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The biggest problem for this team has been and will continue to be the coaching staff as they have very little experience. Is this team super talented? No. However, they have plenty of talent to compete for results every night and play better than they are currently. The player mismanagement and formation are a mess, we are throwing mud at the wall and hoping something sticks with the constant changes. The goalie situation has been constantly talked about so I won't go into that. In regards to the formation we run a very narrow 4-4-2 that continuously puts pressure on a very young defense. Tactically the young talent is struggling which may also be related to coaching style. At times (many) they are lost. It does not help that we have to watch one of his transfers trot around while Kat, who was one of our better players to start the year, sees very little playing time. Unfortunately, we are in worse shape than we were last year. If you would have put Churchill on the team from last year they would have been solid as it was really the big piece that they were missing.
Finally, I'm curious how the players like the coach constantly yelling which is very different from most high level coaching. Soccer is all about development in technical and tactical skills with game planning during training. It will be interesting to see who and what players will continue in this system.

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Finally, I'm curious how the players like the coach constantly yelling which is very different from most high level coaching.

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I can tell you, they look back, then ignore him. I've seen it every game I've been to.

Unless the HC has made some connections with donors for NIL. This program will sink to the level of WBB and be the worst program in the conference and state. And nobody will care anymore.

You'll lose good portion of the remaining season ticket holders and the students will disappear completely.

WBB is complete joke and the attendance shows it.

That is certainly one of his favorites (even when the defense is moving up all on its own). I wouldn't describe the game yelling as degrading, but you are minimizing the amount of yelling if you think it is mostly just telling the defense to move up. He yelled at Lacher at least 10 times during the Bama game. Everything from her position on the field, the move she made to beat a defender, where she made her run when her teammate had the ball, etc, etc, etc. To be fair, he did tell her one of her runs was well done, but by the end of it, I imagine Lacher was questioning nearly every decision she made during the game.

I am not a believer in everyone should get participation trophies or that you can't demand a lot of your players. The standard should be high and every player should be held accountable. However, coaching college women is different than playing/coaching men in the MLS. Building up your players and helping them become confident is critical in women's collegiate sports. If the vast majority of your feedback is negative, the confidence and resulting play of your players is going to drop. If you loudly question the majority of the decisions a player makes, their ability to be comfortable making decisions during the game will be negatively impacted. It is tough to hear the yelling and then hear the coach say the team didn't play with confidence or didn't seem mentally ready to play. All of your feedback doesn't have to be positive, but find a reasonable balance, read the room and realize you have beat down some of these girls to the point they can't possibly be confident in-game. Watch some of Landherr playing last year compared to when she has gotten an opportunity this year and it is clear she doesn't have the same confidence. Maybe ask yourself why these girls are making mistakes they didn't make last season or even in the spring.

The Fuller situation really bothers me. She is constantly showing up in the team's social media seeming to have nothing but a positive attitude. I missed any detailed conversation on this other than it being mentioned in passing.

coach G was allowed to stay 10 to 15 years too long, the game passed him by as did recruiting. He left the program in shambles. Then we waited way too long to hire a new coach and here we are

MookieBlaylock said:

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coach G was allowed to stay 10 to 15 years too long, the game passed him by as did recruiting. He left the program in shambles. Then we waited way too long to hire a new coach and here we are

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Now you are exaggerating

2015 - lost in conference tourney final game. want to fourth found of NCAAs beat UNC, lost to Florida State

2016 - went to second round of NCAAs. Lost to #7 USC on pk's

2017 - went 18-2-2. Won SEC regulars season and tourney. Beat TCUi. First round. Lost in second round of NCAAs to Notre Dame on PK's.

2018 - went 17-5-1. Made it to the third round of ncaa tournament losing to Tennessee . Beat TCU in second round.

2019 - went 15-5-3 made it to second round of ncaa losing to #9 USC

2020. Went 12-4-1. Made it to the third round of ncaa's and lost to #1 unc 1-0

2021 was the true start of decline.


2023. 10-8-4. Lost to #1 Florida state 1-0 in 2nd round d of ncaas.