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SECbbfan24 said:
There is zero logic, any connections, or reason to leave UCONN for Baylor

Kim at least lived in Louisiana majority of her life, has a lot of strong connections, and has family locally.
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The logic is they want the best coach in basketball. They don’t care about ties or reasons
 
I’m so glad Joni Taylor is staying at Georgia. I didn’t really see her leaving because she seems like she likes Athens and her players love her.
 
Vowelguy said:
I believe the Ark coach has kids with his unmarried partner. Seems like a deal breaker for Baylor.
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I keep tellin' y'all, my dark horse candidate would be PERFECT for Baylor and Waco. Move over Joanna Gaines.

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HuskyFan1125 said:
I’m so glad Joni Taylor is staying at Georgia. I didn’t really see her leaving because she seems like she likes Athens and her players love her.
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Me too; I never saw her as a fit at Baylor.
 
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Baylor candidates: (that SICEM seems to be talking about the most)

1. Joni Taylor - Doesn't appear to be interested. Next.

2. Sytia Messer - Good choice, but always concern about promoting from within. Could be considered a lazy pick, tho those are not always bad.

3. Molly Miller - No Division 1 experience. Seems to be below Baylor standards, but if she's bad she'll be quickly disposed of similar to Nikki McCray Penson and only 2 or 3 years are wasted. Seems to be a no biggie/doesn't hurt to try kinda thing. If Baylor history holds strong, they won't slide down to an unrecognizably bad level. I'm not advocating for her hiring, just not sure who Baylor really has at this point.

I'm guessing Geno, Jeff, Brenda, and Dawn aren't coming. And it doesn't appear they really want Close.
 
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SimpleDawg said:
Baylor candidates: (that SICEM seems to be talking about the most)

1. Joni Taylor - Doesn't appear to be interested. Next.

2. Sytia Messer - Good choice, but always concern about promoting from within. Could be considered a lazy pick, tho those are not always bad.

3. Molly Miller - No Division 1 experience. Seems to be below Baylor standards, but if she's bad she'll be quickly disposed of similar to Nikki McCray Penson and only 2 or 3 years are wasted. Seems to be a no biggie/doesn't hurt to try kinda thing. If Baylor history holds strong, they won't slide down to an unrecognizably bad level. I'm not advocating for her hiring, just not sure who Baylor really has at this point.

I'm guessing Geno, Jeff, Brenda, and Dawn aren't coming. And it doesn't appear they really want Close.
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Miller is currently a Division 1 Head Coach at Grand Canyon University, so she does have Division 1 experience.

She did pretty well in her first year at Grand Canyon. She’s very much a “roll the dice” hire due to her lack of Power 5 experience, but her win percentage speaks for itself.
 
I'll just say that most of the people on the Baylor board talking about Molly Miller are interested in her for reasons outside her coaching ability. She seems like a fine coach, but would need a couple more years of success before being considered for a job of this caliber.
 
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Dillon77 said:
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.
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I posted this in the "Baylor Search" thread a bit ago. I'll stick with these cards.... ;)
 


Expect movement on this soon. If I had to guess I’d say it’s Megan Duffy but that ain’t worth much.
 
Bear11 said:


Expect movement on this soon. If I had to guess I’d say it’s Megan Duffy but that ain’t worth much.
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Agreed - Megan Duffy, Nicki Collen, or one of the Baylor assistants (Brock or Messer).
 
skilz said:
Agreed - Megan Duffy, Nicki Collen, or one of the Baylor assistants (Brock or Messer).
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Is Nicki Collen related to Tom Collen (former coach at Louisville and, later, at Arkansas?)
 
Gamecockfan77 said:
Why is the Florida Gulf Coast coach still at Florida Gulf Coast?
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Maybe he’s happy there?

nice place to live and he’s got that job for life pretty much

if you go for a bigger job you uproot your family and in 5 years you could be unemployed. Obviously most people consider it worth the risk but maybe not everyone.

and/or he will only leave for a few places and if those don’t happen he’s content where he is
 
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Vowelguy said:
if you go for a bigger job you uproot your family and in 5 years you could be unemployed. Obviously most people consider it worth the risk but maybe not everyone.
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While true you can make bank during that period as well ;)
 
Yes, Nikki is Tom’s wife. She was an AC on Tom’s last few staffs at Arkansas, and she was a very, very good coach — she was responsible for the defense, and those last couple of Collen teams were pretty tough on D.

I think this is a smart hire, but one that isn’t likely to be a “wow” hire.
 
Good hire, my Bear friends from the West. You can leave Molly Miller to us next year. :)

When I heard Rhodes flew to Atlanta this morning, I was sure he was personally coming for Joni Taylor, but this is possibly a better hire.
 
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Go/huskies said:
Big question is can she get top talent to Waco.
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I think former WNBA coaches would be attractive to recruits who have WNBA goals. She also seems to have a rah rah personality that is popular. Guessing her salary took a massive bump
 
SECbbfan24 said:
I’m not familiar with Messer but is she a good recruiter?
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Baylor fans seem to think so. I think BU’s HS recruiting has dipped over the past 2-3 years, but that might not be due to Messer.
Vowelguy said:
SoCal job?
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Interesting. Arkansas has an open assistant position after Osahor left for Oklahoma, but ... I think that Messer (who was at Arkansas when Blair was on the staff) is probably too senior for it.
 
Go/huskies said:
Question is can she get top talent to Waco. “I know what it will take to get to the WNBA” could be a decent recruiting pitch.
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Vic is gonna get all the Texas recruits now.
 
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