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Message: [QUOTE="willtalk, post: 3490413, member: 1220"] Look, I would like to see her get a coaching gig if only to clear up some of my own ambiguity with respect to her abilities. My posts are only to play devils advocate to counter the prevalent fan perspectives that not only is she a hidden gem but that any AD would be foolish not to hire her. My major point was that she has been out of coaching and the WCBB landscape has undergone a huge change since then. Being a Pro assistant is meaningless in respect to WCBB. Michael Cooper was a Pro coach who won championships with the Sparks. He later coached at the USC trojans and turned out to be a horrible college coach. Gottleib is presently a NBA assistant and was not a good college coach. Does her being an assistant mean she is not a good coach? No, but it certainly does not translate to her being a good one either. Being a broadcaster could help someone to get a better perspective on coaching and I am sure that it has certainly helped her in that respect. But it also does not help her in respect to maintaining connections that are essential for a D1 coach to have. He stint at Texas showed how important the right connections are in recruiting. You also need connections in hiring assistants and filling out your staff. As to her conflict with the AD at Duke, many of the Duke WCBB posters took her side in that dispute. The reason being that she took the side of elevating the Duke Women's Basketball program. However, the AD might have thought that the expenditure was not worth it. With the exception of WCBB fans, right or wrong, that is not an unreasonable perspective for an AD. That is his job. If she disagreed with him she had the option to go else where- which she did. The fact that this disagreement became[B] public[/B] is what an AD might have a problem with. In fact, it resulted in so much stink that the animosity carried over and stayed long after she and the AD had left. The negativity created still lingers until today. It is professional to keep issues "in house" and not attempt to use public opinion to force your point. Who is wrong and who is right should not have any effect on propriety. The coaches and the AD need to be on the same page with respect to their programs, at least in public. [/QUOTE]

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