Engine  dont know if you made it to the gym this weekend but i was verry happy for the girls. They played tough and they have some talent. I dont know if they will win alot of games but they looked to be having fun.  It must be refreshing for the upper classmen perimeter players to be given the ok to shoot the ball and your not pulled if you miss a three early in a shot clock. sometime your most open shot comes then.

My daughter watched and  I asked her do you have any regrets with you and the other players blowing up the program at such a high price to yourselves in not getting any senior moments or memories,  She told me No.

She has friend's still on the team and they have told her and this is to the new coaches credit how much fun they are having again. When i get moments of self pity about my daughter not playing that last season. I take solace in her words and attitude. Dad its new era for Rose my time is done and im ok  with how it ended for me as long as it brought the change that needed to happen.

Rose is a dilemma for me when i watch. The petty angry part of me hopes they get destroyed but then I remember how exceptional these young women are to go through the grind they do and then on top somehow make time for basketball.   I see how the school got my daughter ready to crush in the real world both financially and her succeed as a new engineer.


So lets go Rose basketball i hope it will always be something you look forward too and  in getting your mind off your studies and huge amount of pressure your under and something you shouldn't dread having to go too.

Rose Hulman  coming to play IWU this weekend after winning at Cal Tech but losing to a very bad Laverne team and st. marys naia team .  There is no doubt how this game will go but it will be fun to watch Baum vs Huber in the game.  Grace roland a 6'2 freshman comes in with 2 double doubles and only 1 rebound from having a double double in all 3 games.    Rose is feeling the lack of bench they have started out well in first half but have fallen apart in 2ndhalf.  Blowing a 16 pt lead against Laverne with 9 minutes to go and being heavily outscored by cal tech but managed to hold on.

Well Engine

at least they have really nice shooting shirts.  I always feel for players who have to be a bridge for a program but not sure if this will be a bridge to nowhere  like the one in Alaska.   The Ad might have destroyed the program for the next 4 years. @ bad teams to come out in California if they lose to cal tech not sure who they will beat this year

Engine

so some information from what my daughter has heard.   The girls are having fun and enjoying basketball again.  The new coach has made a great first impression with the players.   Ashley Black came back and Manuella who had d-1 offers but quit right  away under former coach is also back and I heard that Reese could be a legit star as a big and anytime Baum walks on the court she is an assissan.  I think they will be better then 3rd to last in conferences but even with 14 players the depth is not there.   I think they will be a defensive liability but i think you will see the offense open up.

I know players were told they  would be benched if she shot a three if there was more then 20 seconds on the shot clock even if they were wide open he wanted everything pounded low. Wish the e kid could have played her senior season under a coach that would let them go and not worry if they missed a shot.

Look forward to watching the girls and hopefully they are just not a bridge to the eventual remaking of the program and have some juice this season.

Hi Engine

i am aware of  many things none good.  I will send you privately emails i sent and responses i got. Would love to post on here but discretion  better serves my daughter. The school knew she was right. All the players who left said they would come back with a change and even when they cancelled the season the girls said they would still come back with a change so their former teammates wouldnt lose a season instead of cancelling it and the AD didnt even respond.

Engine sometime today the new head coach will be announced my daughter told me . He is a guy who was out of basketball for 6 years before coming back last year  the entire staff was let go after the end of the season after going 9-21 .

DEVRINN PAUL
Paul spent three years at Marshall University from 2013-16 as an assistant coach and recruiting specialist before moving into consulting for the last six years.

Prior to Marshall, Paul was at the University of Louisville for three years as the video coordinator for the women's basketball team. Prior to being named video coordinator, he was a graduate assistant for the Cardinal women's basketball team for two years and graduated with his master's (higher education in human resources) in 2010.

At Louisville, Paul was part of the first Cardinal women's basketball program to make it to the NCAA Final Four (2009). During his time at Louisville, the Cards made four NCAA Tournament appearances and advanced to the national championship game twice. Louisville advanced to the NCAA final, losing to Connecticut. Along the way to the title game, the No. 5 seed Cards defeated the No. 1 seed Baylor, and in doing so were nominated for "Best Upset" at the 2013 ESPYs.

Paul's duties as video coordinator included preparing scouting reports, producing highlight videos and game film, helping with recruiting videos and developing game plans alongside the coaching staff.

Prior to Louisville, Paul attended Kentucky State University in Frankfort, Ky., where he worked as the student manager for the men's basketball team. He graduated with his bachelor's in business marketing with a minor in journalism in 2008.

A Hempstead, N.Y., native, Paul moved to Louisville at age 11 and attended Waggener High School, where he played varsity basketball and football. He received a Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Educational Foundation scholarship award in 2003 for football, and was first team all-district in 2002 and 2003.

Hi Engine

I just returned from Rose and my daughters graduation.   I was told as you said. 4 people have been offered and turned down the job.  The remaining player's are concerned that there wont be enough players for next season.  As i stood in the gym beaming with pride as my daughter graduated and gratefull to the academic part of Rose that hasd secured her a six figure job I am still filled with rage and disgust knowing the inside problems that go back to the championship days and knowing the athletic director was well aware and chose to do nothing.   I know Coach Prevo personally and like him I even recruited for him but there were problems with his approach to players that gos farther back then just my daughters class that i was not aware of. 

The group who quit have been called  program killers.  What a farce. They were a group of very smart women who said enough is enough and drew a line in the sand   Make no mistake the program finds itself where it is because of Tweedy and President Coons.   

Big championship weekend.  Hope Transylvania brings it home and a great coach and team are rewarded.  a  very personal shout out to one of my players in her youth who will be playing for the D-2 title for Minnesota-Duluth.  Tatum Rhoades is a exceptional player who has also won state championships but a incredible person and one of the easiest players i ever got to coach.


On the Rose-Hulman front.  Crickets. 

I knew this but was asked not to disclose to official . A ending that just didnt need to be. Engine the rumors you heard is what i have been told. The new AD came in and has pretty much destroyed the department alot of upset coaches.  A lot having exited remember how there was  never any comment on mens basketball coach leaving. Ran off the golf  coach who had the best program at Rose. I have heard football coaches are looking to leave amongst others.   I heard she wanted Prevo gone but instead of doing it straight up she used the players and pretext of mental health and numbers to cancel the season to force him out.   I was told today that there were 3 soccer players willing to come play and the administration said no.  The girls who had quit said they would play under a interim coach and she knew that and didn't care.  i wont get into the politics and wokeness of all this. All I know anyone who has run a business would have had this solved 10 months ago and they would be a game coming up Saturday. I appreciate book smarts as much as the next guy but a lot of people in academia are just clueless in real world business

https://athletics.rose-hulman.edu/news/2022/12/15/womens-basketball-jon-prevo-retires-after-17-years-as-womens-basketball-head-coach-12-15-22.aspx

What can a coach can take advantage of what Rose has to offer.  A spectacular gym and campus. One of the best educations.  Engine I would disagree some on the money. My daughter got pretty good rewards for her grades but it was about 40k a year it got cheaper once she moved off campus.  Rose does get more d-1 and d-2 girls to look at them because of their education. Every player i know has a job lined up already and is anywhere from 75 k to 125k. The university needs to spend money on coaching it was a joke their was only one assistant coach compared to other teams.   They need multiple recruiters because the standards are tough at Rose.  My kid is the first from Minnesota to play for them. That is ridiculous we are a stem state and we have no schools except d-1 that have engineering programs. We are loaded with talent in this state.   I mentioned in a prior message i was asked if i was mad my daughter went to rose.  The answer was no because in the end basketball wa sover in 4 years and the real life begins. Thsi school has set her up do be financially secure her entire life and for that I'm grateful. However if im being honest with myself what would have happened if i ha d known about Hope and we had visited I have no ideal how she might have played or how much but to play in front of full arena to have a coach  nurture and propel her is something i think of.  I have no ideal if a engineering degree carries the weight of one from Rose but if rose is a standard bearer for the degree. Hope is on the basketball side.

The kid has 2 years left due to covid i have one fantasy left of her going  to go play for Coach Kelly who recruited her at Gustavus and supported her more during her time in college then her current team staff but as she says dad we have had our time and now its time for the next challenges in life. 

Wish everyone a merry christmas or  the holiday you celebrate.   Iwu i told you when rose played IWU that huber was a special talent

So, grand total...26 kids
Erin Davie
Heather Finnell
Addie Johnson
Hayley Gilliam
Olivia Ottone
Kristen Belyea
Jamie Loving
Jordan Hagood
Shelby Julian
Mandy Routon
Chiarra Franklin
Brianna Glieseman
Sophie Brooks
Stacy Fox
Cassie Utley
Abby Holloway
Caitlin Young
Desirae Webster
Jordan Barlow
Kahlan Jester
Lindsey Thomas
Jenna Myers
Ashley Black
Manuella Shomba
Rowan Hein
Nosa Igehon
Plus the whole recruiting class of 2018

Hi Ms. Tweedy and Mr. Coons

I wanted to respond to your email and just want you to know I don't find anything the university has done recently on the case of  my daughter or in the  past for others has shown  any advocacy for them.  Seven upperclassmen came to you with issues and were simply ignored. I run companies if I had all my upper management people resigning because of my general manager I would be taking  a hard look why. 
Here is a list of players over just the last few years that all quit playing because of the program.   The success of the 2 sisters must have blinded the administration to what was going on.  It's to late for my daughter and for her family she will never have the senior moments she earned and deserved and to be frank they were taken away by your inaction. As I stated before I will always be grateful to rose for the education my daughter has received and has a great job lined up after graduation but there was no reason that it had to be just on the education side.  Here is the list

Good evening Mr. Jester,

Thank you for expressing your concern. We know the decision was not favorable by everyone, however; it was the best decision for the team. The team was very understanding, and we will continue to do what's best for this program.

I look forward to better things to come. I hope Kahlan is doing better, and I hope she knows that she still has an advocate in me.

Please let her know she is more welcome to come see me and chat.

Have a good evening.

My daughter went to the  administration along with others and told her opinion on the matter. Her big concern wasn't her but kids coming in after her she didnt want them to go through what some of the things her and other teammates were experiencing.  They nodded along and said oh you know i want to a advocate for you and the others. She left that meeting and never heard another word from the administration. She did end up having a one on one with the coach to his credit apologized and asked if she would come back and she said no that the relationship had been harmed to much.  The others made the same decision. So they go into the season with 7 girls 2 get hurt early.  my daughter felt terrible for her friends she did what's best for her but didn't want them to lose their season she said she would consider playing for a interim coach and she thought the others would also.  I shared that with the administration and they never even asked the players. in the game against Transylvania they had more players that quit in the stands then on the bench.  They never asked the student body if there were other athletes that would come out.  Season cancelled no one wins.  I am going to go on with life and not vent and then i get a email from the administration which i will share. The smugness and condescension was to much so I wrote the President. here are the emails

Hi Guys   I have been in the middle of the ocean on vacation and couldnt respond on line here.  I have brand new information. As i share this. There are no winners only destruction because admistrations closed their eyes due to winning championships.  These are my opinions and its information from non players that are close to the program. This will be extremly long so i may break it up into sections  incase any of you guys have a question.

First the new information  There was meeting last week and  announcement of that meeting will happen soon  I know Jon Personally and of course he recruited my daughter I even did some recruiting for him here in Minnesota.  I had heard some things from senior parents when my daughter came in and i did have a red flag as there was no one left from 2018 recruiting class. I am as guilty as any parent if it wasnt for the education she received I would really be mad at myself for seeing signs but looking the other way, . Rose had just come off of a tremendous 4 years as they had 2 sisters one in particular who was better then any other player in the conference.  They were graduating a whole team except one senior and another upperclassman that ended up quitting.  Parents of that group gave me a warning about how players were treated and that a chair had been thrown at a wall by a girl  and a investigation was started but nothing came about I dont know if that is a fact but was told to me by a older players parent but the player had not started in the past  and i just chalked it up to parents being mad their child hadnt played more.  in my daughters class there was one player who had d-1 offers and my daughter who had d-2 and naia full rides.  They would in the ensuing years get 3 more d-1 players who all quit the team .  As a parent i was happy my kid would play alot as a freshman they only have 4 years left so that is enticing.  The gym was terrific the girls coming in with her high caliber.  The most important and the reason she passed up full rides was because of the education which to Rose-Hulman and my daughters credit has paid off with a six figure offer after she graduates.    Freshman year growing pains but some girls said they wouldn't be back as they didn't enjoy playing for the coach. my daughter had issues but it was more related to game play at that time as he was a heavy believer in post and would get mad at players for taking 3 pointers.  he is  a defensive coach and in the case of my kid she was an excellent defender which was getting her a lot of playing time.  Get to junior season more girls have quit more are un happy the d-1 transfer after a month told him she wouldn't come back and play for him.  In the case of my kid and others they felt they were being attacked for off court matters.  7 upper classmen quit.  to be continued