UE Women's coach

Honestly, if you want success in the Valley or any of the 350 women's teams not included in the annual top 10, you look to be able to win half your games. That's not a lot to ask for, it's achievable and completes your task. These women are not going pro. The university is offering them academic financial support, a place to compete in a sport they enjoy and after that, mature in any way that suits them. 

If I really believed UE was on the cusp of giving Stanford, Baylor or UConn a game, we'd have been a lot farther along that path than the 3 or 4 games Ruffing was able to win against non-con teams that had even less ambition than UE has shown. 

I could make 20 phone calls to any of 50 high schools within an hour of Evansville and find 12 young women who could come together and win 15 games in the Valley. That's not recruiting. That's just busywork. How did Ruffing manage to avoid even putting that much effort into  it?

Competitive? Set some goals. If I support women's BB, I want to go to a game and buy a ticket, hope to see a game where my favorite team has a chance to win. Not. Much. More. The Valley might MIGHT produce a Sweet 16 team here and there and if you know where to click on the ESPN website, you might learn where they play. You won't know anything about their opponent and even if you go to the school's website, the "bio" information on these girls is laughable. 

One of (if not THE) nation's leading scorers this year was Grace Beyer at the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy. The Eutectics! She was better than anybody on the UE roster and she's at UHSP to get a degree in a science profession, not to play in the WNBA. Hell, Tyra Buss, who set records at IU, didn't even get drafted in the WNBA.

I actually am pretty dull and did watch Beyer play some games on streaming, so I sort of have an idea about her skills. Just thought I'd include that for people who say, "she's not that good if she's a Eut."

Realize your goals here. Stay in the mix. 

You are allowed your opinion of course..but this comment isn't even loosely based on what is being discussed here. You shoe-horned something you've clearly really been wanting to say into a thread that has nothing to do with it. Good luck with your quest

WMC hit us twice - back when it happened and now with the continued fall out. I'm sure the publicity back then hurt us with whoever would be looking for this job and recruiting. They would remember that. The story being refreshed does this all over again. Know what else? Any student athlete, student manager, student trainer that he interacted with generated a bad experience that generated negative word of mouth that travelled far and wide back to their high schools and coach friends. Well was poisoned. 

Don't underestimate the negative publicity from the 'Save UE' components - even benign social media posts (Visit! Apply! Happy Friday) were flooded with negative comments. The social media talk someone would research if they are being recruited to play or to work would all be negative. 

Heavensville, welcome to the board. I have followed you on twitter, and assumed you were already here under a different name.

I had put together a list in another thread, and had Bollant on it. He was an absolute rock star at both Bryan and Green Bay before going to Illinois. I would love to get a coach with his background, but I kind of feel we need a female this go around.

I am not big on quota hires at all, but I think young women tend to feel more comfortable with female leaders. Obviously a staff can help in that regard, but for every Geno, we seem to have multiple women at the top of the profession. Now, with the McCarty mess kicking into high gear, I think it may be imperative. We need to convince every recruit and their parents that UE is indeed a safe place for them to play. It's going to take a lot of work to restore the reputation, and I just think in this case a female may be better suited for that task with a womens team.

So it looks like we are at 34 D1 Women's basketball head coaching changes this offseason. Evansville is one of the 15 schools still looking for their new coach. (Note: Drake and Indiana State are two of the 15 still looking. So three are from the MVC.)

I agree on the branding and selling the sizzle. That doesn't take a lot of creative ambition but if you tell the fans that the 1 millionth customer gets a free weekend at the Ramada, everyone will at least pay attention. But you have to first tell them that 998,290 people have already been here and you might be lucky if you are in the next 2,000 or so. 

Playing doubleheaders? Great idea. Bring in IU and Notre Dame, have the Aces play Oakland City. They come for the fun and stay for the flavor. 

But the thing is, you need to spend some time thinking about the people who live near your business. Getting 2,00 fans into the Ford to watch the Aces women -- you also drop off 20 tickets at every high school in the county and make it appealing for the players to get to the game. 

Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ... that was great basketball, the kids say the next day. And it was at the FORD! Just think, they want me to play on the team next year! Imagine!

Instead, they are pissing around trying to find the next coach.  I wonder, if you asked UE how it plans to promote the team, they will first show you a photo of the Olmstead building and tell you they have a great college in Harlaxton. Because, you know ... a girl from Orange County just can't wait to take advantage of THAT!