If she’s got a group of players launching 3s and d’ing up, while not looking like deer in headlights on the sideline, who cares if she’s been around a long time or not. Step into the new age of basketball instead of still stuck running Summit stuff very poorly.
There are some parallels between her and Bruce Pearl at the time we hired him. Both D2 national title winners. Both had historic success at a lower tier D1. Both want to play super fast, bomb away from 3 and press for turnovers on D. Danny needs to sell her as “Bruce Pearl in a dress”
It’s women’s basketball. I’m sure Apple’s will be alright with the new person running the desktop Division.
Danny White hired Liepold at Buffalo from Wisconsin White Water, he's now a hot head coaching candidate for nearly every job open. He promoted Nate Oates when Hurley left Buffalo. He's got Alabama paying attention to basketball. Danny White has a really good track record hiring coaches, especially little known ones.
I like the hire and I love that it wasn’t a former Pat player. To me the slam dunk hires were mostly not get-able or wouldn’t make sense.
The risk-reward on this hire is off the charts, IMHO, especially with football running this incredible uptick
Does it really matter? UT sports have been absolutely killing it all during a period where multiple programs are eclipsing women’s basketball and I’m not sure a single thing is worse off for it. And legacies are legacies. Pat was a hell of a coach but that is what it was.