I hope they will soon see it as a great recruiting tool, learning experience for Spoon, and a lead to get Spoon the help she needs to rebuild us. That is just the way I see it, though.Originally Posted by bulldogbacker2
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I hope they will soon see it as a great recruiting tool, learning experience for Spoon, and a lead to get Spoon the help she needs to rebuild us. That is just the way I see it, though.
That's what it sounds like to me. Clearly, the Lady Techsters are an organization that no longer has a business strategy. They are just heaving it. Either the LT's can't afford to buy out Weatherspoon's contract, or no one has the balls to fire her.
Tech is allowing a head coach to divide her time between the university and a WNBA team. Spoon gets to "work on her coaching skills." This demonstrates the current state of the program. A head coach is being allowed to divide her focus between the program she is paid well to build (by comparison to her experience level) and another program in NYC.
When your program just had its first losing season, and not by a -1 margin, but a solidly losing season where your team was embarrassed on the national stage repeatedly and could not manage to finish better than .500 in one of the worst conferences in the country, you would think the coach needs to either be fired or spend ALL of her time building the Tech program, not hoping that hanging out with Bill Lambier will somehow rub off on her and make her a great coach.
If Spoon needs to work on her coaching skills (which I don't think anyone is arguing against) she should do it somewhere else, and let someone WITH experience rescue the program.
This is another low-point for the program. And, this is another situation that reinforces Tech's (and some fans) blind spot when it comes to "celebrity." While this time of year should be about cutting down nets, at Tech, it's about desperately clinging to the past and hoping that star power will trump talent.
By the way, it never does.
Good post. LA Tech specializes in making the easy decisions look hard. This is one of those cases.
Totally agree with the sentiments in the last couple of posts. And regarding recruiting, recruits pick a school based on that school's program and not on any perceived ties with a WNBA team. WNBA careers are a very long shot for all but the elite of the elite college players.
Last edited by RealityCheck; 03-25-2013 at 12:55 AM.
Anyone who says otherwise is not paying attention. Recruits within the reach of the Techster program are not in the same neighborhood of WNBA recruits nationally. Tech is barely competitive in Louisiana, and most definitely not competitive regionally as far as recruits go. Tech is arguably fourth or fifth best in the state in the past two seasons. There has been little to no development of the players Spoon has recruited. No one is watching the Techsters from a national perspective. It's the "little school that was good in the 80's" to anyone paying attention to the national scene today. The only press the Techsters receive today is when they are mentioned in Mulkey's press. That is what you call irony. Or, that is what you call karma.
Nikki Caldwell, two seasons at LSU, wins first round with young team, on to second round and more national publicity for the program which helps with recruiting. Yep, that is actually what helps with recruiting. Winning.
44-22 in two seasons. Great in-state and regional recruits. Building a program and peaking at the right time in the season. They will be fortunate to reach the S16, but from where they were at the beginning of the season to now demonstrates progress throughout the season.
In case anyone was wondering, this is how you build or rebuild a program.
Coaching on both the high school and college level I can say from experience that you could not be MORE WRONG.
I understand that is your opinion but thank god there are some of us that are in the game that can get you together quickly when mistakes like your comments occur.
"the only press the Techsters receive today is when they are mentioned in Mulkey's press. That is what you call irony. Or, that is what you call karma."
AMEN BROTHER
Here is why kids top recruits look at more than just the program. Top quality athletes don't want to just sit and wait their turn they wanna go where they can play immediately and have a chance to make an immediate impact. that is why we are in the conversation of tianah alvarado and alexis ungro. Alvarado knew she would start at seton hall but now that donavon is leaving she wants to control the type of basketball she plays and that is a smart athlete
We'd sure love for you to send us a player or two, philgarris.
Still got a great atmosphere, good attendance, wonderful university. Thanks for all you do and all your info!
Amen!
My comments are far less of a mistake than the one Tech made by promoting an untested and (based on the overall trend of the program for the last four seasons) unqualified person to be a Division I head coach.
I have been around college sports and Tech enough to know the difference between good and bad coaching. The last four years has seen Tech go from an occasional to a steady to a constant stream of basic fundamental mistakes that even well-coached high school teams don't make.
If the players can't get the job done and still get significant playing time, that is a coaching issue. If enough players can't get the job done, those are multiple recruiting mistakes made by the coaching staff. If the players are capable, then they aren't getting the coaching required. The common denominator lacking in all of the above--coaching.
Last edited by RealityCheck; 03-25-2013 at 07:29 PM.
A very exciting development.
Definitely! And there will be more........
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