I am calling this the era where players feel it is all owed to them. A&M has lost some too. The Aggies are this year's SEC favorite, so he is building a year out
Huffman stays and makes a key defensive stop in the National Semi, Nelson stays and is a key part of winning the National Title, KMac doesn't transfer after an awful start to her college career and she becomes an all-time great. It's sad that some women don't stick it out and play through the rough patches.
Yes, some leave at the first obstacle, but sometimes leaving is best for all involved. Sure more students are moving and probably not always for the better, but we don't know why most are leaving(not just ND, but everywhere) and should respect it.
I think the biggest issue for coaches is that they are not in complete control now. And I think that is a good thing.
I agree with the fact that sometimes a move is good for all concerned. On the other hand, I also think people give up too easily these days when things get rough.
She transferred from ND to Tennessee and won a national championship for Pat Summitt.
how she started.
Interesting to me because she's turned out to be, probably my favorite player to watch. ND and now.
Don't know if there were other issues. Also wonder if we might have won an NC that year if she had been eligible for the tournament.
slept in the ACC!
Plus add in BT. Did not have to come back for a 5th year. Could have gone
pro. Granted it was to her best interest to come back. Another one was
Diamond Thompson. She was not a major contributor.But she did come back.
There are hundreds of great examples in many sports where the person
stuck it out and the team and player were rewarded.
...To much me ball today. I also wonder about other influences. She said this
has been going on for quite some time but just announced her intentions to
enter the portal. To me sounds like some one or somebodies were in
her ears.
...I am also a strong believer that the grass is not always greener in the
other pasture.
Many kids will just leave instead of having to do anything that's difficult. The worst thing the NCAA has ever done, and that's a high bar.
And decide the portal is not in the best interest of the athlete or the
school. Either modify it or send it back to the way it was.
SEG/Chief
1. Did anyone who watched Jordan Nixon in an Irish uniform ever see her leading us to another Final Four?
2. I'd guess the ND staff would agree it wasn't a fit, either. So her comments are likely very accurate.
3. She's just a kid and kids love to talk about not liking "drama" and wanting to be in an environment where "everyone gets along". Very often the ones who say those things play a large part in creating the issues of which they complain.
4. We should all wish her the best. At least she gave ND a try. It's definitely not for everyone who walks through the door.
Through 3/4 of the year, her body posture and look on her face said, 'I don't want to be here'. She started getting chewed on by the coaches. In the last quarter of the season, she started smiling and cheering on the bench, so I had hoped she had turned a corner. But still, not surprising.
Given her fairly high Hoopgurlz ranking, I expected and expect more from her. Hope she has a great career. Here, her defense was soft, she didn't drive the ball from the point, she turned it over and didn't shoot well.
Your post reads like you spent the majority of your time focusing on her. You provide a lot of detail about someone who didn't play much during the year.
but do you think there is something to her statement of "getting along"? I have suspected that this team was split somewhat. At times I wondered how much team chemistry there actually was. You were either "in" or did not play hardly at all. Of course last years team was loaded at the top so it makes sense, but I wonder if the younger players felt like they were on the outside looking in.
All of the underclassmen would have had substantial playing time going forward so what the reason for so many transfers lately?
Seems to me that if YOU suspected the team was fractured, the coaches would've known also. If they didn't it's a fail. If they did, it's a fail because whatever they did or didn't do to correct it-failed. Win at all costs-COSTS. Especially because this staff always stresses team chemistry. Hopefully the team is moving forward as a unit, and not as a team of all-stars and this is a bump in the road that's been smoothed. Anyway, it's all speculation.
Good luck to her as we all adapt to this new world of college basketball. Hope it works out for her. The grass is not always greener; so we shall see how Jordan does in Texas. I do like the coach-he seems to get his team to play hard
Nothing like leaving with dignity and grace. She was obviously very unhappy at Notre Dame and was looking for any way to get out. Despite her comments, I believe she is in for a real culture shock at A&M. The Notre Dame coaching staff must be very disappointed in her comments.
Some of her comments make it sound like there was some sort of not getting along. In these days of the transfer portal, some find it easier to leave rather than work it out. Not a good habit to get into when you join the real world after college.
I thought the comments were reasonable. Praising the new school is normal for any kid heading to a new destination. I wish her well.
more in the linked article. Didn't read it yet.
choose ND, and closed it for the same recruit to attend Texas & M.