Going Out In Style
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Sounds like a good plan and set up an end of season celebration honoring her years as the RUWBB HC, what she meant for RUWBB and Rutgers University along with having the curent RUWBB players and those from past teams be there in a ceremony where CVS is granted Coach Emeritus status.
I admire Coach Stringer, but also realize planning for the future without Vivian as RU's HC needs to be addressed soon.
Hey, what a Great plan for recruiting. Do you people stay awake at night coming up with this crap??
Um, that is a terrible idea. Set the program back years.
That sort of thing will only work if there is already a successor set and in place. Holly to Pat. It would work if Chris was going to take Geno's job (she isn't). Robert Morris, where the son succeeded his father could have done it (not sure if they actually did). I'm sure there are other cases.
With all due respect, I am not hoping for a promotion of current staff when the time comes. Not saying they are bad coaches or can't be successful head coaches, but would like RU to get an experienced coach. As Scarlette says, letting it be known you are replacing the head coach at the end of the season with "unknown" is a recipe for loss of all recruits and, given the way NCAA transfers are going, most of the existing team as well.
I will add that, for example, if Vivian had announced her retirement in, say 2008, in favor or Marianne Stanley - that would have worked. But that sort of situation is rare.
That sort of thing will only work if there is already a successor set and in place. Holly to Pat. It would work if Chris was going to take Geno's job (she isn't). Robert Morris, where the son succeeded his father could have done it (not sure if they actually did). I'm sure there are other cases.
With all due respect, I am not hoping for a promotion of current staff when the time comes. Not saying they are bad coaches or can't be successful head coaches, but would like RU to get an experienced coach. As Scarlette says, letting it be known you are replacing the head coach at the end of the season with "unknown" is a recipe for loss of all recruits and, given the way NCAA transfers are going, most of the existing team as well.
I will add that, for example, if Vivian had announced her retirement in, say 2008, in favor or Marianne Stanley - that would have worked. But that sort of situation is rare.
Can see your point, but at some time we must be ready to see Vivian retire and start thinking of her replacement.
2018 seems to be a good recruiting class, but it's 2019 and further that worries me.
I might have jumped the gun in agreeing on CVS announcing she's going to retire after she wins her 1000th was a good idea: But I'm worried about the future and think the retirement PR and possible replacements names might blunt any damage the retirement announcement gives RUWBB recruiting efforts and with the replacement
being named quickly after season ends, minimal damage might be the result and with the right Candidate being hired ( having most of the season to look) RU might even bring in a good recruiting class in 2019 and every year after.
I won't mind seeing Vivian stay on, but also feel if this season doesn't bring an NCAA tourney invite, it might be time to bring in a new HC, while giving C.Vivian Stringer all the respect she richly deserves.
If the AD doesn't have a list of replacements for CVS that he is interested in pursuing, then he isn't doing his job. Our former AD out here at AZ, who went on to Alabama, Greg Byrne, was quite open about it. Part of being successful - and in large part he was, which is why he is at Alabama - is always being prepared.
But the other side of it - he had a simple policy - if your name came out before you were hired, you would not be hired. Sure, there were sometimes hints, because reporters have good noses. But he wasn't advertising it.
This is apart from sharing possible replacement names who are employed elsewhere. That is a whole different level of a bad idea.
We do agree that retirement is certainly coming, we agree that the only way it shouldn't be sooner rather than later is success on the court (no one has ever been exempt from that rule) and yes, whatever season it comes after, you need to move fast because the "interesting" coaches get snagged fast.
