Absolutely beautiful campus, Rutgers played there when Julie Rousseau was the coach. At the time it looked like Pepperdine might be up and coming at its level, but nothing much came of it.
Well, that didn't last long. More and more it's looking like the AD is cleaning house and putting in his own people. All of the previous staff is now gone as are most of the remaining players (and I expect they'll be leaving as well). I am hearing from those who should know that Meier was forced out. The replacement of the assistant AD last year and the unfriendly manner of her replacement was a sign of things to come I think. I think there's something more at play here also but feel it's best not to express that here.
Vol fans upset believing this means Gray was bound for Knoxville but for not retaining Williams. A bit delusional.
Vol Nation seemed to think she was going to stay around and she was needed to give the LVs a strong position in recruiting, which I didn’t get considering their lack of high school signees the last few years.
From what I remember reading most of their fans were blaming Coach Harper for not being able to “finish” with the high school recruits. She always impressed me as a recruiter when she was at Louisville.
Helping with recruiting I get, but how is it all on Williams in the end? If players who visit didn't get a vibe with the coaches or the team, I don't see how that's all Coach Williams' fault. She has a part in this 100%, but I would expect Coach Harper to be the one who had to sell the program and close the deal.
I don’t disagree but if I were a new coach coming in and saw the lack of recruiting success, I’d be loathe to keep the coach responsible for it around.
And, the new coach might have a different idea of the types of players she wants to go after and how to approach them. If Williams is highly thought of, she'll pick up another gig soon enough.
This. The fact she was such a respected recruiter and the team still wasn’t landing many prospects speaks volumes about the program overall and not just Williams.
Portal, I think, not NIL. That fits the issues as she described them better, as said the NIL at DII not likely a huge factor.
Don't know much of her background. Wish we knew how large of a search was conducted. Could have been a situation where their initial choices declined? No clue.
