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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 3490482, member: 2117"] The Cooper/Gottlieb argument holds little credence since Goestenkors is a hall of famer based specifically on her collegiate coaching. She's a former National Coach of the Year and a 5x ACC Coach of the Year. She's coached in two title games and four Final Fours. She had a winning record against both Pat and Geno at Duke. Her teams were phenomenal. It's not like she's some former great player/broadcaster an AD would be rolling the dice with, she's a Hall of Fame coach. Being an assistant and broadcaster shows she's still around the sport. I don't think those stints make her a more well rounded coach, they just show she hasn't completely been off the grid the past decade. And did Gail ever make the issue public? From what I can tell, the AD is the one who made rude public remarks that created speculation, it wasn't from Gail. GG always kept it classy. When she left Duke she specifically made a statement of, “Over the past few weeks, it has been disheartening to hear misinformation regarding Duke's support of me and our program, specifically from Duke's athletic administration. Before I entered into discussions with the University of Texas, Athletic Director Joe Alleva and Duke's administration approached me with a contract that was more than fair and addressed all of the issues I felt were important to the continued success of the women's basketball program.” Link: [URL="https://goduke.com/news/2007/4/6/848464.aspx"]Gail Goestenkors Statement On Duke University - Duke University[/URL] She never trashed the AD. Even so, let's say she is at fault. One issue with an AD from 13 years ago isn't going to hold much credence nor is it a red flag IMO. Her next AD liked her and wanted to keep her on longer before she decided she was burnt out and needed to take a step back. Furthermore, let's take another example of a 'new' coach who hasn't coached in a while, Nell Fortner. Nell struggled coaching collegiately at Auburn for 8 years (went to the tournament twice), prior to that coached Purdue for 1 year before jumping ship, and prior to that accepted a head coaching role at Wisconsin for 6 days before quitting and leaving them high and dry. She also had a 3 year stint in the WNBA where she never had a winning record and ultimately resigned. 7 year break as an announcer and she's now back in coaching at a P5 school. How anyone would think that Fortner is less of a risk than GG is beyond me. If she can get a job at a P5 school, GG can. [/QUOTE]

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