WBB: Landmark Conference

[mytwocents]

Tough loss for Scranton last night.  Pretty darn good year for the Lady Royals all considering.  Coach Strong and his staff most definetly one of the best in DIII.

[ronk]

    I didn't realize that Coach Whitten(formerly of Kings) had moved to the Mount from VCU. 
    Saw the 2 Scranton-CU games at CU of Coach Carey's tenure and was impressed with how well CU played in that game 2 years ago(the only loss for Scranton that year other than to the NCAA champion Hope). This year's CU team looks on the way to very good things despite having to deal with the serious injuries.

[bbald eagle]

Red, sorry - and surprised - to see Coach Carey go. Good luck to CUA in the search for a new coach.

[old ends]

congrats to the girls who made All American,

Click here to see list: http://www.wbca.org/releases/DIIISFCAAT2008.html

[cuabigdog]

The Catholic University of America introduced Matthew Donohue as the new head women's basketball coach Wednesday.  Donohue takes over for Margaret Carey who recently left CUA to take a coaching position at her alma mater, Mount Saint Mary's University.  Donohue comes to CUA from Elmira College where he has been the head women's basketball coach and sports information director since 2003.

"We are thrilled to have someone with Coach Donohue's credentials join our coaching staff," said Director of Athletics Dr. Michael Allen.  "He has a tremendous track record of taking programs to new heights throughout his coaching career.  He will bring great enthusiasm to our program and department." 

During his time at Elmira, Donohue was recognized as the Empire 8 and regional Coach of the Year in 2006, led his team to a regular season conference championship in 2007 and had two appearances in the conference championship game.  In his five seasons, Donohue had numerous players earn conference and regional honors and his teams routinely excelled in the classroom. 

Prior to Elmira, Donohue was the head coach at Division II Bloomfield College where his 2002 squad posted a 17 game improvement over the previous season, for one of the largest single season improvements in the nation.  While at Bloomfield he also served as the head men's cross country coach.  The Centenary College graduate holds a degree in English with an emphasis on education.  He taught and coached at a number of high schools in New Jersey. 

[TheNextLevel]

Elmira's gain is Catholic's loss...Don't let the door hit you in the ___  on the way out!

[TheNextLevel]

 I hate to post negatives, but if anyone deserves it....and you asked.

A very good recruiter because he will tell a player whatever they want to hear both before and after they are there, rarely follows though on his word , is manipulative and all that catches up with you, thus the frequent moves.  Also he will purge the schedule of quality opponents and schedule  as many creampuffs as possible to get wins.  (Only 5  'out of conference ' wins in the 5 seasons at Elmira  against teams with a better than 500 record).   His only 2 winning seasons at Elmira were the result of an assistant coach who knew more than he did.  Without her he had 3 losing seasons.  He often pits players against each other behind the scenes, while preaching Team unity.   I could go on and on,  but that would identify players .  As I said , he did recruit some quality players to Elmira, (but then Elmira attracts quality students/athletes to begin with, as does Catholic) and they played thier hearts out for each other.

Below is an earlier  post from another EC fan...



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Re: Empire Eight
December 08, 2007, 04:44:54 pm »   
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EXperiment,and search!! When will it end for Elmira? At some point  you need to have some faith in your players.  The EC coach seems to have none. You no longer have Coackely to run the "press and run" style. SO ADJUST ALREADY. You have talent, use it properly.  Stevens did not scare.  They were not dauntingly good.  But EC was outcoached.  Stevens players were patient, and sharing with the ball.  EC was in a hurry to whip up"notice the word shoot was not used" a three, when their best success was moving it inside. The only player who was hitting the three was givin the bench most of the second half.  Heres a though RUN HER A PLAY.  A group of bench players come in with some spark and decrease the lead to 14, only to be sat down for the remainder.   Show some faith!!    BUT  EC sticks with the press zone defense, and the same offense each time down the floor. Lets see some variation. Coach D  has become the worst thing a coach and team can be... PREDICTABLE.

[heatlee]

The new Catholic coach can coach.  If he can win at Elmira, just think how well he'll do at CUA.

[kate]

Heatlee, what in the name of God (no pun intended ) would make the women's coaching job at CUA better than Elmira - location?  Climate?   Yes, i know you have Susan Sarandon & dear Pat, but honestly!  Oh well, it's back to the MAC board for me.

[heatlee]

D.C. vs. Elmira, its obvious to me especially if you grew up in a metropolitan area, like he did.

[TheNextLevel]

Not really.  He had it made at Elmira.  Great School, tons of scholarship money, very supportive Athletic Director and Adminstration, AND he started with a couple of  great  players to build around. 

With the talent EC had... He definitely under-achieved all 5 seasons.

The new Catholic coach can coach.  If he can win at Elmira, just think how well he'll do at CUA.

[Pat Coleman]

tons of scholarship money

Hopefully there's an investigation.

[CardinalRed]

I find it hard to believe that he is as bad of a coach as you say he is. Some of the claims aren't exactly adding up. I'm excited to see what Coach Donohue can do with a great group of players.

[cuabigdog]

i myself will just wait till the season starts and see what kind of coach he turns out to be .. could  be a national champion winner or a below 500 coach ... or anywhere in between ...  only time will tell.. i'm sure the AD at CUA would not have chosen him if he were that bad.. let's just wait and see for ourselves before we jump to any conclusions on the man ok .. have a great summer and OCT can't get here quick enough ..

[CardinalRed]

I'll second that.