Changes occurring in the women’s game this off-season as well.
https://www.espn.com/womens-college-...ves-baylor-lsu
This would be comparable to Calipari leaving Kentucky.
The biggest winner here is Vic Schaefer and Texas. Karen Anston, the previous Texas coach, went 1-18 against Mulkey, and Schaefer was pummeled 60-35 away and beaten by a more respectable 64-57 score at home. Schaefer has said that he was hired to beat Baylor, and on paper at least it should be a lot easier without Mulkey.
Coach G is now an assistant at Kentucky. Not sure where to put that, but this thread seemed as good as any.
Anybody see SportsCenter this morning? They had a piece with Mulkey and showed her sitting down to address LSU for the first time. She had a mask on as she sat down, but she immediately pulled it off and dismissively tossed it aside. I can't remember what she said, exactly, but something like, "That's enough of that!" The tone and body language were unmistakeable. It made me wonder if the mask business is part of the reason she suddenly felt homesick. Baylor and LSU published mask policies seem very similar, but who knows about enforcement and what goes on behind the scenes.
I'm not wanting to get into a PPB debate, but it just made me curious if that played a role, since it seems to really matter to her.
I think that's a bit of a stretch. That said, she is a bit of a grating person, so I wouldn't be surprised if she ticked someone off at baylor, or was otherwise ticked off by something they did....but ultimately I bet it comes down to she wanted more money and LSU gave it to her.
April 1
Surprisingly, she won't be leaving a bunch of recruits in a lurch. I see only one in the '21 Top 100 that has Baylor listed.
http://www.espn.com/high-school/girl...s/_/class/2021
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
https://www.star-telegram.com/sports...250945014.html
an opinion piece, obviously, but it seems she and the department were fed up with each other. The reports that she wanted the court named after her don't seem all that far fetched given my impression of her. It seems LSU did give her slightly more money as well.
April 1
Why are you wasting time here when you could be wasting it by listening to the latest episode of the DBR Podcast?
C'mon guys, you're completely missing the point. How many here would consider a raise of $530,000 a "small bump"? It's ludicrous. Not saying she's not worth it, and the market is what it is...but it's ludicrous.
You can entice a minimum wage worker to change jobs for a couple bucks an hour. That won't entice a doctor or lawyer or someone else making 150k a year. You might entice one of those people to jump ship for 20k a year. You're not going to get someone making a couple mil to jump for 20k a year.
It's all relative to the market. It has to be. So no, I don't consider it out of line to what it would take someone to jump jobs relative to her compensation. Also remember that she likely has performance bonuses, lowering the effective increase by %.
So while I agree with the notion that coaches in general are overpaid, I don't think of putting it in average-wage terms does someone in that position's decision making justice. I'm sure there are people on this board who have changed jobs for a "small bump" which is larger than the yearly salary of some other people on this board. It's the world, and I'm not saying it's right or wrong, but to kim mulkey, it is not a life changing increase in compensation.
April 1