I remember John Paye quite well, fondly.
This press conference with Kate feels far more important than a lot of other "new coach" press conferences. Can she do enough to keep Iriafen? Can she do enough to attract a couple of grad transfers to support Iriafen? Can she do enough to improve the quality of our entering classes, when even Tara had her lowest ranked class in more than a decade heading into next year? Will she keep the existing group of assistant coaches together, or will there be changes? How involved will Tara be going forward?
This conference will be up on Youtube and watched by every potential recruit and transfer player, most of whom have only the vaguest idea of who Kate Paye is. This is her chance to shine. I'd like to see an upbeat, professional performance with a very clear plan and sense of purpose. It would be terrific if Muir arms her with a positive announcement or two about NIL and transfers that she could make.
She really needs an A+ performance to reassure waverers and dispel anxieties.
In the dozens of talks I have heard Kate give in the past, I will say she has improved markedly over the years. She did not initially come across at chalk talks as being very friendly, we rarely saw a sense of humor, and she never revealed very much of interest. In the last couple of years in particular she has seemed more confident, more humorous, more revealing, and more engaging I hope the more recent Kate comes through in the presser today.
This press conference with Kate feels far more important than a lot of other "new coach" press conferences. Can she do enough to keep Iriafen? Can she do enough to attract a couple of grad transfers to support Iriafen? Can she do enough to improve the quality of our entering classes, when even Tara had her lowest ranked class in more than a decade heading into next year? Will she keep the existing group of assistant coaches together, or will there be changes? How involved will Tara be going forward?
This conference will be up on Youtube and watched by every potential recruit and transfer player, most of whom have only the vaguest idea of who Kate Paye is. This is her chance to shine. I'd like to see an upbeat, professional performance with a very clear plan and sense of purpose. It would be terrific if Muir arms her with a positive announcement or two about NIL and transfers that she could make.
She really needs an A+ performance to reassure waverers and dispel anxieties.
In the dozens of talks I have heard Kate give in the past, I will say she has improved markedly over the years. She did not initially come across at chalk talks as being very friendly, we rarely saw a sense of humor, and she never revealed very much of interest. In the last couple of years in particular she has seemed more confident, more humorous, more revealing, and more engaging I hope the more recent Kate comes through in the presser today.