geewago said:

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Why hire the coach that can't beat Kim? Why not hire the coach at Ohio State?

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With that logic, looks like we missed out on hiring the South Dakota coach.

HoustonBear15 said:

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geewago said:

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Why hire the coach that can't beat Kim? Why not hire the coach at Ohio State?

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With that logic, looks like we missed out on hiring the South Dakota coach.

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or we could have just kept Kim

Stranger said:

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HoustonBear15 said:

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geewago said:

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Why hire the coach that can't beat Kim? Why not hire the coach at Ohio State?

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With that logic, looks like we missed out on hiring the South Dakota coach.

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or we could have just kept Kim

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Kim quit. You cant force someone to stay. This is not slavery

i remember we went after Joni or that is what was said. I believe she didn't leave because her husband had a chance with the dream, and she had those super seniors that came back for nothing more than her. it would have let them down. But this was her perfect opportunity!!

74Bear said:

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Ballout.com reports a rumor
"Georgia plans to hire Ole Miss head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin"

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Georgia > Texas A&M confirmed
Ole Miss > Georgia rumor



SEC ... SEC ... SEC

Ok. I'm a big Nicki fan, check my posts. But it is ridiculous to say NC would pack her bags from BU, which supports wbb at the highest level, and go to GA where they are stingy. I surely believe NC has more maturity and backbone than to turn tail because of idiotic posting or hate email. If not, she does not need to be a coach. I'll support her, defend her and look forward to the future with her. But if u replace a legend u know there is a choppy transition period. Nicki has been around wbb long enough to know criticism will come for a while. Work hard, recruit, and stay positive and 99 percent of the idiots will find new victims of their inner anger. So please stop whining for Nicki. Support her and don't be part of the problem by making the nay sayers feel empowered. Nicki has 100 percent support of the admin and Ad. All that matters. Rest is meaningless. Nicki is smart enough to realize the smoke blowing is nothing. Great first year coach! Can't wait to see u rebuild this program, ur style!

Never understood the Joni Taylor hype, has she even gotten GA to the S16? She just got embarrassed by ISU. GA underachieved this year considering the roster and amount of key returnees they had

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Brusinbear2001 said:

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you know what is crazy in the texas a&m forum on their site? They said Blair had a great era but now it's Joni time… isn't it crazy they are already believing in her. She came off of a bit so good season as the year before but they still are open to giving her the chance!!

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Maybe because everything happened as it should have. Gary Blair gave notice of his retirement, rode off into the sunset and was likely instrumental in making sure she was well accepted.

But then, wouldn't you expect, when a legendary coach suddenly chooses to pick up and leave, that just maybe the fan base would think about the TEAM and welcome with open arms the new coach who had the guts to follow the legend?

Dear God, I pray Nicki doesn't pack up and move back to Georgia, though I sure would understand.

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I think when CNC took the job, she fully expected the comments and posts supporting the prior coach and questioning her ability, especially at the college level. How could she not have? She knew fully what she was getting into when she made the decision to replace an icon 20 year coach who left a top 5 program under adverse circumstances.

The fans had to work through this sudden change too, and I think as a whole, most fans have worked through it, especially by the end of this season. I don't think there was anything unexpected or unusual about the forum chatter this year, and I think it will be minimal next year.

People though for their own purposes have tried to make it into more than necessary. Many of the worst comments were from people who only came to this forum to stir it up.

CNC is mature and confident. She expected all this.

Eball. That is not true. No one is saying that, at least, no one in the know. You have no idea what NC present salary is, nor does the wbb community. BU does not reveal. And if you believe our AD, he said wbb investment was still there by the university. Heck, they are about to get a 500,000,000 (all development totaled) palace on the river, new men and women's facilities that will be among the best in the country. The Aggie facilities do not compare, not even built to be a bball arena. Graduation room like the FC. BU could have easily have paid GA coach top dollar and still saved half of Kim's salary. I bet aggies don't even pay 1.5 million. It will be published. Will you take that bet? And I think it is wrong to assume Nicki was a bargain basement hire. Of course she was paid less than Kim, anyone but Geno or Dawn would. BU WBB is in great shape and the investment in BBall has NEVER been higher. I know you are a lawyer and am surprised by you odd reasoning.

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Eball. That is not true. No one is saying that, at least, no one in the know. You have no idea what NC present salary is, nor does the wbb community. BU does not reveal. And if you believe our AD, he said wbb investment was still there by the university. Heck, they are about to get a 500,000,000 (all development totaled) palace on the river, new men and women's facilities that will be among the best in the country. The Aggie facilities do not compare, not even built to be a bball arena. Graduation room like the FC. BU could have easily have paid GA coach top dollar and still saved half of Kim's salary. I bet aggies don't even pay 1.5 million. It will be published. Will you take that bet? And I think it is wrong to assume Nicki was a bargain basement hire. Of course she was paid less than Kim, anyone but Geno or Dawn would. BU WBB is in great shape and the investment in BBall has NEVER been higher. I know you are a lawyer and am surprised by you odd reasoning.

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Fred...I like you a lot your loyalty to BU, WBB is unquestioned. If you look at my post I bolded all the speculation, rumors and perception areas...No one knows for sure but...speculation was out in the WBB community on line and through various sports information outlets that BU kicked the tires for the Michigan coach the Arizona Coach the UCLA coach and Taylor...the thought process was any of those would have come to BU for Kim money! Mac was trying to be a good AD and knew he would never find someone deserving of Kim money to come in and replace her...I mean Tara, Geno and Staley were not coming...so speculation is he would just not give anyone big enough raises to leave their schools..none of those were making 2 million a year plus. So he went with a rather unique hire who was not making near what those college coaches were. Again speculation and rumor but we will be able to tell from BU tax returns roughly what CNC is making but again based on her record and experience you would have to believe we are paying considerably less than we were to Kim and less than we would have had to pay to lure one of the bigger names away.

This is not a reality post it is a conjecture post it is not what we at BU think it is what the WBB community thinks when they see what happened....

Unfortunately, we have a ton of premium posters who never liked or supported WBB or Kim and were critical of her sucking up resources they thought should go to MBB or Football...You still have posters who can't stand Title IX and believe it is bad law...(whether it is or not is really moot it is the law)

So much of the faux support for CNC and bashing of Kim was a concerted effort by those who had hated Kim and WBB for a long time, making sure Mac had cover for letting a HOF coach walk and hiring someone who got paid a lot less...they support that but realized the only way to sell it to true WBB fans at BU is bashing Kim and artificially pumping up CNC because it saved money for athletics that in their mind count Football and MBB

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....Barnes with Arizona who is the last one at just over 1 million got that raise after speculation came out that she was a candidate at BU.

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I am so glad we did not hire Barnes. She is a hot head and would have been a PR nightmare for BU with all the confrontations and middle finger raises she had this year. She had a breakout year last year because of having Ari McDonald and this year has underachieved.