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Post by timholycross on Mar 16, 2020 18:56:48 GMT -5
Toland wrote an article for the Telegram. Can someone please reprint it?
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Post by timholycross on Mar 16, 2020 18:58:21 GMT -5
At least Mr. Blossom knows something about basketball. I'm not sure if anyone else sitting in that chair has since Ron Perry retired.
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Post by alum on Mar 16, 2020 19:02:16 GMT -5
If you have Amherst College to offer a player who is also being recruited by some D-1 programs, you can be a successful recruiter. If the other elite colleges highlighted in "Varsity Blues" have reserved admission slots for recruited athletes, I wouldn't be surprised if Amherst does also to some extent. I also don't see why Amherst would necessarily pay less than HC. There are plenty of admissions spots available for athletes in the NESCAC. My nephew was recruited by multiple schools in that conference. He is a good student but would not have been a lock at the one he now attends.
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Post by longsuffering on Mar 16, 2020 19:05:56 GMT -5
Your hypothetical glass is half full, which is fine. AM ends her stint on a four game winning streak coaching short handed. AM's record towers above MBB, MH and WH. I guess there is nobody to say to the AD: "focus your efforts on getting the losing winter teams closer to .500 and support your winning coach and players." The honeymoon is over for ADMB's first national search. I hope he has learned from the experience and this search has better results. My comment was a) hypothetical with some reality and b) was not a commentary on the current coach, but suggesting the possible perspective of an outsider looking in Your post was a good synopsis but I was a bit surprised with "authorize overhaul." I assumed ADMB, Father B., etc., hired the bright new coach with a mission to coach up the existing players, get his choice of three or four recruits each year and over a four year recruiting cycle build the team back up to championship level. To me, overhaul means a new coherent offense and defense run tightly by well drilled players, and players as a unit playing over their individual talent because the best coach in the country available during the only national search in D-1 was hired, and a nine or ten Win first season. I wonder if players being run off or over recruited was either expressly or implicitly authorized by anyone. My sense was BN was given the keys to his own program and four recruits a year and everyone was excited to get started.
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Post by longsuffering on Mar 16, 2020 19:08:01 GMT -5
Full disclosure I knew BG and respected him as a coach. However, with that said I think the AD realized that AM facilitated some things behind the scenes which led to BG being suspended. Her being the interim head coach wasn't so much providing outstanding leadership but rather keep the ship from sinking. You don't do that well record wise as an interim coach and not get offered the job fulltime unless there are underlying circumstances. Also, she had the chance as the recruiting coordinator while being Associate Head Coach to bring in some good classes and failed to do so. So the new AD inherited her and witnessed what went down and wants to get his own coach in there. I can't really blame him. That sounds reasonable and very possible.
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Post by purplehaze on Mar 16, 2020 19:11:51 GMT -5
Well said - if this incoming class is also underwhelming that would be 4 straight subpar classes (with respect to AM recruiting with interim tag) - this team went 0-6 against teams ranked 1,2,3 in the league and she had the luxury of a very strong sr class - also, looking for a new coach from March is quite different than June (with the men) - good luck to MB as this virus situation might slow down the process
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Post by efg72 on Mar 16, 2020 19:14:52 GMT -5
WORCESTER — Holy Cross will commence a national search for the next permanent head coach of the women's basketball program.
Ann McInerney served as interim coach of the Crusaders since Jan. 31, 2019, when former longtime coach Bill Gibbons was suspended. Gibbons was subsequently terminated last March 28, and at that time Holy Cross announced that McInerney would remain as interim coach through the 2019-20 season.
This year was McInerney's 12th on the Holy Cross staff — she spent 10 as associate head coach — and she guided the Crusaders to 19 wins, their most since 2013-14.
"I felt like at this point the team and the program at the very least needs an opportunity to have a full search," Holy Cross director of athletics Marcus Blossom said on Monday. "I don't think we've had a search, quite honestly, in over 30 years, so I think I need to do my due diligence and ensure them and this athletics department I have identified the right person to lead this program moving forward.
"I think this is a great job," Blossom said. "My goal is for both the men's and the women's programs to be the best in the Patriot League, and, in order to do that, I have to make sure I'm having a full and thorough search."
This season, the Crusaders advanced to the semifinals of the Patriot League Tournament. Hours before HC was set to play its semifinal game at Bucknell, the tournament was canceled due to concerns surrounding the coronavirus outbreak
Holy Cross finished the year on a four-game winning streak.
"I think Ann has done a good job," Blossom said, "and she's a spectacular person."
Blossom said McInerney "will decide if she wants to be considered" for the position. "I did leave it up to her," he said.
McInerney did not return messages seeking comment.
The search will begin immediately,
Under normal circumstances, Blossom said, the target would have been to have the position filled by early April, but coronavirus concerns, such as travel, present some challenges.
"With the world's pandemic and what's going on," Blossom said, "this could last a while."
HC went 6-3 after McInerney assumed the interim coaching role last season and finished 18-13 in 2018-19 and advanced to the PL semifinals.
The Crusaders had five seniors on this year's roster, including forward Lauren Manis, who made history this season when she became the first Holy Cross player, female or male, to reach 2,000 career points and 1,000 career rebounds. Manis and sophomore guard Avery LaBarbera were both All-Patriot League selections.
—Contact Jennifer Toland at jennifer.toland@telegram.com. Follow her on Twitter @jentandg
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Post by unhfan on Mar 16, 2020 20:22:06 GMT -5
One would think that your AD has a short list of coaches he would want to talk to. With your great history in women’s basketball I don’t think you’ll be hurting for applicants. Hope everyone is staying healthy and well as we go through this medical challenge!
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Post by hchoops on Mar 16, 2020 20:26:13 GMT -5
Thanks unh Hope you and your family stay well also
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Mar 16, 2020 21:25:21 GMT -5
At least Mr. Blossom knows something about basketball. I'm not sure if anyone else sitting in that chair has since Ron Perry retired. If men’s basketball fails under Nelson, Blossom will have to answer questions about just how much he knows.
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Post by rgs318 on Mar 16, 2020 21:29:19 GMT -5
True...and if it improves and starts compiling winning records, current critics may have to acknowledge ADMB's positive move in bringing Nelson aboard..
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Post by Ray on Mar 16, 2020 21:33:47 GMT -5
Based on the article, the title of this thread is misleading. It sounds like McInerney is NOT out, pending the search results.
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Post by sarasota on Mar 16, 2020 22:45:53 GMT -5
In the T&G article ADMB says he is doing the search as a matter of principle, as it were, since one hasn't been done for 30 yrs. He said AM was offered choice to be included in the search or not.
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Post by bfoley82 on Mar 16, 2020 23:52:26 GMT -5
Based on the article, the title of this thread is misleading. It sounds like McInerney is NOT out, pending the search results. I changed it for you
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Post by longsuffering on Mar 17, 2020 0:15:37 GMT -5
National searches are mixed blessings. IAD Brian Sullivan promoted McInerney without a search and she has gone 25-14 while keeping the team mostly together and ADMB hired a national search firm to find Nelson and he has gone 3-29 with the team splintering.
With Coronavirus straining Holy Cross finances, and since there are no students on campus, perhaps the AD and his Lieutenants could conduct the search themselves and save the fee to the search firm. They could also probably do a better job if they cut out the middleman. The HC staff will probably be working from home and the applicants/prospects will probably be at home so they can have some good conversations.
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Post by gks on Mar 17, 2020 6:23:51 GMT -5
After the Gibbons fiasco they needed to clean house of everyone that was there.
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Post by HC92 on Mar 17, 2020 6:47:52 GMT -5
If ADMB is willing to go the D1 assistant with no head coaching experience route, maybe Megan Shoniker from URI would be a possibility. She was LaBarbera’s lead recruiter at Canisius. She’s 30-ish so pretty young but might give the program a jolt of energy and keep AL here. Don’t know a lot about her but she seems pretty impressive from what I have read.
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Post by Ray on Mar 17, 2020 6:51:35 GMT -5
National searches are mixed blessings. IAD Brian Sullivan promoted McInerney without a search and she has gone 25-14 while keeping the team mostly together and ADMB hired a national search firm to find Nelson and he has gone 3-29 with the team splintering. Correlation is not causation.
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Post by timholycross on Mar 17, 2020 9:21:44 GMT -5
After the Gibbons fiasco they needed to clean house of everyone that was there. May well be true. Someone tweeted a reply to Jen Toland saying "Gibbons is laughing now". The repy to that was something to the effect of "because Holy Cross screwed both of them or because AM undermined Gibbons?". Food for thought. And, somehow, I think one or both of the missing ladies are factored into this.
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Mar 17, 2020 9:44:41 GMT -5
After the Gibbons fiasco they needed to clean house of everyone that was there. May well be true. Someone tweeted a reply to Jen Toland saying "Gibbons is laughing now". The repy to that was something to the effect of "because Holy Cross screwed both of them or because AM undermined Gibbons?". Food for thought. And, somehow, I think one or both of the missing ladies are factored into this. This.
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Post by lou on Mar 17, 2020 10:06:59 GMT -5
Maybe I missed it, but how did McInerney undermine Gibbons?
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Post by longsuffering on Mar 17, 2020 11:29:48 GMT -5
Maybe I missed it, but how did McInerney undermine Gibbons? I certainly don't know if she undermined BG, but AM as Associate Head Coach was directly between BG and DP in the management structure. What an unenviable position to be in and it wouldn't be unusual for all parties to feel wary of each other.
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Post by Crucis#1 on Mar 17, 2020 11:50:50 GMT -5
Maybe his on the court w/l record over the previous 5 years undermined BG not AM.
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Post by nhteamer on Mar 17, 2020 12:51:38 GMT -5
Holy Cross has the potential to win less than 15 games next year in basketball. That's both teams combined! And that may be optimistic. Having said that, if Blossom thinks she's a big reason why the last 3 classes are so weak (excepting Avery, and her signing was very lucky), then not continuing with her at the helm is ok with me. I sent an email to Ms. Tolland regarding Faulker and Parks. I'm hoping she asks a couple questions. fewer We suck at sports. At least we can be good at infectious disease and grammar.
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Post by hc6774 on Mar 17, 2020 12:58:26 GMT -5
/\ the second guessing is just starting on infectious disease
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