Appreciate your follow up. No change in opinion, in fact probably strengthened what I had thought. Some solid assistant coaching tenors for our assistants, but no solid head coaching winning experience even for Shimmy from what my limited research found. I agree with what you said about Carly, but again, she was most likely a tag along on those Schaefer lead teams. She has a bright future and could have been a great 3rd or 4th assistant coach if we had a more solid #2 with solid head coaching experience. Winning experience, not a track record of losing at the D1 level, let alone D3 level regardless of the reason. If you didn't think you could turn a D3 program, don't take the job in the first place imo. Once you take it and don't turn it, or even bring it to 500% I question your ability to build a program. Again maybe that type of coach would be a good 3rd assistant or 4th?
no solid head coaching winning experience even for Shimmy:
I don't expect solid coaching winning experience with an assistant. I think that would be a unicorn because any solid head coaching winning experience would make her a head coach in a solid program, not an assistant. It would be phenomenal though or even to have some head coaching even if middling or losing brings perspective, I just don't think "
head coaching winning experience" is realistic.
Carly, but again, she was most likely a tag along on those Schaefer lead teams. She has a bright future and could have been a great 3rd or 4th assistant coach if we had a more solid #2 with solid head coaching experience.:
I think by definition an assistant coach is a tag along. Their role is to provide one on one coaching experience for players at specific positions, help in recruiting and attracting players, provide head coach with different perspectives on players and game strategy. I think Carly is ALMOST a perfect division 1, 1st. assistant coach. She has been a good player as a guard (her position expertise), she has ton's of coaching knowledge from coaching and growing up with a successful coaching parent and being married to another coach. As part of this coaching knowledge much of it comes from winning coaches and programs so she has a perspective of what a winning program and players look like.
Winning experience, not a track record of losing at the D1 level, let alone D3 level regardless of the reason. If you didn't think you could turn a D3 program, don't take the job in the first place imo. Once you take it and don't turn it, or even bring it to 500% I question your ability to build a program. Again maybe that type of coach would be a good 3rd assistant or 4th?
I'm not sure what this is directed to other than maybe Kelly. Kelly is very qualified to be a Div 1 assistant and she was an assistant at minnesota previously as well as in ND. She has a lot to offer, if depends on what Lindsey felt she could offer. She was at Mac for less than 4 years but she brought them from 3-11 in her first year (5-20) before to a high water mark of 11-14 in her 3rd year. For Mac this is solid for a short tenure and I would never expect them to be outstanding. Go to the university's web page. You have to dig to even find athletics.
Shimmy very experienced coach, been on winning programs and the position coach of need (BIGS) and if you follow her twitter at all she is a very positive person so I think she is solid.