I unfortunately watched a few games. It was awful basketball and I saw no

Apr 1, 2025
8:52:05pm

byubyu Truly Addicted User

signs of any sort of improvement.

In fact, it looked like they got worse. She was in over her head and it was set up to fail from the beginning.

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Whiting & her firing

jlhazlewood

Apr 1, 8:24pm

The few games I watched showed a very undisciplined team. Beyond that idk.

GfB

Apr 1, 8:32pm

There were reports of a BYU player eating chips on the bench during a game.

Soy Celeste

Apr 2, 3:53am

Sad if true

ALC

Apr 2, 8:33am

Like Skittles?

Groom's Cake

Apr 2, 8:55am

I think the job was too big for her. I don't think she was ready for that level of coaching. If she had started out as

DJROSS

Apr 1, 8:39pm

I have no ill will toward Amber. It was a risk to bring in a coach from HS. She

Iman23

Apr 1, 8:47pm

I don’t think they got better. They lost 7 of their last 8 games, including 3

rivercitycoug

Apr 1, 8:47pm

I agree that Amber’s last season was her worst season.

verykheen

Apr 3, 2:20pm

I unfortunately watched a few games. It was awful basketball and I saw no

byubyu

Apr 1, 8:52pm

Just remember byubyu, women’s basketball is just “a different game”. Much

East_is_up

Apr 2, 1:47am

Two things stand out to me. The turnovers never got better. And she could

Mitty

Apr 1, 9:27pm

like Lauren Gustin? actually Gustin was a phenomenal rebounder but otherwise

cwilke1

Apr 1, 10:13pm

Needed more speed & ball-handlers. Not that lack of size wasn't her biggest fail

SinkingQuffa

Apr 1, 10:21pm

"I wonder how much more Tom was willing 2 pay him over Amber." Huh?

Brandoblueblood

Apr 1, 9:32pm

RE: "I wonder how much more Tom was willing 2 pay him over Amber." Huh?

SinkingQuffa

Apr 1, 10:26pm

I thought they didn't renew her contract, which is different than being "fired",

Jasbo

Apr 1, 10:12pm

to us average fans, there is essentially no difference between the two. Coach

cwilke1

Apr 1, 10:17pm

Sorry, there's a big difference between the two.

Jasbo

Apr 1, 10:23pm

okay so please elaborate, what is the big difference between the two in Coach

cwilke1

Apr 1, 10:24pm

Contract: each party agreed to work together for a period of time; at the end of

Jasbo

Apr 1, 10:32pm

getting fired doesn't necessarily imply incompetence either, because there can

cwilke1

Apr 1, 10:39pm

You’re wrong man.

byuballstothewall

Apr 1, 10:55pm

In addition, 'being fired' may/may not trigger $$$ penalties ...

BurbankCoug

Apr 2, 8:29am

But can Lee recruit?

CougStuckOnTheHill

Apr 1, 10:14pm

I think Cummard will face the same basic problems Whiting faced.

Threw and Through

Apr 1, 10:16pm

Men and Women's basketball are two different sports

A-Train

Apr 2, 8:38am

Wilson might be skilled, but her athleticism sets her apart quite a bit.

SinkingQuffa

Apr 2, 8:46am

Wilson's height sets her apart.

A-Train

Apr 2, 9:21am

6'4 does not set her apart in the WNBA nearly as much as the fact

SinkingQuffa

Apr 2, 9:55am

She was waaaaaaay out of her league from day one. Horrible hire.

TeeKaa

Apr 1, 10:17pm

Rubbish - she wasn't "way out of her league" and she won some tough games in the conference.

BYUFootballRocks1

Apr 1, 10:45pm

RE: Rubbish - she wasn't "way out of her league" and she won some tough games in

TeeKaa

Apr 1, 11:32pm

Mocking a comment with an image just demonstrates that the responder has no real argument -

BYUFootballRocks1

Apr 2, 8:25am

I like Amber and Trent. Feelings aside: 1) Amber was unprepared for the college game. The team was undisciplined. They

Cougarpride

Apr 1, 10:42pm

RE: I like Amber and Trent. Feelings aside: 1) Amber was unprepared for the

Baller2000

Apr 1, 11:14pm

Taylor is a good guy, he played DII ball up here in Alaska at UAA and then...

icecougar

Apr 2, 12:02am

The Whiting’s and Santiago’s are very close. I believe Santiago was responsible for the hire. I don’t know how extensive

Cougarpride

Apr 2, 8:14am

the short rope thing is a little blurry, because in general Amber played small

cwilke1

Apr 2, 8:52am

I could not watch this past year

Mil Coug

Apr 2, 9:07am

Good riddance. Her teams always looked bad. Undisciplined. Low effort.

ratherberoping

Apr 2, 9:30am

ok well with that last part, at least we can see that your viewpoint was clouded

cwilke1

Apr 2, 10:43am

Day is an alumna and former member of a Sweet 16 squad. She had no expectation

ratherberoping

Apr 2, 12:08pm

ok well my bad if they were actually working together for some weeks or a month

cwilke1

Apr 2, 1:08pm

I usually agree with everything you post CWilke and agree mostly here BUT I

byuballstothewall

Apr 2, 12:58pm

And on thinking of this more, I would also put some of the blame of this

cwilke1

Apr 2, 2:06pm

This was actually a Santiago-overseen situation, which is kind of on par.

ratherberoping

Apr 3, 6:09pm

Her treatment of staff and players is one of the things most people didn’t see

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