Penn State is expected to retain Women's Basketball HC Carolyn Kieger for next season. First reported by Jon Sauber of the Centre Daily Times.
Basketball Penn State to retain WBB HC Carolyn Kieger
- Thread starter Richie O
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Pat Kraft strike one. Looks like another 10-19 season or worst. Only good player returning is Gracie Merkle and she will be hampered by poor play around her.
That is not a very good decision.
Team has been dreadful
I agree. This is a questionable decision. She’s been here 6 years. I can only assume Kraft thinks, despite this year, she’s been making slow progress. Records:
7-23
9-15
11-18
14-17
22-13
10-19
Overall- 73- 105
With the proximity to Philly, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, DC, Baltimore, and NYC, there’s no reason PSU can’t have a good women’s, (and men’s), basketball team.
For comparison, under Portland, (like her or not), PSU went to the ncaa tourney 21 of 26 years, was ranked in the top 25 in the final AP poll 18 times, (11 times in the top 10, 3 times in the top 5). It can be done at PSU.
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At the very least, PSU should have the second best women's team in the Northeast after UConn. When you consider how successful most of the other women's teams are at PSU, it's perplexing at how this program completely has fallen off of a cliff when it arguably was one of the ten best in the country perennially twenty to twenty five years ago; I believe that they made a Final Four in 2000 and won several Big 10 Championships in PSU's early Big 10 years.
I agree with Ur post, no question
"no reason PSU can't have a good women's basketball team"
except maybe enlarge the scope - good men's and women's teams 😄
Totally agree. I literally just reread my post and thought I should have added men’s too and then read your reply. I’ll update the original.
I see the men’s program the same way. No one expects them to be playing for a national title each year but they should still be respectable and make the 68 team tournament most years.
She had a lot of great pieces last year and failed to even make the tournament. Her team’s offensive philosophy seems to be a lot to be desired. Hopefully Kraft had a productive conversation with her on the future. I hope it’s not from a lack of interest from other coaches.
Is there a Rene Porter curse? Total shit bag since firinig her.
Kraft might have made a financial decision. He spent to upgrade the football coaching staff, and he has to deal with athletes getting paid. Might have to wait a year to make the move. Is there a donor to cover the contract and hire the new coach?
Once PSU management screwed over Rene Portland that was about it for woman's basketball on the national stage. Go woke go broke.
Going woke? Firing a coach who openly discriminates is not going woke. Firing a coach who caused the university to be sued multiple times due to coaches discrimination is not going woke. Firing a coach who refused to follow university policies after being given a second chance is not going woke.
