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Message: [QUOTE="Dillon77, post: 3252282, member: 6620"] You can well guess this Jersey-based WBB and Irish fan is just a wee bit pleased with this hire. :D (time to crack open the refreshing adult summer beverage! :cool: ) Some thoughts: - When Niele initially left, I wondered (and posted) whether ND might split the jobs up into an assistant coach and a director of recruiting, as many schools (including LSU, where Mike was until now) are starting to do. - The subsequent job posting on the U of Notre Dame site was a relatively generic one for an assistant coach who would help on on recruiting. - Based on that, gotta think that Mike is coming aboard as said assistant coach. - Interesting question is who oversees the recruiting? Will Beth Morgan Cunningham take overall direction for Niele?Or will MM (Muffet McGraw) oversee for a year, with Michaela priming to take lead in following year? - In any case, the Mabreys hail from the Jersey Shore, the heart and soul of NJ's women's basketball, so I'd suspect you'll see that familiar hair bob in many a gym off the Garden State Parkway this winter. - Agree with you on Mike's ability to get along with, lead, challenge and instruct: McGraw joked Mike was running practices as a senior. Go Irish! [/QUOTE]