You can't free transfer after signing your National Letter of Intent without cause. If that were the case, there would be utter chaos. Players would be literally leaving every day after signing period for 'greener pastures.' Commitments are already not worth anything. The National Letter of Intent is meant to protect both player and school.
figured, probably not good to hire a spouse of a division 1 assistant coach, since they are likely to move on whether or not the team is good or bad.DuDonis resigns as UW-RF women's basketball coach
Blake DuDonis, who coached UW-River Falls to a 19-40 record while his wife was an assistant coach at nearby University of Minnesota, resigns after Carly Thibault-DuDonis took the head coaching job at Fairfield, in Connecticut.www.d3hoops.com
Bye-Bye River Falls
Apparently, Carly Thibault's vision is pretty much the opposite of what we have had at Minnesota WBB the past few seasons. Maybe she learned some lessons here.
She filled a whole staff before Whalen could replace her....Looks like she filled out her staff, including her husband
how can it take so long....
What’s worse is that she had time to have things like this lined up while Carly was interviewing. Final four was in her backyard this year to even help her more.
To be fair, she did not cast a wide net.
Most coaches don’t when creating their staffs. Most have backtracked before they are hired and have a couple already lined up. Whalen hasn’t found a new one in a month. I doubt She was unaware of Carly’s HC aspirations
final four was in Minneapolis but Whalen was in New Orleans that weekend because of the hall of fame stuff. Also is the timeline really that crazy? Nebraska has had an opening since midway thru the season and its still unfilled. Michigan had a coach leave about a week before MN and they announced their coach last week. NW around the same time just announced their new assistant. Its been around a month and while we'd all like to see it quicker it seems like a pretty normal timeline.
Carly was named one to watch regarding HC jobs. I kept wondering for the past couple of years when she would move on.
I know where she was during the final four. Curry or others could’ve been backchanneling. I understand the announcement can take a couple weeks after the choice is made to go through our compliance. This has more of the feel that nobody believes she’ll be here after next year so she’s getting told no. Is anyone even hearing any steam on anyone?
Your feel could be right but last year there was no steam on the Shimmy hiring last year either, it just happened one day. There was alot of names thrown out on here and I dont think her name ever came up til the day she was announced.
I hope that’s the case and you bring some good data to prove it. Hope we hear something soon.
She's still young...