I vote for the UNLV coach. Princeton coach 2nd.
Come again?
Coach Sinn is a good coach. Seen the Tommies play twice, they are a really good team this year. Their smaller arena is nicer than ours. Not gonna lie, besides court and view of the game Williams Arena is good, the arena as whole is dump and needs upgrade. Her coaxh Sinn level of player indicates she can recruit. Would be out of the box, but good coach nonetheless.
Good suggestions Lynx. Baranczyk is a good basketball coach.
I truly hope the Gophers have this coach on the list and at least give Coach Fralick a call. It's hard to think about this. Season just ended, was hoping to see Gophers play into Friday. I liked how the team was just starting to come together. 11 new players, hard to build continuity on team sports in such a short time. I know I'm posting a lot just trying to cope with today's news.
At this stage, in this version of the NCAA, I truly don't think you can bank on anybody on the roster staying. Some surely will, but the way it is right now, you just have to hire the best coach and build the roster from there.I see that two of Megan Duffy's seniors made All Big East First Team honors. Jordan King is a 5' 11" guard. I wonder if she/they has/have a year of eligibility and interest to play in Minnesota.
Minnesota could use a veteran wing/shooting guard to replace Gradwell and generally play opposite Braun and give rotation minutes until the new 2023 freshmen get more experience. That assumes Borowicz plays the invaluable 6th (wo)man role in a couple spots and lots of minutes at point guard.
Two of Duffy's freshmen made the Big East All Freshmen team too.
Four Marquette WBB Players Earn All-BIG EAST Honors - Marquette University Athletics
The BIG EAST Conference announced its 2022-23 women's basketball all-conference honors Thursday afternoon, a list which includes four Marquette players.gomarquette.com
I think Duffy would be tough to get for Minnesota. She's been on fire as a coach for many years, multiple NCAA tournaments and an incredible record before that at Miami Redbirds. Anyway, probably out of the reach of Minnesota.
Why? I'm a female with 2 daughters. Don't we want the best coach possible male or female? Why should it matter?
Listened to Scroggins on Rand’ podcast and this and whole episode is devoted to this topic.
We already have a Head Hockey coach that is Male and a Head Volleyball coach that is Male. We do want the best coach possible, however we also want one that can best relate to the players and the journey. This is about having role models, and expousing the game in a positive light for Womens basketball. It is not about Quata's it is about showing Females that there is opportunity at the Major College level and strong female leaders are capable in these leadership roles. We need more being in charge of top programs in female sports. In Sports overall, men already have much more opportunity, in all aspects, media, coaching, AD, men already dominate historically at having these top roles, at a higher percentage in all divisions of college. I want a coach that can sell theses players on their vision, show that there will be opportunity for themselves in the game of basketball even after college. You saw the unequal treatmemt in the Mens NCAA tournament and Women during Covid right? I get the revenue thing but without fairness and exposure how else do you grow the Womens game. It is high level basketball yet many snobs will not even give the game a watch. There is already unequal treatment in broadcast television and radio. For me a Female coach at the top will be able to best sell the program to the Young ladies and fans growing up. We need young women in the Midwest and all over to see themselves as having these type of opportunities available to them going forward, and need to grow the game and fan base. If people would just buy a ticket and show up they would see how great Major College Women's basketball is.Going to admit, I was a narrow minded jock growing up and a jerk, I changed my position a lot as I matured and went to college and gave the game a chance by buying a ticket as a Student. HS me would have laughed hard at the thought. Heck the tickets are free to U students and not nearly enough show up. Is that a lack of exposure or what we all see on TV and radio and Social media? This is only part of why I want a female coach, I'm hoping the next coach can help grow the fan base at the U. Lindsey Whalen was great with media, just her name alone brought buy in and coverage, and her humor, and twitter will be greatly missed. We may not have had the winning we all wanted but Coach Whalen gave the program great exposure in this media market. Coach Whalen made me a life long fan of the Womens game and I am grateful. Long rant, too much probably but I think you all get the point.
I totally get the sentiment, and I'd love to see a woman hired, but I can't go so far as to call it a need. I can only speak from both my daughters' experience: their best and best loved coaches have been both men and women. My younger daughter cried when her collegiate male assistant left the program. He was the best skills coach she ever had, and she and her teammates adored him and his young family. She still has scars from that.
If there was a dislike button I’d hit it ten times! I can’t stand hiring based on sex or color, just hire the best qualified person!! Coyle can’t screw this up, we are at rock bottom in the conference! I have two daughters who are athletes that have had great experiences with male and female coaches.
I dislike the cronyism and nepotism that often accompanies hiring in Sports that favors the good ole boys club and denies opportunity, the buddy train. I want the best possible coach for the Gophers, but in my opinion I would prefer a Women's head coach. That has been the precedent at Minnesota. We can agree to disagree or definitely not share the same opinion. The reason that Sport writers like Reusse and Wolfson are pushing for Johnston from SDSU is cause he is from Pine Island MN and his top assistant is Caleb Thielbar's wife a buddy of they're group from the Twins. Every time SDSU is in NCAA they get bounced almost always early. We would not even be talking about a need for a Head coach if Minnesota were not struggling in conference. I fear were going to lose a bunch of players no matter the hire.
They’re pushing Johnston because he knows X’s and O’s and has had success at SDSU. He is also a Minnesota guy which some consider a home run hire. I am not a big fan of the sports writers in Minneapolis but I don’t disagree with them regarding Johnston. I’m not saying he is absolutely the one but he should get an interview.
Johnston dominates his conference, has won a D2 and WNIT title and built a D1 program from scratch. He’s gotten to sweet 16 with a Summit team. How many NCAA tournament games were they the higher seed? If we can become a program like Iowa, Iowa State, or SDSU, I’ll take it. However he should be able to be more athletic at MN.
I'm not against a Johnston interview didn't mean to confuse, just stating Sports writers call him out because of Thielbars wife and relationship with Twins player has a role in those guys touts. SDSU their record is great. My input doesn't really matter and sorry to hijack this thread. I do want what is best for the program and a coach that can build a packed gym, and make the best players want to be Gophers. The stakeholders, the former players, current players and big donors, their opinions matter a whole lot more than mine. Let's return this thread back to coaches to watch. Nervous and unsettling time any transition like this is. Just hoping we can attract a Great coach that wants to be a Gopher.
I agree I don't see us pulling a coach away from a school like Oklahoma. Jensen is an interesting candidate. (She might have an in in getting a certain 9th grader from Providence Academy.) Coyle had to hire Whalen IMO, but I'm sure his list of candidates will be very strong.
www.startribune.com