USF's JoseF to Dallas Wings

[msf22b]

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.