Autocorrect will get you every time.Misspelled both Urbana and Champaign.
Illini Women's Basketball 2021-2022
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Can’t fault Whitman much for the initial hire, but he’s stuck with Fahey WAY too long. Time for a change.
In the meantime, my daughter’s HS coach was just hired as head coach for the Phoenix Mercury. There’s outstanding coaching talent out there if you know where to look.
In the meantime, my daughter’s HS coach was just hired as head coach for the Phoenix Mercury. There’s outstanding coaching talent out there if you know where to look.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
She should have been fired 2 seasons ago with the mass transfers and such.............
I agree. Looks bad on him to keep her around after that fiasco.
Is there a good up-and-coming coach that we should look at once Whitman comes to his senses and let Fahey go?
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DaChief4ever
- Urbana
What a beatin from Iowa.....a 25+ loss. It's got to be a friendship hire by JW.....this is beyond Embarrassing. I think they have bigger crowds at local high school girls games than Illini. Make a move....NOW !!
ilphotog
The camera never lies
- Champaign
Molly Miller the current Head Coach at Grand Canyon, would be a candidate in my book. She brought her D-2 school in here and beat Illinois in an exhibition. Watching how her team played really impressed me, well disciplined, fundamentally sound, actually ran an offense. They schooled Illinois that day.
There's just an overwhelming sense of ,"We don't have to tweak a damned thing in the women's program, cuz, nobody cares...the men are ranked and we focus on that every second of every day." If I'm on the team, I 'm insulted they havent changed much of anything in forever, and it's the same woeful or worse record year after year. Do better.
illini80
- Forgottonia
Good to see you’re still around ilphotog!
We are eons away from competing. And marketing is horrendous with women's basketball because I was an early proponent and I don't give one care about the WNBA. There is absolutely no push to promote these fantastic women athletes. Men with power push womens basketball and theyre only pushing what makes them bigger bucks.
And that is definitely not Illlnois at , what are we now, 9-10?
6-11 as we speak, 1-5 in the B1G. This issue will not be solved in January or February. Patience grasshopper. JW will act at season's end.
Not just meant to reply to you but this goes way beyond our current coach. Other than a couple good Grentz teams, in the last 30-40 years, what do we have? How is that possible given a pretty solid (maybe not great) group of high school girls basketball talent in our state?
DaChief4ever
- Urbana
I'll bet Illinois Hockey draws more than Women's BB and Soccer Combined. It's just not a good sell.....and being non competitive makes it worse. WNBA....who's dat?
Joel Goodson
- respect my decision™
With all due respect, hell no.
You are correct and it's obviously the product of one bad coaching hire after another. Grentz was a good hire until she decided it would be a great idea to run off every decent player she had every year. Other than that it's been a parade of stooges.
Yes. and how the hell did Grentz go bad? She and Fahey seem like peas in a pod, yet I don't have a sense they even know each other. Whoever is coordinating lllinois WB is totally bad at what they do.
Grentz came in with great D1 credentials. Fahye came in with no D1 experience to speak of. They are not two peas in a pod. One was a successful D1 coach and the other... well, I leave that description to you.
Regardless, it is embarrassing situation that needs immediate correction. And, maybe that means replacing the coach... or maybe it means hiring better assistant coaches.
Get it done!
Regardless, it is embarrassing situation that needs immediate correction. And, maybe that means replacing the coach... or maybe it means hiring better assistant coaches.
Get it done!
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