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Since we are all left waiting for next week’s announcement. Heres my no insider prediction of what’s to come. 

Stanford will announce Kate Paye is stepping down. It will be announced in such a way that it appears she did so voluntarily. There will be no reference to any allegations or investigation. This will be done to keep the negative publicity out of the news. 

Stanford will quickly hire Lindy La Roque as the next HC. She will be tasked with saving the program she played for. Tara will be heavily involved in her hiring. Stanford will limit themselves by only looking at female candidates. She will bring most of her staff and some of her players. 1 or 2 current assistants (those were least complicit) could stay on as assistants. The rest of the staff will be gone. 

Anyone else care to venture a prediction?

Stanford will go the "safe" route and hire Lindey La Roque, which (from my perspective) is not the best choice if the goal is to rebuild Stanford WBB and get the program back to elite status.  Lindy most certainly has done well at UNLV but in this last season, the "Rebels" were no longer dominant (21-11), losing games to opponents like Montana State, BYU, Rice, Cincinnati, New Mexico and others.  Other teams in the Mountain West have gotten much strong while UNLV has stayed stagnant.  No continuous improvement.

Scott Rueck and any potential male coaches will not be considered.

I would love to see someone like Lisa Fortier (Gonzaga) or Carla Berube (Princeton) be your new coach, especially Berube.  What she has done with relatively small lineups is incredible.  The way Princeton plays makes other teams very uncomfortable.  That is the kind of coach you need, but Stanford will pick a sentimental favorite.

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Since we are all left waiting for next week’s announcement. Heres my no insider prediction of what’s to come. 

Stanford will announce Kate Paye is stepping down. It will be announced in such a way that it appears she did so voluntarily. There will be no reference to any allegations or investigation. This will be done to keep the negative publicity out of the news. 

Stanford will quickly hire Lindy La Roque as the next HC. She will be tasked with saving the program she played for. Tara will be heavily involved in her hiring. Stanford will limit themselves by only looking at female candidates. She will bring most of her staff and some of her players. 1 or 2 current assistants (those were least complicit) could stay on as assistants. The rest of the staff will be gone. 

Anyone else care to venture a prediction?

Stanford will go the "safe" route and hire Lindey La Roque, which (from my perspective) is not the best choice if the goal is to rebuild Stanford WBB and get the program back to elite status.  Lindy most certainly has done well at UNLV but in this last season, the "Rebels" were no longer dominant (21-11), losing games to opponents like Montana State, BYU, Rice, Cincinnati, New Mexico and others.  Other teams in the Mountain West have gotten much strong while UNLV has stayed stagnant.  No continuous improvement.

Scott Rueck and any potential male coaches will not be considered.

I would love to see someone like Lisa Fortier (Gonzaga) or Carla Berube (Princeton) be your new coach, especially Berube.  What she has done with relatively small lineups is incredible.  The way Princeton plays makes other teams very uncomfortable.  That is the kind of coach you need, but Stanford will pick a sentimental favorite.