OU’s Coale retires after 25 seasons

[BoxsterCy]

Seems like a great get for the Sooners. She's going to have to hit he ground running with 2021 being the Year of the Transfer. Sooner AD sure dillydallied around in finalizing the hire.

Now that she's broken loose from Drake, and not to a Big 10 team, she's free to takeover Iowa in 10 years.

 

[cyclone13]

She actually would have been a great hire for us if BF retires

 

[JP4CY]

I'd imagine whoever retires first: Bill or Lisa, the schools will reach out to Jennie.

 

[BoxsterCy]

She was/is never going to be a hire here in my opinion. If she ever returns to coach in the state of Iowa it will be at University of Iowa. Anyway, the jobs not going to be open for years and I think our AD is likely to give in and hire Billy. I think he views women's sports like a lot of our Cyclone football and MBB fans do, as a nuisance, and Billy would be his easy out.

 

[CyclonesFan4ever]

I think our AD is likely to give in and hire Billy. I think he views women's sports like a lot of our Cyclone football and MBB fans do, as a nuisance, and Billy would be his easy out.

I really hope JP doesn't view our WBB program that way. If he did, it would really hurt the feelings of our die-hard WBB fans.

 

[ISC]

I really hope JP doesn't view our WBB program that way. If he did, it would really hurt the feelings of our die-hard WBB fans.

Agreed.. But I also wouldn't be upset about Billy getting a shot at the job. From what I hear he really is a good coach and has experience.. So wouldnt be a terrible hire.

 

[kcdc4isu]

Will be interesting to see if any current players at Drake follow her. Since I don't follow Drake that close also what about anyone she was recruiting for the coming year. Will they decommit and follow.

 

[twojman]

Darn it...as others have said I was really hoping she could have taken over for BF at some point down the road. She's a good coach and seems like a good person. I assume she is going to do well at OU and I won't like that a couple of times per season.

 

[Three4Cy]

She was/is never going to be a hire here in my opinion. If she ever returns to coach in the state of Iowa it will be at University of Iowa. Anyway, the jobs not going to be open for years and I think our AD is likely to give in and hire Billy. I think he views women's sports like a lot of our Cyclone football and MBB fans do, as a nuisance, and Billy would be his easy out.

Agree 100%.

Will be interesting as to what she hires for assistants. It was really a revolving door for Sherri the last few years. Will be interesting to see if Jenni keeps any of them on, or starts from scratch.

I see her top assistant at Drake being the leading candidate for the Drake job.

 

[Three4Cy]

Darn it...as others have said I was really hoping she could have taken over for BF at some point down the road. She's a good coach and seems like a good person. I assume she is going to do well at OU and I won't like that a couple of times per season.

OU has been a disaster the last three years due to poor recruiting by Sherri. They lost Mandy Simpson, who grad transferred to Boise State. They appear to have signed a point guard in the 2021 class and that is it. Will need to see if Ana Llanusa comes back for a 5th season after sitting out, or transfers. OU has been hit hard by the transfer and injury bug over the past few years.

 

[BoxsterCy]

Will be interesting to see if any current players at Drake follow her. Since I don't follow Drake that close also what about anyone she was recruiting for the coming year. Will they decommit and follow.

Not thinking the Sooners want mid-major players. None of the Drake commits have any national profile do they? Neither ISU or Iowa signed any Iowa HS kids this year. Even in a somewhat weak Big 12 you can't compete night after night with coached up mid-major level players.

No decent forums for Sooners so not sure who they might already have transferring. 800 gals in the portal so lots of possibilities. Edit: see @Three4Cy update in previous thread.

 

[acoustimac]

She was/is never going to be a hire here in my opinion. If she ever returns to coach in the state of Iowa it will be at University of Iowa. Anyway, the jobs not going to be open for years and I think our AD is likely to give in and hire Billy. I think he views women's sports like a lot of our Cyclone football and MBB fans do, as a nuisance, and Billy would be his easy out.

while I agree she would likely never land at ISU, I def disagree with your assessment of JP's opinion of WBB. It is one of four major athletic draws at ISU.

As for replacing BF someday....I would guess in about 3-4 years...there will always be some up and coming young firebrand. Could Billy get it? Definitely. He will have coaching experience and has shown he can recruit quite well.

 

[BoxsterCy]

Agree 100%.

Will be interesting as to what she hires for assistants. It was really a revolving door for Sherri the last few years. Will be interesting to see if Jenni keeps any of them on, or starts from scratch.

I see her top assistant at Drake being the leading candidate for the Drake job.

She should probably start from scratch with assistants. I don't think the two top Sooner assistants bring anything but name recognition for old fans. She might want to consider staff with regional connections since this ain't her turf since Drake is a destination for small town midwest players, not southwest stars. Going to need some hotshot recruiting to win in Norman.

 

[mred]

No decent forums for Sooners so not sure who they might already have transferring.

Ouhoops.com has the main wbb forum for OU fans: http://ouhoops.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=4

 

[Tornado man]

Seems like a great get for the Sooners. She's going to have to hit he ground running with 2021 being the Year of the Transfer. Sooner AD sure dillydallied around in finalizing the hire.

Now that she's broken loose from Drake, and not to a Big 10 team, she's free to takeover Iowa in 10 years.

I would doubt that now. Coale made $1.4 mil last year, so pretty sure they're paying Baranczyk at least $1 mil to start out. OU is a place, if she and her family like Norman and OKC - that you retire at.

 

[Tornado man]

Betcha KJ Kindler (gymnastics) and Patty Gasso (softball) had a hand in recruiting Baranczyk to Norman. What female coach wouldn't want to be part of that group, who are at the top of their sports?

 

[CyclonesFan4ever]

Ouhoops.com has the main wbb forum for OU fans: http://ouhoops.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=4

OU has a dedicated WBB board here and it has more traffic. I used to go there to check OU WBB's news and their fans' comments. But a couple of months ago the site made a change and it now requires access by registration, so random fans can't get in like the old days.

 

[cytor]

I'll give OU credit.... they hire HOT women bb coaches.

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

OU gets their coach, and now Drake needs one:

She got Drake to a point where every game with them was tough. Now she has the OU brand and $ behind her. I can only imagine where the OU program can go with her at the helm.

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

It's a big loss for Drake for sure. OU now has hired both their MBB and WBB coaches from the Missouri Valley Conference. Coach Jennie's style of play fits OU's tradition under Coach Coale and I guess OU wants to stay that way. A lot of fans have mentioned before that we could hire Coach Jennie after CBF retires.

Home is where the heart is but Norman is where the $ is.