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Message: [QUOTE="DefenseBB, post: 3353489, member: 7492"] Well a few correction s for you [USER=2527]@southie[/USER], Gail was there for 5 years and was abysmal so while some try to couch it on burning recruiting in Texas, it’s was a lot more than that. She was terrible in conference play and her teams never developed over the course of the year. As evidenced by her diminishing coaching jobs, she just lost the ability to coach up players and teams. No P5 school should take a chance with her. Aston’s pedigree as an assistant at Texas and Baylor, the success she had at Charlotte, her recruiting connections all proved she deserved a shot. Which she has so clearly surpassed anything that Gail ever did. Gail’s highest finish was 4th in conference with two 6th place and two 7th place finishes! :eek: . Even Jody struggled her last years from 1997-2007, she had 3 years of a phenomenal run of two 1sts and a 2nd sandwiched by 6 years of 4th or lower and 2 years of 7th/8th. Yikes. Karen has finished 7th, 3rd, 3rd, 2nd every year since. Even with this deplorable start, Texas should still finish 2nd this year. Of course the Big12 is not strong but still. My point is Karen has made Texas relevant again after mostly 20 plus years of irrelevance. That isn’t something to ignore. All that said,the wheels have come off and it might be time to see if you could get an actual “coach” and recruiter, just not sure who that could be as you noted. I wouldn’t go back to the “Texas family tree” as no one has distinguished themselves. It will be interesting to watch. :) [/QUOTE]

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