Saxton was given some food for thought to resign over Christmas break, Anagnost moving family quickly as schools start up again. My prediction.
Based off of what he put on his twitter I doubt that he is going to a Power 5 school. "It has challenged me to evaluate my priorities and what I want in my life. Of greatest importance is to be healthier, share my life with my future loved one, friends, and my family."
I know Tom and like him. Has success wherever he goes. However, seems to move on quickly amidst questions. What is the deal?
ergo, home. That's why I am guessing he is replacing a departing Saxton. If he was taking a known vacancy, it would have been announced by now. I think. He would have resigned earlier. This is something emerging from Christmas.
If that is so, that would be a turn-around as Calise was formally an assistant coach/recruiting coordinator at Boston College. Combine that fact that Harvard head coach Hamblin and assistant coach McDevitt were also at BC before going to Harvard and is it fair to say that this would make a lot of sense even though this time the direction is reversed!
Cost of living has to be a factor at BC. To me, that eliminates Anagnost who blames his "future loved one" for his departure. Points to homeward bound, new parents get all goofy and retrospective like that. Have you ever been to a wedding reception where they pull out those stupid slideshows of the victims growing up through the years? Then two days later, they're annoyed with each other for life (unless they're both good looking, then it's a couple of years until the annoyance). Oh, and, frankly, if there's grandparent help around without having to buy daycare, winning. I also noticed Anag seems to have aged a bit at Miss State. I don't think it's the job...
Just out of my own curiosity, why is this the most popular thread on the women's forum? There seems to be more interest in what college coach is fired, who is quitting, which one is a jerk, etc. than the actual playing of the game. Is it because many posters here are parents, coaches or former coaches themselves? What gives and why such interest? Just curious, that's all.
UIC announcement https://uicflames.com/news/2019/1/6/uic-chooses-tom-anagnost-to-lead-womens-soccer-program.aspx As for Boston College no way Calise goes for that. He is happy to be the assistant and recruiting coordinator at Harvard and no desire to be a head coach. Hamblin happy as the head coach at Harvard as well.
If Nick Saban gets fired tonight after they lose, it will be breaking news on espn etc.. same thing...
UIC announcement https://uicflames.com/news/2019/1/6/uic-chooses-tom-anagnost-to-lead-womens-soccer-program.aspx I think, and I don't know much, that this is a step way back for a coach of his caliber. Miss St may not be the Stark-Vegas that call it, but it still is SEC and lots of money filtering down from football! UIC's facility is better in a picture than in real life. No football means no money flow.
He doesn’t make any secret that he took this job for personal reasons. Still that is UIC’s gain. Looks a landmark hire for them.
Great call on UIC. I was thinking Chicago State so thought it was a joke. It's only about four hours to Kalamazoo or wherever he comes from. How could the pay even be in the ballpark? He must have wired some supplemental thing with club(s). But I guess he felt he has enough resume fodder now and is going to lie in wait for Saxton or Ann Arbor. And, naturally, this is the most popular discussion. Human nature to gossip and it's the most expansive subject matter.
Can you do enough at Chicago-Illinois to "lie in wait" for MSU or Michigan? I have my doubts. I can't imagine that any coach would want a major regression in facilities, pay, league, etc.--but gotta respect the decision to put family first.
I agree you have to give the man a lot of respect. Leaving a big job for UIC for your family shows there are bigger things in life than a coaching job. UIC gets a great hire and Anagnost gets to do the best for his family. Good for them both.
Granted, he wants to get closer to family but a significant portion of that is that he's already hit the ceiling at Mississippi State with the prior's people. It's already in the bank on the resume along with the previous stops which netted him Starkville to begin with. Right now, his resume image is a soccer Houdini. If he was at a better destination SEC like Auburn, Bama, South Carolina, I'm not sure he jumps since they have sustainable recruiting prospects. I'm also not sure he bolts if he inherited an empty cupboard in Starkville and struggled initially. Remember in Seinfeld when George was hung up on good exits? Leave 'em wanting more. Right now, he is at a destination cosmopolitan (compared to rust belt back h2o's) school within whatever low pressure league they are in, has SEC on the resume where he never "lost"...situating himself for the upper B10. He is eyeing E. Lansing just like those on this forum who have said Mich State doesn't care and placed Saxton on a perpetual hot seat. That's what this man has in mind taking this job, UIC, he can only go up at maybe the top recruiting destination in the league...MSU, he can only go down at the rear of the recruiting line in the SEC. Everybody has alterior motive.
So UWGB hired Division II head coach from North Dakota Minot State's Jason Spain. Spain has done a good job but was coming from a weak D-2 conference that hasn't competed as a top 4 conference for D-2 ever, no title contending teams in the Dakotas and region. I wonder how he'll do at UWGB, the Horizon Conference is also not a strong conference other than the team at the top. Heard he was going after a bunch of Junior college recruits and some D-2 transfers (some of his recruits to Minot). He won't go far at the D-1 level if thats his recruiting plan. To compete in the lowly horizon, that'll move them up to top 5 maybe. But to compete with Top 150 teams, they'll continue to get smashed. He's a competitor though, I think he'll figure it out fast. Prediction, UWGB in 3 years will be top three in the league behind Agnost at UIC who will recruit and make them competitive, and then UW Madison. Cleveland State I'm predicting will fade/fizzle this year and in following years. Their top players graduated or transferred at semester.
Syracuse and BC better get someone to take these jobs soon. Rest of the ACC must be laughing. 2 female head coaches have been into Syracuse and doubt either are ready for ACC. BC might be the worst job out there. They have been turned down by 7 people already it’s an embarrassment to the school. Year to year contract at BC please!!!!! Who will risk that after they fired the HC after a 14-5-1 season and they beat the national champs FSU Buyer beware. Oregon State might have made the hire of the year so far. MK will do well there. He will recruit harder than anyone who has been there in the past and will bring in top California talent. A lot of jobs still open it will be fun talking to people in Sanford to hear what else is going on