It is going to be a slow rebuild, most likely. Most are. Green brought 4 players (one way or another) with her, as well as an existing staff from a program that was highly successful. She is perhaps very remotely comparable to Coach Washington, but Green was 127 - 50 at Dayton, Coquese was 209 - 169 at Penn State. Plus Green was consecutive, Coquese was not a head coach for a 3 season gap.
Mulkey doesn't enter the conversation.
I actually want to watch how Joni Taylor (and Associate HC Chelsea Newton) make out going forward at Texas A&M. That is an interesting situation. Blair's last year was sub-.500 (barely) and of course they were terrible this year under Taylor. Rutgers was far worse under Tim, and about the same as A&M this year. That said, her Georgia record was a very respectable 140-75.
Even Coach Yo you mentioned took 2 bad years, a WNIT run and a first round NCAA out in her first 4 years at Ole Miss. This was the her best year.
It is a tough situation. Coquese was hired ultimately to do a rebuild - it certainly wasn't a reload - and she needs to be supported in that.
It is a tough situation. It is definitely a rebuild. And yes, the way it's going, it's going to be a slow rebuild. I'm 100% supportive of Coach being given the time. You know I believe in a Coach getting their fair chance.
I just see the portal as the game changer that makes it possible for rebuilds to happen in much shorter times periods than we have been accustomed to in the past. I threw out those names because they are examples of coaches who were able to take advantage of the portal to aid their rebuilds.
Heck, we were in rebuild mode when Diamond and the others left. CVS and staff used the portal effectively to reload with a roster that was pretty talented. We just had the wrong person in charge on the sideline. Quick rebuilds are possible. It's up to the coach to have the pull to be able to attract players.
Granted, Coquese was not consecutive as a HC and therefore may have lost some of her influence with today's recruits. This will cause the rebuild to be slow. But it didn't have to be the case. She may just need that Jolette Law type assistant to kill it on the recruiting trail. Coquese would then have to be able to close the deal.
Coach Yo has been rising ever since this portal thing exploded and she grabbed Shakira Austin. She got that first domino to fall.
A&M will be interesting. Some are already giving Joni flack. Like you said, she did a respectable job at UGA. We have to recognize that she struggled mightily this past season but had major injuries for much of the season. Once she got healthy, they made a bit of a run at season's end. I think she just picked up some decent players in the portal. If she were to pick up a L. Betts or A Morrow and a Endiya Rogers or a HVL or a T. PaoPao......rebuild
complete.....in year 2.
Those are big ifs but I'm just saying, these days, quick reloads just depend on a coach's pull/clout.