Week 6 - Dec 9 to 15

[Vowelguy]

I might be willing to part w/ Tina Langley if they want someone with head coaching experience.

How thoughtful of you during this giving season!

 

[Vowelguy]

I expected Arizona state to win today. They are going to have to make a change after this season. I see regression.

There’s a good assistant somewhere waiting for an opportunity.

Northern Arizona is 9-2 (with a win over Arizona!) and San Diego St is 10-1. Any potential in either of their HCs?

 

[nwhoopfan]

Northern Arizona is 9-2 (with a win over Arizona!) and San Diego St is 10-1. Any potential in either of their HCs?

@azfan and I were just talking about NAU's coach Loree Payne yesterday. I honestly don't even know who SDSU's coach is. I think the top of my short list of up and coming younger coaches is still Lindy La Rocque at UNLV.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Okay, looked it up. Stacie Terry-Houston is the Aztecs coach. Been there since 2013. Fairly mediocre results up til this point.

 

[CalWBBfan]

Cal won easily against Austin Peay, 71-45 which was no surprise. Team came a bit flat, not unexpected after Friday really, but as the game progressed starters got to rest quite a bit and we saw some frosh and others get some valuable playing time.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Iowa St. messed around with Eastern Illinois for 3 quarters, then flipped a switch and blew the game wide open. EIU had no answer for Crooks and Brown.

 

[JellyBean]

What a week of games!! That ACC group is going to be a battle! Georgia Tech? When you are getting 25+ points from your bench, you are going to be a problem.

 

[azfan]

I expected Arizona state to win today. They are going to have to make a change after this season. I see regression.

There’s a good assistant somewhere waiting for an opportunity.

I didn't obviously.

There is no regression.

The team was bad last year and was bad the year before. Adair has achieved a consistent level of horribleness. I do wonder now what the record is for most consecutive 20 loss seasons by a coach. Given the indifference of ASU administration perhaps Adair will linger long enough to break that record.

The team as constructed has a losing identity, weak preparation, extraordinarily poor court sense and no cohesion.

ASU should have made a change after last season and I wouldn't credit the leadership at the institution or the athletic department for having even a tiny concern with the women's basketball program. Given the neglect in the past I'm not confident that the decision to move on is going to be forthcoming at the end of the season.

One might think ADS would prevail over the 2-6 San Francisco Dons in the second of their three road games. But ........The Dons have 3 scorers, two from beyond The arc. Werth was deadly against the Jacks she's salivating at the thought of launching threes against Adair's laughable perimeter defense.

Devils will almost certainly lose to Utah in the final of the three road games and stay on schedule for a third consecutive 20 loss season.

At this point the only one who would even consider the dumpster fire that is ASU women's basketball would have to be an assistant with an unrealistic view of working at an institution that utterly neglect women's basketball.. ASU hired coach Adair on the cheap and I guarantee you if and when they move on they'll expect the young up and coverer to take much less than Adair's 650,000.

A successful established coach or a younger assistant or up and coming coach would never ever consider taking the job in Tempe which is going to become obvious with the sparse number of applicants when the position finally opens up will show how laughable the program has become.

Speaking of laughs the Houston game is in Texas on January 4th. I know the cougars are really really bad but I would expect that sandwiched between Texas Tech and Iowa State the devils will be committed to maintaining a significant losing streak in conference.

 

[JellyBean]

Cal won easily against Austin Peay, 71-45 which was no surprise. Team came a bit flat, not unexpected after Friday really, but as the game progressed starters got to rest quite a bit and we saw some frosh and others get some valuable playing time.

I am just happy for Coach Smith. She has that Cal program heading in the right direction. Things are looking good for that Cal program. Well done, Coach Smith and to the Cal fans.

 

[Stagnant]

I didn't obviously.

There is no regression.

The team was bad last year and was bad the year before. Adair has achieved a consistent level of horribleness. I do wonder now what the record is for most consecutive 20 loss seasons by a coach. Given the indifference of ASU administration perhaps Adair will linger long enough to break that record.

The team as constructed has a losing identity, weak preparation, extraordinarily poor court sense and no cohesion.

ASU should have made a change after last season and I wouldn't credit the leadership at the institution or the athletic department for having even a tiny concern with the women's basketball program. Given the neglect in the past I'm not confident that the decision to move on is going to be forthcoming at the end of the season.

One might think ADS would prevail over the 2-6 San Francisco Dons in the second of their three road games. But ........The Dons have 3 scorers, two from beyond The arc. Werth was deadly against the Jacks she's salivating at the thought of launching threes against Adair's laughable perimeter defense.

Devils will almost certainly lose to Utah in the final of the three road games and stay on schedule for a third consecutive 20 loss season.

At this point the only one who would even consider the dumpster fire that is ASU women's basketball would have to be an assistant with an unrealistic view of working at an institution that utterly neglect women's basketball.. ASU hired coach Adair on the cheap and I guarantee you if and when they move on they'll expect the young up and coverer to take much less than Adair's 650,000.

A successful established coach or a younger assistant or up and coming coach would never ever consider taking the job in Tempe which is going to become obvious with the sparse number of applicants when the position finally opens up will show how laughable the program has become.

Speaking of laughs the Houston game is in Texas on January 4th. I know the cougars are really really bad but I would expect that sandwiched between Texas Tech and Iowa State the devils will be committed to maintaining a significant losing streak in conference.

Massey had ASU by 6. And they are a power 4 team. I just kind of figured they could beat UC Davis. I am setting myself up. But I expect them to beat San Francisco too.

And yes. Let’s look at the job Adair is doing.

5-5 this season. 11-20 last season. And 8-20 the first season. She is like 4-32 in conference play. I thought maybe asu would be better this year because they are in a weaker conference. But even mediocre non con teams are beating them.

Besides her record. There is no stability at the program. Everyone jumps into the portal at the end of the season. And ASU has to go grab replacements out of the same portal. That’s not a sign of a successful program either. So, I would probably replace her if she finishes worse than .500 in conference. That’s where I am at. She has the rest of the season to save her job. And then I make the change in March if she fails.

 

[Bigboote]

Good thing I didn't make a bold prediction. Radford jumped out to a 6-3 lead out of the gate against VA Tech. Hokies on a little 46-10 run ever since.

Now THAT’S one of them local rivalries Triad was talking about. No idea if they play each other much, but I don’t think the schools are more than 5 miles apart.