2022 Coaching Carousel

DFW_Horn said:
Sounds like the dominant rumor…

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First impression, surprise. Before Gary Blair, Texas A&M had no real success in women's basketball. Georgia is more of a blue blood program in women's basketball.

I would think Joni Taylor received an offer from Texas A&M, which has a lot of money, but Georgia is unwilling to match.

It'll be interesting to see how well she recruits the state.
 
loyallonghorn said:
First impression, surprise. Before Gary Blair, Texas A&M had no real success in women's basketball. Georgia is more of a blue blood program in women's basketball.

I would think Joni Taylor received an offer from Texas A&M, which has a lot of money, but Georgia is unwilling to match.

It'll be interesting to see how well she recruits the state.
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It's been since the late 90's I believe when Georgia last made a Final Four and finished as national runnerup to Tennessee. Other than that, a few Sweet 16's; maybe an Elite 8 appearance, but, that's it in he last 25 years or so.
 
Honestly, Georgia did not return to its former glory under Joni so I am not quite sure why this would be such a good get. What am I missing? Would think Nell from Georgia Tech might be a better pick but what do I know. :idk:

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WCBBNUT said:
Honestly, Georgia did not return to its former glory under Joni so I am not quite sure why this would be such a good get. What am I missing? Would think Nell from Georgia Tech might be a better pick but what do I know. :idk:

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I agree. I've been really surprised and impressed by the job that Nell has done at Georgia Tech.

I also don't understand why Georgia hasn't been able to get back to their glory years that they had under Landers in the 80's/90's. You could argue that pound for pound Georgia has the best high school talent in the country year in and year out.
 
kurupt said:
I agree. I've been really surprised and impressed by the job that Nell has done at Georgia Tech.

I also don't understand why Georgia hasn't been able to get back to their glory years that they had under Landers in the 80's/90's. You could argue that pound for pound Georgia has the best high school talent in the country year in and year out.
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Apparently, the programs in Georgia have an issue keeping in-state talent? Nell has done her job with a roster seasoned with an international flavor. I would think that Atlanta would be an attractive destination for in-state recruits.
 
Rexy said:
I'm trying to wrap my head around "pound for pound"?????
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I say that because most people would probably argue that bigger states like California or Texas would be more talented. But just look at the kind of talent that's come out of Georgia over the past 5-10 years.
 
brnkj said:
Apparently, the programs in Georgia have an issue keeping in-state talent? Nell has done her job with a roster seasoned with an international flavor. I would think that Atlanta would be an attractive destination for in-state recruits.
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Yep. We were just recruiting another highly touted player from Georgia in Flau'jae Johnson that obviously didn't stay in-state.
 
kurupt said:
I agree. I've been really surprised and impressed by the job that Nell has done at Georgia Tech.

I also don't understand why Georgia hasn't been able to get back to their glory years that they had under Landers in the 80's/90's. You could argue that pound for pound Georgia has the best high school talent in the country year in and year out.
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Absolutely agree, Georgia high schools produce top recruits especially per capita. I notice Joni Taylor has no connection to the state of Texas. It'll be interesting how she does recruiting against Vic, Nicki at Baylor, Jennie at Oklahoma, and dare I say Kim at LSU.
 
WCBBNUT said:
Honestly, Georgia did not return to its former glory under Joni so I am not quite sure why this would be such a good get. What am I missing? Would think Nell from Georgia Tech might be a better pick but what do I know. :idk:

(This emoji :idk: is me most days)​
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Nell would absolutely make sense at Texas A&M. We get their Aggie, they get our Longhorn. I would have rooted for Nell at A&M (except when playing against Vic and our Longhorns).

BTW, I have missed Nell's infectious enthusiasm on LHN. As well as Andrea Lloyd is, Nell was the best commentator.
 
Moooooo said:
So, TCU is keeping Raegan Pebley another season? She followed up her 2020-21 season record of 10-15 with a 6-22 record this season.

Over these last 2 seasons, there are new Big 12 coaches at Texas, Tech, OU, and Baylor. There will be new head coaches next season at OSU and WV.

Pebley has tenure over every head coach in the Big 12 except those at ISU, KSU, and KU.
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:e-eyes:

Recent entrants to the transfer portal:

Tavy Diggs, (6-2 JR wing, Richardson, TX) TCU WBB
Aja Holmes, (5-8 SO guard, Cibolo, TX) TCU WBB
Yo'Myris "Yummy" Morris, 6-3 SR forward, North Little Rock, AR (grad xfer) TCU WBB
 
loyallonghorn said:
Absolutely agree, Georgia high schools produce top recruits especially per capita. I notice Joni Taylor has no connection to the state of Texas. It'll be interesting how she does recruiting against Vic, Nicki at Baylor, Jennie at Oklahoma, and dare I say Kim at LSU.
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The biggest challenges in that equation for top-tier recruits will be Vic and Kim IMO... Especially in and around the Houston area. I think Baylor has begun what will be a steady decline, and I'm still not drinking the OU Kool-Aid.
 
Hopefully she has the same philosophy as Jhonnie had in the sense that she never felt the need to take any job just because you become a HC. It has to be one where you can build something and have sustainable success.
 
utfannforlife said:
Hopefully she has the same philosophy as Jhonnie had in the sense that she never felt the need to take any job just because you become a HC. It has to be one where you can build something and have sustainable success.
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With the Missouri State coach leaving to feel the opening at Virginia, I would think Missouri State would have interest in D. Jackson. If so, I would really hope that the interest would not be mutual.
 
Well, so much for the "threat" of Vic leaving for his alma mater. Gosh, I sure hope we don't have to worry about him taking one of the other jobs like Missouri State, West Virginia, etc.:rolleyes1:
Anyone who suggested he would leave UT was either delusional or just trying to start **** (nice try though). He, like Coach Conradt, recognized when he landed the dream job. JC is a Baylor grad and you never saw her trying to get back there. Just sayin'...

Texas A&M hires Georgia's Joni Taylor as women's basketball coach
 
Hmmn . . .

Taylor never reached the Sweet 16 at Georgia. Was making $850,000 after a $100,000 raise and contract extension beginning last April.

So, makes sense that A&M probably offered her $1.5 million a year . . . :p
 
brnkj said:
Well, so much for the "threat" of Vic leaving for his alma mater. Gosh, I sure hope we don't have to worry about him taking one of the other jobs like Missouri State, West Virginia, etc.:rolleyes1:
Anyone who suggested he would leave UT was either delusional or just trying to start ****. He, like Coach Conradt, recognized when he landed the dream job. JC was a Baylor grad and you never saw her trying to get back there. Just saying...

Texas A&M hires Georgia's Joni Taylor as women's basketball coach
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Ever since he flat out told Kirk Bohls that he was not leaving for the A&M job (a few weeks ago), I didn't give it another thought. I took him at his word and moved on.
 
I liked Joni Taylor I guess the money was too much of a lure. She’s replacing an aggie legend which usually doesn’t go well anywhere.
I never thought Vic would leave but I’m glad this little worry is now over. He’s no fool and like I said earlier, it wouldn’t surprise me that even Gary Blair would have advised him to stay put.
 
A few recruits could be hopping about as well in the coming days and weeks. Kelly Bond-White was their best recruiter and they had some good players coming in, specifically at the position group she coached (guards).
  • Georgia - #3 F Janiah Barker
  • Georgia - #37 W Sydney Bowles
  • aggy - #42 G Brianna McDaniel
  • aggy - #52 PG Gia Cooke
  • aggy - #81 PG Mya Petticord
 
I just honestly don’t see how this does anything for A&M. Joni won’t have anything in College Station that she didn’t have in Athens so why would Aggy expect her to do more? Middle of the pack in conference and early round exits in post conference…are they good with that?

I used to follow UGA very closely, but haven’t since Andy Landers left. Did I miss the part where Joni did great things at Georgia?
 
Could be that Joni's husband (former assistant at South Carolina) and current assistant with the Atlanta Dream could be joining her at A&M; saw that Georgia might not have allowed that hire.
 
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