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Message: [QUOTE="Dillon77, post: 3008803, member: 6620"] Points taken, but perhaps a bit too strong on some: - ND's attendance is very good: sixth in the country in 2017-18, right between Louisville and Mississippi State. - MM has been building this sport for her entire tenure. Yes, it took off with Skylar Diggins, but it wasn't barren during the Jacqui Batteast (another South Bend Washington grad, like Sky) years, either. In fact, I think one reason why ND administration will push hard is how much this particular sport reaches into a certain part of the Michiana community. Not lost by Jack Swarbrick, Fr. Jenkins. - Not surprisingly, you and I are in complete agreement on this. MM's successor, whenever it happens, will be a member of the McGraw coaching tree, who understands how this whole enterprise is stitched together, from the types of recruits they go after and how to retain them, to the offense they run and how they conduct community outreach. Right now, I (still) think the top candidates are Niele Ivey, Beth Morgan Cunningham (current asst. coach and former successful VCU HC) and Megan Duffy, Miami (Ohio) Head Coach and former All-American PG under MM (as was Ivey). [/QUOTE]