replacement coach speculation

Discussion in 'Women’s Basketball' started by BabHorn, Apr 19, 2015.

  1. racerx5908

    racerx5908 2,500+ Posts

    WHICH two players? Apparently your zoom on the FB page works better than mine
     
  2. hoopsalot

    hoopsalot 500+ Posts

    Academic commitment, injury treatments, in the ladies room when the picture was taken....Looking forward to the assistant coach being named mainly because it lends interest to the off season, not because I have an opinion on who would be a good hire or a bad one.
     
  3. "Anna hook em"

    "Anna hook em" 250+ Posts

    Brady or Imani
     
  4. Moooooo

    Moooooo 5,000+ Posts

    Can't believe the new coaching assistant hasn't been hired/announced yet. Taking much longer than I expected.
     
  5. "Anna hook em"

    "Anna hook em" 250+ Posts

    Tell me about it should be soon at least i hope its soon.
     
  6. GameOfHorns

    GameOfHorns 250+ Posts

  7. jusme828

    jusme828 2,500+ Posts

    "Texas adding WNBA great to the staff?"

    A tweet from @SBProspects earlier today. Interesting. Wonder what the person has heard?
     
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  8. BabHorn

    BabHorn 10,000+ Posts

    Guess the news is coming soon. Katie Douglas would be neat. Hey, as long as we are speculating. :smile1:
     
  9. Moooooo

    Moooooo 5,000+ Posts

    Could it be TCU's Edwina Brown? Didn't follow her WNBA career to know if she was considered "great".
     
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  10. DFW_Horn

    DFW_Horn 2,500+ Posts

    Didn't Tina Thompson just retire? Hard to think of someone who knows more about playing the C/PF position.
     
  11. utfannforlife

    utfannforlife 1,000+ Posts

    My bet is on one of the following:

    Tamika Catchings - Retiring after the 2016 Olympics, but it's not uncharted territory for a Wnba player to be an assistant in the off season. (Also a phenomenal way to keep the duncanville pipeline open)

    Theresa Weatherspoon- former LaTech assistant Wnba hall of famer

    Katie Smith- WNBA great who also calls some UT games on LHN. Current assistant with the NY Liberty

    Tina Thompson- Wnba great and former Houston Comet.
     
  12. Moooooo

    Moooooo 5,000+ Posts

    I don't think it's someone fresh out of the WNBA, but rather someone who played in the league and has been coaching in the college ranks recently.
     
  13. jusme828

    jusme828 2,500+ Posts

    I know Tina Thompson also helps out with some Houston kids. She tweets quite a bit about Jordan Hosey, Brianna Turner, etc. She would be a great addition to the staff. Well, you know, while we are speculating... :popcorn:
     
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  14. overseasbbfan1

    overseasbbfan1 1,000+ Posts

    Edwina had a nice 11 year pro career, six of those in the WNBA while also playing overseas. And she certainly had a great career at Texas, though I still think that earlier tweet had to do with a recruit. Or at least it sounded more like the type of thing you'd say about landing a top player as opposed to a new assistant. If it is someone from the collegiate coaching ranks, Edwina probably has more experience than some of the others mentioned previously; 4-5 years as an assistant at Texas, New Mexico and TCU. Whoever it is, I sure hope we hear something soon!
     
  15. rattfatt

    rattfatt 500+ Posts

    My guess would be either Katie Smith or Tina Thompson.
     
  16. justabbfan

    justabbfan 250+ Posts

    Tina Thompson was always my favorite player when I followed the Comets back in the day. She was a defensive warrior. I had no idea she was still in Houston and not California or that she had any interest in coaching. It would be super to see her at UT.
     
  17. BabHorn

    BabHorn 10,000+ Posts

    Thinking about this, I would think that pretty much eliminates anyone from UT.
     
  18. utfannforlife

    utfannforlife 1,000+ Posts

    Which would be fine by me if it were in favor of a great coach/player/ambassador for the game like Tina
     
  19. Moooooo

    Moooooo 5,000+ Posts

    If it were any of those former WNBA players, you would think it could have been announced already. This delay (in my eyes) smells of waiting until new assistant coach either has time to tell current players he/she is leaving, or some sort of contractual obligations through a certain calendar date.
     
  20. overseasbbfan1

    overseasbbfan1 1,000+ Posts

    Either Thompson or Smith would be a great addition to the program.
     
  21. "Anna hook em"

    "Anna hook em" 250+ Posts

    I feel like a kid on christmas just waiting for the new assistant to be named, hope its soon #hookem"
     
  22. GameOfHorns

    GameOfHorns 250+ Posts

    I think it could be Fran Harris. She was on the championship Comets team, right? Plus, as someone had already pointed out, her bio headline on TexasSports.com went "blank" several weeks ago, and was still blank a couple of days ago. I'd like to have another coach with UT roots. Jamie, Fran, Edwina, and Tai all had solid, though perhaps somewhat short lived WNBA careers.
     
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  23. GameOfHorns

    GameOfHorns 250+ Posts

    This would be exciting though! Amazing career in the WNBA, plus a collegiate championship on her résumé.
     
  24. Moooooo

    Moooooo 5,000+ Posts

    If it was going to be Fran Harris, I sure can't see a reason for such a delayed announcement as she is already a UT employee.
     
  25. overseasbbfan1

    overseasbbfan1 1,000+ Posts

    It really depends on whether the language of that tweet was a direct quote from someone at Texas; if so I can't see it being a former Horn. If you're going to be as specific as saying the new coach is an WNBA great, I think you'd also identity her as a former Texas player if that was the case. The Horns that had the best pro careers (Davis, Lloyd) only saw a season or two of WNBA action prior to their retirements. Harris, Brown, Carey etc all had solid careers but don't qualify as WNBA greats.
     
  26. Moooooo

    Moooooo 5,000+ Posts

    Regardless of the tweet, it's taking much longer than I thought it would to name a new assistant head coach.
     
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  27. BabHorn

    BabHorn 10,000+ Posts

    I am not going to worry unless a coach is not named by the end of this month. Then I will start wondering what the holdup is. Really curious no one has been named so far, though.
     
  28. DFW_Horn

    DFW_Horn 2,500+ Posts

    Beginning to wonder if it might be a compensation negotiation issue. According to 2013 records, Travis Mays was making $140K, George Washington at $90K. If they are going after a WNBA great, might be trying to get up to WNBA max ($107K) for both new hire and Washington. No inside info whatsoever just, as the thread title says, speculation.
     
  29. Moooooo

    Moooooo 5,000+ Posts

    another week gone by, and still no assistant coach hired (publicly).
     
  30. utfannforlife

    utfannforlife 1,000+ Posts

    Hell at this point I'm not even sure one has been hired privately. No one can keep a secret that long
     

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