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Yeah a search taking this long is outside of Scholl's MO. Really curious as to what the deal is.
Unless someone new is added to the mix, MUWBB is close to naming a coach, and unless something changes, or someone new is added to the mix, I believe it will be Kristen Gillespie. Officially, the response when asked was Barnes, Harper, Gillespie, unless someone else is added. (I do know of an additional name but at this time I don’t believe it will get to that.) If it is Gillespie, her dad played college basketball with Doug Bruno at DePaul. Their families are long time friends. She has the same agent as a long list of familiar names of recent and not so recent, past MUWBB coaches. When I previously posted that I knew of 2 people with mutual MU interest, those two people were Boggess and Gillespie. So, when Trilly/Skim tweeted the first 3 names, they weren’t names I had at that point. The next day, when he tweeted the next two names, those two looked more familiar to me.A person advising MU with the search, does like to initially swing for the fences with bigger names and more established coaches. If unsuccessful, they then pivot to try to hire the best coach they can regardless of background, even if that coach is more obscure or less of a name.Other than Barnes, Harper, Gillespie, and others I mentioned, I know of one other name not mentioned, but at this time I don’t believe it is going to get to that. I would be surprised if there wasn’t an announcement soon.
Just saw this - https://x.com/skimmilkey/status/1780279504427966477?s=12Looks like Cara Consuegra and Ginny Boggess to me but I’m confused a bit as Boggess already accepted the Toledo job. Does this mean they are hiring Consuegra?
The Blonde Woman on the right is Kristen Gillespie. And I’ve known for about 8 days or so now that she would be the next MUWBB Head Coach unless something unexpected happened last minute.It was always going to be wither Boggess or Gillespie based on mutual interest, unless something unusual happened last minute.
Why wait though? I don’t understand why this is dragging out so long especially with transfers picking new schools every day.
So according to Skim Mulkey, it’s Gillespie or Consuegra. Consuegra is 28-34 over past 2 seasons. Make it make sense.
I’m going with the off wall prediction… MU finds a way and keeps it in house with Justine, Cara… or some other blast from the past. Just seems crazy enough to happen.
Can we please get new blood in here. Please.
I don’t want “just a coach”. But I knew this is how it would play out. If it’s Consuegra who is 6 games under .500 in the past 2 years, I’ll be out playing in traffic. WTH
There is absolutely nothing I can do about who they hire. I am ready for them to finally announce a hire. I wrongly expected the timeline to be like it was last time. There have been quite a few rumors I’ve heard and am interested in seeing who they finally hire.
Everyone on this board probably knows more than what I do. I’ve heard lots of names mentioned but have no idea who has been seriously considered. I still don’t understand though why it’s taking this long especially if it is Gillespie they are hiring.
Maybe this is common knowledge and I’m late to game, but just learned thru a fairly well connected MU booster that Consuegra is related to an Asst AD at MU…. This may have been done before it started. Sad.