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Post by usdtator on Mar 26, 2019 12:06:31 GMT -6
It's from Zimmer... so take that for what is worth... The UNLV and bunny fan replies are well worth reading...
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Post by leatherneckcountry on Mar 26, 2019 12:33:28 GMT -6
It's from Zimmer... so take that for what is worth... The UNLV and bunny fan replies are well worth reading... TJ has done a great job of winning with Nagy players but outside of Jenkins he hasn’t really brought any anyone who looks special.
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Post by golfingyote on Mar 26, 2019 12:49:17 GMT -6
It's from Zimmer... so take that for what is worth... The UNLV and bunny fan replies are well worth reading... TJ has done a great job of winning with Nagy players but outside of Jenkins he hasn’t really brought any anyone who looks special. Jenkins has been quite good, and Caleb Grill in 2019 looks to be a player for this level, although until he plays a college game who really knows.
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Post by Yotes on Mar 26, 2019 12:52:05 GMT -6
I was wondering when this was going to come up. Welcome to life as a stepping stone.
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Post by kiyoat on Mar 26, 2019 13:00:26 GMT -6
Coach P made a final appearance for the season on KWSN yesterday. It was a really good interview, discussing the season, the accolades, the program firsts, the Starkville trip, the NCAA game and Allison Arens. At the end, (14:10 mark) John Gaskins asks her an interesting "elephant in the room" question about how long she will stay in Vermillion. He's pretty good at waiting until the end of an interview to spring those uncomfortable questions. I'd make you guys listen to the whole interview, but... Gaskins: ...three terrific years... the future looks bright for USD... As you've mentioned in the past, A.J. is going to be a Sophomore at Augie, Lexi's going to be a Junior at Vermillion High, and their careers are flourishing.... and you've had the rare opportunity (you can't see every game, but you're right in town with Lexi, and about an hour away with A.J.) to see some of their games on your off-nights. That seems to be an incredible situation to be in.
But your work will not go unnoticed, (this is a good thing), by athletic directors in bigger leagues. [gives example of Ron Hunter at GA State] It's a hard question for me to ask you, but what would it take? Knowing that you've gotten a taste of the Big Ten, you'll be on a lot of AD's radars. What would it take to pry you out of Vermillion?Dawn: You know, it's an interesting question. I think I would feel most comfortable answering it this way: ... *content deleted by administrator* Oops! I guess you'll have to listen to it after all....
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Post by Yote 53 on Mar 26, 2019 14:00:12 GMT -6
I was wondering when this was going to come up. Welcome to life as a stepping stone. UNLV isn't stupid. Utah State hires Craig Smith and in his first year he wins a share of the MWC regular season title, wins the MWC tournament, ends the season ranked in the Top 25, takes the team to the NCAA Tournament, and wins MWC Coach of the Year. All with a team that was expected to do didly squat. Of course UNLV is going to look at his Summit League coaching nemesis to see if they can capture some of that magic.
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Post by kiyoat on Mar 26, 2019 14:30:16 GMT -6
OK, fine. Here's the quote:
Dawn: ...... I've had a very unique opportunity to work for my mentor, Kevin Borseth, at three Universities: Michigan Tech (D-II), Green Bay (mid-major), and then our paths separated for a little bit. I was a head coach at a D-II school in Michigan. At Grand Valley State. (years later) he called me up, and asked me to come work with him at Michigan.
He said "You know the Michigan job is open?" and I'm like: "Yes, coach. I'm aware. It's like two hours down the road..." And he said: "Well that's my dream job. I grew up in Michigan. It's my dream job to coach at the University of Michigan.... but I'm not taking the job unless you come with me." And I said: "Coach, I have a really good job. At the D-II level, this is the best job in the country, in my opinion. And I'm not really looking to go anywhere." But then he talked me into it, and I went with him.
After five years of taking a program that was the losing-est ever program in the history of Big Ten basketball (that's the program we inherited), and we incrementally got better. By year five, we were back in the NCAA tournament. It was quite the journey. Then after five years of turning the program (around), and getting to the place where we were really moving forward, ... he went back to Green Bay.
So, what I recognize about the whole thing is: The grass isn't always greener someplace else. Be aware of the special things we have. And as you mentioned a lot of the special things we have here. But what you didn't mention was that there are a lot of people here in the Vermillion community, and in the state of South Dakota, in this region, that are helping us build this program, brick by brick right now. And they've really done a great job of helping our family feel very very welcome here. And that's something that is very dear to our family. It's something that we really want to be a part of.
So I guess I have a unique perspective on it. I've seen it work in different ways. Our goal is to be at USD. Hopefully they appreciate the job that we're doing, and want us to stay around. And I think they do. They've made us feel that way. I'm not saying that they haven't. They have. And our goal is to continue to build this, and continue to get better.
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Post by kiyoat on Mar 26, 2019 14:39:09 GMT -6
If the right place were to offer to double or triple Coach P's salary, I wouldn't begrudge her that. Just like Amy, just like Craig, and just like T.J.
I'd say her quote above DOES seem a lot more heartfelt than anything I have ever heard from the men's coaches. And hell, Amy DID turn down a low-ball offer from Nebraska's ginger assassin AD. I think that it's different with women's hoops. many many universities can offer more money than SDSU and USD for WBB coaches, but very few of them are located in places that fill up stadiums to watch the sport, and where the women's coaches are every bit as well-known as the men's coaches.
Not many places have worse weather, though. So there's that.
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Post by kiyoat on Mar 26, 2019 18:33:30 GMT -6
Don't give them any good ideas. It's fun watching them suffer and listening to them whine. whine? literally no 1 cares about womens basketball at ndsu. wheres the mens thread? Richman should be gone, but apparently he has 1 year left on contract that no 1 knew about. SMH Well this post aged well.
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Post by lakesbison on Mar 26, 2019 21:22:49 GMT -6
whine? literally no 1 cares about womens basketball at ndsu. wheres the mens thread? Richman should be gone, but apparently he has 1 year left on contract that no 1 knew about. SMH Well this post aged well. psh. he had quite the rabbits foot last 3 weeks. beat 2 sub .500 teams in summit tourney after a 15-15 d1 record , then beat a very average omaha team. NCCU is a below average team & we lasted 10 minutes vs duke. richman loses that 1st or 2nd round game hes gone. him winning will hurt ndsu in the future, sure next year our talent will get us to the dance... maybe
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Post by elcoyote on Mar 26, 2019 21:57:25 GMT -6
OK, I think I get it now...when you win it's the players, but when you lose it's the coach.
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Post by kiyoat on Mar 27, 2019 10:49:13 GMT -6
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Post by kiyoat on Mar 27, 2019 10:53:20 GMT -6
And in Other News...(Jan 15, 2019) I'm sure you could find similar quotes from Coach Smith from a year or two ago, but it's still fun to rub it in.
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Post by usdtator on Mar 27, 2019 11:50:34 GMT -6
The replies are golden!
Actually... the replies are better to this post...
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Post by usdtator on Mar 27, 2019 12:55:46 GMT -6
It's official...
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