Reply to thread

Message: [QUOTE="nwhoopfan, post: 2148686, member: 7894"] Dillon, I have no intel on the status of the coaching search at UW. I don't know anything about Payne as a head coach. I haven't traipsed down to Tacoma to watch a UPS game (I actually attended there my freshman year before going elsewhere, but that was quite some time ago). I was intrigued about her as a possible HC candidate at UW. We'll see how she does at NAU. Going after a promising assistant coach can pay dividends. However there is just no way to know how someone will do as a HC until they actually become one. Tia Jackson seemed like a really good hire, had the pedigree, reputation as a good recruiter, was an assistant under several highly respected and successful coaches, but it didn't pan out. Turns out she just wasn't HC material. Whoever they end up getting, they have to do a better job recruiting, particularly in their local area, than what has transpired the last several years. I have some concern about Valley because she was part of the coaching staff that did such a poor job recruiting. If she is named as HC, it is absolutely imperative that she get some coaches on her staff w/ strong ties and recruiting connections in the NW and West Coast. Neighbors failed miserably in that regard and it's left the team without much in the way of talent now that Plum and Osahor have used up their eligibility. [/QUOTE]