courtside Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 I'd be surprised if ND didn't make the Final Four next year, her 3rd as HC. They were a few seconds from the Elite 8 this year. They return every major contributor, (Dodson is getting a waiver) and they add KK Bransford. Niele is going to win very big there, just as she did as an assistant coach, and as a player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 2 hours ago, 3star_recruit said: I think she's only 29. That's probably the right level. When the press release came out that announced Coach Stone's firing, no timeline was given for hiring a coach. Makes me think that the coaches they were pursuing were still in the tournament. She's 39. HS class of 2001, college 2005. My age/class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Just now, Pistol said: She's 39. HS class of 2001, college 2005. My age/class. Thanks for the correction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Last time they hired Stone it took for Fing ever. May is very deliberate. 3star_recruit and A10Ref like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 I would have thought that May would have had someone hired by now. They didn't have the transfer portal back when Lisa Stone was hired, after all. I couldn't find where any of the current team has decided to go this year in the transfer portal, but clearly players know where to go if they want to. Have any of commitments for next year backed out yet? If you want to build on whats there and improve things, not watch it backslide, you can't take forever on this hire these days, its too easy to lose players. It would be nice to have an exciting team that put more people in seats. It was pretty empty this year most games... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheA_Bomb Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 I was excited about the possibility of Durrett coming to SLU from Texas. She's been Associate Head Coach for Vic Schaeffer who has done so well at Miss St and UT only getting beat in the Elite 8 by the defending national champion in a really terribly officiated game. Really good pick up for the Roos in my opinion. Who else is out there? Random WBB thought remember back when Wash U had that unbeaten run in the 90s? Coulda' hired that coach at SLU back in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettJollyComedyHour Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 3 hours ago, cheeseman said: Last time they hired Stone it took for Fing ever. May is very deliberate. I'm just frickin' worried about who they get and I want to know soon. I really liked Coach Stone and maybe had rose colored glasses in thinking she'd be here for a while longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetorch Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 33 minutes ago, TheA_Bomb said: I was excited about the possibility of Durrett coming to SLU from Texas. She's been Associate Head Coach for Vic Schaeffer who has done so well at Miss St and UT only getting beat in the Elite 8 by the defending national champion in a really terribly officiated game. Really good pick up for the Roos in my opinion. Who else is out there? Random WBB thought remember back when Wash U had that unbeaten run in the 90s? Coulda' hired that coach at SLU back in the day. She turned us down. Twice i think. She sucked at Illinois. BuiltFordBills likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A10Ref Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 3 hours ago, cheeseman said: Last time they hired Stone it took for Fing ever. May is very deliberate. He definitely takes his time. It’s typically worked. I think there are a few good HCs out there that would really help this program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
courtside Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Texas A&M hired Joni Taylor from Georgia last week. Yesterday, SIUC hired long time Texas A&M assistant Kelly Bond-White to be its Head Coach. (Long time Aggie Head Coach Gary Blair retired after this season.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Plitzuweit off the board Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
courtside Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 One of the interesting hires the other day was Beth Cunningham to Missouri State Former Notre Dame player and VCU HC. She had a consistent WNIT level team there over several years. She left to be an assistant at Notre Dame.She wasn’t (obviously) going to get hired as Head Coach there over Ivey. When Niele Ivey became Notre Dame’s HC, Ivey kept assistants Owens and Mabrey, but also brought back Washington as an assistant. Ivey is close with all three. Cunningham went to Duke as an assistant for Kara Lawson for a couple of seasons before getting hired as HC at Missouri State. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 https://theathletic.com/2917547/2021/11/01/22-assistant-womens-basketball-coaches-ready-to-lead-their-own-programs/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 11 minutes ago, JMM28 said: https://theathletic.com/2917547/2021/11/01/22-assistant-womens-basketball-coaches-ready-to-lead-their-own-programs/ What is your password? I can’t see the article as it is protected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Or at this point are they looking at a D2 coach who wants to move up to D1? Maybe Amy Eagan at Drury? She was voted D2 Coach of the year last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midtown Madness Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 52 minutes ago, Lord Elrond said: Or at this point are they looking at a D2 coach who wants to move up to D1? Maybe Amy Eagan at Drury? She was voted D2 Coach of the year last year. Chris May should be very familiar with the trappings of hiring someone named coach of the year.... cheeseman likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almaman Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 1 hour ago, Midtown Madness said: Chris May should be very familiar with the trappings of hiring someone named coach of the year.... haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettJollyComedyHour Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 For what it's worth, too, Ciaja grad transferred to Vanderbilt minus Brooke and Natalie, this team is a bit of a husk right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Elrond Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 I thought Brooke Flowers was coming back? I did see Natalie McNeal entered the portal. With Brooke back, I think this team still bottom half of the A10 next year. Without her and Natalie, somewhere in the bottom 3 or 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettJollyComedyHour Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 1 minute ago, Lord Elrond said: I thought Brooke Flowers was coming back? I did see Natalie McNeal entered the portal. With Brooke back, I think this team still bottom half of the A10 next year. Without her and Natalie, somewhere in the bottom 3 or 4. I didn't see Natalie enter the portal. We literally have no one but Brooke next year who has played consistently. Kylie Bess maybe, but otherwise... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 1 hour ago, BrettJollyComedyHour said: I didn't see Natalie enter the portal. We literally have no one but Brooke next year who has played consistently. Kylie Bess maybe, but otherwise... LSU literally had 0 players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A10Ref Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 10 hours ago, BrettJollyComedyHour said: For what it's worth, too, Ciaja grad transferred to Vanderbilt minus Brooke and Natalie, this team is a bit of a husk right now. Team was a bit of a husk for the past 12 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
courtside Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 16 hours ago, Lord Elrond said: Or at this point are they looking at a D2 coach who wants to move up to D1? Maybe Amy Eagan at Drury? She was voted D2 Coach of the year last year. Inheriting a 32-0 team is good if you can get it. But she had some turnover and still did very well. In all seriousness, her ability to build at Truman State and get them to their first NCAA Tourney in almost a half a century stands out quite a bit. She is a good coach. She just doesn’t have the experience at a higher level yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
courtside Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 18 hours ago, JMM28 said: https://theathletic.com/2917547/2021/11/01/22-assistant-womens-basketball-coaches-ready-to-lead-their-own-programs/ Obviously there has been some movement with some of these since this piece. SLU has had to decide if they want to do attract a Carla Morrow, who checks a lot of boxes of successful experience in WNBA, Power 5, A-10, regional experience, or entice a successful mid major coach such as Bart Brooks. Either way it will take a commitment to winning and being successful. My understanding is SLU has a coach and they will make an announcement soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettJollyComedyHour Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 31 minutes ago, A10Ref said: Team was a bit of a husk for the past 12 months I'd gently push back and say we could have been top half of the A10 if we weren't plagued by injury the entire season. A healthy for the whole season Ciaja, MST, Brooke, Kylie Bess, and Natalie McNeal wouldn't be winning the titles, but they'd put up respectable numbers. A10Ref likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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