2022 Coaching Carousel

flash34 said:
VJ probably was quietly on the hot seat due to not playing Collier and Kuier who were #1 and #2 in draft two years ago. They are not ready to play in WBNA and may never be. Plus Sabally came in late and was hurt and only played in 11 games. Plus Harrison publically questioning strategy was not helpful. It didn’t help that Burton wasn’t ready and Ogunbawale getting hurt late too. The front office drafts were not VJ’s primary fault but all rolled in together meant she couldn’t survive. Cant fire all the players…..and the front office isn’t going to fire themselves…..so the coach is it. All this is noise but also says she isn’t the coach Schaefer has targeted.
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The Wings owner is notorious for being the Jerry Jones of the WNBA... :smh:
 
Ellis21d said:
You had to know that was coming!!
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From the looks of things last season, Blair was THE assistant coach during play. She would sit next to Vic on the bench and would often speak to Dad at critical junctures and seemed to be the only assistant Vic listened to during breaks in play.
 
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Zig72 said:
From the looks of things last season, Blair was THE assistant coach during play. She would sit next to Vic on the bench and would often speak to Dad at critical junctures and seemed to be the only assistant Vic listened to during breaks in play.
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It may have been you or another poster who mentioned this when the assistant coaching positions had first come open. So does make sense.
 
Movement this offseason:
  • Assoc HC Dionnah Jackson-Durrett --> Elena Lovato
  • Assistant April Phillips --> Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
  • Assistant Calamity McEntire --> Blair Schaefer
  • DBO Blair Schaefer --> Christy Smith
  • Director of Player Development Dom Dillingham --> Sydney Carter
  • Coordinator of Player Development Jaz Holmes --> ???
So has the Coordinator of Player Development position been phased out?

Wisdom-Hylton is definitely coaching the bigs, I assume Elena is taking over coaching the wings/SF (again) and Blair working with the guards?
 
DFW_Horn said:
Movement this offseason:
  • Assoc HC Dionnah Jackson-Durrett --> Elena Lovato
  • Assistant April Phillips --> Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
  • Assistant Calamity McEntire --> Blair Schaefer
  • DBO Blair Schaefer --> Christy Smith
  • Director of Player Development Dom Dillingham --> Sydney Carter
  • Coordinator of Player Development Jaz Holmes --> ???
So has the Coordinator of Player Development position been phased out?

Wisdom-Hylton is definitely coaching the bigs, I assume Elena is taking over coaching the wings/SF (again) and Blair working with the guards?
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Dooh!! Have forgotten that we lost McEntire as well.
 
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When Johnnie Harris left for a HC position at Auburn and Elena Lovato left for personal reasons, at that time I felt like those were huge losses. But after seeing what Vic and his new staff did again last year I have a different perspective. I no longer see it as losing personnel, but rather them moving on to promotions. I have no doubt whatsoever that the staff Vic has currently assembled is fully capable of keeping things going. The man knows what he's doing. I don't even worry about staff (or recruiting for that matter) anymore. Vic has proven that he will get every ounce out of whatever the roster of players and coaches looks like. Sure, I still get excited over those things but not worried... Not at this point anyway. Can't wait for the season to begin!
 
As many here guessed, Blair was hired back in the Spring per info obtained through FOIA request. She definitely didn't get any special treatment on her salary.
 
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