I'm completely in agreement with you on this.
On top of that, Kim is one of thosec coaches who is completely an institution unto herself: she'd be a very, very tough act to duplicate. Since Baylor really had no women's hoops before she came about, add in UcMiami's point and I think the pool is actually not as large as one might think in Baylor wants to not take too drastic a cha-cha. My thoughts:
1) Stay in-house with assistants who have both had HC experience.
- Associate Coach Bill Brock has been her right-hand for ages. He coaches the posts, which is a Baylor strength and he makes all the defensive calls, which is another strength. At his age, this could be his last chance at a HC gig. Assures some degree of continuity with current players and incoming recruits/transfers. Can also buy Baylor administration some tme to find a long-range successor.
- Sytia Messer. If Brock coaches the bigs, guess who recruited them? She's brought in two #1-rated classes. Yes, they may not have signed, but the boss probably had something to do with that.
2) Find someone who, if they don't get Baylor (at least initially), get Texas.
- Mark Kellogg, current coach at Stephen Austin and at West Texas befoe that. Got the connections to make those teams successful. If he has the Baylor brand in-state, he can potentially get the players he needs.
Now, we'll see if Kim actually pulls the trigger on this and heads to Baton Rouge.
