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Message: [QUOTE="BRS24, post: 3945429, member: 197"] Hold on. Per a prior post of mine, Stephanie White was set to return to VU on March 5 (per news article) and was not fired until April 5-6. This would leave 5-7 days until now for VU to vet/interview/offer any prospective hires. There is nothing during the NCAA tourney (March 21-April 4) that would indicate that Shea had already "checked out", especially for this job, especially if this job wasn't available until 7 days ago. Maybe Geno got tired of the same questions about Shea leaving to deal with a family member and covid. And with the short time period between rounds, study hall, game prep, covid tests, ad nauseam, maybe Geno, CD, and Jamelle had it all covered. [USER=1131]@JoePgh[/USER] made the same points I was typing ... For all we know, [U][I]maybe[/I][/U] she left after finding out a family member had exposed her, and even after two negative tests, it wasn't worth the risk to the rest of the staff and team. Just imagine knowing that you were the one that forced the team to forfeit the tournament? We don't know what we don't know and that's ok. The coaches' personal lives are just that and they don't have to answer to us. And, just maybe, when this situation arose last week, she and Tom considered the move so that they would be together. I used the google to see Storrs to Lowell. Worcester is the mid-ish point. On a good day, it's 90 mins, and when not, 1:45 or longer. Coaching at this level is long hours, add on a hellish commute, makes it hard on a family. (on edit - I did a 100 mile per day commute on the Merritt Parkway for 9 years. The only thing that kept me and the hub sane was that I worked from home on Mon and Fri, he worked close to home, and we were empty nesters, so the only impact was on us) [/QUOTE]

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