Carnac
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No argument is intended here, but there are two sides to every story. Until BOTH sides are heard, it's unfair to arrive at a conclusion about these incidents. Because these incidents are "in-house" behind-closed-door business, the facts surrounding those dismissals and transfers can't and won't be discussed beyond those closed doors. I find it interesting that an athlete can be suspended and suggest they were not told or know why. They know. Most of the time is for a violation of team rules which every player knows and is very familiar with.I found that there was some controversy that resulted after Cardoza suspended 2 players in 2013 for breaking team rules.
One of the players ended up getting dismissed from the team 2 months later and complained that she didn't know what she did wrong. And she also expressed personal complaints about Cardoza which one would expect from a player with sour grapes.
But still quite unusual to read about regarding most popular coaches.
But it also appears that Cardoza has had quite a few other players transfer out of Temple.
Between the time that she got the Temple job in 2008 & 2014, a total of 14 players had transferred out of Temple & that was before the transfer portal.
Apparently many players had serious enough issues with her to want to transfer & sit out a year.
I have no idea how many transferred after 2014 during Cardoza's tenure.
I hope that she doesn't cause any UConn players to become disgruntled.
There's bound to be rumors about Cardoza being whispered behind the scenes among our players & maybe from players on other teams too.
Perhaps Cardoza has a reputation among players that may not all be good.
Sources:
Four Temple players expected to transfer
Junior Rateska Brown has been granted her release from Temple and expects three teammates to follow "due to unhappiness with the culture of the program."www.swishappeal.com
Sophomore kicked off basketball team - The Temple News
Jacquilyn Jackson was dismissed this season due to violating team rules.temple-news.com
If a head coach suspends a player, it is his/her duty (not an assistant) to sit the player down in the office behind closed doors and explain to them why. Often assistant coaches will also weigh in on a suspension with the player, as will teammates. We don't know the agenda some of these players subscribe to. We must recognize the possibility that there may be some friction or an unwillingness for returning players to "buy in" to a new coach's program and philosophy when they were not recruited by THAT new coach, nor did they commit to that college/university to play for THAT coach. It's a two-way street.
This is why newly hired head coaches meet with each returning player to see if they want to continue to attend the university and play for them. I remember reading about Kara Lawson and Kim Mulkey "paring" their roster of some of the returning players they didn't want or who expressed a desire to transfer soon after they were hired at their new schools. They needed those scholarships to bring in players they wanted to pursue from the portal.
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