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ajdawg7 · Posted: 03/09/10 10:29 pm ::: Guess the seat wasn't so hot after all

Tia Jackson will be back on the UW sideline next season.

Pardon me while I go throw up.

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scullyfu · Posted: 03/09/10 10:56 pm :::

here's the link to the story:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/womenshoopsblog/

what makes me laugh about this story, is i recall lots of seattle folks bemoaning the fact that udub didn't go after a 'name' coach, namely gail g. can you imagine telling gail that they'd pay her $180k? LOL

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norwester · Posted: 03/09/10 11:21 pm :::

ajdawg7 · Posted: 03/09/10 11:21 pm :::

Todd Turner = Biggest Idiot in College Athletics

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fancy_daniel · Posted: 03/10/10 2:31 am :::

Happycappie25 · Posted: 03/10/10 4:00 am :::

I agree they just don't wanna pay the buyout. Besides that just looks like the dreaded Mafia Kiss vote of confidence. She better make the tourney next year or she gonna be gone methinks. This vote of confidence looks as damning as the one Norm Roberts got last year from St. Johns, coast is NOT clear for Ms. Jackson, just that she will be back next year.

And yeah, Invest in your school geniuses!

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pilight · Posted: 03/10/10 7:49 am :::

They survived Daugherty going 8-22 in her 4th season. No reason they can't let Jackson get to a 4th season.

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Queenie · Posted: 03/10/10 8:01 am :::

I'm thinking that they didn't want to have to worry about a buyout in this economy- look how penny-pinching they sound from the article. Now, when her contract runs out, if she hasn't gotten her shit together, I expect her to be kicked out so hard that the first bounce will be somewhere in Idaho.

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FS02 · Posted: 03/10/10 9:12 am :::

Uh... I'll go with pilight and fancy_daniel as the voices of reason here.

Coaches usually don't get fired when the team is improving. Nice lukewarm endorsement from the AD though. He needs to choose his words better.

ajdawg7 · Posted: 03/12/10 12:07 am :::

calbearman76 · Posted: 03/12/10 1:51 am :::

It's good to see that now that she doesn't have to worry about whether she will be back she can get back to her coaching.

This just in Washington 42 Oregon State 52. Good job Tia.

ClayK · Posted: 03/12/10 1:11 pm :::

Yet another program gets what it pays for ...

And you wonder why the Pac-10 is down? How many coaches in the Pac-10 make what an average Big 121 coach makes?

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stats47 · Posted: 03/12/10 9:56 pm :::

With a solid scorer in Whitcomb, a big post presence in Rogers, and a supporting cast including Argens, Rozier, and McLellan...I feel like Washington has a pretty talented roster. They should have accomplished something. Confused

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bgsufalcon24 · Posted: 03/12/10 10:05 pm :::

fancy_daniel · Posted: 03/12/10 10:39 pm :::

ClayK · Posted: 03/13/10 12:21 pm :::

An excellent point ... where should the money come from?

Here's the logic:

It is possible to generate revenue from women's basketball, as the Big 12 has shown. Granted, you can't make enough money to pay for the programs, but you can make something.

Apparently, many BCS schools feel that an investment in women's basketball pays off, in a variety of ways, from increased attendance, free publicity, donor interest, etc. Some of those BCS schools are in the Pac-10.

It may well be that Washington has decided that it can't justify investing in women's basketball, though the word was they fired June Daugherty because attendance was down. Both Washington and Oregon have shown in the past they can attract fans, so there's some potential there.

It could be that USC and UCLA both feel women's basketball will never generate enough income to offset an increased investment, but it certainly has more potential than track or softball or, most likely, baseball. It seems to me, though, that collegiate athletic programs should be doing their best to uncover every source of revenue and publicity, and women's basketball, again as the Big 12 shows, can supply both.

As for the Pac-10 men this year, last year the conference was considered the best in the nation, so I don't think it's fair to say it's collapsed. If the trend continues, and the salaries for coaches go down in the future, then I think you have a point -- but I'm far from convinced either will happen.

Finally, I think there is an obligation to support women's sports to some extent, and I'm not sure USC and UCLA have sincerely tried to do that (though it's conceivable their volleyball coaches get paid at the top of the scale).

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ajdawg7 · Posted: 03/13/10 1:11 pm :::

Fan support was a factor, but here's the real reason Turner sent her packing (and subsequently hired Tia).

Money - He thought that he could get the same results at a cheaper price.

Results - The program had plateaued at the 18-20 win mark and wasn't going to go any further.

The reason he hired Tia was two-fold.

Bargain basement price

The social statement (Willingham, Romar, Jackson)

Before you get bent out of shape, hear me out, because I'm not saying what you think I am. I for one was and am proud that the UW was the first school in the country with African-Americans in the 3 highest profile coaching positions.

The problem is that Romar can coach, Willingham and Jackson can't.

I could honestly care less about a coaches race, gender, age, sexual orientation etc, what matters to me is the results, how they handle the program (ie player development, college experience etc) and how they represent the university.

The results for Jackson have been abysmal (record setting losses, worst winning percentage in school history), outside of Whitcomb (who's a gym rat and would have gotten as good as she is without Tia) no one's better because of Tia Jackson, and from what I've seen, she treats her players like crap and is quick to throw them under the bus for losses. When you make comments like "these things happen" (after the record setting losses), "somebody had to be picked to finish last and it just happened to be us" (which had never happened at UW before) and "we're very close to being on the national map" (after a road trip in which we lost by 77 and outscored 180-80 in 2 games), it does not cast a good light on the university.

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marty · Posted: 03/14/10 9:19 pm :::

Yikes, a 77 point loss! This sounds like a really bad situation for the UW players.

colt13 · Posted: 03/14/10 9:46 pm :::

ajdawg7 · Posted: 03/15/10 9:19 pm :::

calbearman76 · Posted: 03/15/10 9:40 pm :::

Hey she made the post season. Washington is playing in the WBI.

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