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Michelle89
Joined: 17 Nov 2010 Posts: 16464 Location: Holland
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FrozenLVFan
Joined: 08 Jul 2014 Posts: 3516
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Posted: 11/04/22 2:51 pm ::: |
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Agler's now the AD at his alma mater, Wittenburg. Who knows if he'd want to go back to coaching.
Berube is an interesting choice, especially since Rizzotti is looking at former UConn players, but it's an awkward time of year to hire a college coach.
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WNBA 09
Joined: 26 Jun 2009 Posts: 12537 Location: Dallas , Texas
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Posted: 11/04/22 3:17 pm ::: |
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FrozenLVFan wrote: |
Agler's now the AD at his alma mater, Wittenburg. Who knows if he'd want to go back to coaching.
Berube is an interesting choice, especially since Rizzotti is looking at former UConn players, but it's an awkward time of year to hire a college coach. |
He interviewed for the Fever HC job and was a finalist. That to me say's he wants to get back into coaching.
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pilight
Joined: 23 Sep 2004 Posts: 66920 Location: Where the action is
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Posted: 11/16/22 2:32 pm ::: |
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Five vacancies, five white coaching hires — the WNBA needs a Rooney Rule
https://deadspin.com/five-vacancies-five-white-coaching-hires-the-wnba-ne-1849791117
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As easy as it is to argue how much of a failure the Rooney Rule has been over the years — at minimum, it serves as a constant reminder of the inequalities that are taking place when it comes to how owners hire head coaches, and points to the lengths that many will go to circumvent, and ignore the rule. |
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Richyyy
Joined: 17 Nov 2005 Posts: 24356 Location: London
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Posted: 11/16/22 3:52 pm ::: |
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I think the recent rule that allowed an extra assistant coach as long as it was a former-player will eventually lead to more black coaches even without a Rooney Rule. Inevitably a lot of those former players are and will be black, and they'll make their way into more head coaching positions eventually. We've already seen it to a certain extent with Quinn, Wright, VJ etc.
Whether a rule would be a good idea... eh, maybe. The tokenism it can lead to can be pretty insulting, especially in a situation like we just saw in Washington. If they'd been required to interview a minority candidate, what would that have resulted in? Phoning Vickie Johnson and wasting some of her time? Claiming to have considered LaToya Sanders for the head role? But maybe in more typical coaching searches it might force teams to open up their parameters a little. |
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johnjohnW
Joined: 11 Aug 2020 Posts: 1846
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Posted: 11/16/22 4:30 pm ::: |
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Change takes time and progress isn't a forward straight line. The W has made a lot of progress in this area. Getting more black women into the coaching pipeline will lead to more qualified HC candidates. Steph White and Eric Thibault have been given a lot of advantages that many potential black coaches have not been given and the way to combat that is not to hire unqualified coaches based on their skin color but to support and bring in more black women and men into the coaching pipeline to build that experience.
It should also be noted that the W now has to compete with NBA assistant coach positions for the high caliber former players. Phoenix aggressively pursued Weatherspoon but couldn't lure her away from the NBA.
I don't think we need more Derek Fisher and Amber Stocks' in the league for the sake of diversity.
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dreamfan11
Joined: 11 Oct 2017 Posts: 80
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Posted: 11/21/22 1:24 pm ::: |
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johnjohnW wrote: |
Change takes time and progress isn't a forward straight line. The W has made a lot of progress in this area. Getting more black women into the coaching pipeline will lead to more qualified HC candidates. Steph White and Eric Thibault have been given a lot of advantages that many potential black coaches have not been given and the way to combat that is not to hire unqualified coaches based on their skin color but to support and bring in more black women and men into the coaching pipeline to build that experience.
It should also be noted that the W now has to compete with NBA assistant coach positions for the high caliber former players. Phoenix aggressively pursued Weatherspoon but couldn't lure her away from the NBA.
I don't think we need more Derek Fisher and Amber Stocks' in the league for the sake of diversity. |
Is Curt Miller the GM in LA as well? And, has White officially been introduced as the Sun coach - and is she GM as well?
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Richyyy
Joined: 17 Nov 2005 Posts: 24356 Location: London
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Posted: 11/21/22 10:57 pm ::: |
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dreamfan11 wrote: |
Is Curt Miller the GM in LA as well? And, has White officially been introduced as the Sun coach - and is she GM as well? |
The Sun finally got around to making White official today: https://sun.wnba.com/news/stephanie-white-named-connecticut-sun-head-coach/
Both Miller and White were only announced as the new head coach, but neither LA or Connecticut have anyone else who currently holds the 'general manager' title. |
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