2025 WCBB Coaches Hot Seat edition

[CalWBBfan]

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.

I get that they called Charmin, but Missouri is not the kind of institution where Smith would be happy. Raising the Bar tourney…Pride Night…etc. The culture at Cal is a much better fit on so many levels, academic and otherwise.

 

[VA Huskie]

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.

“Pee in your Cheerios” - what a disgusting thought☹️

 

[XXXBgEast]

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.

Man, its like Illinois doesn't even exist.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

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.

I met Joe back when he was at GW, he is indeed a nice guy, if a bit unusual. Still the only coach I've seen address the visiting fan group and thank them for coming.

What made him successful - and made Adia's reputation at Arizona - was having the right players at the right time. Granted Joe has aged, and my not have it anymore, but he also doesn't have the "right players" at the "right time". Neither does Adia. He had very talented players at GW, players that could have played in a power conference as we now see it. When your players are largely average - it is very hard to be much more than average.