InterestingâŚ.certainly a lesser profile job than she has now.
https://twitter.com/sethdavishoops/status/1638938644848295936?s=46&t=KSOExsj_TjCmoeITgJPfIA
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Anyone else thought about Dawn as the eventual TB successor?
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Love it.
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Iâm all for Dawn getting a shot at a MBB job, if thatâs the path she wants to go down as a trailblazer in the sport sheâs more than earned it. If she gets a job at a place like Temple and does well, fuck it why not.
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Temple canât afford Dawn Staley. She makes twice what the Temple coach makes.
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That would be sick
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That be awesome, but Dawn falls into a similar boat as JWilly her and TB are basically the same age and at that point sheâd been a HC longer than TB and with likely more championships.
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Hearing J Willy said the age thing made me perk up. Wonderful for the program if Jay or Dawn being around Tonyâs age means theyâll be too old when Tony does step down
The thought first occurred to me watching the special on her fist national title before the Womenâs SEC championship (very good btw.. Hope itâs on YouTube or the ESPN App). Being a trailblazer matters to Dawn. What bigger trail could she blaze than open up the menâs coaching side to women? And if Hammon does the same thing in the NBA? And if they are successful? Landscape shifting possibility
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What I was getting at is by that point Jay and Dawn will still be plenty young enough. Either their age isnât really a concern or Tony is staying longer than current conventional wisdom
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Not trying to get into an upper level critical feminist theory seminar here, but NCAA d-1 menâs hoops hasnât exactly been a bastion of progressive attitudes of female roles⌠so I wouldnât hold breath on a female head coach when we have essentially zero (or actually zero) female assistants⌠There was one at Maine a few years ago⌠Any female refs?
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I donât buy JWillys rationale. Dawn has been coaching for a long time and I doubt she wants to start over. Or replace a legend when she is one in her own right.
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Same page. But neither one really bothers me. Tony would have to really thread a needle to both âretire earlyâ and age Jay out of the job. Probably only one of the two will happen
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This is really the key when talking Dawn and while I have no doubt she is up for a fight, she has trailblazed enough. We are lightyears away from a woman coaching a menâs D1 program especially in todayâs polarized society, and when it does happen it will not be at a UVa because letâs be honest not exactly the bastion of progressiveness at old state schools.
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Back in the day, Pat Summittâs name would occasionally pop up when the UT menâs job would open, but not sure if a serious discussion ever happened with her.
Assuming Dawn is settled in Columbia and doesnât want to move, wonder if a similar situation would ever come up at USC-East. Almost makes sense that whoever the first to break that ceiling already be a legend at the school. Sheâd have more credibility.
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There was a study some years ago that found that women and minorities were hired into CEO jobs that were tougher or with struggling companies than male CEOs, which was the reason that female and minority CEOs were fired more often or were judged as less successful than male CEOs.
Seems to me that a program looking to make a splash hire by hiring a woman would be a tougher job than the average comparable school. I think Dawn, or any other woman, taking a job and being a trailblazer should make sure that the job sets them up for success rather than leads them off a cliff so that a school can say see, weâre progressive and tried something different and gave someone a chance and they couldnât cut it, so leave us alone and let us go back to what we were doing before.
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Itâs certainly the case with Div1 football and minority coaches.
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