franke said:
And those were all good recruits. Sure, number wise you went from Fab 5 to just Mariam in that 2021 class, so yeah numbers wise it was "down". My issue is people like yourself trying to somehow convince yourself that the program was somehow "down" to justify Mulkey walking and complain about her.
We won a natty in 19, should have repeated in 20, and were a should-be whistle away from a Final Four in 21. Shes gone, and she's doing great. Even if she had recruited a Fab 5 the last 3 years she was here, it wouldn't have changed the current trajectory of our program.
"Transfers supplement the great programs they don't build them." and at that point we were a great program, it was built. We didn't have to rely on the diamond in the rough HS kid to make the jump to Elite
We obviously are going to disagree on this, but it is hard to argue that we signed 4 players over a 3 year period 1 of which became a quality player. During that same 3 year period we didn't close on at least 9 top 50 players who had us as a finalist but chose to go elsewhere. We had not had that problem in the years prior. I know we had great teams in 20 and 21, but heading into 22 had KM stayed we had 6 players on the roster that had been recruited by KM the rest were transfer guards. We were going to have to pull a lot of rabbits out of a hat if the 22 team was going to be ANYWHERE near as good as the 21.
At a Tip-Off Club meeting in 2021 KM spoke about how difficult it was to continue to "feed the monster" she had created at Baylor. She sounded tried. I turned to my wife right after she spoke and said "I almost thought she was going to say she was retiring"
To summarize my original post, I believe
1. KM is a great coach who built a great program here
2. Recuriting had slipped from Baylor standards in 19,20,21 both in quality and quantity.
3. KM didn't seem to have the same fire for the future she had in the past.
4. Moving to LSU rekindled her fire...and fashion
5. I believe the move was beneficial for both Baylor and KM
6. CNC is the coach of my team and in 3 years with a total rebuild of the program we are in the Sweet 16 and the future is bright for Baylor....as it is for LSU, but since I didn't go to LSU I don't really care.