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RE: WBB news - Nurdyguy - 04-09-2026
(04-09-2026, 05:56 PM)2006alum Wrote: Nurdyguy, I feel like this is arguing the root cause of a burnt down building not being rebuilt is overly restrictive zoning laws, when the root cause by definition is the fire. Sure, having easier access to transfers would ease our next steps here, but there's no point in rebuilding when the building is still on fire.
I implore any of you to read the players statements. They are so obviously examples of "say you're leaving because of the coaching staff without saying you're leaving because of the coaching staff."
I have DM'd with one player who clearly is restricted in what she can say, presumably by agreement with Stanford as others have speculated, but as a lawyer myself, I read her message as communicating, " I'm really sad I have to do this and wish I didn't, and I'll really miss Stanford, the fans, the community and my fellow players." what didn't she mention? The coaches.
Fair enough. You can hate on the coaches if you want, and I'm not pretending they're the best, but if you have cancer, cough medicine won't make you better. Ridiculous restrictions against necessary reloading in the portal will deter good coaches with a self-preservation instinct from coming to Stanford, and cause those who do come to underperform, no matter how many coaches we fire.
RE: WBB news - crackpot - 04-09-2026
(04-09-2026, 05:32 PM)jacket3ree Wrote: Sort of shocked that a coach who has been at Stanford for 17 years and was always the heir apparent would just suddenly turn toxic out of nowhere. Hard to know whether this is the coaching staff or soft Generation Z players (that need to stay off my fake lawn! "Zoomers" apparently) without being around the program on the regular, but again, players have plenty of options now. Many schools start over year after year.
Have you ever had a coworker who was decent at their job but acted like a complete jerk when the boss wasn't around? Who is smart enough to realize whose butt to kiss while happily making up incredible tales of the supposed misdeeds of their other coworkers?
If you haven't, you've been lucky.
RE: WBB news - SearchingForTheTruth - 04-09-2026
So when they don’t mention coaches it is negative and if they do it is negative even if it says positive things. Got it.
Lara said “This is not an easy choice, and it comes with a lot of appreciation and respect for everything Stanford has given me.” But this is a secret message that Stanford was a toxic environment. Got it.
(04-09-2026, 03:59 PM)2006alum Wrote:(04-09-2026, 03:31 PM)AlwaysRight Wrote: So as far as I can ascertain from this thread these are the facts:Yes, that at least one player went to HR mid-season. She's now at TCU, and her departure message made it clear how sad she was that "changes in the program" made it untenable for her to stay.
There are 7 players in the portal. 3 are grad transfers.
There are no public direct allegations by anyone against the Stanford Women’s Basketball program.
Therefore we should fire our head coach.
Am I missing something?
It's the pointed statements in MAS and Harper's statements. It's that even Courtney Ogden's statement had very couched thanks to the coaching staff who "challenged her on so many levels and helped me learn more about myself that will stay with me."
I get that there's no public smoking gun but the entire building is on fire and the players are fleeing for the exits and cheering each other on to do so.
Scott Rueck is 3-22 vs Stanford. Hard pass.
(04-09-2026, 06:19 PM)stopandpop Wrote:(04-09-2026, 05:32 PM)jacket3ree Wrote: Interesting how many people here are related to people at UVA. My son was an athlete at Navy and harbors a desire to run an athletic program somewhere, someday. As part of his coursework he's been shadowing Virginia's AD and has met Carla Williams numerous times. If she was on thin ice after Bennett quit and while Elliott was floundering, she seems to have safely escaped without falling into the cold water below. Apparently UVA has gone all in on players, so no surprise that Mox (is that short for 'Moxie'?) was pushed out even after such a good tournament run. They upped their player payments by herding the donor cats and surprise, surprise Elliott becomes a genius and they should have been ACC champions in football (can't figure out how they let Duke beat them) and finished second in hoops to Duke (again). Baseball team is decent under a new coach (from Duke! with all their players transferring in) after O'Conner went to Miss State and dominate "Stanford sports" like swimming and diving.
Players vote with their feet. Sort of shocked that a coach who has been at Stanford for 17 years and was always the heir apparent would just suddenly turn toxic out of nowhere. Hard to know whether this is the coaching staff or soft Generation Z players (that need to stay off my fake lawn! "Zoomers" apparently) without being around the program on the regular, but again, players have plenty of options now. Many schools start over year after year.
NIL isn't paid by the school, is it? I know the school facilitates that now, but there can't be contracts that forbid disparagement against Stanford because someone with a contract would be an employee of the school, wouldn't they? So murky - there must be multi-year NIL deals with conditions based on the donors wishes. Don't know. I'm not a lawyer; I just spend hours searching depositions for smoking guns that I thought the actual lawyers are supposed to find.
That football X account is impossible to follow. I wish Paye well in her defamation suit if that's what does her in. Pretty flimsy reason to fire for cause. Players not praising coaches in their 'that being said' messages is also pretty flimsy.
Yes, all we know is that players are in the portal, which closes April 20, and there are rumors, so Lindy Laroque is the Messiah. Or maybe the OSU dude.
Tennessee and Stanford should just swap teams. Always a greener pasture somewhere else.
I understand why Lindy Laroque would be a favorite (among many on this Board) to replace KP, should she be fired. Lindy has done an excellent job with UNLV since she took over, although this past season her team did not make the Tournament and of course, she has strong ties to the program. But at this particular moment in time, with Stanford WBB in such shambles, I would pass on anyone with connections to the program and go with an outsider with Power Five/Four experience, and the ability to rebuild AND infuse their own brand of basketball that better fits how the game is played today and where Stanford becomes an entirely different yet a very strong and competitive team. There are several coaches that come to mind, but my pick (should he be interested) is Rueck from OSU.
Look at it this way. If Stanford was a house on the TV show "Fixer Upper", Lindy would come in and perhaps create an open concept living room, dining room and kitchen and perhaps the remodel the old bathroom upstairs. It might be a better house, but it would still be Stanford with subtle changes. Scott Rueck would come in, demolish the house and with the care, compassion and vision he had of what Stanford women's basketball would be- work towards producing an elite program, but playing a totally different style with players who can perform well in his system. Rueck (like Close) has always cared for his players on a personal, academic and a team level.
RE: WBB news - 2006alum - 04-09-2026
(04-09-2026, 06:54 PM)AlwaysRight Wrote: So when they don’t mention coaches it is negative and if they do it is negative even if it says positive things. Got it.
Lara said “This is not an easy choice, and it comes with a lot of appreciation and respect for everything Stanford has given me.” But this is a secret message that Stanford was a toxic environment. Got it.
Yes, Stanford. Not the coaches. Read Harper's announcement - she literally thanks the physical therapists and support staff and the fans but no mention of the coaches. MAS's only mention of the coaches was that she told them she's out. Courtney's message could easily be interpreted as "To get through this I had to find levels of resilience I didn't know I had." As a lawyer, I write extremely carefully worded communications for a living - it is obvious by how they're saying what they're saying - and what they're not saying - what the problem is.
I feel like I was one of the last people to turn on the coaching staff even when there was a lot of objective reasons to doubt their collective capabilities based on the on-court performance. I don't say any of this lightly. Writing that email to Tara was extremely painful. But there is no viable path forward without changes at the top of the program.
BTW, is there a particular reason you've just emerged to cast doubt on what feels like quite a lot of evidence something is seriously wrong with the program? All of your posts have been to the effect of, "yeah, so what?" Just curious what your investment in this is since you just created your account a few days ago.
RE: WBB news - SearchingForTheTruth - 04-09-2026
Scott Rueck is 3-22 vs Stanford. Hard pass.
(04-09-2026, 06:19 PM)stopandpop Wrote:(04-09-2026, 05:32 PM)jacket3ree Wrote: Interesting how many people here are related to people at UVA. My son was an athlete at Navy and harbors a desire to run an athletic program somewhere, someday. As part of his coursework he's been shadowing Virginia's AD and has met Carla Williams numerous times. If she was on thin ice after Bennett quit and while Elliott was floundering, she seems to have safely escaped without falling into the cold water below. Apparently UVA has gone all in on players, so no surprise that Mox (is that short for 'Moxie'?) was pushed out even after such a good tournament run. They upped their player payments by herding the donor cats and surprise, surprise Elliott becomes a genius and they should have been ACC champions in football (can't figure out how they let Duke beat them) and finished second in hoops to Duke (again). Baseball team is decent under a new coach (from Duke! with all their players transferring in) after O'Conner went to Miss State and dominate "Stanford sports" like swimming and diving.
Players vote with their feet. Sort of shocked that a coach who has been at Stanford for 17 years and was always the heir apparent would just suddenly turn toxic out of nowhere. Hard to know whether this is the coaching staff or soft Generation Z players (that need to stay off my fake lawn! "Zoomers" apparently) without being around the program on the regular, but again, players have plenty of options now. Many schools start over year after year.
NIL isn't paid by the school, is it? I know the school facilitates that now, but there can't be contracts that forbid disparagement against Stanford because someone with a contract would be an employee of the school, wouldn't they? So murky - there must be multi-year NIL deals with conditions based on the donors wishes. Don't know. I'm not a lawyer; I just spend hours searching depositions for smoking guns that I thought the actual lawyers are supposed to find.
That football X account is impossible to follow. I wish Paye well in her defamation suit if that's what does her in. Pretty flimsy reason to fire for cause. Players not praising coaches in their 'that being said' messages is also pretty flimsy.
Yes, all we know is that players are in the portal, which closes April 20, and there are rumors, so Lindy Laroque is the Messiah. Or maybe the OSU dude.
Tennessee and Stanford should just swap teams. Always a greener pasture somewhere else.
I understand why Lindy Laroque would be a favorite (among many on this Board) to replace KP, should she be fired. Lindy has done an excellent job with UNLV since she took over, although this past season her team did not make the Tournament and of course, she has strong ties to the program. But at this particular moment in time, with Stanford WBB in such shambles, I would pass on anyone with connections to the program and go with an outsider with Power Five/Four experience, and the ability to rebuild AND infuse their own brand of basketball that better fits how the game is played today and where Stanford becomes an entirely different yet a very strong and competitive team. There are several coaches that come to mind, but my pick (should he be interested) is Rueck from OSU.
Look at it this way. If Stanford was a house on the TV show "Fixer Upper", Lindy would come in and perhaps create an open concept living room, dining room and kitchen and perhaps the remodel the old bathroom upstairs. It might be a better house, but it would still be Stanford with subtle changes. Scott Rueck would come in, demolish the house and with the care, compassion and vision he had of what Stanford women's basketball would be- work towards producing an elite program, but playing a totally different style with players who can perform well in his system. Rueck (like Close) has always cared for his players on a personal, academic and a team level.
RE: WBB news - Griffins78 - 04-09-2026
(04-09-2026, 07:04 PM)2006alum Wrote:Yes - “AlwaysRight” we would like to respectfully understand where your perspective comes from?(04-09-2026, 06:54 PM)AlwaysRight Wrote: So when they don’t mention coaches it is negative and if they do it is negative even if it says positive things. Got it.
Lara said “This is not an easy choice, and it comes with a lot of appreciation and respect for everything Stanford has given me.” But this is a secret message that Stanford was a toxic environment. Got it.
Yes, Stanford. Not the coaches. Read Harper's announcement - she literally thanks the physical therapists and support staff and the fans but no mention of the coaches. MAS's only mention of the coaches was that she told them she's out. Courtney's message could easily be interpreted as "To get through this I had to find levels of resilience I didn't know I had." As a lawyer, I write extremely carefully worded communications for a living - it is obvious by how they're saying what they're saying - and what they're not saying - what the problem is.
I feel like I was one of the last people to turn on the coaching staff even when there was a lot of objective reasons to doubt their collective capabilities based on the on-court performance. I don't say any of this lightly. Writing that email to Tara was extremely painful. But there is no viable path forward without changes at the top of the program.
BTW, is there a particular reason you've just emerged to cast doubt on what feels like quite a lot of evidence something is seriously wrong with the program? All of your posts have been to the effect of, "yeah, so what?" Just curious what your investment in this is since you just created your account a few days ago.
RE: WBB news - paloalto - 04-09-2026
Quote: The true root cause of the problem is Stanford administrators who stubbornly continue to impose hostile restrictions on incoming transfers.
By hostile restrictions do you mean the standard admissions requirements that are applied equally to all transfer applicants?
RE: WBB news - SearchingForTheTruth - 04-09-2026
So Stanford does not include coaches. Got it.
Courtney’s message “To my Coaches, thank you for the chance to compete and be part of the women’s basketball program. This experience has challenged me on so many levels and helped me learn more about myself in ways that will stay with me.” Sounds like a good college experience.
I’m here just trying to understand if there is a problem within the Stanford Women’s Basketball program. Seems like a lot of unsubstantiated rumors without any facts.
(04-09-2026, 07:04 PM)2006alum Wrote:(04-09-2026, 06:54 PM)AlwaysRight Wrote: So when they don’t mention coaches it is negative and if they do it is negative even if it says positive things. Got it.
Lara said “This is not an easy choice, and it comes with a lot of appreciation and respect for everything Stanford has given me.” But this is a secret message that Stanford was a toxic environment. Got it.
Yes, Stanford. Not the coaches. Read Harper's announcement - she literally thanks the physical therapists and support staff and the fans but no mention of the coaches. MAS's only mention of the coaches was that she told them she's out. Courtney's message could easily be interpreted as "To get through this I had to find levels of resilience I didn't know I had." As a lawyer, I write extremely carefully worded communications for a living - it is obvious by how they're saying what they're saying - and what they're not saying - what the problem is.
I feel like I was one of the last people to turn on the coaching staff even when there was a lot of objective reasons to doubt their collective capabilities based on the on-court performance. I don't say any of this lightly. Writing that email to Tara was extremely painful. But there is no viable path forward without changes at the top of the program.
BTW, is there a particular reason you've just emerged to cast doubt on what feels like quite a lot of evidence something is seriously wrong with the program? All of your posts have been to the effect of, "yeah, so what?" Just curious what your investment in this is since you just created your account a few days ago.
RE: WBB news - Griffins78 - 04-09-2026
(04-09-2026, 09:12 PM)AlwaysRight Wrote: So Stanford does not include coaches. Got it.Nobody needs to prove or convince you because your opinion doesn’t matter. None of our opinions matter unless we personally decide to no longer support the program or alternatively decide to contribute to funding whatever fixes are needed to compete successfully.
Courtney’s message “To my Coaches, thank you for the chance to compete and be part of the women’s basketball program. This experience has challenged me on so many levels and helped me learn more about myself in ways that will stay with me.” Sounds like a good college experience.
I’m here just trying to understand if there is a problem within the Stanford Women’s Basketball program. Seems like a lot of unsubstantiated rumors without any facts.
What will you do?
The players’ opinions matter the most and right now they’re giving up on a dream they worked really hard to make a reality. They had to get good grades, take AP courses, etc. and play basketball at the highest level. They had to work hard at Stanford in the classroom and on the court. And for many of them they are giving up a Stanford degree and all the friends they made. They are making that decision with thought and deciding that staying in the Stanford WBBall program is not worth it. I’m sorry that’s the case. I wish they could stay; but I support their decision, thank them for all they gave to Stanford, and wish them the best in their journey.
I love Stanford sports because of the amazing student athletes - not because of the coaches. I love the coaches that can recruit student athletes I can be proud of, and inspire, motivate, teach, mentor and help their student athletes love their Stanford experience and along the way help them grow, elevate their long-term trajectory, and realize their dreams.
I don’t see that with Stanford WBBall right now. I do with other sports at Stanford and WBBall at other schools.
RE: WBB news - liveoak - 04-09-2026
(04-09-2026, 10:14 PM)Griffins78 Wrote:(04-09-2026, 09:12 PM)AlwaysRight Wrote: So Stanford does not include coaches. Got it.Nobody needs to prove or convince you because your opinion doesn’t matter. None of our opinions matter unless we personally decide to no longer support the program or alternatively decide to contribute to funding whatever fixes are needed to compete successfully.
Courtney’s message “To my Coaches, thank you for the chance to compete and be part of the women’s basketball program. This experience has challenged me on so many levels and helped me learn more about myself in ways that will stay with me.” Sounds like a good college experience.
I’m here just trying to understand if there is a problem within the Stanford Women’s Basketball program. Seems like a lot of unsubstantiated rumors without any facts.
What will you do?
The players’ opinions matter the most and right now they’re giving up on a dream they worked really hard to make a reality. They had to get good grades, take AP courses, etc. and play basketball at the highest level. They had to work hard at Stanford in the classroom and on the court. And for many of them they are giving up a Stanford degree and all the friends they made. They are making that decision with thought and deciding that staying in the Stanford WBBall program is not worth it. I’m sorry that’s the case. I wish they could stay; but I support their decision, thank them for all they gave to Stanford, and wish them the best in their journey.
I love Stanford sports because of the amazing student athletes - not because of the coaches. I love the coaches that can recruit student athletes I can be proud of, and inspire, motivate, teach, mentor and help their student athletes love their Stanford experience and along the way help them grow, elevate their long-term trajectory, and realize their dreams.
I don’t see that with Stanford WBBall right now. I do with other sports at Stanford and WBBall at other schools.
I think this is well stated and I agree with it completely. I've followed Stanford Women's basketball since 1978 and have been a season ticket holder since 1990. My participation and viewing will definitely change if the allegations are true, just as I stopped watching during the last years (1983-86) of the coach before Tara.
RE: WBB news - SearchingForTheTruth - 04-10-2026
Lara said “This program has meant so much to me, and I will always be thankful for my coaches, teammates and the entire community that have supported me along the way.”
Nunu said “To my coaches, training staff, and support staff, thank you for your time, effort, and investment in me. Thank you for believing in me and helping shape me into the person I am today. I am truly grateful.”
Courtney said: “To my coaches, thank you for the chance to compete and be a part of the women’s basketball program.”
Facts.
RE: WBB news - JohnR34231 - 04-10-2026
(04-10-2026, 08:43 AM)AlwaysRight Wrote: Lara said “This program has meant so much to me, and I will always be thankful for my coaches, teammates and the entire community that have supported me along the way.”
Nunu said “To my coaches, training staff, and support staff, thank you for your time, effort, and investment in me. Thank you for believing in me and helping shape me into the person I am today. I am truly grateful.”
Courtney said: “To my coaches, thank you for the chance to compete and be a part of the women’s basketball program.”
Facts.
Assuming those comments were sincere, it certainly raises the question as to why they left. Especially Lara. Money?
RE: WBB news - 2006alum - 04-10-2026
(04-10-2026, 08:43 AM)AlwaysRight Wrote: Lara said “This program has meant so much to me, and I will always be thankful for my coaches, teammates and the entire community that have supported me along the way.”Again - what's your interest here? You never posted until this week, and basically only about this. It's a little odd.
Nunu said “To my coaches, training staff, and support staff, thank you for your time, effort, and investment in me. Thank you for believing in me and helping shape me into the person I am today. I am truly grateful.”
Courtney said: “To my coaches, thank you for the chance to compete and be a part of the women’s basketball program.”
Facts.
Also: all of those statements could apply to some but not all of the coaches. In particular, Nunu and Courtney were both coached by Tara and Amy. Heck, it could even refer to past coaches. I don't think those are the redemptive messages you think they are. They are boilerplate.
I sucked it up and subscribed to that other site - I am now very convinced there was mental and verbal abuse and also that it's likely a matter of when, not if, Kate is gone. Hopefully it's before everyone in the portal has left for good, although I'm uncertain if it's salvageable regardless.
RE: WBB news - JohnR34231 - 04-10-2026
This program has meant so much to me that I skipped part of my first season and immediately bailed.
Right.
Boilerplate is a good term for it. BS might be better.
RE: WBB news - Papa John - 04-10-2026
(04-10-2026, 08:43 AM)AlwaysRight Wrote: Lara said “This program has meant so much to me, and I will always be thankful for my coaches, teammates and the entire community that have supported me along the way.”
Nunu said “To my coaches, training staff, and support staff, thank you for your time, effort, and investment in me. Thank you for believing in me and helping shape me into the person I am today. I am truly grateful.”
Courtney said: “To my coaches, thank you for the chance to compete and be a part of the women’s basketball program.”
Facts.
I think there is another fact that you might be discounting (credit to Griffins78 for starting the compilation of the following data):
2026 Transfers Out (so far):
Nunu Agara (Forward): Entered portal.
Lara Somfai (Forward): Committed to TCU.
Courtney Ogden (Forward) Entered portal.--grad transfer
Harper Peterson (Forward): Entered portal.
Mary Ashley Stevenson (Forward): Entered portal.
Carly Amborn (Guard): Entered portal
Chloe Clardy (Guard): Entered portal
2026 Transfers In (so far):
<none>
2025 Transfers Out:
Tess Heal (Guard): Transferred to Kansas State.
Jzaniya Harriel (Guard): Transferred to SMU--grad transfer
2025 Transfers In:
<none>
2024 Transfers Out:
Kiki Iriafen (Forward): Transferred to USC--grad transfer
2024 Transfers In:
Tess Heal from Santa Clara
Mary Ashley Stevenson from Purdue
2023 Transfers Out:
Lauren Betts (Center): transferred to UCLA
Indya Nivar (Guard): Transferred to North Carolina
Agnes Emma-Nnopu (Forward): Transferred to TCU--grad transfer
2023 Transfers In:
<none>
2022 Transfers Out:
Jana Van Gytenbeek (Guard): Transferred to Baylor
Jenna Brown to Notre Dame--grad transfer
2022 Transfers In:
<none>
2021 Transfers Out:
Maya Dodson to Notre Dame--grad transfer
2021 Transfers In:
Jordan Hamilton from Northwestern--grad transfer
2020 Transfers Out:
DiJonai Carrington to Baylor--grad transfer
Estella Moschkau to Wisconsin--grad transfer
2020 Transfers In:
<none>
I accept that grad transfers belong in a class by themselves, but the fact is that Stanford currently has 6 non-grad-transfers in the portal which exceeds the total number of non-grad transfers over the previous 6 seasons. So if the coaches are not the reason why players are leaving, what is?
RE: WBB news - Goose - 04-10-2026
(04-10-2026, 10:37 AM)Papa John Wrote: So if the coaches are not the reason why players are leaving, what is?I am sure that the coaches are a factor. In what way they are a factor is still under discussion. However, IMO this recent exodus is at least considerably influenced by the players looking at their future opportunities at Stanford. If even one very good player chooses to leave, the other players undoubtedly evaluate what that means for their own future. If the players as a group anticipate that Stanford will be significantly worse next year than they were this year, deserting the sinking ship makes lots of sense. This is especially true for players that are "good enough" to have other offers available (or think they do). This can easily lead to a cascade of departures, as we have seen at other schools.
Obviously, the widespread belief among players the program is going downhill would be a clear indication the coaches are unable to convince their team that the future will be better than the past. That is all by itself a leadership problem, "toxic environment" or not. This is an area where the unlimited transfers with no penalty applied really encourages players to leave. If you think you can go to a "better" team (and get playing time), why not? The fact others are jumping ship adds a powerful FOMO factor for those that have not yet done so. Thus the cascade.
RE: WBB news - Papa John - 04-10-2026
I agree with you to a point, Goose. I, too, have no idea about the toxic environment accusations. But I do believe that the team did not perform up to the levels of the accumulative talent.
When Lauren Betts or NiJaree Canady transferred, there was not a mass exodus of non-grad transfers from WBB or Softball. However, WBB is going to miss the NCAA tournament for the third straight season next year while Softball is going to make the tournament for the second straight season after Canady left.
I don't buy that the transfer rule "encourages" players to leave. Jessica Allister is able to retain enough talent to be competitive, and she has to deal with the same rules as Kate Paye.
RE: WBB news - 2006alum - 04-10-2026
At this point, we have the off-court issues: multiple insiders who have spoken to players and parents and who have made clear they felt it was a toxic, emotionally abusive environment. They say at least one player went to HR mid-season. They say multiple players and parents complained to the AD. We know at least one player would withdraw from the portal if a coaching change is made. And we have a number of portal announcements that very conspicuously fail to say anything about the coaches at all. And the player I spoke with, who all but said she was sad she felt she couldn't stay at Stanford.
We also have the long-observed on-court performance: the inability to get back to the tournament even with four McDonald's All-Americans. The failure of players to develop meaningfully (which makes sense in light of reports plays got relatively little one-on-one skills training). The genuinely mediocre offense that didn't even seem suited to our personnel. The odd substitution and benching patterns.
Whether or not the portal or NIL or ACC travel or whatever systemic issues may be additional contributors to Stanford's decline, I guess I just feel like there's so much evidence this coaching staff is not the right one, I'm not even sure why we're tilting at other windmills.
I think I've said enough on this. The AD will either act, and I'll be glad to sign up for season tickets again regardless of how decimated our roster is, or he won't, and Stanford will lose another of the dwindling fans of its WBB program.
RE: WBB news - M T - 04-10-2026
(04-10-2026, 09:01 AM)2006alum Wrote:(Note: I am assuming AlwaysRight properly quoted the players. I haven't confirmed those quotes.)(04-10-2026, 08:43 AM)AlwaysRight Wrote: Lara said “This program has meant so much to me, and I will always be thankful for my coaches, teammates and the entire community that have supported me along the way.”Again - what's your interest here? You never posted until this week, and basically only about this. It's a little odd.
Nunu said “To my coaches, training staff, and support staff, thank you for your time, effort, and investment in me. Thank you for believing in me and helping shape me into the person I am today. I am truly grateful.”
Courtney said: “To my coaches, thank you for the chance to compete and be a part of the women’s basketball program.”
Facts.
AlwaysRight, thank you for posting this. After all, 2006alum wrote earlier "I implore any of you to read the players statements. They are so obviously examples of "say you're leaving because of the coaching staff without saying you're leaving because of the coaching staff." "
2006alum, why are you questioning the poster's interest? He/she posted facts in that post. If you have a issue with the accuracy of those facts, question that.
Frankly, I am ready to tune out this echo chamber of opinions, opinions about opinions, opinions about opinions about opinions, ad infinitum.
RE: WBB news - BobK - 04-10-2026
Excellent post 2006. Sums it all up
The fact that only one has committed of the 7 leads me to believe there are good conversations going on with the players both in the portal and not