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Post by HC13 on Apr 21, 2021 12:46:32 GMT -5
Just realized how much turnover in head jobs there has been in the last few years. Of the 10 jobs in the league, 6 have changed in the last 2 years alone (2 still open) and 8 in the last 3. Stunning!
AU – Gebba 2013
Army – Traversi – 2021
BU – open
Bucknell – Woodruff – 2019
Colgate – Adeduntan – 2021
Holy Cross – Magarity – 2020
Lafayette - Damon-Olson – 2019
Lehigh - Sue Troyan – 1995
Loyola – open
Navy – Taylor - 2020
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Post by rgs318 on Apr 21, 2021 13:20:39 GMT -5
That represents quite an upheaval. It will be interesting to see, after this shakes out, how the strength of the PL is viewed by outsiders.
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Post by purplehaze on Apr 21, 2021 14:19:58 GMT -5
Trust me there won’t be any change. Not much to fear
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Post by bison137 on Apr 21, 2021 14:24:23 GMT -5
Just realized how much turnover in head jobs there has been in the last few years. Of the 10 jobs in the league, 6 have changed in the last 2 years alone (2 still open) and 8 in the last 3. Stunning! AU – Gebba 2013 Army – Traversi – 2021 BU – open Bucknell – Woodruff – 2019 Colgate – Adeduntan – 2021 Holy Cross – Magarity – 2020 Lafayette - Damon-Olson – 2019 Lehigh - Sue Troyan – 1995 Loyola – open Navy – Taylor - 2020 Also interesting that of the eight who left in the last two years, only two left for a higher-level job.
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Post by longsuffering on Apr 21, 2021 15:33:21 GMT -5
2019 feels like a different century.
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Post by oldschoolhoops on Apr 22, 2021 14:42:33 GMT -5
Loyola has made its hire. Should be announcing soon.
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Post by HC13 on Apr 23, 2021 9:21:07 GMT -5
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Post by HC13 on Apr 23, 2021 10:11:43 GMT -5
And now BU
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Post by hchoops on Apr 23, 2021 10:22:12 GMT -5
I know little of her coaching ability, but I have known Melissa since her high school years. She is a wonderful, personable, confident woman. And was a terrific player.
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Post by purplehaze on Apr 23, 2021 10:27:06 GMT -5
She'll be the tallest coach in the league at 6'5" - was a regular on 4 Notre Dame teams, graduating in 2008 - looks like a good hire by BU.
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Post by oldschoolhoops on Apr 29, 2021 20:55:11 GMT -5
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Post by longsuffering on Apr 29, 2021 22:12:29 GMT -5
Adeduntan, the new Colgate coach went 8-43 as a head coach in D-3. Three coaches are recent assistants and one built a winning Division 2 program. I'm beginning to think the latter is the best background for a coaching hire at the PL level of Division 1. However, time will tell. Leaning heavily on the won loss results of Bret Nelson and Bob Chesney, I see the merits of career paths of D1 assistant to a D2 or 3 head coach and a successful D2 head coach to a mid major D1 head coach.
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Post by oldschoolhoops on Apr 29, 2021 22:45:13 GMT -5
Adeduntan is a wild card hire. I still think she could be good but if she learned offense from Rizzotti then that could be an issue. D'Amico at BU is an interesting choice for them. She may be great and definitely has a strong background. I could see why they chose Moseley, a winning hire and alum too. But to go back to a power 5 coach is risky. D'Amico may just get the 2-3 years of head coaching she needs to land the power 5 head job and more $ and bolt. And then BU is doing this all again. Time will tell I suppose. Traversi seems like a very good hire for Army.
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Post by HC13 on Apr 30, 2021 7:31:16 GMT -5
Thanks, a lot of very helpful info - next year, it could be a much improved & competitive league, especially the bottom half
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Post by lowerkimball on Apr 30, 2021 8:23:45 GMT -5
Adeduntan is a wild card hire. I still think she could be good but if she learned offense from Rizzotti then that could be an issue. D'Amico at BU is an interesting choice for them. She may be great and definitely has a strong background. I could see why they chose Moseley, a winning hire and alum too. But to go back to a power 5 coach is risky. D'Amico may just get the 2-3 years of head coaching she needs to land the power 5 head job and more $ and bolt. And then BU is doing this all again. Time will tell I suppose. Traversi seems like a very good hire for Army. If D'Amico is up for a P5 job in 2-3 years, or even 4-5 for that matter, it probably is a result of significant success on the court - something I'm sure no one around the BU program would complain about. Not a bad thing to continually be a "stepping stone" school if your administration is able to evaluate and hire good coaches who can build on the previous coaches success - similar to what the new Bucknell coaching staff has done after Coach Rousell left for Richmond.
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Post by longsuffering on Apr 30, 2021 10:08:22 GMT -5
Adeduntan is a wild card hire. I still think she could be good but if she learned offense from Rizzotti then that could be an issue. D'Amico at BU is an interesting choice for them. She may be great and definitely has a strong background. I could see why they chose Moseley, a winning hire and alum too. But to go back to a power 5 coach is risky. D'Amico may just get the 2-3 years of head coaching she needs to land the power 5 head job and more $ and bolt. And then BU is doing this all again. Time will tell I suppose. Traversi seems like a very good hire for Army. If D'Amico is up for a P5 job in 2-3 years, or even 4-5 for that matter, it probably is a result of significant success on the court - something I'm sure no one around the BU program would complain about. Not a bad thing to continually be a "stepping stone" school if your administration is able to evaluate and hire good coaches who can build on the previous coaches success - similar to what the new Bucknell coaching staff has done after Coach Rousell left for Richmond. That could work for BU. The last time HC went from winning coach to winning coach I can recall would have been Carter to Duffner and that was due to a tragedy. A stepping stone stop is good if it generates championships and ends with the cupboard full with both talented players who stay and well trained assistant coaches.
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Post by HC13 on Apr 30, 2021 10:08:50 GMT -5
BU has been very fortunate in hiring both Rousell & Woodriff. That has not always been the case in the PL for most schools. although American (Corkery & Gebbia) was able to pull it off.
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Post by longsuffering on Apr 30, 2021 10:39:43 GMT -5
The PL level is a hard one to consistently find winning coaches for openings. It is too high a level for a first head coaching stop, imo, but schools like to go to that well, throw in a few pennies and a prayer and haul out another beginner. Sometimes the former assistant stays for six-hundred wins (BG) but it's always a gamble.
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Post by bison137 on Apr 30, 2021 10:49:19 GMT -5
BU has been very fortunate in hiring both Rousell & Woodriff. That has not always been the case in the PL for most schools. although American (Corkery & Gebbia) was able to pull it off. One surprising thing about Gebbia is that she has had the exact same coaching staff for all eight years at American. With their success, it's somewhat surprising that none of them have moved up the ladder.
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Post by oldschoolhoops on Apr 30, 2021 10:51:12 GMT -5
Adeduntan is a wild card hire. I still think she could be good but if she learned offense from Rizzotti then that could be an issue. D'Amico at BU is an interesting choice for them. She may be great and definitely has a strong background. I could see why they chose Moseley, a winning hire and alum too. But to go back to a power 5 coach is risky. D'Amico may just get the 2-3 years of head coaching she needs to land the power 5 head job and more $ and bolt. And then BU is doing this all again. Time will tell I suppose. Traversi seems like a very good hire for Army. If D'Amico is up for a P5 job in 2-3 years, or even 4-5 for that matter, it probably is a result of significant success on the court - something I'm sure no one around the BU program would complain about. Not a bad thing to continually be a "stepping stone" school if your administration is able to evaluate and hire good coaches who can build on the previous coaches success - similar to what the new Bucknell coaching staff has done after Coach Rousell left for Richmond. Good point, I am sure they would not mind the trade off of success. But although Moseley (and think she's a great coach) elevated BU, she didn't win a championship there. And I don't think the Power 5 folks really need to see championship success to make a hire---just a background in P-5 with a few years head coaching experience. I think that's likely why D'Amico is in Boston--to make that step for her resume. A really smart move and she'll win a ton of games at BU. The "stepping stone" school approach might work--it succeeded at Maine for a long, long time (with Sharon Versyp and Joanne P McCallie, etc) until it didn't. It's interesting the different approach admins have taken to transition from one coach to the next and we've analyzed HC quite a bit here over the last few seasons. Be fun to see what works here over this next stretch with so many new folks in the league. Bucknell usually makes pretty smart hires across the department and I think Woodruff was a good move for them. But we learn more about that hire this year and next. Woodruff's been playing the cards Roussell left him in these last two seasons. And that talent level has been significant.
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Post by DiMarz on May 1, 2021 16:11:02 GMT -5
A quick check of the BU staff and Darren Bennett has been kept on the staff. He is a Central Mass guy, from Fitchburg....Nice guy, glad to see him on his feet. He is the only assistant currently listed.
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Post by bfoley82 on May 3, 2021 23:28:51 GMT -5
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Post by HC13 on May 12, 2021 14:29:52 GMT -5
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Post by timholycross on May 13, 2021 11:01:45 GMT -5
What exactly is "analytics" in basketball? Not being critical, just asking.
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Post by longsuffering on May 13, 2021 16:27:24 GMT -5
What exactly is "analytics" in basketball? Not being critical, just asking. When you are down by 20 points with one minute to go you have a .000001 chance of winning so you can stop fouling?
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