W. Basketball. Techsters Face Seattle Friday

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Originally Posted by Russdawg

YES, YES, YES x 100 BILLION!!!!!!!!!!

Ir's been so very long since I've seen this in most of our Techsters. Definitelty been missing since the Long years and I'd hoped this 2012-13 season with all Spoon players would be different. Phil, I sit right behind the Techsters goal, and you can just see this SO MUCH in our Techsters eyes and body language. I love every one of our ladies, but the cut-your-throat-and-enjoy-it mentality has not been prevalent maybe since the Tamicha Jackson years. Dowdell and Adrienne Johnson had it, but it has just been lacking overall. The CONFIDENT ATTITUDE, the DOMINATION DESIRE, the HURT -YOU-AND-ENJOY-EVERY-MINUTE-OF-IT attitude is just missing. Desire just cannot be underrated.

To me that's recruiting, and program culture. Gotta get it back. Hoping Spoon can find the players and the awesome assistant coach to get it done for us.

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You are correct and I can't speak for anyone else but I am gonna do what I can to help us find those players.

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Originally Posted by philgarris

hmmmmmmmmmm you might wanna read before you pop off something being a smart a** .

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It's called sarcasm. Something you are good at dishing out, but not as quick to identify in others.

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Originally Posted by fanfromafar

It's called sarcasm. Something you are good at dishing out, but not as quick to identify in others.

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you still didn't read the comment it said "if he doesn't get the USC position" never did I say if he had a choice that I hoped he chose Tech.

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Originally Posted by champion110

Wow! Talk about an EXTREME overreaction.......... It was a bad season. Maybe the Texas Women should not be called the Lady Longhorns anymore or Southern Cal should release all their players. Get a grip! Life goes on and we will be fine!

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Champion110, you remind me of Baghdad Bob when he said that no bombs were falling on his city, and we were sitting in our living rooms watching on CNN as the bombs rained down. The dirty diaper is now more than half-full for it runneth over, and is in need of being changed.

FYI, very little chance Park gets the USC job.

The prevailing argument by those I consider delusional is that Spoon needs to recruit better players and get a good assistant coach.

Ok. She's had four years to do that and didn't. No, I don't think she's going anywhere. But yes, I do believe some of the fans are going somewhere, and its not to the TAC or paying online to watch.

For the self-proclaimed faithful, a new year means new hope. At least they have that to hold on to, as they no longer have a program worth much of anything.

I want to keep Spoon. She is not the best head coach. But she brings a fire and a love for Tech that we desperately need. Winning is important but it's pretty high on my list to have loyalty...and Spoon's got that in spades...we just need to recognize it and reward her for it (whatever that may entail).

I dont gim a hoot about that..i want wins

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Originally Posted by Blue Dawg

I want to keep Spoon. She is not the best head coach. But she brings a fire and a love for Tech that we desperately need. Winning is important but it's pretty high on my list to have loyalty...and Spoon's got that in spades...we just need to recognize it and reward her for it (whatever that may entail).

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What???? Reward her?????

Crap, it is this kind of mentality that got the football program in trouble because we let Bicknell hang around about four years too long because he was a good guy. The same can be said about the current state of affairs with baseball.

Next year, will be even worse for the Techsters unless a change is made. We may have poor assistants and the players may not be all that good, but the reality is that those problems are the result of the efforts of the head coach.

Ok, how about giving her another assignment within the university since she is so loyal? She has no business coaching this team any longer unless you want to see if it can lose 20 games in one year.

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Originally Posted by Brad

What???? Reward her?????

Crap, it is this kind of mentality that got the football program in trouble because we let Bicknell hang around about four years too long because he was a good guy. The same can be said about the current state of affairs with baseball.

Next year, will be even worse for the Techsters unless a change is made. We may have poor assistants and the players may not be all that good, but the reality is that those problems are the result of the efforts of the head coach.

Ok, how about giving her another assignment within the university since she is so loyal? She has no business coaching this team any longer unless you want to see if it can lose 20 games in one year.

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I never said that reward should be a continued HC contract.

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Originally Posted by Blue Dawg

I want to keep Spoon. She is not the best head coach. But she brings a fire and a love for Tech that we desperately need. Winning is important but it's pretty high on my list to have loyalty...and Spoon's got that in spades...we just need to recognize it and reward her for it (whatever that may entail).

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I'm calling BS to that. I don't care if the next head coach of the Lady Techsters attended LA Tech or not. I want a PROFESSIONAL head coach that knows how to recruit and even better, knows how to coach X's & O's DURING A GAME!! AND WINS!!

Don't make the same mistake with Spoon that the football program made with Jack Bicknell, or the men's basketball program made with Jerry Lloyd. LA Tech held on to BOTH of those coaches far too long. It was a HUGE mistake, and it damaged our brand. It hurt both programs for a decade. College athletics is a VERY FAST CHANGING BUSINESS, and head coach's are nothing more than hired guns. Our administration must learn to make the tough decisions much faster than they've shown in the past. It's NOT PERSONAL. It's a BUSINESS. And it should be treated it like one.




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