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Postby Corso » Tue Jul 07, 2009 1:07 pm

Just read a new Twitter message from Rhonda, who said assistant coach Karen Blair is leaving to become the top assistant at Colgate. Karen was a star point guard at SMU and coached with the Ponies for about a decade.

You've been a great player and coach for SMU — good luck in your new venture.
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Postby FriscoPMG » Tue Jul 07, 2009 3:43 pm

Wow, never thought that staff was going to break up! Not that she isn't deserving of taking a higher coaching position elsewhere, but that staff of Rhonda/Lisa/Karen/Deneen had to be one of the longest combined tenured ones in all of basketball.
Good luck to her!
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Postby Roach » Wed Jul 08, 2009 1:22 pm

That staff is the model of stability, and despite KB's departure, will remain that way. Whoever replaces her will walk into a fantastic coaching opportunity.
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Postby PonyDoh » Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:24 pm

put 'women' in the subject please
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Postby jtstang » Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:54 pm

Or put "pictures of women" in the thread at least.
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Postby mrydel » Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:58 pm

I suppose the job posting will be:

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Postby abezontar » Thu Jul 09, 2009 1:05 pm

jtstang wrote:Or put "pictures of women" in the thread at least.


is this what you had in mind?

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Postby jtstang » Thu Jul 09, 2009 1:14 pm

Not exactly. And might I say I hate to see that you did. We did not go to NTSU after all.
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Postby Hoss » Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:18 pm

PonyDoh wrote:put 'women' in the subject please
Why? There's nothing inaccurate in the subject.

Congratulations on your new job, Coach Blair. Best of luck.
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Postby PonyDoh » Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:39 am

Hoss wrote:
PonyDoh wrote:put 'women' in the subject please
Why? There's nothing inaccurate in the subject.

Congratulations on your new job, Coach Blair. Best of luck.


b/c it's proper message board etiquette, mostly b/c many/most don't care about women's hoops.
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Postby PonyGirl » Fri Jul 10, 2009 1:27 pm

Proper etiquette? Please — Coach Blair was an SMU assistant coach, just like Steve Lutz or Dennis McKnight or Kevin Hudson. There's no need to identify this news as a "women's assistant coach" any more than you would have to designate "men's assistant coach" if one of those other guys left. Her departure is significant, and hopefully she will be replaced by an equally stellar coach who loves SMU as much as she does.
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Postby jtstang » Fri Jul 10, 2009 2:20 pm

PonyGirl wrote:Her departure is significant, and hopefully she will be replaced by an equally stellar coach who loves SMU as much as she does.

Or at least by a hot babe. That might actually help raise the interest in girl's hoops.
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Postby PonyDoh » Fri Jul 10, 2009 5:49 pm

PonyGirl wrote:Proper etiquette? Please — Coach Blair was an SMU assistant coach, just like Steve Lutz or Dennis McKnight or Kevin Hudson. There's no need to identify this news as a "women's assistant coach" any more than you would have to designate "men's assistant coach" if one of those other guys left. Her departure is significant, and hopefully she will be replaced by an equally stellar coach who loves SMU as much as she does.


Every other college message board, w/actual traffic, properly denotes a women's thread. It helps for those that don't care about one program or the other. Since only two women's programs in America break even, it's safe to say the ladies traffic isn't causing server meltdowns. Don't waste my time or others. Contrary to what you believe, no matter the W/L's , all programs aren't created equal.
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Postby Tipoff96 » Fri Jul 10, 2009 6:01 pm

PonyDoh - you're funny. You have more posts on this topic than anyone else!

This SMU fan wishes her nothing but luck and continued succes with her new job! Terrific player, terrific coach and an even better person. You will be missed Coach Blair!
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Postby Mustangsabu » Fri Jul 10, 2009 7:35 pm

PonyDoh wrote:
PonyGirl wrote:Proper etiquette? Please — Coach Blair was an SMU assistant coach, just like Steve Lutz or Dennis McKnight or Kevin Hudson. There's no need to identify this news as a "women's assistant coach" any more than you would have to designate "men's assistant coach" if one of those other guys left. Her departure is significant, and hopefully she will be replaced by an equally stellar coach who loves SMU as much as she does.


Every other college message board, w/actual traffic, properly denotes a women's thread. It helps for those that don't care about one program or the other. Since only two women's programs in America break even, it's safe to say the ladies traffic isn't causing server meltdowns. Don't waste my time or others. Contrary to what you believe, no matter the W/L's , all programs aren't created equal.


Are you really mad because you "wasted" 5-7 seconds of your life thinking that Doh had lost an assistant and then discovered that Rhonda lost one, part of her very successful team, instead?
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