OSU women's coach Jim Foster fired

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Mar 19, 2013 3:56 PM
Per the Columbus Dispatch, Jim Foster was fired today.
Mar 19, 2013 3:56pm
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Mar 19, 2013 4:04 PM
Hmmm, He wasn't super spectacular (meaning the program was not Tennessee or Uconn) but he was better than what they had before. I hope his replacement is a step up...
Mar 19, 2013 4:04pm
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Mar 19, 2013 4:11 PM
His record at OSU in 11 years

6 B1G titles
4 B1G tournament titles
279-82 (.772%)
Mar 19, 2013 4:11pm
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Mar 19, 2013 4:15 PM
His teams constantly underperfomed on the biggest stages.
Mar 19, 2013 4:15pm
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Mar 19, 2013 4:25 PM
se-alum;1409307 wrote:His teams constantly underperfomed on the biggest stages.
This. The dude was the worse tournament coach maybe ever, consistently bombed
Mar 19, 2013 4:25pm
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Mar 19, 2013 4:47 PM
Bout fuckin time. Consistently lost best ohio recruits to other schools and got worked by mid majors in the tourney.

Was a great players coach and great during the regular season.
Mar 19, 2013 4:47pm
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Mar 19, 2013 4:49 PM
muffy;1409300 wrote:Per the Columbus Dispatch, Jim Foster was fired today.
It'll be Tricia Cullop from U of Toledo. You heard it here first.
Mar 19, 2013 4:49pm
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Mar 19, 2013 4:50 PM
FatHobbit;1409301 wrote:Hmmm, He wasn't super spectacular (meaning the program was not Tennessee or Uconn) but he was better than what they had before. I hope his replacement is a step up...
It'll be Tricia Cullop from U of Toledo. You heard it here first.
Mar 19, 2013 4:50pm
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Mar 19, 2013 4:57 PM
Ohio State is the only school in the country that fires winning coaches because they don't win national championships. See Jim Tressel.
Mar 19, 2013 4:57pm
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Mar 19, 2013 5:02 PM
sleeper;1409333 wrote:Ohio State is the only school in the country that fires winning coaches because they don't win national championships. See Jim Tressel.
Tressel resigned because he lied but yeah.
Mar 19, 2013 5:02pm
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Mar 19, 2013 5:04 PM
believer;1409337 wrote:Tressel resigned because he lied but yeah.
Agreed. At Ohio State, you either win with integrity or you might as well not even bother winning at all. :thumbup:
Mar 19, 2013 5:04pm
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Mar 19, 2013 5:22 PM
sleeper;1409333 wrote:Ohio State is the only school in the country that fires winning coaches because they don't win national championships. See Jim Tressel.
Or at least be pretty successful. Only 3 Sweet 16's and never to the Elite 8? He won 6 straight B1G titles but could only get to the second weekend thrice? What a joke. This isn't mens ball, where there's a ton of parity. Womens basketball is very very top heavy
Mar 19, 2013 5:22pm
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Mar 19, 2013 5:24 PM
Classyposter58;1409356 wrote:Or at least be pretty successful. Only 3 Sweet 16's and never to the Elite 8? He won 6 straight B1G titles but could only get to the second weekend thrice? What a joke
What makes it particularly bad is the lack of parity in women's college basketball and there are typically a lot less upsets there than the men's tournament.
Mar 19, 2013 5:24pm
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Mar 19, 2013 7:32 PM
FatHobbit;1409303 wrote:His record at OSU in 11 years

6 B1G titles
4 B1G tournament titles
279-82 (.772%)

Wtf?
Mar 19, 2013 7:32pm
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Mar 19, 2013 8:18 PM
muffy;1409300 wrote:Per the Columbus Dispatch, Jim Foster was fired today.
He should be fired just for constantly recruiting big, fat, slow players who can't compete anywhere else but the B1G. They're really tough to watch.
Mar 19, 2013 8:18pm
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Mar 19, 2013 9:34 PM
My thought -

Women's basketball, despite years of Title IX spin, still consists of about a dozen elite programs followed by "the field". Foster, over the past five years, has slowly but surely led tOSU out of the elite group.
Mar 19, 2013 9:34pm
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Mar 19, 2013 11:40 PM
He ran a respectable program (as far as NCAA scrutiny goes) but TOSU needs someone to get the program to the next level.
Mar 19, 2013 11:40pm
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Mar 20, 2013 1:45 AM
I don't know much about women's basketball but I work with a former Purdue player who is also an assistant coach at a local college in Columbus. She told me about a month ago that the OSU girls were fat and out of shape. She said it should be an embarrassment for a d1 team to look the way OSU did.
Mar 20, 2013 1:45am
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Mar 20, 2013 5:42 AM
sportchampps;1409647 wrote:I don't know much about women's basketball but I work with a former Purdue player who is also an assistant coach at a local college in Columbus. She told me about a month ago that the OSU girls were fat and out of shape. She said it should be an embarrassment for a d1 team to look the way OSU did.

THIS year, id agree. Theyve been pretty athletic in years past.
Mar 20, 2013 5:42am
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Mar 20, 2013 7:46 AM
sportchampps;1409647 wrote:I don't know much about women's basketball but I work with a former Purdue player who is also an assistant coach at a local college in Columbus. She told me about a month ago that the OSU girls were fat and out of shape. She said it should be an embarrassment for a d1 team to look the way OSU did.
BINGO!!!
Mar 20, 2013 7:46am
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Mar 20, 2013 8:50 AM
Cat Food Flambe';1409530 wrote: Foster, over the past five years, has slowly but surely led tOSU out of the elite group.
Were they ever in it?

Here are the champs for the past 20 years

2012 Baylor
2011 Texas A&M
2010 Connecticut
2009 Connecticut
2008 Tennessee
2007 Tennessee
2006 Maryland
2005 Baylor
2004 Connecticut
2003 Connecticut
2002 Connecticut
2001 Notre Dame
2000 Connecticut
1999 Purdue
1998 Tennessee
1997 Tennessee
1996 Tennessee
1995 Connecticut
1994 North Carolina
1993 Texas Tech

Baylor is in there twice and then everything else is either Uconn or Tennessee
Mar 20, 2013 8:50am
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Mar 20, 2013 9:56 AM
OSU women's basketball was never an elite program. Women's ball is extremely extremely EXTREMELY top heavy. UCONN, Tenn, Stanford, and recently Baylor are about the only women's teams that are any good.
Mar 20, 2013 9:56am
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Mar 20, 2013 10:36 AM
sleeper;1409716 wrote:OSU women's basketball was never an elite program. Women's ball is extremely extremely EXTREMELY top heavy. UCONN, Tenn, Stanford, and recently Baylor are about the only women's teams that are any good.
This is true for the most part.

There are a few schools that are up there almost every year, most notably it was/is Tennessee (we'll see if they can maintain the success post-Summit) and UConn. Then there is also the occasional run a school gets when they get a girl that is just more physically dominant than others in the sport (Oklahoma with that Paris girl, now Baylor with Griner).
Mar 20, 2013 10:36am
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Mar 20, 2013 10:56 AM
I think the women's game is top heavy because the players always stay 4 years. I think you would see the same thing in men's ball if that were the case. Can you imagine how good UK would be if everyone stayed 4 years?
Mar 20, 2013 10:56am
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Mar 20, 2013 11:02 AM
I know like six women's teams -- Tennessee, UConn, Georgia, Stanford, Baylor and La Tech.

That tells you how important the sport is nationally. It's just the way it is. I used to actually tune into the Tennessee-vs-Connecticut games when they were still played annually, but now that they are not, I watch zero women's basketball. Jim should have been given a medal and unlimited money for sticking with the sport this long.
Mar 20, 2013 11:02am