UConn women's basketball to hire assistant coach...update
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14 years as a UConn coach. Winningest coach in Temple’s wbb history. She’s good enough.
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Troubling.More about some of the reasons for Temple players transferring here.
Four Owls to transfer, Brown says
Rateska Brown says Cardoza advised her to leave the program.temple-news.com
But of course, we'll never hear the whole story from either perspective.
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In 2014-15, Rateska Brown ended up playing for the NAIA Oklahoma City University Stars where she
averaged 19.1 PPG, 29.1 minutesPG, .452 FG%, .386 3PT%.
She was the team's leading scorer & OCU won the 2014 NAIA National Championship.
OCU finished with a 30-2 record.
NAIA women's basketball championship - Wikipedia
2014-15 Women's Basketball Cumulative Statistics - Oklahoma City University Athletics
The official 2014-15 Women's Basketball cumulative statistics for the Oklahoma City University Stars
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Okay I get it "Sun" doesn't like Tonya .....
Merritt to transfer ahead of 2014-15 season
Redshirt-sophomore guard Monaye Merritt said the program’s issues are being “swept under the rug.”…
temple-news.com
But boiling down the above article from the player's perspective it appears there was a "clique" within the team that was disgruntled over playing time.
A "clique" is bad news for any team's cohesion.
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That article has even worse details than the ones that I posted.Okay I get it "Sun" doesn't like Tonya .....
Merritt to transfer ahead of 2014-15 season
Redshirt-sophomore guard Monaye Merritt said the program’s issues are being “swept under the rug.”…
But boiling down the above article from the player's perspective it appears there was a "clique" within the team that was disgruntled over playing time.
A "clique" is bad news for any team's cohesion.
Folks can't always blame the victims when there's a pattern being reported.
The complaints could be the tip of the iceberg that eventually led to her termination & losing seasons.
The opinion of the student athletes are important too even if they're negative.
Thanks for sharing it.
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“Worse details?” After reading the entire article, all I see is a player, who had discipline issues, unhappy about her PT, that decided to complain to a reporter. Transfers happen all over WBB, usually because of PT, and there isn’t a single player who transfers who doesn’t believe that the coach was mistaken in not playing them more.
Look at all the players that MD & Louisville lost in the past. When Kim showed up in Baton Rouge she cleaned house, running off half the team. Even Geno has had his issues with transfers. Remember Megan Walker’s highly touted freshman class. 3/4 transferred out and Walker left early, without a degree. I also seem to recall that Saylor Poffenberger’s mother had a few unkind things to say about UConn after her daughter transferred to Arkansas.
Geno worked with Tanya for 14 seasons. He is probably as good a judge of her character and ability as anyone. Tanya’s success at Temple speaks for itself. If she does end up filling the new Assistant Coach position at UConn the Huskies will be extremely lucky to have her.
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Geno has has a specific purpose in creating position requirements that make Tonya Cardozo the likely new assistant coach. I am sure that Cardozo’s skills as a teacher of defense and her ability to recruit are part of her skill set.
However, in evaluating her anticipated choice, we would be foolhardy to ignore two potentially salient issues. The first is the imbroglio in which she appeared to lose control of her players. And the second is the fact that, while she coached Temple for the requisite ten years, in her last four years, her teams were essentially mediocre. I do not know whether she quit Temple or was fired. It seems likely to me that her Division 1 head coaching career was over.
I end my comments with a suggestion. Compare the coaching records of Tonya Cardozo and Carla Berube. (I understand that Berube has been falls short in the ten year requirement.). Without the assistance of full ride athletic scholarships, Berube’s career is on a clear upswing. If one posits Carla Berube as Geno’s ultimate successor, then bringing her on staff now as an assistant makes good sense.
However, in evaluating her anticipated choice, we would be foolhardy to ignore two potentially salient issues. The first is the imbroglio in which she appeared to lose control of her players. And the second is the fact that, while she coached Temple for the requisite ten years, in her last four years, her teams were essentially mediocre. I do not know whether she quit Temple or was fired. It seems likely to me that her Division 1 head coaching career was over.
I end my comments with a suggestion. Compare the coaching records of Tonya Cardozo and Carla Berube. (I understand that Berube has been falls short in the ten year requirement.). Without the assistance of full ride athletic scholarships, Berube’s career is on a clear upswing. If one posits Carla Berube as Geno’s ultimate successor, then bringing her on staff now as an assistant makes good sense.
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While I like the sound of this, Carla doesn’t look like she’s in a hurry to leave Princeton. She may eventually be Geno’s successor, but she appears to be enjoying what she’s doing quite a bit.
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And I hope Geno's not in a hurry to leave, either. But when he does, Carla is my top choice.
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