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Message: [QUOTE="Dillon77, post: 3008756, member: 6620"] I thought of these three coaches when a UTenn-thread popped up on McGraw's Bench (after all, we are playing them on Thursday). Forget the established coaches (Walz, Rueck)....you're not getting them because they have [I]their[/I] programs. Nikki Fargas of LSU was just given a three-year extension but the buyout is only $300K, which is a reminder the leash isn't that long. Go (slightly) young(er), look at non P5 conferences and go in with an open mind: - [B]Jennie Baranczyk, Drake[/B]. Look at what she does in the middle of Iowa. Imagine her with all that talent and the established recruiting base that is Knoxville. - [B]Tina Langley, Rice[/B]. The former assc. head coach at Maryland (following Walz) had done a bravura job with a deft combination of transfers (remember Nancy Mulkey?) and recruits at a tough academic school. Let her loose here. - [B]Karl Smesko, Florida Gulf Coast University.[/B] How this guy keeps a program going, let alone powering into the tourney is sublime. Well, invite players to come to the beaches, get the right transfers and coach the bejesus out of them. Fun style of ball, too. He has been tempted but loves the beach. Maybe Phil F. can throw a lot of orange cash at him. He might be ready for a different kind of challenge. [/QUOTE]