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It's done.
Louisiana Tech University should start over in WBB. Nickname them the Lady Bulldogs, and start with a completely new coaching staff. All 'ships are hereby revoked, no player has a gaurantee of one for next season. However, they can pay their own way and hope to earn their way back on the team via a try-out with the new coaches. But, they are under no obligation to offer a 'ship to any current player.
So Phil, you proposed Spoon revoking scholarships and admitting mistakes in recruiting.
Seriously? Are you listening to your own argument? Defend Spoon, defend mistakes made in recruiting, defend that there is no assistant coach, defend a losing season.
Revoking the scholarships of the players isn't the issue, in my opinion. Revoking the contract of the head coach? Now that's a solution.
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!Originally Posted by dawg80
"We will be fine."
Champ, you have said this so much, it no longer resonates. You can't go with the same mistakes over and over and expect a different outcome. It is time. We desperately need a change.
Don't go putting words in my mouth. I asked for some reactions if this was to happen. I am not defending Spoon. Spoon is who signed on the dotted line bringing the players to Louisiana Tech so she is holding the responsibility.
Spoon allowed the players not to follow the game plan that was laid out so again that is on her.
Spoon allowed those players to continue on the floor while not following the game plan. That is on her.
If I had an employee that knowingly went against what I had said was our every day way of doing business and decided that he or she was going to do their own thing that is insubordination and that is an offense that he or she could be terminated for.
I would call behavior like that Conduct detrimental to the program.
Spoon is responsible on all fronts for the play and the behavior of this team and it is her job to correct that what ever it takes.
When we talk about termination of a coaching staff it would only be appropriate if that coaching staff was considering the termination of the players that they have surrounded themselves with.
IMO the coaching staff should be holding meetings with every member of the team doing the players final evaluations of the season.
That evaluation would determine if those that are returning for the 2013-14 continue with the program or if they will be dismissed and allowed to pursue offers from another University.
My thought is if you oversee the only losing season in history you are collateral damage no matter the reasons.
made me think of this:
Originally Posted by champion110
I am less angry this morning and ready to get back up on the horse. That girl was a freak last night.
Originally Posted by champion110
In fact, I finally had to tell her to stop over the last weekend, because I was worn out and needed a break.
you are so correct, no matter what the reason Spoon will always be remembered for the first losing season in history and not her play on the floor. I wish it would have never happened but to think the coach that saved us from the losing season five years ago now holds it five years later.
I replied above that Sarah had said the team didn't execute the game plan. Nowhere did I say she called out players by name, which she did not do. Not sure where that came from but it wasn't me. I skimmed other replies and didn't see it either, but
maybe I missed it. She sounded disappointed/disgusted/letdown more than anything and said we'd see how they responded by working hard over the summer.
People are hearing what they WANT to hear......
How about this, then - I will be fine. I am as upset as anyone on here, but I am not over reacting. Some of you are completely over the top right now. Of course, I knew this was coming. Seattle beat us soundly twice during the regular season. I was hoping we had turned some type of magical corner and we did for 2 games, but I am not that shocked that they beat us soundly again.
Next year will come around and I will have my hopes set high once again. I hope some of you use your passion in the right way.
CutiePie72, I would have been shocked if she would have done that to the players. I see nothing wrong with saying that the team didn't do what they were suppose to do on the floor.
IMO, we have some on here that believe while the coaching staff should be held accountable, they don't think it is fair for the Coaching staff to do the same thing with the athletes.
You can't say it is fair for one and not the other.
Oh i think it is fair but my thoughts want change. If I was AD she be fired today.
Champion110 there is very little that we disagree on but this is one time I am gonna disagree with you. We are not fine and we have not been fine for MANY years. We will not be fine until we have the athletes that walk on the floor with a chip on their shoulder and DARE someone to knock it off.
We have to get back to basics and recruiting kids that want to win, know how to win and hate losing more than winning.
Louisiana Tech has gotten in the mind set of taking what comes to you instead of going out and taking what you want in the recruits.
We have to start recruiting those top 100 players with just as much conviction as we are recruiting everyone else.
We have not been recruiting these top tier kids or at least they didn't recruit Tianah Alvarado or Alexis Ungro. The only reason I can think of is that they saw the list of Tenn, Seton Hall, South Florida, UNC and other schools and thought they would not be able to sway them away.
Ungro is excited to speak with them about Louisiana Tech and this coming from Necole Tunsil (their coach) whoever gets Alexis also has a really good shot at Tianah Alvarado.
I know we don't have the budget when it comes to recruiting that a lot of the bigger schools have but this is when they (coaching staff) has to rely on us the high school coaches with love for the university to go find players that we can get them in front of.
so you think it is okay to hold one accountable and not the other.
That isn't one sided thinking at all LOL
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