Womens College Coaching Hotseat

Sheriff Joe said:
This story is far from over.
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Is anyone else disturbed by how the UM AD is handling this? Kudos to the two brave women who stepped forward. I’m sure if was not easy for them to do. The fact the AD is not investigating this sends a clear message to their female athletes and future recruits. AD clearly wants to make it as easy as possible for Plakorous to resign with dignity while sending a message to his former players that their safety is of secondary importance.

Even if you take the escorts/texts part out, there are so many red flags to his coach player behavior that I cannot believe more is not being done to send a clear message to UMs athletes that UM will not tolerate this type of behavior.

“Two team members said Plakorus, 49, had a history of acting inappropriately with them and other young women their age.

The players said Plakorus would regularly touch young women's legs, play with their hair, and that he matched on the dating app Tinder with women they knew were their age.

We weren’t the only ones who went to the athletic directors,” one player said, adding that several former assistant coaches also brought the Tinder activity to the athletic director's attention.

It’s hard because he was such a prominent figure in a lot of our lives for a long time, which gave him a lot of power and it made it hard for us to feel like we could say anything," said a player.

The players also said they felt their concerns about Plakorus were not taken seriously over the years..

Now that Plakorus has left the university, it won’t continue to investigate claims against Plakorus, Haslam said.”
 
cppark said:
Is anyone else disturbed by how the UM AD is handling this? Kudos to the two brave women who stepped forward. I’m sure if was not easy for them to do. The fact the AD is not investigating this sends a clear message to their female athletes and future recruits. AD clearly wants to make it as easy as possible for Plakorous to resign with dignity while sending a message to his former players that their safety is of secondary importance.

Even if you take the escorts/texts part out, there are so many red flags to his coach player behavior that I cannot believe more is not being done to send a clear message to UMs athletes that UM will not tolerate this type of behavior.
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Is it really a surprise given how UM administration has dealt with misconduct complaints in the past?
 
GoWest said:
Hoping Josh does well. Seems to be one of the good guys. Recruiting wise, one of the best. I am personally very interested in who she brings in to fill his spot.
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He is a great coach and person and will be deeply missed by the girls. He has them so stocked with talent that I say they win at least 2 titles in the next 4 years. One of the few honest guys in the recruiting game.
 
MakeAPlay said:
He is a great coach and person and will be deeply missed by the girls. He has them so stocked with talent that I say they win at least 2 titles in the next 4 years. One of the few honest guys in the recruiting game.
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Agree 100% ....Absolutely one of the nicest guys...really sad to see him leave...wish him and his family the best though...he really deserves it-- fantastic recruiter/hardest worker :)
 
Of interest HC and R/AC openings that are in the interview stage:

Miami (HC)
Michigan (HC)
Notre Dame (HC)
UCLA (R/AC)

Any new insights?
 
GoWest said:
Of interest HC and R/AC openings that are in the interview stage:

Miami (HC)
Michigan (HC)
Notre Dame (HC)
UCLA (R/AC)

Any new insights?
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The Notre Dame one will be interesting. I wouldn't be surprised if another P5 loses it's coach and has to scramble to hire one in the middle of spring training. Michigan has potential but they are at a huge disadvantage when it comes to recruiting players from the sunshine states. It's hard to win nowadays without players from those states unless you can pull in a haul of YNT players and/or International YNT players. That Miami job seems like a trap. Tough conference, Sunshine state which are positives but it is an expensive school without a ton of academic heft (Florida is ranked higher and is a public school). All that I know is that they better make the hire soon or risk wasting the spring something that none of them can afford after last years performances.
 
If I was the Michigan coach I would have Stratagakis pitching her Canadian YNT teammates pretty hard. I also would have a satelite office set up at the Michigan Hawks and Eclipse Select facilities. You know kids from Michigan and Chicago can handle the cold and with the academic credentials that Michigan has you could easily dominate recruiting in the middle of the country.
 
I'm positive we'll hear something soon regarding hires but it seems to be getting a bit late with spring season in play. Getting it right is paramount.
 
Ill stand by my original statement and say SG becomes an assistant at UCLA....they'll find a new volunteer
 
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