Bballnut1952
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He was also 14 and 18 in one season and lost 13 in another. So I'll diss him for that seems he is totally inconsistent as a coach. It wouldn't matter if Coach Harper got to the final four this season if she went 14 and 18 the next all hell would break loose about her coaching ability.Then you chose a terrible example to make your point. Louisville was the national runner-up his second season, and again in his sixth...
In comparison to Watz, here is Dawn Staley's record over 13 years at South Carolina.
2008โ09 South Carolina 10โ18 2โ12 11th
2009โ10 South Carolina 14โ15 7โ9 Tโ7th
2010โ11 South Carolina 18โ15 8โ8 Tโ5th WNIT 2nd Round
2011โ12 South Carolina 25โ10 10โ6 Tโ4th NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2012โ13 South Carolina 25โ8 11โ5 Tโ4th NCAA 2nd Round
2013โ14 South Carolina 29โ5 14โ2 1st NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2014โ15 South Carolina 34โ3 15โ1 Tโ1st NCAA Final Four
2015โ16 South Carolina 33โ2 16โ0 1st NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2016โ17 South Carolina 33โ4 14โ2 1st NCAA Champions
2017โ18 South Carolina 29โ7 12โ4 Tโ2nd NCAA Elite Eight
2018โ19 South Carolina 23โ10 13โ3 2nd NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2019โ20 South Carolina 32โ1 16โ0 1st NCAA Tournament cancelled due to COVID-19
2020โ21 South Carolina 15โ1 10โ0
South Carolina:320โ99 (.764)148โ52 (.740)
A pretty good record and one national championship, but is it better than Watz?
Then you chose a terrible example to make your point. Louisville was the national runner-up his second season, and again in his sixth...
It was the Atlantic Ten, not the AAC.I get comparing the same time frame but when considering Dawn Staley you have to consider the fact she was HC at Temple for 8 years with a 172-80 record making the NCAA tourney all but two years. She accomplished this in the AAC a midsize conference where football I believe was Div 1AA (less money). She had one star player I remember (I might be wrong) Candice Dupree .....
And that's as close as he's gotten to a NC, and he's in his 13th season. Those standards would get him fired by many perfectionists in this forum.
But, hey..."only" losing nine games is setti g a pretty high bar to beat, so who knows?
Uh oh. Now youโve done it. Mentioned the golden calf Walz. We will undoubtedly have to hear from darth about how great he is. He will rave about his success. News flash playing in the SEC is a lot harder than playing in the ACC.Jeff Walz for one. I think it was in the public forum that he wanted the job. I even think Kara Lawson would have been a better hire. She is the 3 on 3 coach for the Olympic team, so she knows many of the top players. She also has name recognition with the players of today. There are plenty of coaches. UNCโs coach is going to be great! This was only going to be rebuild if you looked at it that way. Tennessee has everything you need to win big! The only thing they needed was someone to draw in the star players and develop them. Again, I get that some of us feel like we have to defend Kellie and she can do no wrong. I am totally behind her and want her to succeed...all Iโm saying is if she keeps recruiting subpar, we are going to be a subpar team. Also, has Jordan Horston got better since last year? The only players I think have got better are KK and Rae. Rennia is steady, and the driving force. Where is the development with the rest of the players? They are still turning the ball over at an alarming rate. The jury is still out on recruiting. I think Kellie can develop, but they really need Key and Horston to take the next step in their evolution. Key has had her moments. Their is hope, but Iโd feel a lot better if we had some stud players coming in next year.