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Some of those names include Duke assistant Tia Jackson, Georgia Tech coach MaChelle Joseph, Temple coach Dawn Staley and former longtime Stanford assistant Julie Plank.
A front-runner among the pack, though, could be Florida State coach Sue Semrau |
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| Posted: 03/29/07 3:36 pm ::: Re: Washington search shifts gears |
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| Would Washington be better than Florida State or Georgia Tech?
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| Posted: 03/29/07 3:37 pm ::: |
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| Hmmmmm. I'd rather have Joseph back in the Big 10 by taking on the challenge of creating a viable Michigan team.
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| Posted: 03/29/07 3:44 pm ::: Re: Washington search shifts gears |
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| Would Washington be better than Florida State or Georgia Tech? |
Yup. Easier conference. Plus, Washington state has some nice recruiting grounds.
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| Posted: 03/29/07 4:43 pm ::: Re: Washington search shifts gears |
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| Would Washington be better than Florida State or Georgia Tech? |
Yup. Easier conference. Plus, Washington state has some nice recruiting grounds. |
Exactly and they wouldn't have to face UNC, Maryland and Duke every year.
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| Posted: 03/29/07 4:45 pm ::: |
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| Why would an easier conference necessarily be more attractive to a coach?
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| Posted: 03/29/07 4:51 pm ::: |
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| Why would an easier conference necessarily be more attractive to a coach? |
More wins = more $$$
This is a business. Coaches are paid to win. They get all kinds of bonuses for winning conference (tournament) titles, reaching the NCAA tournament, making the Sweet 16, reaching a FF, etc.
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| Posted: 03/29/07 4:55 pm ::: Re: Washington search shifts gears |
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| Exactly and they wouldn't have to face UNC, Maryland and Duke every year. |
Exactly. Semrau hasn't defeated one of those three teams the last two seasons (and this was despite playing Duke, UNC, and Maryland once each AT HOME this season)
I think GT has Maryland figured out, but they haven't been able to break through against UNC and Duke in years.
If I were Washington's AD, I'm not sure if I'd go after Joseph just yet. She's just one year removed from a 2-12 ACC season. Based on her track record, she's likely to go sub-0.500 again in the ACC before going above 0.500 in league play.
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| Posted: 03/29/07 4:59 pm ::: Re: Washington search shifts gears |
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| Would Washington be better than Florida State or Georgia Tech? |
Yup. Easier conference. Plus, Washington state has some nice recruiting grounds. |
Exactly and they wouldn't have to face UNC, Maryland and Duke every year. |
It is yet to be seen what will happen to Duke long-term without GG. If the amount of institutional support is as low as it sounds, they may well have trouble getting another coach near her caliber.
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| Posted: 03/29/07 5:03 pm ::: |
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| PurdueBBall3 wrote: |
| Why would an easier conference necessarily be more attractive to a coach? |
More wins = more $$$
This is a business. Coaches are paid to win. They get all kinds of bonuses for winning conference (tournament) titles, reaching the NCAA tournament, making the Sweet 16, reaching a FF, etc. |
But isn't that relative? Besides, if one wins in a weak conference at a school that doesn't have deep pockets, I can't imagine that it would be a better, more satisfying, and ultimately more lucrative venue then placing yourself in a solid conference and building from there. Harder? Sure. Better? Probably. But I can see your point for resume building.
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| Posted: 03/30/07 4:05 am ::: |
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Or maybe she wanted to continue playing with Nzekwe and they collectively wanted to get away from the recruiting scandal from their high school by getting out of dodge.
On another note, Michelle Marciniak's name has also come up in the local papers as a possible candidate for the job. She's got more name recognition locally than any of the other candidates and would do more to bring the Storm fans over into being UW fans, which Turner has stated as a goal for the program.
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| Posted: 03/30/07 11:04 pm ::: Re: Washington search shifts gears |
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| Would Washington be better than Florida State or Georgia Tech? |
Weather-wise, Washington is a step down.
If you're look at rednecks per capita, it's a step up from Florida State and Georgia Tech.
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| Posted: 03/30/07 11:24 pm ::: Re: Washington search shifts gears |
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| Would Washington be better than Florida State or Georgia Tech? |
Weather-wise, Washington is a step down.
If you're look at rednecks per capita, it's a step up from Florida State and Georgia Tech.
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Georgia Tech is in Atlanta, with a metropolitan population quite a bit bigger an Seattle. I don't think "rednecks" are a big concern there.
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| Posted: 03/31/07 2:16 pm ::: |
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| I wasn't saying the kids had anything to be ashamed of. Just that being asked about the scandal would happen all the time if they were at the UW, not so much at UCLA. I think the biggest thing is that they wanted to be a package deal and when Nzekwe decided on UCLA, Regina did too. A possible factor in that is that when Nzekwe decided, WA only had 1 schollie left because of the Kiwi and Bennett from Cali, so that in order to continue playing together they had to go elsewhere.
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| Posted: 03/31/07 3:07 pm ::: |
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| i don't understand why no one (at least, of what i've seen) has promoted the name of julie plank to get a shot at coaching. can anyone tell me?
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| Posted: 03/31/07 6:45 pm ::: |
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| Who is Julie Plank? The name sounds familiar...
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| Posted: 03/31/07 7:59 pm ::: |
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Sort of impacts her ability to create a buzz among the fan base if you're not sure who she is.
A good coach without question but a hire to generate buzz, not really.
Yes winning generates buzz, but the right hire can get a buzz started before he/she coaches a game.
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and I don't expect the new coach can arrange to change the weather 