So you wanted to hire a person with no coaching experience, who actually cancelled her entire first season at Duke, (TN would have loved that), played in a lesser conference than the SEC which had no National Championship winning teams (SEC had 2), whose winning percentage is less than Kellie’s, even playing in a lesser conference, whose team was 10th in conference in her second year and did not have any post season, was tied for 7th in conference her fourth year but went to the Sweet Sixteen finally, who finally made it to 3rd in conference and Elite 8 in her 5th year, and finally in her 6th year was first in this still lesser conference, and went to Elite 8. At least Duke gave her support during the years where her teams had no offense.
You are somehow criticizing Kellie for having good players, yet ignore that Rae, Zaay, Jordan, Rickea, Tamari, and others, missed significant amounts of time due to injury, or in Tamari’s case, illness. Yet Kellie’s teams never missed the NCAA Tournament, going to the second round twice, and the Sweet Sixteen twice. Kellie also had 4 players drafted in the first round of the WNBA. During her time here, Kellie beat both the National Championship winning teams, plus Vic at Texas, Jenny at Oklahoma, Kenny at Virginia Tech, Muffet at Notre Dame, and others, all while playing in the toughest conference in NCAA women’s basketball.
Now you say Kim’s players weren’t good enough, even though she chose them, but it’s not her fault. You’re ignoring that she had highly rated players whom she didn’t develop, coach, or improve, or keep, but if only the players
were “All SEC First Team players”, she would do well. “Let me know when Kim has some All SEC First Team players”? Fine, I’ll let you know, but it could be awhile.
