No matter what ... it's going to be a slog

[RC66]

Remember when we all moaned at the missed opportunity of Matt Bollant. (Five straight years of deep post-season at Green Bay! I want him!) Well, now it will be four straight years of no March play at Illinois.

Or even Barnes Arico, our dream coaching successor. (Actually, still one of mine. I have it on good authority that she wants ... someday ... to come home to the NYC metropolitan area.) In this, her fifth year, it looks like she's finally got a team that will be going to The Dance.

Whoever comes next (Banghart!), it might very well take a while for us to get back.

(But I, for one, am patient. I'll keep coming: optimistic about each new season.)

But then again, the 2017-2018 player roster looks pretty strong, so a new coach might be able to get a running start.

(Actually, there is even something about our current team that I like. They can't finish. They look lost on offense. KK has the right PG attitude, but not the right vision or tools yet. They don't CVS-defensive-harry, like Temple did to us this week. But they are less dour than our recent teams. They have several real ballers. And they really seem to want to play.)

 

[APKnight]

I would go after Chris Dailey. Worth the risk. I don't think Viv will survive what looks to be a 5 win season.

 

[Knight Time Fan]

I would go after Chris Dailey. Worth the risk. I don't think Viv will survive what looks to be a 5 win season.

Ship sailed. Long ago. To not see that is to not see the dynamic at UConn. I read the UConn message board and occaisional articles regarding Chris. I agree that she can be approached when RU is looking, but I am 99.99% sure from everything I have seen that it is not happening. Probably couldn't afford her.

Following up on RC66 I have always liked Melanie Balcomb a Jersey Girl for RU - but after her great Xavier run her many years at Vanderbilt were - while successful as opposed to bad - not spectacular resulting in her eventual dismissal.

No sure things in coaching. Look at Charlie Strong at Texas as an example, there are many, many others. For that matter, look at the progression of RU Men's Basketball coaches that were supposed to be the real deal, and, duh . . .

 

[ScarletteK80]

Chris Daily?? Uh, no thanks, would not happen I don't think.

 

[MADHAT1]

All I want is if Hobbs decides to replace CVS or Vivian decides to retire or a combination of both: Rutgers must be willing to pay the salary it will take to bring in a top coaching talent if Stringer leaves ( contract not renewed, retirement) at the end of this season . Top coaching talent means the type of HC that is most likly to bring RU WBB back to being one of the top programs and the type of staff that HC needs to do it.
Hiring potential is just a gamble that most of the time doesn't work out if the reason hired is school is hiring the HC on the cheap and just hoping whosoever is hired will succeed without the type of staff to make it easier to do.

Lets not get into anything else but what it will take to bring someone in to be RU's HC.
We've all heard the reasons why Vivian must go, complaints about CVS making too much, lets hear what it will take to bring in someone to replace Stringer and make RU WBB a great program again.

 

[RizwranII]

All I want is if Hobbs decides to replace CVS or Vivian decides to retire or a combination of both: Rutgers must be willing to pay the salary it will take to bring in a top coaching talent if Stringer leaves ( contract not renewed, retirement) at the end of this season . Top coaching talent means the type of HC that is most likly to bring RU WBB back to being one of the top programs and the type of staff that HC needs to do it.
Hiring potential is just a gamble that most of the time doesn't work out if the reason hired is school is hiring the HC on the cheap and just hoping whosoever is hired will succeed without the type of staff to make it easier to do.

Lets not get into anything else but what it will take to bring someone in to be RU's HC.
We've all heard the reasons why Vivian must go, complaints about CVS making too much, lets hear what it will take to bring in someone to replace Stringer and make RU WBB a great program again.

What's Gail Goestankos (spelling) doing after bad run at Texas. Maybe she's east coast gal!

 

[knightfan2000]

What is the fascination with Chris Daily? Who knows if she can even coach - her main job seems to be holding Geno back when he gets into one of his phony tantrums. Just because she played here - I've never heard her say anything positive about Rutgers or indicate that she would want to do anything other than what she is currently doing.

 

[RizwranII]

What is the fascination with Chris Daily? Who knows if she can even coach - her main job seems to be holding Geno back when he gets into one of his phony tantrums. Just because she played here - I've never heard her say anything positive about Rutgers or indicate that she would want to do anything other than what she is currently doing.

Agree that she truly is an unknown factor. We have absolutely no head coaching experience to judge her on. It is a total gamble to throw CVS type money to her..

 

[RU old timer]

Let's focus on a defensive coach. Someone who can win those 42-40 games we've loved over the years. Just joking (PLEASE NO DEFENSIVE COACH!).
Our best days were when Matee ran the FAST break (although it seems like a distant memory now).

 

[MADHAT1]

What's Gail Goestankos (spelling) doing after bad run at Texas. Maybe she's east coast gal!

Read she stepped down from her assistant job with the Indiana Fever in February and doesn't plan to coach in the pro or college level anymore saying 30 years is enough but will stay a college basketball analyst.
Someone like her would be nice, but without having the fire inside driving her competitive juices , she might not do as well as expected.
Some time away it might come back and so will she to the college HC ranks .
She's only 53 so could happen, if she feels like coaching again and sees an opportunity somewhere to return to coaching that she can't resist

 

[RU old timer]

I will always wonder what if Chris had become our coach years ago. We will never know. But I often wish we would have given her the opportunity.

 

[RutgersDon]

Rutgers needs a great woman's basketball coach to replace CVS by the end of this season.

 

[MADHAT1]

I will always wonder what if Chris had become our coach years ago. We will never know. But I often wish we would have given her the opportunity.

Your implying Rutgers not trying to see if she'd come to RU might be totally wrong.
In 1995 there might have been talks between her and Rutgers , but an established HC with a great resume was hired. So it might have been a case of choosing between an assistant with a great resume and a HC with one and in most cases the HC is picked.

But right now and for a long time its been said Chris is happy where she's at and not interested in leaving UConn for a HC position.
It might not be Rutgers not giving her an opportunity as much as not taking the opportunity .
Lots of offers start through backdoor channels and interest in a possible opening often is shown or rejected through the backdoor third party channel. No one can say that hasn't happened between 3rd party representatives of CD and of RU in the last couple of years

 

[Knight Time Fan]

At the time CVS was hired, it was said that Chris was interested. Also at the time, CVS was a much bigger hire than Chris; although UConn was coming off of the magical (to them) 1995 season, the track history wasn't there yet. That was their first NC and they sort of burst on the scene, although they had a very good team a few years earlier. CVS had 2 final fours as the head coach, all the head coaching experience and numerous awards.

No one can predict what would have happened if Chris had come here. Part of what makes UConn "UConn" is the combination of Geno and Chris. All we know is things would have been different.

 

[dmd78]

Let's focus on a defensive coach. Someone who can win those 42-40 games we've loved over the years. Just joking (PLEASE NO DEFENSIVE COACH!).
Our best days were when Matee ran the FAST break (although it seems like a distant memory now).

These objectives are not mutually exclusive... Geno is one of the best defensive coaches in the game.

 

[dmd78]

Agree that she truly is an unknown factor. We have absolutely no head coaching experience to judge her on. It is a total gamble to throw CVS type money to her..

And CVS money probably wouldn't be enough. Here's an interesting article that mentions her salary as well as the going rate for a top wbb coach:

http://adimeback.com/the-adb-mailbag-why-chris-dailey-stays-at-uconn/

As a side note, it was interesting for me to see that RU football's rookie offensive coordinator (who was, IMHO, over his head) was making $450 K. Wow. (For my fellow football fans - please correct if I'm wrong, but that's the figure I saw in a recent article.)

 

[RizwranII]

Read she stepped down from her assistant job with the Indiana Fever in February and doesn't plan to coach in the pro or college level anymore saying 30 years is enough but will stay a college basketball analyst.
Someone like her would be nice, but without having the fire inside driving her competitive juices , she might not do as well as expected.
Some time away it might come back and so will she to the college HC ranks .
She's only 53 so could happen, if she feels like coaching again and sees an opportunity somewhere to return to coaching that she can't resist

Thanks MADHAT. That is surprising, but she brought Duke to the upper level, but never won the big one. Then the TX experience had to really sting. But I agree w your statement that the fire may come back being away from being on the hardcourt for a few years.

 

[RizwranII]

And CVS money probably wouldn't be enough. Here's an interesting article that mentions her salary as well as the going rate for a top wbb coach:

http://adimeback.com/the-adb-mailbag-why-chris-dailey-stays-at-uconn/

As a side note, it was interesting for me to see that RU football's rookie offensive coordinator (who was, IMHO, over his head) was making $450 K. Wow. (For my fellow football fans - please correct if I'm wrong, but that's the figure I saw in a recent article.)

Crazy money. And the new guy is making 600,000.00. (more experience....I guess...but mucho bucks). Bummer, I couldn't open the article.

 

[RizwranII]

At the time CVS was hired, it was said that Chris was interested. Also at the time, CVS was a much bigger hire than Chris; although UConn was coming off of the magical (to them) 1995 season, the track history wasn't there yet. That was their first NC and they sort of burst on the scene, although they had a very good team a few years earlier. CVS had 2 final fours as the head coach, all the head coaching experience and numerous awards.

No one can predict what would have happened if Chris had come here. Part of what makes UConn "UConn" is the combination of Geno and Chris. All we know is things would have been different.

And CVS was ripe for the RU job. She needed to get away from Iowa and the tragic death of her husband. Also RU was close to her old Cheney State bud John Chaney. I believe, but am not sure that Philadelphia offered her daughter exceptional medical help. CVS has had a hard personal life.

 

[RU old timer]

Without question Geno is one of the best--if not the best--defensive coach in the game. I would prefer a coach that is more offensive minded for our next coach (instead of a defense-only expert that we currently have). It is purely opinion. I enjoy an up tempo game--which makes my preference not consistent with the philosophy we have had here most of the past 20 years.

 

[JQRU91]

And CVS was ripe for the RU job. She needed to get away from Iowa and the tragic death of her husband. Also RU was close to her old Cheney State bud John Chaney. I believe, but am not sure that Philadelphia offered her daughter exceptional medical help. CVS has had a hard personal life.

When Coach Stringer came to RU, she moved a couple houses down across the street from my parents. My mom told me that she went around the neighborhood ringing everyone's doorbell to tell them that the players might be over at times and it might get a bit noisy. She also offered to get tickets to the games. I remember one Sunday looking out the window and seeing the players pull up in their cars, park along the curb, and peel off to go into Coach Stringer's house. It was Selection Sunday for the NCAA Tournament, and the girls were going to watch the show on TV. That was the year they made it to the Final Four in Philadelphia so that was kind of cool.

 

[APKnight]

Chris would take this job (she is from New Brunswick and played at Rutgers) and would do a great job. From what I understand, she is the brains and main recruiter behind the Uconn juggernaut. If she could bring even some of that magic here, it would be a very good thing. But I understand if you don't agree.

 

[MADHAT1]

Chris would take this job (she is from New Brunswick and played at Rutgers) and would do a great job. From what I understand, she is the brains and main recruiter behind the Uconn juggernaut. If she could bring even some of that magic here, it would be a very good thing. But I understand if you don't agree.

That's your opinion and you could be right, but for now it seems her not being interested in pursuing a HC position is all we can go by.
When Stringer's time is over and my opinion is it will be at the end of this season ( if it continues to be a disastrous one ) Chris Dailey will most likely be contacted by Hobbs to gauge her interest in returning to New Brunswick and become the new RU WBB HC.

It's been over 30 years she's been gone from Jersey and the RU WBB program so with her UConn masters degree (1999) and being honored in 2005 with her Distinguished Alumna Award awarded by UConn's Neag School of Education Alumni Society Chris' ties to Rutgers and the New Brunswick area might not be as strong as you think

 

[BeKnighted]

Chris Dailey has turned down a lot of jobs over the years, if the stories are true (and probably at least some of them are). It's beginning to look like she's with Geno until he decides to quit. But you never know. Certainly it would make sense for Hobbs to send out feelers to make sure.

 

[FELONIOUSMONK]

I am watching the men . They are looking like Viv's teams in her heyday .I am proud of what she has accomplished but like her mentor, John Cheney ,it is time to pass the torch and tell glory stories to the grandkids. It isn't personal. It's business.

 

[RUich]

I cannot see RU spending a lot of money to replace CVS. In fact, I see the exact opposite happening. The program makes no money for the university and they really need to get the football situation fixed since this is the sport that drives the college athletic bus.
I see them finding that young, talented and enthusiastic coach that is looking for the move to a top conference. They are not making any serious money now and a decent raise plus the chance to show what they can do on the BIG stage should be enough.

 

[BeKnighted]

I cannot see RU spending a lot of money to replace CVS. In fact, I see the exact opposite happening. The program makes no money for the university and they really need to get the football situation fixed since this is the sport that drives the college athletic bus.
I see them finding that young, talented and enthusiastic coach that is looking for the move to a top conference. They are not making any serious money now and a decent raise plus the chance to show what they can do on the BIG stage should be enough.

History suggests that is very risky. Cheap hires are cheap for a reason.

 

[BoroKnight]

As much as Stringer's salary is a drain and women's basketball loses money and all, in the big picture -- think Big Ten money, full-share style -- it's not really that big of a deal. And you won't get the kind of criticism football gets for paying serious money, because, well, people are stupid. So I see no reason why something near Stringer money couldn't be dangled in front of a legit coach.
Now who that is, I don't know. I'm not a women's basketball fan; I'm a Rutgers fan. But we should be able to spend most of what we spend on Stringer to get someone in here.

 

[dmd78]

I am watching the men . They are looking like Viv's teams in her heyday .I am proud of what she has accomplished but like her mentor, John Cheney ,it is time to pass the torch and tell glory stories to the grandkids. It isn't personal. It's business.

Will someone please explain to me why some of you always bring up Chaney when saying that CVS should retire?

 

[rimsky]

What is the fascination with Chris Daily? Who knows if she can even coach - her main job seems to be holding Geno back when he gets into one of his phony tantrums. Just because she played here - I've never heard her say anything positive about Rutgers or indicate that she would want to do anything other than what she is currently doing.

If Hobbs is willing to pay the "going rate", we need a young and energetic Head Coach with a track record of winning elsewhere. Let's not be grooming Assistant Coaches if we want to make a splash in The B1G.

 

[RutgersDon]

If Hobbs is willing to pay the "going rate", we need a young and energetic Head Coach with a track record of winning elsewhere. Let's not be grooming Assistant Coaches if we want to make a splash in The B1G.

I cannot see why the Rutgers administration refuses to support women's basketball with a successful women's basketball head coach. Rutgers is in the BIG 10 not the AAC or the Atlantic 10