Linda Hargrove

[flyingMoose]

Her shortened presser of today from the Eagle site.

An extended presser from the Shocker site.

[1972Shocker]

It will be very interesting to see how the team responds to Linda Hargrove. There is really not a whole lot Linda can do X's and O's wise with only 11 games left in the regular season and as Linda said in her presser that would not be fair to the team nor something you would expect to yield positive results. She can tweak around the fringes at some point and maybe she can put a few new variations in that she can spring at the Valley tournament.

Clearly her principle challenge and goal is to try create the best environment possible of this team to function in. Hopefully, she will have the full cooperation of the assistant coaches and staff. Whether or not that will make a significant difference in the win-loss column is hard to say but I'm not counting on that happening although I suppose it could.

I have no idea if we might have been facing multiple transfers at the end of the season if Jody would have stayed. With 7 players on the current roster being Juniors plus Jaleesa Chapel planning on returning for her final year of eligibility I wouldn't think that would be the case. But only time will tell for sure.

We are currently a very top heavy roster of mostly Juniors and Seniors. Of the 4 seniors that are leaving only Ta Mike plays much although Brittany Martin seems to be getting a bit more floor time lately. So if everyone returns next year we will have 8 seniors, 1 junior and 1 sophomore on the roster plus watever recruits are brought in by the new coach. Hopefully, the decision on the new coach will happen quickly after the end of the season as next year's recruiting class could be pretty important. But it seems clear we could be facing some growing pains after next year. It will be interesting to see how the new coach approaches this.

[pogo]

Hopefully with enthusiasm and vigor