Adia - rather than "not-improving" I would go for "not changing with the times". One result of an old school mentality about playing time, and roles, and all the rest of that is perhaps a difficulty in retaining players who don't want to be a sporadic sub, or be needed to play a position that doesn't showcase their skills so well, etc. As far as it goes, I think most of her players liked her well enough and I'm not sure her recruiting was a real problem.
Becky - I fully believe she is improving her roster based on early commits. She was in a no-win situation coming aboard so late. The team - as I have said before - is a high level non-power conference team this year. The players have talent, but I don't see anyone that would be starting on a good Power 4 team. This is not Becky's fault, nor is the putrid OOC schedule a negative - regardless of how much she actually had to do with it and how much was left over from the prior staff.
I am hopeful of success going forward (certainly next year will be an improvement) but I am cautious. Becky needs to prove that she can coach at this level.
There are also a few things that I am slightly displeased with, although I'm sure no one else cares. In 30 years of following WBB she is the first coach I remember taking "center stage" as players are introduced - with many coaches ignoring it and others standing along the side and getting a fist bump. I don't begrudge "sleeves up" but I resent being expected to chant it - Adia never made fans chant "Made for It". Bear Down as a tradition stands on its own. And I liked banging the drum - I gather football took the drum once the women didn't want it. It was cool. And not her fault, but I don't like the head coach being announced when they walk out, although I know the men do it too. For all my years at Rutgers games, before we moved, C. Vivian Stringer was never announced - but often got a standing ovation as she walked out. Earned. Naismith Hall of Fame. But all of this is just me.
