellerbe from the Detroit Free-Press.

"The Brian Ellerbe era was a disaster, of course – worse, even, than people remember. Over a three-year period, Ellerbe signed 14 recruits. Nine never made it past their freshman season, mostly for acting like they were in a sequel to Animal House."

Ouch. If this trend continues for Ellerbe at GW. We wont notice a difference because, the same thing has been happening under Hobbs for the last couple of years. I guess when you have hit rock bottom, you really cant get any worse. This brings us ladies and gentlemen to BRIAN "I dont give a f***" ELLERBE.

PS. I think Coach (if we can even call him that) Hobbs would like for you to update your LinkedIn account. We hear Hoobs is anxious to show us that someone in this world is still willing to associate themself with his horrid program. We would also like Mr. Ellerbe to change his interests to solely "college basketball". We want him to cut all this "college football" and "playing golf" crap out.

Another Career Ruined: Xavier Alexander

I seems as if Xavier Alexander is going to play some NAIA ball next year for Southern Nazarene University. The once highly touted recruit who turned down multiple BCS schools has fallen hard. While SNU's academics (100% acceptance rate) is nothing to brag about, their basketball team did manage to win 20 games last season. So it looks like X is going from an A-10 school to a decent NAIA program back home. At least it is a better situation than what Miles Beatty and the recently graduated Chey Moore are in. In all honesty if Matt Allbritton could get on a D-1 team, there is no reason X couldn't. The most disturbing part of this whole ordeal is that, the school waited 4 months to release X from the program. Yet, X is another example of how Hobbs managed to turn a highly touted recruit (who has the backing of the future number 1 NBA draft pick) into just another transfer to an NAIA school . Way to screw the kid over... Was Hobbsie afraid that X may go to another A-10 school?

Our favorite quote from the article 

Keep in mind that X left GW in Jan. We wish him the best and hopes he makes his free throws. FKH would like to wager that his free throw % goes up at least 20% at SNU because they have REAL coaches.

"After leaving GW, Alexander didn't get his release until late May. Waiting four months to get his release made it tough to find a home since schools couldn't contact the former Oklahoman Super Five member. Once he did receive the release, many Division I schools, including OU and Oklahoma State, no longer had scholarships available."

Kopono-Evans Trade that forces Pops out.

Maybe the honorary mayor of Foggy Bottom can come coach the Colonials this year because it looks like the Raptors trade for Reggie Evans essentially is a move to replace Pops. 

"The first impact is that it probably spells the end of Pops Mensah-Bonsu's career in Toronto. While he was an immediate fan favorite with his hustle and energy, Evans simply does the same things a lot better and with a lot more consistency. Evans simply takes that role a step further and makes a player like Pops redundant."

So where does Pops go now?