Vicki Hall out as Coach

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To fire a coach at this point shows more about the integrity or lack thereof of the AD, than the performance of the coach. The final game showed the progress that is being made. This was a 5 year project, not a one and a half year project which is all it seems he has chosen to give Coach Hall. Her contract was more than 3 years. She could not have done what she did in choosing to rebuild the entire program without the support of the AD at the time. No one could have thought that a complete rebuild would take only one or two years. She inherited a team that had, at best, one D1 level player. This arrogant approach to not supporting his coaches seems to be this AD's hallmark. Whether you like women's basketball or not, believe that Coach Hall could turn this around or not; the real issue here is that we continue to see a lack of class and professionalism from the AD. We deserve better and should expect more from an AD.
 

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Her teams got worse defensively each year and from what I heard there were things off the court in regards to staff and player retention with here. Not going to go into detail here on it. She defeintly took some tough losses but I can't remember a good win with her here. Wells at least had 40 something wins in 4 years.
 
I have attended or worked ISU women's basketball since the very early 1970's (in the old women's gym that burned).
I am a strong supporter of the women's game. Let's go out and get a good coach and return to the days when a 20+
win season was a good possibility.
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Go after past Illinois assistant and past Arizona State assistant....Chris Mennig! He runs USJN, helps select McDonald All Americans and his knowledge of the game and the players is something we need at ISU!
 

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Sycamorefan96 said:
The coach probably should get fired. 5-15, 2-12 MVC is pretty pathetic. The real question is does anyone actually care outside of the 17 people that actually watch the WBB games? I know I won't be losing any sleep over it. Over at EIU they play double headers where the women play and then the men play; and I've never shown up early to watch the women's game. I wouldn't at ISU either.
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Like baseball and football all, the women’s game only has a hand-full of teams who have a shot at being at the top levels. If only people
supported baseball and women’s hops like they do football. While the talent pool in the women’s game keeps getting deeper, it may take another generation before most male sports fans take it seriously. It would be nice to see us compete for a conference title.
 
Jim wiedie is 127 - 92 after 8 seasons at Findlay University. He had the entire community behind him but an AD who didn't. I still miss him!!!!
 

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Sycamorefan96 said:
The coach probably should get fired. 5-15, 2-12 MVC is pretty pathetic. The real question is does anyone actually care outside of the 17 people that actually watch the WBB games? I know I won't be losing any sleep over it. Over at EIU they play double headers where the women play and then the men play; and I've never shown up early to watch the women's game. I wouldn't at ISU either.
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There have been years when thousands of fans were at the ISU women's games.
 
I think Wiedie was a great coach and they style he employed was fun to watch. My understanding from some conversations back then was they he was very hard on the players. I remember Stephanie Lisch who was one of the top two players just quit after her junior season if I am remember correctly. I also recall a conversation with then president Bradley in his final semester about Wiedie and some communication between Coach, AD, and President and they just couldn't get it worked out and on the same page.
 
There is much.more to the story .... I will not post details publicly but I also believe some jealousies entered in ... he was hard on his players but he also loved them and wanted the best for them ... he watched them like a hawk making sure they went to class and sat near the front and did well. Remember that besides winning teams they had some of the highest team GPAs in the nation.
The girls had tremendous community support. It was magic that few could imagine for WBB.... You had to be there to believe it.
 
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