MNsoftballfan
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So... who's the coach? The players?
Good question.So... who's the coach? The players?
Something isn't quite right here...Good question.
This has been my feeling all along. If Allister had stayed at MN, she was the heir apparent to Hutchins as the dynamo of BIG softball and would've built an empire here over the years. But Carol Hutchins-type coaches are likely a thing on the past, wed to the program.I meant for this post on the 2020 board to be on this 2021 board:
I keep wishing for the next Carol Hutchins type career coach here that can place her/his permanent mark on the program and keep it great. Maybe that's just wishful thinking.
Who are the hot ambitious coaches that have recruiting chops in the Upper Midwest?
I think since that Denison quote was made Elle Jensen agreed to a redshirt, which takes Denson’s spot for another year so I am a little less concerned if she would follow Trachsel.Looking at the incoming class, I am a little bit concerned about one recruit specifically.
MacKenzie Denson | Outfielder | Mansfield, Texas | Lake Ridge High School
"I chose the University of Minnesota because of (head coach) Jamie Trachsel," Denson said. "(Coach Trachsel) was hands down the best coach I had ever talked to and I knew that I would want her to coach me one day to make me a better athlete."
There could be strategic advantages to that idea given the list of head coaches in the Big Ten.Nat Wagner
Would we hire the only male softball HC in the B1G?There could be strategic advantages to that idea given the list of head coaches in the Big Ten.
Find niches in life? Go where others are not... you stand out more easily that way?Would we hire the only male softball HC in the B1G?
Never mind Maryland... I forgot about him.
This may be a bad assumption but I assume if and when they lock down Ritter they can count on Fiser staying. I just gotta believe Fiser’s comfort with Ritter, comfort with her U of M friends and teammates, and comfort with the post-graduation academic plan for her that she already effectively agreed to, in combination with something much more important, her future long-term ability to seriously monetize her ledendary Gopher status, will keep her a Gopher next year. She is a Gopher legend if she stays. She would imperil her legendary status in Minnesota if she goes and with only one year of eligibility remaining she wouldn’t have time to be a legend somewhere else.The big question is how does Amber Fiser feel about all of this? A player with her talent and resume should not have to pay one cent towards her education. With Coyle announcing that seniors will receive no extra scholarship dollars, and her coach bailing, am I the only one who is nervous? If she enters the portal, some big time program will find the $ to offer her a one year full ride, That much I guarantee.
I think so. If he was only offering a one-year contract, he had to know that might be a deal killer and probably had replacements in mind. The big question is who?Given the negative behind the scenes things I kept hearing, any chance Coyle had some hand in this? Any chance he already knows who he wants to hire as a replacement?
I would surmise that it won't affect Amber or the others that have pledged to return. The reason was they already knew there wasn't any extra money coming their way from the start and that has not changed. They therefore had to make contingency plans in that regard before even announcing a comeback and to be honest, these players mostly come back to play with one-another rather than the coach at this point. These seniors are an especially tight-knit group, so I gotta believe they're coming back has more to do with the "family" of playing with each other one last time.The big question is how does Amber Fiser feel about all of this? A player with her talent and resume should not have to pay one cent towards her education. With Coyle announcing that seniors will receive no extra scholarship dollars, and her coach bailing, am I the only one who is nervous? If she enters the portal, some big time program will find the $ to offer her a one year full ride, That much I guarantee.
Quite possible. He stated he already has a list of candidates, which leads me to believe he was thinking ahead on this for awhile.Given the negative behind the scenes things I kept hearing, any chance Coyle had some hand in this? Any chance he already knows who he wants to hire as a replacement?
My thoughts are there is no chance.Thoughts on Jessica Merchant?