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Message: [QUOTE="WestsideWaltz, post: 3009466, member: 3112"] Maybe you missed where I said I thought she was an excellent x's and o's coach. What she also was at UCLA was a poor administrator and an arrogant personality. Markel Walker was ranked #4 in 2009 and the others were #1, Griner, #2, Bone and #3 Diggins. Did she ever seem that to anyone? In the season when Caldwell Fargas left, Walker had asked for a transfer as did three other players. In 2009, Caldwell signed #4 Walker, Mariah Williams (unranked) and a walk-on, Jackie Shepherd. In 2010, she signed Thea Lemberger, Corrine Costa and Rhema Gardner, all unranked. Her recruiting picked up in 2011 with the signing of #10 Justine Hartman (who went to Cal and was their highest rated recruit to that time and was a total bust because of injuries), #25 Kacy Swain, #27 Sheila Boykin who followed her to LSU. This was also the season she made the unbelievable decision to try to recruit Erica Payne over Reshanda Gray. That is amazingly underwhelming for three seasons at a school that allegedly recruits itself. If you want to go stats, Caldwell Fargas was 19-12, 9-9 and 4th in the conference in her first season with Kathy Olivier's recruits. KO's final season was 16-15, 10-8 and also 4th T in conference. Before Dixon joined in Caldwell Fargas' second season, UCLA was 4-3. With her they went 21-6 and Dixon was the high scorer and rebounder on the team. However, under Caldwell, UCLA never accomplished what was the apex at that time, which was to beat Stanford. Both Close and Olivier accomplished that. In fact, KO was thought to be on her way out before beating Stanford in the tournament and it bought her a few more seasons. A lot of those numbers sound a lot like the arguments for keeping Holly. At the end, both Olivier and Close went to the Elite Eight. Olivier should have made it to the Final Four with that Alabama ending. KO, as mediocre a coach as can be, still brought UCLA a conference title and a tournament title. The best Caldwell Fargas did at UCLA were two seconds in conference and two second round losses in the tournament and she has never achieved higher than a Sweet 16 at LSU. And there you have a UCLA portrait of a coach people want at Tennessee? [/QUOTE]

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