Temple coach Cardoza playing her cards right
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Geno's diciples seem to be having a tough time making it in the coaching ranks. Cardoza also is struggling. I guess Jen is the only one with moderate success. Proof that it all comes down to recruiting not coaching. Look at Calipari........
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9 and 9 in that league isn't burning it up.........
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This is not one of her better years. By some standards, Jen R. is struggling also.
At mid-majors - which Temple is and Hartford has become - there are parameters that make great consistent success difficult. Recruiting can be hard, but Dawn when she was at Temple and Jen were able to put their schools on the map due to their celebrity. And, because the level of player is generally not at the top, if you play a highly competitive OOC schedule, you are going to take some losses. Hopefully, you then get into conference play and come close to running the table.
Marist, which I saw play on TV yesterday, did not have the best OOC record, but is currently running the table in the MAAC, which is not a very good conference. A balancing act in terms of preparation and RPI building vs. the opposite approach of playing the Little Sisters of the Poor.
FWIW, Arizona tried the latter approach, got off to a gaudy one loss OOC record, and is paying for it with losses in the PAC12. Thursday, we lost (in OT) to last place Utah. Ugh.
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Don't judge everything by one season. After all, UCONN lost two games this year.
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it remains to be seen what happens to Temple, but they used to be a perennial NCAA team and were often ranked. Tonya has been there 3 years - this is her 4th year, and she's yet to even land a top 100 recruit including 2012 so far. that is just really bad. i could see her not getting much her first year or 2, but even for 2012 coming in she's not gotten any commitments from a kid in the top 100. i'd say she's doing worse than struggling.
now i realize getting the very top recruits is not the be all or end all, but if you don't have a single recruit on your roster who's in the top 100 in your 3+ years coaching and recruiting, you aren't going to have much success, no matter how good a coach you are. BTW, she's not even landed a 4-star recruit. her best has been several 3 star recruits.
i did a search on HG for recruits since 2009 and that's what i found. i'd love for someone to double check and prove me wrong. i'm not sure how much Temple cares about their WCBB program, but so far she's done nothing to elevate it. i hope she's able to turn it around and that the university gives her plenty of time.
now i realize getting the very top recruits is not the be all or end all, but if you don't have a single recruit on your roster who's in the top 100 in your 3+ years coaching and recruiting, you aren't going to have much success, no matter how good a coach you are. BTW, she's not even landed a 4-star recruit. her best has been several 3 star recruits.
i did a search on HG for recruits since 2009 and that's what i found. i'd love for someone to double check and prove me wrong. i'm not sure how much Temple cares about their WCBB program, but so far she's done nothing to elevate it. i hope she's able to turn it around and that the university gives her plenty of time.
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