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Amanda Butler out as Head Coach of Florida

SCspur said:
UCONN is only good at women's basketball and maybe soccer .... that's about it. Florida on the other hand has athletics out of this world, Football, Basketball, Soccer, Tennis, Track & Field you name it their Athletic Dept. is VERY wealthy.
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Let's see...4 National Championships in Men's basketball, 3 in Men's Soccer, 4 in Field Hockey...yeah, I'd say UConn is pretty damned good at sports outside of Women's Basketball.
 
vowelguy said:
Marisa Moseley is the 3rd assistant. She's not gonna be hired to coach Florida.

Vandy made a serious run at niele Ivey. Florida is a different animal, but wonder if they would consider her.

As for Meier, I think she's done a pretty good job in a very tough conference. And she has done coaching for USA basketball.
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I think the Florida position would catch anyone's attention. The resources in the athletic department (football $$$), it's location, Gainesville rep among students are all +++ attributes. But something kept it from shining before. Doubt it was "just" the coach, so figuring out what/if any institutional/administrative issues are there would be something to address by the hiring powers that be; and, an adept coach interviewing there.

That said, the flip-side of your last two points are: would Meier and Ivey be interested in Florida (if the Gators are interested in them). Meier is in a pretty darned good position in Coral Gables, signed through 2021 and pretty much able to do what she wants. And very much embedded in the community.

Ivey is in an interesting position, as well. Save for a (very) few years away, she's been at Notre Dame non-stop as a student and now a coach. On top of that, she's a single parent whose son is very close to everyone in the coaching staff and the Joyce Center ("...it takes a department"). He was in 8th grade last year and many felt if she was going to make a break, that was the natural year. That was when she interviewed at Vandy (as you brought up) and many in South Bend and McGraw's Bench were very nervous. But White was chosen over Ivey and Banghart (a great bunch of finalists), so we got to keep our guard coach and -- perhaps even more important -- recruiting coordinator. I've always thought she'd want to find an environment similar to ND, in terms academics, athletics, support from administration, community support, etc. Most have looked at private institutions -- Vandy, Stanford, Northwestern, Duke, etc. -- but those are few and far in between. And there are those that think she's the coach-in-waiting, but there's no indication MM is ready to step down and there's a fair degree of depth in that coaching tree. So, we'll see if she heads out and where.....
 
My choice would be Courtney Banghart of Princeton. She has proven she can coach. If she ever can get the Florida talent to stay at U of Fl. they'll duplicate what Brenda Frese did at Maryland and Dawn Staley at South Carolina.
 
SCspur said:
UCONN is only good at women's basketball and maybe soccer .... that's about it. Florida on the other hand has athletics out of this world, Football, Basketball, Soccer, Tennis, Track & Field you name it their Athletic Dept. is VERY wealthy.
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Remember this beat down.
 
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Scoe said:
Remember this beat down.
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Connecticut football can't hold a candle to SEC football. They probably wouldn't win a game if they were in the SEC.
 
SCspur said:
Connecticut football can't hold a candle to SEC football. They probably wouldn't win a game if they were in the SEC.
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You're right.

NOW...how did that 2010 Papa John's Bowl turn out for you?
 
SCspur said:
Connecticut football can't hold a candle to SEC football. They probably wouldn't win a game if they were in the SEC.
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Ok so you should have kicked Uconn's ass then right.
 
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HardHatGuy#2 said:
Let's see...4 National Championships in Men's basketball, 3 in Men's Soccer, 4 in Field Hockey...yeah, I'd say UConn is pretty damned good at sports outside of Women's Basketball.
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He was a little crude and short about it, but Florida is very good in quite a few sports. What surprised me was that he didn't mention softball (Florida is #1 in one of the polls) besides the ones mentioned. It can be a first rate job and they just renovated their arena, besides.
 
Charliebball said:
ramifications...players looking elsewhere

Homestead's McLaughlin reopens recruitment | Prep Plus | Journal Gazette

Karissa McLaughlin | Prospects Nation
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Yeah, I saw that. It will be interesting because a lot of the other teams she was considering -- Iowa State, Indiana, Purdue -- have all latched onto point guards. However, the other university mentioned -- Pittsburgh -- has two forwards coming in. Could be a match with McConnell-Serio? Or perhaps there are other teams....I'm kind of amazed how few early recruits the Big 1G has thus far. Indiana has the most (5) and Northwestern has a good class, but two have none (0) so far -- Ohio State and Wisconsin. Might be some options with those teams in red....
 
Too often the sport gets reduced to win-loss records, points and stats. All too easily we forget about the real emotions and relationships that any team is built on. This video, from Florida's final postgame press conference, is a good reminder of the human side of our sport (get your tissues ready):

SEC: Postgame Press Conference 3-2-17

Ronni Williams is a bona fide pro prospect, and Delicia Washington is a very promising freshman. I wish them the best.
 
SCspur said:
Connecticut football can't hold a candle to SEC football. They probably wouldn't win a game if they were in the SEC.
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SCspur - never say never. Because if you do, it usually comes back and bites you in the gluteus maximus!
 
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I assume he means Becky Hammon.
 
I would be surprised if Becky jumps to a college job right now - I am sure she could command more money and have autonomy, but she is breaking new ground right now and I think she (and I) would like to see where that goes.

Someone who doesn't get discussed is Katie Smith, who I think might be an intriguing choice, and Banghart has to be on everyone's top three list - I am a little surprised that she wasn't offered the Vanderbilt job, though I think White was a good choice.
 
UcMiami said:
Someone who doesn't get discussed is Katie Smith, who I think might be an intriguing choice, and Banghart has to be on everyone's top three list - I am a little surprised that she wasn't offered the Vanderbilt job, though I think White was a good choice.
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Speaking of Banghart, she voiced her reaction to Butler's dismissal:
 
There is talk of Vic Schaefer leaving Mississippi St. to take the position at Florida. The connection is that the Florida AD came from Miss. St., where he had previously hired Vic.
 
Fightin Choke said:
There is talk of Vic Schaefer leaving Mississippi St. to take the position at Florida. The connection is that the Florida AD came from Miss. St., where he had previously hired Vic.
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I'm not at all surprised that they would go after Schaefer, but the notion of a coach jumping to a conference rival strikes me as very odd. I know Mittie made the jump from TCU to Kansas State, but I believe that was largely because he has family in the area. Otherwise I can't think of another example of a head coach making a lateral move to a conference rival. Bruce Pearl went from Tennessee to Auburn but of course he was in NCAA jail in the interim.
 
Fightin Choke said:
There is talk of Vic Schaefer leaving Mississippi St. to take the position at Florida. The connection is that the Florida AD came from Miss. St., where he had previously hired Vic.
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That AD was also at Baylor before that in a marketing role when Kim Mulkey was hired. Now that's not to say he had anything to do with her hiring but with all the turmoil at Baylor could Mulkey wanna jump ship? She has recruited well in Florida. Prince is from the Orlando area and I think Niya Johnson was from Gainesville. Just a thought? That would certainly make the SEC interesting.
 
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Plebe said:
I'm not at all surprised that they would go after Schaefer, but the notion of a coach jumping to a conference rival strikes me as very odd. I know Mittie made the jump from TCU to Kansas State, but I believe that was largely because he has family in the area. Otherwise I can't think of another example of a head coach making a lateral move to a conference rival. Bruce Pearl went from Tennessee to Auburn but of course he was in NCAA jail in the interim.
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Mississippi State to Florida is definitely not a lateral move. The resources and ability to recruit at Florida is well beyond both at MSU. I expected Schaefer to replace Gary Blair at A&M when he retires, though.
 
cockhrnleghrn said:
Mississippi State to Florida is definitely not a lateral move. The resources and ability to recruit at Florida is well beyond both at MSU. I expected Schaefer to replace Gary Blair at A&M when he retires, though.
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I guess I just meant lateral in the sense of moving from one P5 school to another. Certainly I realize that not all P5 programs are created equal.
 
Plebe said:
Too often the sport gets reduced to win-loss records, points and stats. All too easily we forget about the real emotions and relationships that any team is built on. This video, from Florida's final postgame press conference, is a good reminder of the human side of our sport (get your tissues ready):

SEC: Postgame Press Conference 3-2-17

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You ain't never lied.. Whew.. I made it about a minute into that video before I had to close it. Just think.. There will be 63 similar press conferences in the next three weeks coming up. The ones with the senior players are the absolute toughest to watch :(
 
triaddukefan said:
You ain't never lied.. Whew.. I made it about a minute into that video before I had to close it. Just think.. There will be 63 similar press conferences in the next three weeks coming up. The ones with the senior players are the absolute toughest to watch :(
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I really feel like Butler got shafted this year by Christinaki. I think Florida could've been a tournament team with both her and Williams as dual scoring threats. They went into a tailspin after Christinaki defected and never quite recovered. One more reason not to root for Maryland.
 
I did not realize until a few minutes ago that 1) Butler played at Florida, and 2) they fired her on her birthday :oops:
 
triaddukefan said:
You ain't never lied.. Whew.. I made it about a minute into that video before I had to close it. Just think.. There will be 63 similar press conferences in the next three weeks coming up. The ones with the senior players are the absolute toughest to watch :(
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You should really stick it out long enough to hear Delicia Washington answer a reporter's question about what Ronni Williams has meant to her. It's good.
 
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