Women’s Basketball Coaches Association CEO Beth Bass released a statement Monday.
“Arkansas’s decision to hire someone who has not coached basketball in 23 years is disappointing to the multitude of more-than-qualified coaches who are members of our association,” she said.
Sorry Beth. Jeff "PT Barnum" Long was more interested in selling tickets. Probably a good move for the short-term. Long-term we'll see.
(04-03-2014 12:30 PM)mjs Wrote: [ -> ]Women’s Basketball Coaches Association CEO Beth Bass released a statement Monday.
“Arkansas’s decision to hire someone who has not coached basketball in 23 years is disappointing to the multitude of more-than-qualified coaches who are members of our association,” she said.
Sorry Beth. Jeff "PT Barnum" Long was more interested in selling tickets. Probably a good move for the short-term. Long-term we'll see.
Yeah. She'd have them hire another Susie Gardner. We all know how well that worked out.
(04-03-2014 12:30 PM)mjs Wrote: [ -> ]Women’s Basketball Coaches Association CEO Beth Bass released a statement Monday.
“Arkansas’s decision to hire someone who has not coached basketball in 23 years is disappointing to the multitude of more-than-qualified coaches who are members of our association,” she said.
Sorry Beth. Jeff "PT Barnum" Long was more interested in selling tickets. Probably a good move for the short-term. Long-term we'll see.
Selling tickets. isn't that the #1 thing.
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Selling tickets. isn't that the #1 thing.
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Yes Tripcony it is. And if you read her entire statement you will see she addresses that.
Here is the entire statement:
"Arkansas's decision to hire someone who has not coached basketball in 23 years is disappointing to the multitude of more-than-qualified coaches who are members of our association.
"That being said, in this post ‘Val Ackerman white paper era,' we all are placing renewed emphasis on reinvigorating the growth of our sport by promoting women's basketball programs within our respective communities in the belief that the renewed fan interest will trickle up. The WBCA, in fact, is conducting a daylong seminar on this very subject this Friday in Nashville.
"If the Arkansas administration believes Jimmy Dykes, because of his celebrity, his ties to the university, and to the Fayetteville community, is the best person to reinvigorate support for and fan interest in Razorback women's basketball, then we will not second guess them from afar.
"I welcome Jimmy to the women's basketball community and look forward to working with him to grow our game. And I certainly hope to see him this weekend at the WBCA National Convention in Nashville."
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You see, I could have taken the last two sentences in the statement out of context and started a thread saying she was thrilled with the hiring of Dykes.
just sayin.....
Selling tickets. isn't that the #1 thing.
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Yes Tripcony it is. And if you read her entire statement you will see she addresses that.
Here is the entire statement:
"Arkansas's decision to hire someone who has not coached basketball in 23 years is disappointing to the multitude of more-than-qualified coaches who are members of our association.
"That being said, in this post ‘Val Ackerman white paper era,' we all are placing renewed emphasis on reinvigorating the growth of our sport by promoting women's basketball programs within our respective communities in the belief that the renewed fan interest will trickle up. The WBCA, in fact, is conducting a daylong seminar on this very subject this Friday in Nashville.
"If the Arkansas administration believes Jimmy Dykes, because of his celebrity, his ties to the university, and to the Fayetteville community, is the best person to reinvigorate support for and fan interest in Razorback women's basketball, then we will not second guess them from afar.
"I welcome Jimmy to the women's basketball community and look forward to working with him to grow our game. And I certainly hope to see him this weekend at the WBCA National Convention in Nashville."
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You see, I could have taken the last two sentences in the statement out of context and started a thread saying she was thrilled with the hiring of Dykes.
just sayin.....
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Quite a turnaround from first sentence to last. I guess she figured what's done is done. It really was an interesting hire. Attendance at UAF girls games couldn't get much lower, so Long had little to lose. UAF started 13-0 this year (of course they played all the games at home) and Collen didn't get any attention, media coverage, or bump in attendance. All Jimmy has to do, is do the same thing, and he will get front page coverage and regular Wally Hall columns.
Selling tickets. isn't that the #1 thing.
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Yes Tripcony it is. And if you read her entire statement you will see she addresses that.
Here is the entire statement:
"Arkansas's decision to hire someone who has not coached basketball in 23 years is disappointing to the multitude of more-than-qualified coaches who are members of our association.
"That being said, in this post ‘Val Ackerman white paper era,' we all are placing renewed emphasis on reinvigorating the growth of our sport by promoting women's basketball programs within our respective communities in the belief that the renewed fan interest will trickle up. The WBCA, in fact, is conducting a daylong seminar on this very subject this Friday in Nashville.
"If the Arkansas administration believes Jimmy Dykes, because of his celebrity, his ties to the university, and to the Fayetteville community, is the best person to reinvigorate support for and fan interest in Razorback women's basketball, then we will not second guess them from afar.
"I welcome Jimmy to the women's basketball community and look forward to working with him to grow our game. And I certainly hope to see him this weekend at the WBCA National Convention in Nashville."
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You see, I could have taken the last two sentences in the statement out of context and started a thread saying she was thrilled with the hiring of Dykes.
just sayin.....
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And?