Post by shamrockmuscles on May 19, 2015 18:57:55 GMT -6
Hello everyone- yes I was the one who pointed out how much of a lunatic Divilbiss could be. I don't believe that the behavior when he was here at Green Bay was quite as extreme as it was in Illinois but I do know that no one was disappointed that he did not get the head coaching job here when Bollant left. He was never a candidate for the job here as Ken Bothof was well aware of what occurred with his behavior. The final two years of being 65-4 certainly hid a lot of things.
As for Bollant- I tend to view him as an average in game coach (much of the in game coaching came from Divilbiss) and with recruiting- I think he was good at selling himself to others but I'm not sure how much that helped in the overall recruiting process. I don't think that anyone can deny that a majority of the success that brought the 65-4 record & the sweet 16 appearance came due to having 3 of the top 6 or 7 players in program history- Kayla Tetschlag, Celeste Hoewisch & Julie Wojta (all Borseth recruits).
But back to the reason for my post- if you haven't already done so- read the letters that the parents of Taylor Tuck, Taylor Gleason & Jacqui Grant in the link below. If I am the schools athletic director or university president- I am not sure how it's possible to keep Bollant in place as the coach. I think the negatives of keeping him on as head coach far outweigh the positives. As one other poster commented- I am not saying I want Bollant to lose his job- but I just think that the damage done is beyond repair for him to keep moving the team forward.
www.news-gazette.com/sports/illini-sports/womens-basketball/2015-05-18/letters-regarding-ui-womens-basketball-program.htm
As for Bollant- I tend to view him as an average in game coach (much of the in game coaching came from Divilbiss) and with recruiting- I think he was good at selling himself to others but I'm not sure how much that helped in the overall recruiting process. I don't think that anyone can deny that a majority of the success that brought the 65-4 record & the sweet 16 appearance came due to having 3 of the top 6 or 7 players in program history- Kayla Tetschlag, Celeste Hoewisch & Julie Wojta (all Borseth recruits).
But back to the reason for my post- if you haven't already done so- read the letters that the parents of Taylor Tuck, Taylor Gleason & Jacqui Grant in the link below. If I am the schools athletic director or university president- I am not sure how it's possible to keep Bollant in place as the coach. I think the negatives of keeping him on as head coach far outweigh the positives. As one other poster commented- I am not saying I want Bollant to lose his job- but I just think that the damage done is beyond repair for him to keep moving the team forward.
www.news-gazette.com/sports/illini-sports/womens-basketball/2015-05-18/letters-regarding-ui-womens-basketball-program.htm
