The price of (successful) head women's basketball coaches just went up.
https://www.espn.com/womens-college-...ract-extension
Staley gets $22.4M over 7 years.
Video of Kara and Jade at ACC Media Day:
https://goduke.com/watch/?Archive=11422&type=Archive
The price of (successful) head women's basketball coaches just went up.
https://www.espn.com/womens-college-...ract-extension
Staley gets $22.4M over 7 years.
WHY are they paying so much for coaches for programs that will always lose money - men's or women's? Because someone else is is not a reason, it is an excuse. This is insanity - but there is a lot of that going around.
Could it be that Women's sports carry some value beyond simply the Title 9 requirments and any revenue they generate? Most colleges place value on the success of their Women's Basketball, Soccer, Softball, etc for school pride, social status and bragging rights. The salary of those coaches may not be based on revenue, but on instrinic value to the school.
Anyone know why the DWBB team was not introduced during CTC? Every year, I've always enjoyed the introduction of the DWBB team. There was not even a mention of the team this year. I was at least looking forward to seeing them introduce the other Coach K.
Well, that's true. On the other hand:
But I'm sort of hoping that the lack of presence at CTC was a calculated move toward standing more on their own as a program, which hopefully will avoid the sentiment expressed in the bolded. I think Coach K(ara) aspires to be more in the UConn, Tennessee, Notre Dame, etc. mold, where the women's program is an independent leader, and not dependent on being an adjunct to the men. Mind you, I don't know that this was the thinking, but I do hope it at least played a role in that decision.
Yeah, it's different if both teams do a one-by-one intro and get a scrimmage, even if the women go first. But I'm hoping the entirely one-way treatment will become a thing of the past. But, as always, that will depend on success on the court, and so far, there is still a lot for the women to prove.
I had that same thought and hope that played into the decision as well. But the thing that separates those programs from others is their fan base, so it would make sense for them to work to build that up in any way possible. If I lived closer to Durham, I would love to attend more of their games.
April 1
Does anyone know why there isn't a Blue-White game this year? I was really looking forward to seeing the team in October.
The women's AP poll is out. No mention of Duke, which mildly surprises me, but only very mildly since this team is truly unknown as a collective. Individually, though, I would think there is enough talent to merit a vote or two at least.
That being said, the ACC reps are
NC State #5
Louisville #6
Florida State #16
Virginia Tech #24
Notre Dame has 8 votes
Future OOC opponents on the list include (In order of appearance on the schedule)
Iowa #9
South Carolina #1
https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/rankings
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
hard to give votes to a team which didn't play last year (effectively), and has had pretty much100% turnover since they last played meaningful basketball.
Duke will have to earn this on the court.
Also FWIW, if uconn stays healthy, I think they run the table...but we will see.
April 1