Rhonda: athlete entitlement factor in retirement

[MustangStealth]

1. Tulane is a good team. They have made the NCAA tourney 11 of the last 20 years, plus WNIT 5 times.

2. Yeah, we shouldn't lose to UCF, but our men shouldn't lose to Houston either. It happens.

[Rebel10]

Tulane is 10-18 THIS year and is not a good team this season. And 7-21 UCF is more like the 7-22 USF men's basketball team not Houston 20-8 team. Bottom line is SMU was well under .500 last year and looks like that might be the case this year again with only 12 wins at this point. I also thought she would have made a more graceful and classier exist rather than taking parting pot shots the system and players.

[MustangStealth]

Tulane is 10-18 THIS year and is not a good team this season. And 7-21 UCF is more like the 7-22 USF men's basketball team not Houston 20-8 team. Bottom line is SMU was well under .500 last year and looks like that might be the case this year again with only 12 wins at this point. I also thought she would have made a more graceful and classier exist rather than taking parting pot shots the system and players.

Tulane is 19-9. Were you looking at their men's team maybe?

[Rebel10]

Tulane is 10-18 THIS year and is not a good team this season. And 7-21 UCF is more like the 7-22 USF men's basketball team not Houston 20-8 team. Bottom line is SMU was well under .500 last year and looks like that might be the case this year again with only 12 wins at this point. I also thought she would have made a more graceful and classier exist rather than taking parting pot shots the system and players.

Tulane is 19-9. Were you looking at their men's team maybe?

Was looking at the AAC site with total standings and it may have been another team.

[MustangStealth]

Plus, if you're a top women's bball player, you want to go to one of those big programs (La Tech, Tennessee, UConn), to play for those coaches, creating a self-fulfilling situation.

Speaking of which, anyone who thinks it will be easy to find a new coach can look at those programs.

La Tech has fired their last 2 coaches and is no longer a power even in CUSA, much less nationally.
Tennessee is now playing without Pat Summitt's recruits and currently 9th place in the SEC and may miss the NCAA tournament for the first time ever.

It's not easy even when you devote tons of resources to it.

[Rebel10]

South Carolina has really turned there program around. And Kim Mulkey is steady as can be at Baylor. A&M usually has a good WWB team as well.

[PK]

I also thought she would have made a more graceful and classier exist rather than taking parting pot shots the system and players.

Unlike our classy alums who instead of saying thanks for your loyalty and efforts and good luck, spend their time commenting on how awful they think she has been as a coach.

[Rebel10]

Just sounded a somewhat bitter. Almost like it was not even a voluntary retirement.

[mtrout]

Rhonda taking a beating on 105.3 right now re: entitlement complaints

[leopold]

I'd be curious to hear Coach Brown's take on the entitlement aspect.

[lollaperuna]

The disparity in the top 10 womens programs is crazy, so yeah, UCONN is a very unfair measuring stick.

[Rebel10]

The disparity in the top 10 womens programs is crazy, so yeah, UCONN is a very unfair measuring stick.

What about USF, Tulane, and UCF? And even with that somehow I don't think this retirement was about losing to UConn.

[Rebel10]

Rhonda taking a beating on 105.3 right now re: entitlement complaints

I just hope that it was limited to 105.3. She is talking about entitlement at a school where the perception is that a bunch of entitled rich kids go. With the comments she made it could be a pain in the side of the next coach in recruiting.

[mrydel]

Why don't you go kick some puppies or drown some kittens. We get it. You did not like Rhonda. Well she is leaving and you can go celebrate. I can guarantee you no coach likes adding the entitlements into the recruiting factors. With uneven amounts it becomes another impediment in competing with many schools. She is tired of it and said so. Wow, someone spoke their mind, let's kick her around on a chat site.

I for one liked Rhonda as our coach. I completely respect the job she did and she did it for longer than anyone else at this school has. Should she have been replaced earlier? I am not the one who was in position to decide that. I do not have the tools available to even make that an opinion. But several ADs did and they kept her.

I will miss her and I will welcome the new coach and hope she or he is able to make great strides forward with the program.

[Charleston Pony]

I'd be curious to hear Coach Brown's take on the entitlement aspect.

pretty sure he had previously commented that kids were deserving of some compensation. I think LB and Steve Spurrier were 2 of the older coaches who favored that approach, but I could be wrong on LB.