re: LA Tech Hires Tyler Summitt (Son of Pat Summitt) as Head Coach

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if Leon Barmore never retired Tech would still be an elite program today.

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Everyone has to retire at some point though...

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If Tech had hired Kim Mulkey, same thing

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I don't think Tech could have afforded Mulkey over the long run. She makes over $1 million at Baylor. There is no way Tech could pay that...unless she would have been happy making $300K

Agree. My point was that Tech didn't get left behind because the big schools started caring about WBB and passed them by... it was mainly because their legendary coach retired. He would still be kicking their arse today on a 300K salary.

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DeMoss must not think this kid is going to be a train wreck because she was in pretty quick. I like the hire they can't get any worse than they are now and this might be lightning in a bottle.

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and if he does good yall are just a stepping-stone job now like the rest of the conference...

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Tech is in the same position. The landscape has forever changed. They cannot consistently compete anymore

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Man you don't know what the hell you are talking about. Obviously you don't know jack shite about LA Tech women's basketball.

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Well I do know jack shite about LA Tech women's basketball. I am very familiar with their history. They will not ever again compete for a national championship...and that is an obvious fact, regardless of their history. Their AD even said that all he expects is to contend for the NCAA's. When they were "legendary", nobody else gave a shite. When other schools started using resources toward women's basketball, Tech stood firm because they didn't have the resources and got passed up. When LA Tech won the first NCAA title in 1982, do you know who they beat?? Cheyney State. Any idea where they are these days? In the next couple of years after that, schools that made the Final Four included Old Dominion, Western Kentucky, and Northeast Louisiana (ULM). How are they doing these days?? They are very mediocre mid-majors that just hope they can get to the tournament, let alone contend for a title.

I wish Summitt well. I hope he brings respectability back to that program. They were embarrassing under Witherspoon. They lost and they played a very thuggish brand of basketball. He can clean that up in no time.

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When LA Tech won the first NCAA title in 1982, do you know who they beat?? Cheyney State.

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But they lost the championship to USC the next year, lost to Tennessee in 1987, beat Auburn in 1988, lost to North Carolina in 1994, and lost to Tennessee in 1998.

Top 10 schools for NCAA final appearances:

1. Tennessee (13)
2. UCONN (8)
3. La Tech (6)
4. Stanford (4)
5. USC, Notre Dame, Auburn (3)
8. Baylor, Purdue, Old Dominion (2)

Last women's non-BCS school to make the Final Four: SW Missouri State in 2001.

Not many mid-majors make it far these days in the women's game. Maybe Tech will be the exception....but it won't be due to their illustrious history.

Mickie DeMoss was a great recruiter...not sure I would say the best ever though.

“For the last 25 years, Mickie has been the best single recruiter this nation has ever had,” Leon Barmore said.

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If teams like George Mason, VCU, and Butler can compete in the mens Tech can compete in the womens. It can be done, it takes financial commitment from the school to pay and keep good coaches.

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mens and women's basketball are COMPLETELY different. A great coach can recruit and develop underrated talent to compete with the big boys sometimes

Not in women's basketball