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Early Coaching Hotseat Edition

Dillon77 said:
Besides the Mulkey connection, there are more LSU-Rutgers connections: Rutgers president William Tate and new athletic director Kelli Zinn both previously worked at LSU.

"We are thrilled to welcome Gary and his family to Rutgers," Zinn said. "Having worked with him previously, I've seen firsthand the energy, commitment, and competitive mindset he brings to coaching. Coach Redus is well known as one of the top recruiters in the country, with an exceptional ability to create relationships and attract elite talent. He is an outstanding teacher of the game with a reputation for developing student-athletes to reach their fullest potential."

Full article here:
www.espn.com

Rutgers hires LSU's Gary Redus II as new women's hoops coach

Rutgers has hired former LSU assistant Gary Redus II as its women's basketball coach to replace Coquese Washington.
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I've read the thread and Kim has managed to bring in top-rated talent before Redus II joined her at LSU.

Redus II claims that he knows Rutgers well. I don't know what that means, but I hope it also means knowing and being in touch with high schools and/or AAU programs that can feed into Rutgers ranging from the Newark and Paterson areas to the Jersey shore to name but a few that produce top-rate talent.
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Redus was quoted as saying "I am no stranger to the rich history of basketball here at Rutgers and I look forward to building on that legacy as we move the program forward." At lot of us know about the history of the program but don't necessarily know Rutgers--the program--well. I think Redus was just saying that as an outsider that he's familiar with the program's history.
 
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I am shocked Matthew Mitchell's name (Houston Cougars) is not listed. I know it is Year One at Houston but watching a few of Houston's games this year, it was just brutal!
 
JellyBean said:
I am shocked Matthew Mitchell's name (Houston Cougars) is not listed. I know it is Year One at Houston but watching a few of Houston's games this year, it was just brutal!
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You cant get rid of someone after 1 year after taking over a doormat. You'll never get another coach!
 
...and the SEC gets in on the action. Ball is in your court B12.

Open P4 Jobs (68 positions)
  1. Northwestern
  2. BC
  3. Rutgers
  4. Pitt
  5. PennSt
  6. Florida

TBD
season done: Wake, FSU / Cinci, UCF / Pur
waitg 4 bid: Cal / Nebr / MissSt, TAMU / KSt, Kan
 
cancontent said:


FYI - get it in ASAP, if this tidbit from Skim is true. 😉

The fact they mention a few months is a bit of a surprise .
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Seems like someone inside Athletic Administration is preaching the official college line that WCBB is only program not to win a conference. Hence, they'd better be putting resources behind it. If correct, there are (at least for now) three McDonald's All-Americans on that roster.

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Florida fires women's hoops coach Kelly Rae Finley after 5 seasons

Florida fired women's basketball coach Kelly Rae Finley on Monday with the Gators poised to miss the NCAA Tournament for the fourth consecutive year.
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Yo's previous job was at Jacksonville U. And FL certainly has a good amount of HS talent.

Mind blown: she graduated from URI !
 
JellyBean said:
I am shocked Matthew Mitchell's name (Houston Cougars) is not listed. I know it is Year One at Houston but watching a few of Houston's games this year, it was just brutal!
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Yeah, I had to turn the channel shortly after watching part of a Houston game. They were Boston College level bad.
 
One name to consider for the Penn State job is Tammi Reiss (Rhode Island). She hasn't entertained too many openings because she, supposedly, wants to remain close to her aging parents who still live in her hometown (Eldred, NY). Well, State College, PA is technically closer to her home than South Kingstown, RI. And Tammi herself said that she wouldn't leave Rhode Island until she won an A-10 (tournament) championship. With that now accomplished...

Another possibility is associate head coach Itoro Coleman of Virginia Tech. She's done two separate five-season stints with the Nittany Lions as an assistant coach. She's also coached at Clemson (includes her only experience as a head coach--she was also a player for the Tigers under Jim Davis), Marquette, and North Carolina.
 
JellyBean said:
Low risk. High reward situation. Rutgers, ain't attracting top level talent. But if Redus and his coaching staff develop the talent they get and develop a style of play that catapults Rutgers back into that middle range of the Big Ten, he might be able to parlay this Rutgers job into another job at a program that he really likes.
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Low risk? Rutgers AD needs to get it right now. This, I suspect, will be another bad hire.
 
UConnCat said:
Low risk? Rutgers AD needs to get it right now. This, I suspect, will be another bad hire.
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I don't really see why it will be bad. It is a crap shoot hiring someone without head coaching experience and it doesn't always work out. But Rutgers really wasn't going to get a top prospect or current head coach - why? because they have no money, and less now. The money they are losing is incomprehensible to me even with the article that tried to explain it.
 
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WBBTakeover said:
Yeah, I had to turn the channel shortly after watching part of a Houston game. They were Boston College level bad.
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Give him at least another year. Houston was worse last year, or close to it. He probably inherited nothing worthwhile, probably doesn't have the cachet to attract any late recruits (portal or otherwise) that were not considering Houston (which probably no one was) and all in all did as well as he could with what he had.
 
cancontent said:


FYI - get it in ASAP, if this tidbit from Skim is true. 😉

The fact they mention a few months is a bit of a surprise .
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Oooowee!! That would be interesting. Coach Yo in Florida? Nice.
 
JellyBean said:
Low risk. High reward situation. Rutgers, ain't attracting top level talent. But if Redus and his coaching staff develop the talent they get and develop a style of play that catapults Rutgers back into that middle range of the Big Ten, he might be able to parlay this Rutgers job into another job at a program that he really likes.
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Based on your comments it sounds like the greater need is for a skills-developer not a recruiter?

A great recruiter probably can’t do much with no resources. In contrast someone who is good at developing skills can take a ragtag bunch and make them into something … which would also help with recruiting .
 
UConnCat said:
Low risk? Rutgers AD needs to get it right now. This, I suspect, will be another bad hire.
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They (AD) better just pump the brakes a bit then and lower expectations. I mean anything can happen, but I am not expecting Rutgers WBB to turn into a competitive program for a long time.
 
Vowelguy said:
You cant get rid of someone after 1 year after taking over a doormat. You'll never get another coach!
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I know that. But given Mitchell's track record, I expected a little better than 7-23 and 1-17(5-25 & 1-17 last season).
 
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