WBB: Kennedy-Hopoate transferring out
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I agree with everything in your analysis. But help me to understand your conclusion. If what BF is doing can't work in todays game, and if BF can't recruit players for the current WBB game, and if BF is inappropriately berating players, and if BF has an ineffective staff, and most of all, if BF can't change these things, why do you want him to remain as coach? What is to be gained by allowing him to continue coaching ISU WBB?
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Sorry I missed those letters. Would like to have read them as on the first player there were maybe some issues that would have been interesting to know since I know people who live a couple houses away from her parents. As to Jess, what happened to her was terrible.She was my favorite player ( I even got into it with one of our fans in KC during the tourney the year before when he started berating her) on that team and I was there that night he went after her. I thought it was on called for as she was playing just like the others at the time.
I fully know that BF has his flaws but I wonder when the biggest example of his misconduct that continues to be brought up is from six years ago with Schroll (btw - also when he was dealing with throat cancer). I go to pretty much every game and do not think that he is any harder on our players than any other coach in the B12.
Fair question. Not sure I have a great answer. I guess I am a loyal person, I respect loyalty. I think Bill deserves to go out on his own terms. Glad I am not Jamie. Maybe I am just afraid to “pull the trigger”. - as if it is my choice. Sorry, best I can do. BTW - I did not mean the whole staff was ineffective.
The throat cancer is no excuse for what he did. Bill's conduct on the sideline and in practices are not what I would expect of a head coach.
She win's. That is more than what I can say about the ISU program right now. Losing attendance and not winning.
I can tell you don't watch/follow very many women's teams. watch a few games and while at times Bill has gone too far he is not the exception but more in line with many coaches I have observed.
Drake plays in the little league of conferences. That's why an undefeated conference champion got such a low seed. They have a zero resume.
She might be able to coach at a high level, but can she recruit the kind of players you need to be successful in the Big 12? That's another level compared to the MVC.
Everyone obviously knows there aren't any good posts in the jucos.
Oklahoma http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31000&ATCLID=208398804
Purdue https://www.jconline.com/story/spor...r-college-post-commits-purdue-women/93120826/
Hopoate is kind of a mystery. ESPN ranks the best jucos and she was the top post in the country. So, are the rankings that bad or is there something else at play here? In my mind she just never found her "rhythm" this year. Just seemed out of sync. Was it the adjustment to this level of ball? Only she and the coaches know.
What's wrong with your statement is that he really hasn't lost key players. The lists have been published and very, very few had any major impact on the program.
Not that it matters to this thread but I would guess she can probably recruit. She's already probably recruiting better than everyone else in her league. It can't be all coaching x's and o's to go 18-0 back to back years. Lisa Bluder was successful enough at Drake to get the Iowa job and she never ran the board in the league.
Unless you hire a successful P5 coach away from someone else it's always going to be a question as to how well someone adapts to a bigger stage.
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Everyone obviously knows there aren't any good posts in the jucos.
Oklahoma http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31000&ATCLID=208398804
Purdue https://www.jconline.com/story/spor...r-college-post-commits-purdue-women/93120826/
Hopoate is kind of a mystery. ESPN ranks the best jucos and she was the top post in the country. So, are the rankings that bad or is there something else at play here? In my mind she just never found her "rhythm" this year. Just seemed out of sync. Was it the adjustment to this level of ball? Only she and the coaches know.
Actually I don't think ESPN ranks JC WBB at all. What was quoted at the time was some services I'd never heard of, "Kennedy-Hopoate was rated the No. 1 JUCO prospect from All Star Girls Report and the No. 2 prospect from Jump Off Plus." Had to look them up, ASGR is subscription and not something I ever see referenced. Jump Off is a very spendy coaches only subscription.
Hopefully the paid services reported her actual real height and not the imaginary one published. And I never bought the she's not in shape because she had to study all summer. I get not in full basketball shape but totally out of shape was not encouraging. For whatever reason, she was over hyped.
So what happened to this Diagne post that Purdue took. I've never seen her name ever listed in a Purdue box score one single time?Everyone obviously knows there aren't any good posts in the jucos.
Oklahoma http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31000&ATCLID=208398804
Purdue https://www.jconline.com/story/spor...r-college-post-commits-purdue-women/93120826/
Hopoate is kind of a mystery. ESPN ranks the best jucos and she was the top post in the country. So, are the rankings that bad or is there something else at play here? In my mind she just never found her "rhythm" this year. Just seemed out of sync. Was it the adjustment to this level of ball? Only she and the coaches know.
She is shown on the roster but you are correct it does not show her playing at all. She must have gotten hurt (was hurt at the JuCo level) and sat out the season.
Flashback: All of this JC talk has reminded me that 10 years ago juco Jocelyn Anderson helped save our season when Weiben had her knee injury. She was supposed to be a role playing depth player but ended up starting and holding her own with rebounding and blocks.
Bad year for injuries as Ross also tore an ACL. The Ross injury happened seconds before the half about five rows from my seats that day in Minnesota. Knew immediately it was BAD.
/endflashback
Bad year for injuries as Ross also tore an ACL. The Ross injury happened seconds before the half about five rows from my seats that day in Minnesota. Knew immediately it was BAD.
/endflashback
I was at that game as well.Flashback: All of this JC talk has reminded me that 10 years ago juco Jocelyn Anderson helped save our season when Weiben had her knee injury. She was supposed to be a role playing depth player but ended up starting and holding her own with rebounding and blocks.
Bad year for injuries as Ross also tore an ACL. The Ross injury happened seconds before the half about five rows from my seats that day in Minnesota. Knew immediately it was BAD.
/endflashback
It’s not as big of a difference as men’s basketball. Actually Drake might be a better program than Iowa State right now. Jenny could get it done at Iowa State. I have no doubt on that.
Not so fast. I really admire Jenny for the job she's done. But i don't think anyone on this board can predict her success at a big school. Remember the Drake coach (name ?) that everyone was slobbering over that went to Wisconsin a few years ago and laid an egg? Let's see how she does against TX A&M - that should tell us something.
Not so fast. I really admire Jenny for the job she's done. But i don't think anyone on this board can predict her success at a big school. Remember the Drake coach (name ?) that everyone was slobbering over that went to Wisconsin a few years ago and laid an egg? Let's see how she does against TX A&M - that should tell us something.
