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I was waiting til end of season to post here.
I thought Coach had a good start to season.
Also said a lot of positive things and seemed to have a good approach coming into the season.
As the season continued it became quite a rollercoaster and some things seemed to unravel.
At times getting some great efforts and games out of our players, othertimes just looking very lackluster and unprepared.
Then last night's bitter and bungled NIT game was far under potential and expectations.
And exposed some questionable schemes and coaching, or lack of quick responsive coaching adjustments.
Yes ACC travel is a bear, yes referees have been atrocious at times.
Even taking that into account, I think her coaching was average at best.
And at Stanford, as is at Lake Wobegon, we are hoping for, and expecting, above average.

I don't watch all that much of the WBB team so I'll mostly keep my opinions to myself. With that said, the track record of long-time assistants in blue-chip programs working with legendary coaches is quite poor imo. 

I don't have stats to back that up, so it's possible I'm over-generalizing. But even in Stanford's recent history, we have Haase (Roy Williams) and Dawkins (Coach K) on the men's side. 

I'd so much rather hire a coach who has a proven record of success at multiple programs. Such as Kyle Smith. Even though I'll admit I was intrigued by the idea of hiring Mark Madsen, I was much happier to get Smith. No one knew/knows whether Madsen is actually a good coach.

And back to Paye: we have no idea if she is a good coach. In fact, early evidence suggests that she isn't. 

At best, Paye was a big roll of the dice for a program that, unlike MBB, is one of the top jobs in the country and presumably could have gotten almost anyone they wanted. That's just mismanagement, which sadly is par for the course for Muir.

[FarmTeam]

I was waiting til end of season to post here.
I thought Coach had a good start to season.
Also said a lot of positive things and seemed to have a good approach coming into the season.
As the season continued it became quite a rollercoaster and some things seemed to unravel.
At times getting some great efforts and games out of our players, othertimes just looking very lackluster and unprepared.
Then last night's bitter and bungled NIT game was far under potential and expectations.
And exposed some questionable schemes and coaching, or lack of quick responsive coaching adjustments.
Yes ACC travel is a bear, yes referees have been atrocious at times.
Even taking that into account, I think her coaching was average at best.
And at Stanford, as is at Lake Wobegon, we are hoping for, and expecting, above average.

I don't watch all that much of the WBB team so I'll mostly keep my opinions to myself. With that said, the track record of long-time assistants in blue-chip programs working with legendary coaches is quite poor imo. 

I don't have stats to back that up, so it's possible I'm over-generalizing. But even in Stanford's recent history, we have Haase (Roy Williams) and Dawkins (Coach K) on the men's side. 

I'd so much rather hire a coach who has a proven record of success at multiple programs. Such as Kyle Smith. Even though I'll admit I was intrigued by the idea of hiring Mark Madsen, I was much happier to get Smith. No one knew/knows whether Madsen is actually a good coach.

And back to Paye: we have no idea if she is a good coach. In fact, early evidence suggests that she isn't. 

At best, Paye was a big roll of the dice for a program that, unlike MBB, is one of the top jobs in the country and presumably could have gotten almost anyone they wanted. That's just mismanagement, which sadly is par for the course for Muir.