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2025 WCBB Coaches Hot Seat edition (merged)

XXXBgEast said:
TaMu : 50/50

Georgia: She'll get 1 more yr.

UVA: Mox was "50/50" as well but apparently that donation from Serena Williams husband bought her another year. That and the fact that she has recruited VERY well and they would likely lose all there players.
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All of this was common knowledge.
 
Open 6: Auburn, Mizzou, Houston, BYU, ASU, Wisconsin

P4 changes that could still happen? (Years at school)
  • ACC: SMU (4)
  • SEC: TAMU (3)
  • BiG: NWern (17), Rutgers (3)
  • B12: TxT (5), UCF (2)
Prob safe: UVa (3), Ark (8), Ariz (9)
 
Vowelguy said:
Open 6: Auburn, Mizzou, Houston, BYU, ASU, Wisconsin

P4 changes that could still happen? (Years at school)
  • ACC: SMU (4)
  • SEC: TAMU (3)
  • BiG: NWern (17), Rutgers (3)
  • B12: TxT (5), UCF (2)
Prob safe: UVa (3), Ark (8), Ariz (9)
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Word on the street is Wilson at SMU is getting another because they don’t want to buy out her contract.

I look for Joe McKweon to retire before he gets let go. May get a push from administration but he is well liked at Northwestern.
 
LETTERL said:
Is Barry Alvarez still AD? He tends to hold his coaches accountable and wants to see significant progress.
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Alvarez left in 2021.

I'm curious to see what Wisconsin does going forward. I feel like I make this post every 6 months, but here goes my Wisconsin rant/analysis:

They are in the middle of a recruiting hot bed, being located within a 4 hour drive from Minneapolis, Chicago, Milwaukee and Des Moines but haven't been able to land any top players. In state they've missed out on Megan Gustafson, Arike Ogunbowale, KK Arnold, Allie Ziebell, Lexi Donarski, and McKenna Warnock in recent years.

Women's basketball has been the notable black hole of a sports program for the last 20-30 years while every other sport has flourished for extended periods of time. They've never reached a Sweet 16 and seem to cycle through a new coaching tree every few years. They've tried hiring from Pat's coaching tree (Albright), Muffet's (Tsipis), Tara's (Kelsey) and now Geno's (Moseley) with only Albright finding some sustained success, but her teams often faltered late in the season.

There's really no reason why Wisconsin shouldn't be a top 15 program each year though. Madison is a great college town and extremely supportive of women's sports. They sell out every volleyball match and have one of the strongest fan bases in the country. When women's basketball was decent in the late 90s/early 2000s, they were among attendance leaders in the nation with Tennessee, Connecticut, Iowa State and Texas Tech. In short, all of the pieces are there for Wisconsin to be a giant in the sport, but they've never been able to find any success. Hopefully they shell out for a good coach who can recruit and build a solid team.
 
BadgerFan said:
The fact Moseley resigned is really suspicious. I have to wonder if there was some truth to the allegations of abuse, and resigning lets her safe a little face.
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Maybe that's my cynicism showing, but any time a coach who hasn't been successful "resigns," I assume they were invited to resign. They had the choice to either resign or get fired.
 
XXXBgEast said:
Your joking, right?
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No.
All 2/3 JUST happened in the past week and the UVa news is still ongoing.
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And yet--it was common knowledge to those who post here that those moves were going to happen.
 
BadgerFan said:
Alvarez hasn't been AD for 3-4 years.

The fact Moseley resigned is really suspicious. I have to wonder if there was some truth to the allegations of abuse, and resigning lets her safe a little face.
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Star Trek Reaction GIF

I will be taking a break for awhile.
 
Vowelguy said:
TBF you pretty much have to say that while the season is still going.
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Well, yes. But his answer could've been more Kenny Brooksy than it was.
 
bballnut90 said:
Alvarez left in 2021.

I'm curious to see what Wisconsin does going forward. I feel like I make this post every 6 months, but here goes my Wisconsin rant/analysis:

They are in the middle of a recruiting hot bed, being located within a 4 hour drive from Minneapolis, Chicago, Milwaukee and Des Moines but haven't been able to land any top players. In state they've missed out on Megan Gustafson, Arike Ogunbowale, KK Arnold, Allie Ziebell, Lexi Donarski, and McKenna Warnock in recent years.

Women's basketball has been the notable black hole of a sports program for the last 20-30 years while every other sport has flourished for extended periods of time. They've never reached a Sweet 16 and seem to cycle through a new coaching tree every few years. They've tried hiring from Pat's coaching tree (Albright), Muffet's (Tsipis), Tara's (Kelsey) and now Geno's (Moseley) with only Albright finding some sustained success, but her teams often faltered late in the season.

There's really no reason why Wisconsin shouldn't be a top 15 program each year though. Madison is a great college town and extremely supportive of women's sports. They sell out every volleyball match and have one of the strongest fan bases in the country. When women's basketball was decent in the late 90s/early 2000s, they were among attendance leaders in the nation with Tennessee, Connecticut, Iowa State and Texas Tech. In short, all of the pieces are there for Wisconsin to be a giant in the sport, but they've never been able to find any success. Hopefully they shell out for a good coach who can recruit and build a solid team.
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New era. I don't want to pee in your Cheerios but I really don't think in the time of super leagues and NIL that a team that has not done anything in decades is going to be able to suddenly emerge as a power. Good (but not by no means great) WBB programs, like my Cyclones, are going to have a tough time even staying "good" here in Wisconsin's Midwest region. Throw in a soon to retire coach at ISU into the mix of NIL and super leagues and we might be in some big trouble especially if the coach runs out his watch with a senior class and nothing in the roster pipeline behind it. I seriously believe we have a two year window for a league title and NCAA run and then a period of great uncertainty and a real possibility or just wondering in the wilderness of WNIT and the like.

My hometown Gophers, another regional team to Wisconsin, continue to struggle even with a good fan base and a hot region for players. The best they have been able to do is "okay".

Of course it is not impossible, just improbable like TCU catching lightning in a bottle with a new coach and portal home runs but can they actually sustain that? Going to be tough act to follow for Mark Campbell but he's impressed so far.

With that said, I'd kill to have the Badgers volleyball success in any of ISU's women's sports.
 
12au said:
Mittie said unequivocally he's not interested in Mizzou job. Sounds like they're going after him anyway. I looked up his hometown and it's pretty much in the middle between Manhattan and Columbia.

www.nytimes.com

Women’s college basketball coaching carousel: Kellie Harper or Jeff Mittie to Mizzou?

Auburn, Arizona State and BYU are among programs looking for new coaches. Who might they hire?
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
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He won't last five year at Missouri. He's never tasted a Sweet Sixteen in 26 seasons at TCU and KSU and both schools have been content with that. Would be a big risk to move and have goals and expectations he could not meet being applied. He can stay in the watered down Big 12 and survive as a middling team till be retires. No way he is up to building a program in a strong SEC.

Just my unqualified Big 12 guy opinion. ;)
 
HuskyFan1125 said:
Word on the street is Wilson at SMU is getting another because they don’t want to buy out her contract.

I look for Joe McKweon to retire before he gets let go. May get a push from administration but he is well liked at Northwestern.
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Being a nice guy has kept Uncle Joe around for a few years. It's becomes increasingly apparent, particularly since Veronica Burton left, that whatever once made him effective at GW and N'Western (for awhile) is not there anymore. Time to move on or sink further into the basement. Northwestern can fill a certain niche in the B1G (see Vandy & SEC), but the administration has to pay a good, youngish, energetic coach and give them a few years to establish a groundwork.
 
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Vowelguy said:
Ahh Charmin Smith is an interesting one. Definitely had a good year at Cal, and seems to have finally turned a corner.
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She's relied heavily on a blend of transfers, all of whom are out of eligibility, so this could be a good time to look...particularly if that position is in your home state (Smith, like Niele Ivey, is from St. Louis).
 
CalWBBfan said:
Charmin Smith won’t leave Berkeley. Are you kidding me?
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Skim's reporting on interviews. For all we know they made a request to talk and she did it out of courtesy. Considering she's local, per another poster, it's not a huge stretch.

Some posters have said the same about Mittie, who is also on this list. The name I'm curious about is the one Skim didn't mention.
 
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