Bandit, the No. 1 class is almost a given since they have already signed their LOIs. All that will happen next year is she will have a full year to further degrade their skills and it will take the next coach longer to rebuild them. So no the new AD does not have to be a member of Mensa to evaluate Holly. If they hire Blackburn, he already knows about Holly because UTC can beat them with lesser talent. Why? Because they have a coach that knows how to win and motivate players. Holly is clueless what is wrong.
All this "Well she makes it to Elite 8" BS is just that. Whenever she goes up against even a marginally better coached team that has 5 players playing together with effort, her teams get waxed. Look at her record against top programs to figure out she is over matched. No another year will just prolong the agony. Rip that bandaid off the healing wound quickly and replace it with a better one. Her players just do not care about playing for her. She has had time to prove she can coach (a failure), recruit (failure until this year), and find good assistants (abject failure). So no another year will prove nothing.
If we don't get an AD until May or June, she won't be replaced this year, period, dot. If we get one by March, which just might be possible, he or she will likely require some time prior to making a move on Holly. So maybe over the summer, but my guess is any AD worth his or her salt will wait because it gives him or her more discretion. So for practical reasons it seems unlikely she will be gone this year. If by some miracle we get a new AD in a month, it might happen.
As for the players signing, I didn't realize they were already locked in. That changes things a bit, but we still need a new AD.
Now, having said that, I am a bottom line guy. You have numerous complaints above about how she seems to get out coached. You go so far as to say "a marginally better coached team that has 5 players playing together with effort, her teams get waxed". I think I that is maybe, perhaps, just a slight exaggeration.
But regardless, my point is this...I could give a crap if you or anyone else doesn't like the way they play, or has an opinion that she is outcoached. The bottom line is Ws and Ls. And hers overall have not been that bad.
Just last year, we were only seeded 7th, but we upset both the no. 2 and 3 seeds en route to yet another Elite Eight final.
What is very interesting about that is that some of the self-appointed experts on here predicted first or second round finish. I also made a statement that if she made the final four, that would be acceptable to me, and I was told there was no way in hell that was happening.
So here's the deal...she almost made the final four again. And yes, that is my minimal level of success. I could GAS about the optics of how it was done (being completely honest I only rarely watch them anyway.
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Bottom line...we had a winning season and made a deep run into the tournament. The tourney is the only thing that matters to me.
And neither you nor anyone else can predict how this season will end. This team may end up being so ashamed of their effort against Baylor that it inspires them to start turning around the season.
Season isn't over....maybe she can finally make the Final Four.
Come on guys, start predicting those first round exits! It's only December, so that can only add to your credibility.
