USF's JoseF to Dallas Wings

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This has Geno written all over it

Paige Bueckers' new coach ‘great friends' with Geno Auriemma. Dallas reportedly hires Jose Fernandez

Jose Fernandez and Geno Auriemma became close when UConn faced USF in the Big East and American.

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[JellyBean]

This good for Paige?
[I assume yes]

Paige can fit anywhere. She is going to be fine. The rest of the Wings will be the issue. Like Chicago, the Wings have a roster problem, that has to be figured out. But I love the hire.

 

[HuskylnSC]

Jose is almost UConn family. I've never read anything bad about the guy and He's pretty close to Geno.

 

[JellyBean]

Jose is almost UConn family. I've never read anything bad about the guy and He's pretty close to Geno.

Jose just reminds me of that cool uncle that you can't wait to see. He is a great coach and an even better person. There are a few D1 coaches that will keep in touch with us high school basketball coaches and Jose is one of the few that will reach out to us, especially over the summer and once our season starts. Jose is that dude and I wish him all the best.

 

[Centerstream]

Even today (Saturday), most stories concerning the hiring of Jose are that he will be hired by Dallas. Even the Wings website doesn't have any news about him being hired...so, has he actually been hired or are they still negotiating?

 

[BullDawg]

Even today (Saturday), most stories concerning the hiring of Jose are that he will be hired by Dallas. Even the Wings website doesn't have any news about him being hired...so, has he actually been hired or are they still negotiating?

I think he’s been hired, but they are waiting to announce the details. He’s clearly left USF, but maybe the ink needs to dry?

 

[NycUcWbbFan]

Even today (Saturday), most stories concerning the hiring of Jose are that he will be hired by Dallas. Even the Wings website doesn't have any news about him being hired...so, has he actually been hired or are they still negotiating?

There’s a buyout clause, so I guess they’re waiting for the clause to be fulfilled.

• The buyout used to be $1M (part of the reason why his hire didn’t come to pass last season).
• The buyout is now 1/4 of what it was.

 

[Bald Husky]

You can't find any coach with more loyalty than one that has been at the same institution for 25 years. I'm sure that he has had opportunities to move up to a P4 conference, but remaining at USF means that he found a place that he loves (like CD) and wants to remain there until the right opportunity came along, and I guess the chance to coach a pro team with a young player that will be a future MVP winner would be too hard to resist. This could work out, and I can't wait to see what he can accomplish with Paige and the Wings. But first, let's let Azzi go nuts this season and give the Wings a chance to reunite her with Paige.

 

[oldude]

You can't find any coach with more loyalty than one that has been at the same institution for 25 years. I'm sure that he has had opportunities to move up to a P4 conference, but remaining at USF means that he found a place that he loves (like CD) and wants to remain there until the right opportunity came along, and I guess the chance to coach a pro team with a young player that will be a future MVP winner would be too hard to resist. This could work out, and I can't wait to see what he can accomplish with Paige and the Wings. But first, let's let Azzi go nuts this season and give the Wings a chance to reunite her with Paige.

Jose has achieved just about everything you could achieve as a basketball HC, with the exception of winning a national championship. I believe that he sees an opportunity in the pros to reach a goal that will likely never happen in the college game.

As many have discussed throughout the WNBA season, there is a unique opportunity for Dallas to get very good immediately. Of course that starts with Paige, maybe the best young player in the game. Add in a potential #1 draft pick along with just about every veteran player hitting free agency and it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see how the Wings could put together a championship caliber team for next season and beyond.

Much of this comes back to Paige. There are a lot of players who will want to play with Paige, an extremely talented basketball savant and wonderful teammate, who makes everyone around her better. Apparently she has that same pull for top level coaches as well.

 

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[JellyBean]

Jose has achieved just about everything you could achieve as a basketball HC, with the exception of winning a national championship. I believe that he sees an opportunity in the pros to reach a goal that will likely never happen in the college game.

As many have discussed throughout the WNBA season, there is a unique opportunity for Dallas to get very good immediately. Of course that starts with Paige, maybe the best young player in the game. Add in a potential #1 draft pick along with just about every veteran player hitting free agency and it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see how the Wings could put together a championship caliber team for next season and beyond.

Much of this comes back to Paige. There are a lot of players who will want to play with Paige, an extremely talented basketball savant and wonderful teammate, who makes everyone around her better. Apparently she has that same pull for top level coaches as well.

We shall see. Many of us thought that Dallas was on the upswing back in '23 and then things went bad, quick.

 

[oldude]

We shall see. Many of us thought that Dallas was on the upswing back in '23 and then things went bad, quick.

I don’t know that Dallas has ever had all the stars aligned quite as well as they do right now. The Wings will never have a better opportunity to build a championship team than the upcoming year. If they don’t, then the owners, GM & HC should all be fired for gross incompetence.

 

[JellyBean]

I don’t know that Dallas has ever had all the stars aligned quite as well as they do right now. The Wings will never have a better opportunity to build a championship team than the upcoming year. If they don’t, then the owners, GM & HC should all be fired for gross incompetence.

I don't know if the stars are more aligned or not. So many factors depend on their roster and who stays, goes, or gets added. The Wings are in a nice but challenging transitional phase of their franchise and they gotta give the new coach a grace period of at least three years to build a team.

 

[oldude]

I don't know if the stars are more aligned or not. So many factors depend on their roster and who stays, goes, or gets added. The Wings are in a nice but challenging transitional phase of their franchise and they gotta give the new coach a grace period of at least three years to build a team.

Here’s the math. Dallas has the best young player in basketball and the best odds for the #1 pick. Just about every veteran in the W is a free agent. The Wings will have substantial cap space to play with once the new CBA is finalized. They’ll have a new practice facility and new arena within the next 2 seasons, and Big D is a pretty attractive city to call home. Paige is doing and will do her part to elevate the Wings, and will no doubt be involved in recruiting veteran players to join the roster.

Jose was a great initial step for Dallas. I am not suggesting that the Wings should win a championship next season. But everything is in place for the team to be substantially better immediately, with the expectation that they should be able to compete for a championship over the next few seasons.

 

[JellyBean]

Here’s the math. Dallas has the best young player in basketball and the best odds for the #1 pick. Just about every veteran in the W is a free agent. The Wings will have substantial cap space to play with once the new CBA is finalized. They’ll have a new practice facility and new arena within the next 2 seasons, and Big D is a pretty attractive city to call home. Paige is doing and will do her part to elevate the Wings, and will no doubt be involved in recruiting veteran players to join the roster.

Jose was a great initial step for Dallas. I am not suggesting that the Wings should win a championship next season. But everything is in place for the team to be substantially better immediately, with the expectation that they should be able to compete for a championship over the next few seasons.

We shall see how it all plays out. Naturally you want them to do well.

 

[Basingstoke]

Here’s the math. Dallas has the best young player in basketball and the best odds for the #1 pick. Just about every veteran in the W is a free agent. The Wings will have substantial cap space to play with once the new CBA is finalized. They’ll have a new practice facility and new arena within the next 2 seasons, and Big D is a pretty attractive city to call home. Paige is doing and will do her part to elevate the Wings, and will no doubt be involved in recruiting veteran players to join the roster.

Jose was a great initial step for Dallas. I am not suggesting that the Wings should win a championship next season. But everything is in place for the team to be substantially better immediately, with the expectation that they should be able to compete for a championship over the next few seasons.

There's also one other advantage for any Texas team: no state income tax.

 

[BRS24]

 

[Bald Husky]

Two questions for the Wings this off season:
1- Who will Dallas pick in the draft? Most people think Betts is the best choice, but I have my doubts because she cannot do anything beyond 4 feet. I think this may be an important year for her to try to develop her mid-range shot, that's of course if Cory will let her. Awa Fam, I think that's her name, is thought by many as the best in the draft. She may be but can she play now or does she need time to develop into a good pro player? Another thought, Olivia Miles which will enable Paige to play off the ball. Azzi?
2- This is a really the big question. What free agent can the team, or Paige convince to come to Dallas? They can probably afford two good players, as they have a tremendous amount of cap space as most of their team, at least the ones that will be protected, are first and second year players. Plus, these young players can also act as trade bait to get the player or players that the Wings want via trade.
I would love it if they can swing taking Kelsey Mitchell and Sophie Cunningham. A scorer and an enforcer for Paige. How nice.