It's not exactly like SMU was killing it in recruiting to begin with. UCONN is also leaving this conference next year. Sadly I don't think enough people will care to demand a coaching or AD change.
Who/ what is the real trash?
Yeah, it is a very tough row. I was just reading in the paper today about a lawsuit against U of A. A football player abused multiple girlfriends (he is in jail for 5 years, I think I read) and he was thrown off the team when the first "complaint" was made.
"Some men, you just can't reach" is the first thing I think of. Is Turner tone deaf? Let's review the illustrious history of this program for a perspective:SMU president Gerald Turner views Travis Mays as coach for long term, praises AD’s actions as ‘strong and effective’
UNIVERSITY PARK — SMU president R. Gerald Turner said he believes women’s basketball coach Travis Mays will be in place with the program for the long term. He...www.dallasnews.com
"UNIVERSITY PARK — SMU president R. Gerald Turner said he believes women’s basketball coach Travis Mays will be in place with the program for the long term. He also supports athletic director Rick Hart’s handling of Mays’ actions during the 2017-18 season."
Where is the dislike button? Over the years SMU has really earned its initials - Shaking My(head) University...SMU president Gerald Turner views Travis Mays as coach for long term, praises AD’s actions as ‘strong and effective’
UNIVERSITY PARK — SMU president R. Gerald Turner said he believes women’s basketball coach Travis Mays will be in place with the program for the long term. He...www.dallasnews.com
"UNIVERSITY PARK — SMU president R. Gerald Turner said he believes women’s basketball coach Travis Mays will be in place with the program for the long term. He also supports athletic director Rick Hart’s handling of Mays’ actions during the 2017-18 season."
Come on eebmg, you know the story, schools never buy out their Women's coaches, they let the contracts expire or fire for cause so they don't have to pay. Holly is the only coach I can think of who had her contract bought out and that was due to a renegotiation she did when she signed the extension in the summer of 2018. The other one I thought it might happen to was Fargas at LSU as her extension included favorable buyout costs but she's having a good year and will probably make the NCAAT.
SMU president Gerald Turner views Travis Mays as coach for long term, praises AD’s actions as ‘strong and effective’
UNIVERSITY PARK — SMU president R. Gerald Turner said he believes women’s basketball coach Travis Mays will be in place with the program for the long term. He...www.dallasnews.com
"UNIVERSITY PARK — SMU president R. Gerald Turner said he believes women’s basketball coach Travis Mays will be in place with the program for the long term. He also supports athletic director Rick Hart’s handling of Mays’ actions during the 2017-18 season."
I’m sure Jeff Walz has refined some things but he still gets their attention in a game and has a quick hook for mistakes. Balogun a McDonald’s All American got a total of 4 minutes in the ACCT game due to 2 turnovers in 4 minutes. She also hit a sweet 3 pointer. Didn’t matter.This Doug Feinberg article from last year siad coaches are changes, evidently not fast enough.
Coaches are changing the way they communicate with players
It seems as if almost every week another coach is getting accused of abuse by their players. Georgia Tech, North Carolina, and now Northern Kentucky are the latest schools to generate headlines over the past month.apnews.com
Although to be fair, a connection between SMU's infamous football cheating and a women's basketball coach's bad behavior over 30 years later is pretty much non-existent.
This can't be said enough. Was talking to friend about how it seems female coaches get the hook/disciplined faster when situations like this happen.
Good grief, let's just call this a huge lane-change failure. It's a complete non sequitur combined with an egregious misattribution, all in just a few short sentences.
