Rutgers fans expect the RU WBB program to be among the best and anything less is unacceptable.
One of the most telling comments from Coach Stringer's interview in the Home News Tribune was the emphasis on holding the opponent to 20 points less than their average and at the same time never counted on scoring more points.The problem with that viewpoint is that the 3 pointer along with the shot clock has caused scoring to increase significantly and Rutgers hasn't adapted to the changes.
No matter what the coach is the one that should take the blame.
What has allowed CVS to have career numbers like she has was 2 main things. 1. She was one of the best defensive minds in all the college ranks for years. 2nd, she was a recruiting guru. Our defensive still causes problems, but is not nearly as stiffening as it was for years. I believe CVS's defensive philosophy has not evolved w the game. Players are more athletic. Her teams have not been top 10 consistently over the span of most of her career, but her recruiting classes have been. The gap between the 2 has been due to CVS's failure to develop the offensive skills of the unreal amount of McDonald AA's she has had over her career. Also the gap is due to her (since I began as a season ticket holdermucho years ago) being a below average game time coach. Every year there would be discussions about how many different starting lineups we had. Players always had to play worrying about being yanked after a mistake. Other players in the groove would prematurely be taken out. Always seems to call the needed Time Out a score or 2 by the other team, too late. I could go on, but I don't want to beat a dead horse. But now, even the recruiting is gone. That is why we go below .500 next year and the following year looks even worse.
Good post. I just want to ditto that I feel so bad for the players and feel bad for CVS and let her know that her Mom is very proud of her. I remembering seeing an early or pre season quote from Kaliah Copper saying that they expect to win it all.
Yes on 1 and 2. Yes on poorer defense now. I believe the reason is that the current players (while talented) are not on the par of some of her past stars. She has not been in the top 10 most of her career, I have always openly questioned RU fans that accused the team of being elite. CVS has always historically been a coach that wins about twice as many as she loses, could pull the unexpected upset, and always had a shot to go deep in the conference or NCAA tourneys. But top 10, no. Yes, probably due to her style. But it is / was her style and what got her the wins it got her! I agree her strength was never "in game" coaching, but in motivation and developing the game plan.
I didn't trash anyone. I didn't disrespect anyone...I'm tired of the ridiculous notion that cvs is beyond reproach
Read what I said, and don't get paranoid over it. I didn't say don't criticize Stringer .
Like I said if she retires let her do it on her own terms. Who do you think will do better that we can get and afford?
Exactly... and this is one of the reasons that I think it will be very tricky to hire her replacement, especially if we're planning to do this on the cheap.
She certainly wouldn't come cheap. As of last year, CD was making over $300K as an assistant. I think it would take a lot more than that to lure her away from UConn.
Some disagree, they think the facilities don't mean a thing and the RU WBB program will be just like UConn is, with a new HC and even though CVS took a pretty big pay cut , she's overpaid and act like RU could hire a quality replacement for half the price Vivian is receiving now.
Totally agree. I give Julie credit for one thing in her time as AD. Making CVS's contract more incentive oriented. But the base pay was still way too high for the product.
RU outscored Nebraska 34-10 in the paint, you don't need to shoot 3's when you can dominate the paint & the offensive boards.
Wait I thought scoring more total points and holding the other team to less points was more important than whether some player can shoot 3s all night???
