2025 WCBB Coaches Hot Seat edition

[Sifaka]

The rise and fall of Mike Neighbors.

He seemed to have an “it” factor for a while and the winds of the transfer portal were at his back. The peak was probably in Dungee's final year and then a brief plateau followed by a mild decline and then by a sudden death spiral with recent exodus of key players.

Sorry to go all literary on you, but your comment reminded me of Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises.

“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked.

“Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.”

 

[Dillon77]

Sorry to go all literary on you, but your comment reminded me of Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises.

Nice.
Totally the wrong thread (player vs coach), but in a semi-literary vein: Game announcers referred to AJ Marotta of the Oregon State Beavers as "...the one who decided to stay." Very, very Harry Potter-ish. (j.k. rowling)

 

[CalWBBfan]

As I noted earlier, Charmin Smith ain’t going anywhere. Just signed a new extension! Smith signs 5 year extension at Cal

 

[XXXBgEast]

I literally found about this 15min before he posted it.

https://x.com/SkimMilkey/status/1899911427219218924

"Regarding the opening at Auburn: It sounds like the Auburn administration is primarily vetting minority candidates and I fully expect their pending hire will reflect as much." (Aida Barnes- U of Arizona).

 

[Vowelguy]

I literally found about this 15min before he posted it.

https://x.com/SkimMilkey/status/1899911427219218924

"Regarding the opening at Auburn: It sounds like the Auburn administration is primarily vetting minority candidates and I fully expect their pending hire will reflect as much." (Aida Barnes- U of Arizona).

So are you saying it’s gonna be Barnes?