Women's Basketball Coach Named

Sam Purcell

Announcement

May be wrong, but I feel like this could be a good hire. Wish we'd go a similar route in football and men's hoops....up and comer with great work ethic, strong recruiting, and something to prove. May not work out, but to me it's better than hiring a has been whose ceiling is well defined before he arrives

Has a pretty impressive resume. I like the hire.

That?s a good hire!

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Originally Posted by CadaverDawg

May be wrong, but I feel like this could be a good hire. Wish we'd go a similar route in football and men's hoops....up and comer with great work ethic, strong recruiting, and something to prove. May not work out, but to me it's better than hiring a has been whose ceiling is well defined before he arrives

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An up and comer was basically who Dan Mullen was and we had the best ten year stretch in the history of MSU football.

We hired a recruiter. No HV experience and not even the top Asst. On that staff.

Still would have liked to see Novak get the opportunity. Wonder how many transfers out we will have.

Seems like a good hire and I'm behind it. Trying to be positive, so don't tempt me.

According to his bio, he was instrumental in developing the UL offense with emphasis in guard play. If anything it sounds like great potential based off of who he?s coached under as well. At the end of the day, it?s women?s bball.

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Originally Posted by Cooterpoot

We hired a recruiter. No HV experience and not even the top Asst. On that staff.

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Yes the Mullen comparison didn't fit. Mullen ran the offense at Florida, was not known and later proved not to be a great recruiter

What time Monday is the hastily called news conference for the MBB.

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Originally Posted by Thick

According to his bio, he was instrumental in developing the UL offense with emphasis in guard play. If anything it sounds like great potential based off of who he?s coached under as well. At the end of the day, it?s women?s bball.

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Yes and now we can focus on the men's

I'm not excited about this hire... Novak deserved the job in my opionion. Hope Purcell proves wrong. From the little research I've done he is apparently a great recruiter. He better start re-recruiting Danae Carter, Jessika Carter, the Michigan State transfer and Jerkaila Jordan really quick because that's the backbone of our team

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Originally Posted by Thick

According to his bio, he was instrumental in developing the UL offense with emphasis in guard play. If anything it sounds like great potential based off of who he?s coached under as well. At the end of the day, it?s women?s bball.

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Correct

I'm down with it

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Originally Posted by Cooterpoot

We hired a recruiter. No HV experience and not even the top Asst. On that staff.

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Wasn't he an associate HC? Looks like a solid hire. Will he be Mullen or Moorhead?

Like many have said "it's only women's basketball", so I guess I will wait and see, I have only been to one women's game since Msu started a girl's team and that was during one of Vic's great runs.

I do hate it for Novak who I grew to really like, I wish him well, hard worker.

Big gamble on someone that has never led a program but hope it works out. Was hoping for Novak because we at least knew he could coach and motivate even against the odds in the fire of actual SEC games. Can only hope that this "good on paper" hire works better than Moorhead or NMP. His first recruiting job is trying to keep some current players so he doesn't have to replace the entire roster.

Ok, not too bad, at least on paper. We shall see how it plays out. The last "great recruiter" Cohen hired was for shit. Oh yeah, drop the bow tie. Too reminiscent of our friends to the north.

Novak deserved the job