In reply to: Anyone know why she would want to leave Stanford posted by Tim Kelley
..if ND might benefit from recruiting more of the kinds of players who would be happy to enter the "40 year" benefit of Notre Dame. You hear some of recruits mention it (Abby P. and Sam come to mind).
Right now, we seem to be setting our sights very high and carrying fewer people. When transfers or injuries occur, we've reached out to walk-ons. Maybe find folks that would stay the course? I know it's a slippery slope, but you've got to figure there are some folks out there (take advantage of a legacy like Hannah Huffman...).
Kudo's to Tara for succeeding at this approach.
really turned the old way of doing things upside down the past 3-4 years. I think you have her standard mode of operation correct, but I also think she is in process of changing her standard model to account for the dramatic shift in how rosters have to be managed in this new world of grad transfers and regular transfers -- not to mention she has lost 2 players to the draft early now and I am 100% certain now pays a lot of attention to the age of her players as part of roster management.