Changed the name so no one thinks I am still from the east coast.  MIAC might be the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

Quote from: Bird Dog on June 07, 2011, 08:36:02 PM

Quote from: east coast miac fan on June 07, 2011, 12:12:49 PM
UD and Clarke per se being the good teams?  Loras not so much?

I think we were talking about Women's College basketball. What is the MIAC?

I think I was talking about Women's College basketball as well.  I was trying to guess your dig at Loras.  If you know what the IIAC is, I would think you know what the MIAC is.  Disregard the name, as I don't live on the east coast anymore.

UD and Clarke per se being the good teams?  Loras not so much?

I never said great players NEVER make great coaches, I said rarely.  And if you can come up with 5 coaches in women's D1 basketball out of the 300 or more coaches that have coached D1 in that time frame, that sort of validates my point.  Also, Pokey Chatman is not a good coach.  She's been fired for inappropriate relationships with her players.  Also, if I walked in to her situation at LSU, with Semione Augustus and company, I'd be a COY too.  She hasn't done enough to warrent being considered a good coach.

Anyone who can tell me hiring someone with 4 years or less experience in coaching, is a good hire, is a bold face liar.  There's way too many politics in hiring now with schools today.  Rarely is it about finding the BEST coach regardless of sex, race or whatever.  As to the point about high school coaches applying for D3 jobs, many do.  They aren't qualified.  That's why they don't get the job.  Luther wrapped up the entire job search in like 3 weeks.  Every other D3 that opened with jobs in the area around the same time as Luther, has not hired yet.  Luther knew they were going to hire her before the search even started.  What has she done as a coach to warrent that though?  That's my only question.

I agree with LA Rams.  Great players rarely make great coaches.  They can't teach others how to do the things they were able to do as a player, and that's what made them great.  Too many AD's don't want to do their job and just settle on young female coaches that haven't shown any ability to do the job.

Not sure hiring the assistant of a program that's been on a downward swing, while she was there, is the best move to make.

Just wanted to say congrats to Jess Weisbrod for scoring her 1000th point.  It's a major accomplishment considering she's played for three coaches in four years.

Yeah I guess taking a job that's closer to your family and hometown is a real bad thing isn't it?

PRF, how do you know anything about what was going on at SMU last year?  How could you possibly know if he was or wasn't going to class?

I think you have no idea what you're talking about, and maybe you should be in the situation before you try to state facts about what was going on.

Even if he was forced into coaching golf and didn't do a good job, how does that have anything to do with coaching basketball, the job he was there to do?  If he did such a bad job, then why were all his players unhappy when he left?

PRF, not sure what you're talking about.  The former SMU coach was hardly a shady person.  Maybe you're just bad at judging character.

No love for the MIAC in the d3hoops top 25.  Only CSB getting votes and no one is even close to the top 25.  Two teams from Iowa make the rankings though.  Luther, who deserves all they get, and Simpson who is talented but more talented than every team in the MIAC?  Guess we'll see.  This conference has lost some luster the last few years among the nation and needs to start gaining it back.

I know scrimmages are starting up shortly or have started for many teams.  Who are people scrimmaging against and how are the looking? 

Practice starts tomorrow.  Now that there is a little more finalization on the rosters, what do we think about the teams in the league?  As I am no longer in MIAC country, again, I need the help of this page to keep me informed.  Any picks to start this year?

Dave Stromme the new head coach at Olaf.  Thinking he's above and beyond what Olaf could have expected for a head coach.  Apparently that beat out their strong will for a female head coach.  Can't say they could do any worse with this pick.  If Stromme can't win at Olaf, I think few ever will.

Other than being in one of the toughest NAIA conferences in the country, I think Dakota Wesleyan is a team that can compete at a national level faster than St. Olaf.  Word is that Olaf has never given great financial aid.  Not going to win consistently in the MIAC if you can't consistently get the best kids in.  At least at DWU he has some say in the money kids get with his scholarships.  Plus he can work with his kids year round.  Sounds like a much better deal.  Mandy at SMU might be the one kicking herself now for taking the SMU job.  It's going to be a long while before they win there.