You are the athletic director at a blue blood power five school. You’ve narrowed your coaching search for your next men’s basketball coach to two candidates: Hurley and Staley.
Who do you pick?
Who do you pick?
Hypothetical question
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Nah, just kidding
Nah, just kidding
Geno Auriama is the best coach probably ever in woman’s basketball. People forgetting about him.
Hurley will be an NBA coach soon IMO just like his friend Billy. Dawn is phenomenal and would stay at the program for awhile. Plus I’d take her as a LB coach as well lol
Hurley. I’ve coached both women’s and men’s basketball, albeit it just at the high school level. Men’s is much more difficult to coach for a number of reasons. Not saying Staley is a bad coach, but men’s is more difficult. Much faster and have to make decisions in game much quicker. Boys are also more difficult to coach than girls.
All this is just in my experience.
All this is just in my experience.
This 100%. Auriema might have a chance but would be huge adjustment. His game plan against Iowa was great. Iowa should have won that easily but UConn D was phenomenal.
Hurley. I CAN’T STAND Dawn Staley, I pull for every team she’s playing against ( LFG Hawks!!)
Hurley. The women's game isn't in the same stratosphere as the men's game, and there's much less parity of talent/teams in the women's game. Watching a little of Clark the last couple of weekends just for curiosity sake, and my take has been that she's really good and the rest of the players on the court play the game at a JV boys level.
Staley - a successful black female Coach in the SOuth would be hard to pass on
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I pull against SC every time they play. Staley is a racist social misfit.
A racist social misfit? I’m interested in an explanation for this claim?
No need to be sarcastic. I didn’t say she was a bad coach, I dislike her actions and the things that she says.
Umm.. not sure if one is worse than the other but I’m not a fan of hers either. Her outfits are ridiculous and she plays the damn victim role too.
I’m sure one would be the bogus BYU incident. Never happened. Fame went to her head. She was different 20 years ago.
Well she creates false racism narratives to fit her narrative and perpetuate her USCE women’s basketball vs the world crap…. 2 recent examples were going off on Iowa coach Lisa Bluder ahead of last years FF matchup for comments that weren’t racist at all, then there were the 2 games she cancelled vs BYU because a Duke volleyball player made false racist claims against BYU…when confronted with facts on both scenarios questioning her actions/decisions she doubled down or continued to play the victim….in the BYU case it was actually a family member of the Duke player who was making racist remarks etc
I do not follow basketball like some on the boards.....I know of Hurley and Staley.....I do not know what kind of person Staley is off the court, I do not know how good she is coaching, though her team is undefeated and will likely remain that way, but I can see by the talent she has on the court, she must be one heck of a recruiter!
That said....If I could hire any Coach to handle the Women's program, I would hire the Coach from UConn! That guy has done some serious coaching this past season, making it to the final 4 with a team that lost 5 starters during the course of the season! AWESOME job by him! On the Men's side, I truly believe Coach Golden will win championships at Florida!
That said....If I could hire any Coach to handle the Women's program, I would hire the Coach from UConn! That guy has done some serious coaching this past season, making it to the final 4 with a team that lost 5 starters during the course of the season! AWESOME job by him! On the Men's side, I truly believe Coach Golden will win championships at Florida!
Just because someone is/has been successful in life doesn’t mean you have to like them, support them and/or want them to be your coach.
Gino is too old and set in his ways to do the NBA thing. Women's basketball has caught up to him in some ways but he's still one hell of a coach and usually in contention in the big tournament.
Boy that's a hard choice but my vote goes to Staley.
Cite some examples man. Calling someone racist regardless of skin color or gender isn't something to be taken lightly.
You ain't gotta like her as a person but going straight to racist and social misfit? Elaborate please.
I was with you until you said boys were more difficult to coach. I would not say that, but it does depend on your personality. I personally find guys easier to coach.
Dawn Staley just advocated, or said it would be fine, for men to play in women’s sports. She can take a hike.
