Laley23;1345182 wrote:I mean, he is a great coach. But its womens ball.
I honestly dont know if he could recruit anyone. He has no ties anywhere... Even new coaches getting their first chance at a HC job have been recruiting as assistants for 10+ years, usually.
That's a very good point. And as you alluded to earlier, after decades of being pretty much surrounded entirely by women and the women's game, I think it would be incredibly hard for him to jump onto the men's side and relate and communicate with the men anywhere near as effectively as he does with women. The psychology of women's sports is so much different. That would be the biggest obstacle.
Also, he'd pretty much have to scrap his entire staff, because they are all women and I very much doubt any of them would be able to connect with male players at the ACC level. Maybe I am not giving them enough credit as professionals, but I think I am right on this. Auriemma would pretty much be starting from complete scratch in almost every aspect in a completely foreign planet.
Suffice it to say, if Duke hired him, Chris Collins and Steve Wojciechowski would sue Duke University.
