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McGrew
Notre Dame head women baseball coach steps down. Wonder if they'll go after Johnnie. It'll be interesting to see which direction they take and who has more success.
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Vic to Notre Dame! Praise The Lord and Go Irish.**
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Originally Posted by
TheLostDawg
Notre Dame head women baseball coach steps down. Wonder if they'll go after Johnnie. It'll be interesting to see which direction they take and who has more success.
Johhnie who? Harris? No.
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May be a good thing we got McCray-Penson when we did...
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Niele Ivey has already been hired to replace her.
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Originally Posted by
Leeshouldveflanked
Vic to Notre Dame! Praise The Lord and Go Irish.**
That would be funny ....
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Senior Member
Career assistant got the job,(high profile job) not nearly as much experience as Coach Johnnie Harris.
Also, feel good that Coach Harris would have/would do an outstanding job..likewise given an opportunity. John Cohen went with McCray-Penson over Harris, and no doubt a huge pickup for the women's basketball program. Still, coudn't have gone wrong with giving Coach Harris an opportunity, regardless head coaching experience. My opinion, she is no where near an ordinary assistant, is well qualified (especially being a huge key to what Coach Schaefer and Coach Blair had built over the years) , and had/has well earned it....program would easily have been in very good hands with her.
That said....
Coach Nikki McCray-Penson is an exceptional choice in he own right. Very capable of doing great things with the program (already is beginning to, and as she continues moving forward). Fanbase continue to support and rally behind/with her....program in very good hands.
Last edited by jdelta02; 04-22-2020 at 05:30 PM.
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Originally Posted by
TNDawg35
May be a good thing we got McCray-Penson when we did...
100% agree if we can keep her
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I hope Harris finds a job soon that way if CMP does leave then Harris has some experience being a HC if we still want her and she'd still want to come.
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Originally Posted by
TheLostDawg
I hope Harris finds a job soon that way if CMP does leave then Harris has some experience being a HC if we still want her and she'd still want to come.
She's going to Texas with Vic.
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Originally Posted by
jdelta02
Career assistant got the job,(high profile job) not nearly as much experience as Coach Johnnie Harris.
Also, feel good that Coach Harris would have/would do an outstanding job..likewise given an opportunity. John Cohen went with McCray-Penson over Harris, and no doubt a huge pickup for the women's basketball program. Still, coudn't have gone wrong with giving Coach Harris an opportunity, regardless head coaching experience. My opinion, she is no where near an ordinary assistant, is well qualified (especially being a huge key to what Coach Schaefer and Coach Blair had built over the years) , and had/has well earned it....program would easily have been in very good hands with her.
That said....
Coach Nikki McCray-Penson is an exceptional choice in he own right. Very capable of doing great things with the program (already is beginning to, and as she continues moving forward). Fanbase continue to support and rally behind/with her....program in very good hands.
I wouldn't say Ivey isn't nearly as experienced as Johnnie. Ivey spent 13 years coaching at ND with McGraw & spent this season as an asst coach for the Memphis Grizzlies. She's also a former ND player who played for McGraw. She's coming home so the circumstances aren't quite apples to apples.
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Originally Posted by
Ifyouonlyknew
I wouldn't say Ivey isn't nearly as experienced as Johnnie. Ivey spent 13 years coaching at ND with McGraw & spent this season as an asst coach for the Memphis Grizzlies. She's also a former ND player who played for McGraw. She's coming home so the circumstances aren't quite apples to apples.
I just saw where she spent this year (or what was) with the grizzlies. Hopefully Ivey needs a learning curve so we can jump ahead of them
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Originally Posted by
TheLostDawg
100% agree if we can keep her
Yep, if NMP has a lot of success I feel very strongly TN will eventually come get her (just like Vic got called back back to TX). If JH had gotten our job and had a lot of success I believe she would most likely have been here for the duration. She doesn't have strong ties to another big time P5 program like NMP does.
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Originally Posted by
jdelta02
Career assistant got the job,(high profile job) not nearly as much experience as Coach Johnnie Harris.
Also, feel good that Coach Harris would have/would do an outstanding job..likewise given an opportunity. John Cohen went with McCray-Penson over Harris, and no doubt a huge pickup for the women's basketball program. Still, coudn't have gone wrong with giving Coach Harris an opportunity, regardless head coaching experience. My opinion, she is no where near an ordinary assistant, is well qualified (especially being a huge key to what Coach Schaefer and Coach Blair had built over the years) , and had/has well earned it....program would easily have been in very good hands with her.
That said....
Coach Nikki McCray-Penson is an exceptional choice in he own right. Very capable of doing great things with the program (already is beginning to, and as she continues moving forward). Fanbase continue to support and rally behind/with her....program in very good hands.
He'd been around her and she wasn't getting it. She deserved it less than Gary henderson did. And he led us to Omaha.
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Originally Posted by
TheLostDawg
100% agree if we can keep her
If she's so good she leaves us our women's program will have been good for more years. More attractive to the next person. ... I'd rather have that than have to fire her Bc she wasn't good. Replicating Vic will be impossible anyway. Almost feel sorry for her
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Originally Posted by
Homedawg
If she's so good she leaves us our women's program will have been good for more years. More attractive to the next person. ... I'd rather have that than have to fire her Bc she wasn't good. Replicating Vic will be impossible anyway. Almost feel sorry for her
I wouldn't say feel sorry for due she's ready for the role. If wouldn't shock me if she won the national championship. Just one surpasses everything Vic would have done.
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