i sorta disagree whispers. There are very few coaches with name recognition to parents beyond Anson Wilhem Dorrance. It's tier (P5?), school (academics, locale, logo) and scholly money. I will grant if the coach, such as the Sayheykids, have national team member stuff, they could do all right if they market it right (UCF has little competition in that conference). Like "Camps run by former Team USA forward, World Cup champion Tiffany Sayheykid.." And they do that. They most certainly do that. Other than Dorrance, there are virtually no household names to a degree to have significant recruiting influence.
Won’t be goaded in to listing the other candidates but list was extensive and included quality from east and west coast (you like to point out “coastal” preferences). Dr. Ted is respected but knew he was on the outside looking in. Waldrum hire will pay immediate dividens but you’re so plugged in, you should already know that.
Oh, come on, don't be mean and arrogant. Like you're so plugged in about this "quality from east to west". Across this vast land. I never insinuated any insider information, as you do! "goaded". puuuh. I make solid observation and commentary, based, truthfully, on the soccer industry money trail. Granted, not difficult to follow the money, but many followers deny that's all it takes to dissect this sport. I'm sure Anson Randolph Dorrance himself was on your Pitt's "extensive" list. Every P5 HC and AC. How many said "no" to Pitt solicitations, the entire "extensive" list? Wassel, for starters, i knew about him.
The SWAC is FCS football, like the southland. They also don’t even participate in the NCAA playoffs. Don’t kid yourself.
I'd be surprised if the present staff is allowed to stay on. Randy wants his own people....probably his son being one of them!
Credit to Pitt, Waldrum is a much better hire than I expected. It remains to be seen if he is up to the challenge of a full and complete culture change and program rebuild. The first part should happen as soon as he walks in the door. The second part, well, that's harder, takes longer, and he's going to have to take some lumps in the conference for a good few years. He's 61; one doesn't normally think of someone at this stage of their career taking on this kind of rebuild. It'll be interesting to see how he handles it, but this surely will strengthen the program.
The celebration bowl is the de-facto HBCU national championship...between the MEAC and SWAC. They are not FBS members. Case in point the Celebration Bowl pays out 1 million per conference...the group of 5 teams in FBS (the non power 5s, sunbelt, MAC, mountain west, C-USA and American—UCF’s conference) split a pool of 83.5 million in bowl revenue (~16 million each per conference). Just because it’s titled a bowl game doesn’t make them FBS members (even d2’s not invited to the playoffs play in “bowls”). These amounts also don’t include tv revenue (the American, for example, has a tv deal with ESPN for football) which also is divided between members. It’s absurd to equate an FBS school with a SWAC school, just as it’s ridiculous to insinuate that UCF which has the largest undergraduate enrollment in the nation (or did in 2016) is on par with small land-grant HBCU’s in terms of resources, expectations, and opportunities for success in any sport, much less women’s soccer.
Shocking appointment! http://letsgopeay.com/news/2017/12/...omi-kolarova-as-womens-soccer-head-coach.aspx
Richmond hires, now High Point open. Looks like a lateral career move. http://www.richmondspiders.com/news/2017/12/21/beall-named-new-womens-soccer-head-coach.aspx
OUCH....How do you think these players and parents feel now, just 2 days after signing: http://www.highpointpanthers.com/news/2017/12/19/womens-soccer-welcomes-three-early-signees.aspx More of a rude awakening! Much harder road to recruit the type of students that UR has as compared to HPU. That is not a knock on HPU academically in the least, but UR has being considered a "Lil Ivy" for quite a while. A different type of recruiting challenge ahead for MB.
Is Stuart Horne, former Campbell coach going to end up anywhere? Seems like this year is the year for interesting hires in Division 1 women's soccer.
Didn't Horne rebuild Campbell to its most successful years in program history? As kids graduate this year and next, that program will implode. He would be more of a logical hire, not interesting, for some of these openings.
OUCH....How do you think these players and parents feel now, just 2 days after signing: Signing date isn't until February
Marty will do very well. Richmond has a much better budget, location, conference, and reputation than HighPoint. He can recruit nationally on academics at Richmond but he's going to have to put in the miles and work very hard and he will. Big downer maybe is sharing turf field with football, not common in D1 these days but can be overcome. WIsh him well and about the timing - there's NO good timing for these moves. He just won his conf title and needs to go when he can. Don't blame him but we'll see how fast HP moves. Asst has been with Marty for years so will she stay or go? Why we have a discussion forum! Almost forgot - Calling BS on this one- You don't come on an anonymous forum just to say "I know something you don't". ANYONE can do that bro.
Katherine Vettori - Former Loyola HC that started the demise of a once mid major elite program. I just don’t understand that hire.
theguru, its called hiring a women for the sake of it, Yep I said it! Hire the best person for the position, whether they be a women, man or a purple alien. Our game is never going to improve with so many armchair coaches in the college game.
There you go. I agree. She's a nice enough person but done nothing to warrant this opportunity EXCEPT - she's female, has some resume, and she'll take it for cheap because she's already right there. You could also say she's the opposite kind of coach then Paynter and maybe they wanted that. He was on like 52K or something crazy. Rookie teachers make more in that area. When you do things on the cheap, ultimately it costs you. We'll see. Hope for the kids it works out.