news on may day
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That's a bit of a surprise...on the Easley front anyway...
Jack Easley Named To Cowgirl Basketball Staff - Oklahoma State Official Athletic Site
that is a surprise. guessing he wanted to be closer to family. i wonder if BF and co had to approve this, because I wonder if there would be a conference non-compete in a contract.
Does one season at Providence College really negate the fact that he spent 19 seasons at Okie State before coming to Iowa State? Why would Bill refuse to let Jack go back to Okie State, especially after what happened to their program in the last six months? Sometimes this kind of pettiness can sully your name in coaching circles.
Besides, didn't KJ Kindler go right from Iowa State to OU? Why didn't JP stop her? That was a much bigger deal than Easley going back to Okie State. Kindler was ISU head coach, had no ties to OU and was even an ISU competitor and assistant coach.
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Unlike athletes, I don't think you can do anything to keep someone from going to a competitor as a coach.
Associate Head Coach here to Director of Player Development there. Doesn't even seem like a lateral move to me unless there is more that is not being said.
So we're supposed to believe that his departure was announced two months ago just in case there was an opening at Oklahoma State or somewhere down there close to the family.
Still think there's more here. Most job changes where someone is hunting a different job, the new job gets announced at the same time as the departure. We'll never know obviously, I just hate the BS that gets handed out as the "TRUTH" in the sports coaching world. Almost as bad as politics.
I'm confused, why would you think when someone is let go that that would only take a better position than the one they lost? Perhaps one that pays less and has easier hours/less travel is a good choice for someone approaching retirement age?
Congrats to Coach Jack, I hope you enjoy your new position! And also to Coach Kelsey, good luck every game but one next season. Your new boss just rose about six steps in most of our estimations, I'm sure.
I believe that some states do not have a non-compete law. Don't know about either IA or OK.
Losing Jack hurts us some. Losing him to OK State makes it worse. Going to need a really good hire if we are to wind up better than before he left.
That's not uncommon for Director of Ops. It would have been more surprising if she had been hired as an assistant.
Its the pathway into the coaching ranks. Get your feet wet. Understand what all is involved in running a program. Do the ground work. Be good experience for her.
Don't they typically have at least some non-player experience? Josh was a manager and associate of ops for the men first.
On the flip side, he had no experience playing college basketball. I think that counts for something for Bolte.
No matter the title, she'll probably make an entry-level salary. Drake may have decided they wanted to hire her, but they may not have the budget to hire a DoO as well as hiring Bolte in a different administrative role. So they hire her as DoO and give her a salary on the low end for that position. That's just my guess.