If You Were the AD at Any School

[Oliver Hardy]

It is not unusual or unheard of for coaches in professional and the college ranks to be given a set of goals that they have to meet or to face a potential bevy of front-office demands and termination.

However, that most often occurs when a coach is failing.

I don't think it's time to make it a harsh list of hard demands on Sherri. The program isn't crashing or failing. It's just not achieving at previous levels. It's stuck at a mediocre level.

It's more of a "Hey? We have to do better? Could you sit down with your staff and then us and figure out what we need to do to get back to where we were?"

That should be the tact taken this year, especially since this is they year she is being inducted in to the Hall of Fame and you don't want to do anything to tarnish that for her.

Now, after next year -- if it's like the last couple or worse - that would be an appropriate time, in my view.

 

[betterstill]

It is not unusual or unheard of for coaches in professional and the college ranks to be given a set of goals that they have to meet or to face a potential bevy of front-office demands and termination.

However, that most often occurs when a coach is failing.

I don't think it's time to make it a harsh list of hard demands on Sherri. The program isn't crashing or failing. It's just not achieving at previous levels. It's stuck at a mediocre level.

It's more of a "Hey? We have to do better? Could you sit down with your staff and then us and figure out what we need to do to get back to where we were?"

That should be the tact taken this year, especially since this is they year she is being inducted in to the Hall of Fame and you don't want to do anything to tarnish that for her.

Now, after next year -- if it's like the last couple or worse - that would be an appropriate time, in my view.

I call the current level failing. If Joe C thinks the program is not failing then he has a different expectation of OU women's basketball than I.

 

[35TangoTango]

I call the current level failing. If Joe C thinks the program is not failing then he has a different expectation of OU women's basketball than I.

That's just freakin' rediculous!

 

[SoonerinNC]

One of the nice things about being a fan rather than an AD is we can ignore reality. As a fan it is easy for me to expect conference championships and final fours every year.

Probably the only AD's with that kind of expectation are at UConn and Notre Dame but they happen to have very gifted coaches and are just along for the ride.

Having been a high school coach I am probably a little more sympathetic to the coaches than most fans. I have lived trying to get players to develop and execute what I visualized. When I look at our program this is some of the things I think I see.

Since our so called glory days a number of things have changed.

As the womans game has progressed there are more athletic players and more quality coaches than those days.

Like her or not, Kim is a quality coach. She excells in recruiting and in x's and o's. Her players are always open for easy shots. Some question about her development of players. I didn't think Griner reached her potential.

The AAU scene has possibly put AD's in a position where they have to be a bit dirty to reach our standards.

Tara Vandever at Stanford is experiencing the same thing. Oregon State and Arizona State appear to have surpassed her and there are others who can beat her that in the past had no chance.

The game has changed to a point where most teams can shut down our running game when they had no chance in the past. Consequently our halfcourt game has been exposed as being platgued with poor decisions and careless play.

I don't consider Sherri and her staff more than a B in recruiting although I like a lot of players she is bringing in. Would like to keep more quality players from nearby to stay home. I have never felt that she has a great relationship with Oklahoma high school coaches and can't conceive a good reason for shutting down the summer camps.

I used to feel that her players really developed well but lately we have had a number of players who seem to have plateaued or dropped off. Griffin, Vegas, Campbell although having solid senior seasons still less than I expected from them.

This year good progress from ViVi, Wyatt and Edwards and KayKay at times but significant drop off from Little and Ortiz and no real progress from LaNesha Williams. Carter OK but still not up to the level of the first half of last years conference season. Maddie still a mystery but fans probably have unrealistic expectations.

 

[soonerstar]

I have always thought Coale had a frosty relationship with Oklahoma high school coaches, especially in the Tulsa area. Why? I do not know. Shutting the camps down seems a very dumb move, also.