Nebraska coach resigned, Iowa should benefit.

ClintonIAfan

ClintonIAfan

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With Nebraska's coach Yori gone Iowa should benefit even more on the recruiting trail. As of now Iowa will have 4 available scholarships for 2017. Iowa now clearly has a recruiting advantage, and an on court advantage over Nebraska. So recruiting over them Iowa should be able to pick up a couple of big recruits that may have been considering Nebraska. I believe the 2016 class is now ranked 18th in the country, and that is awesome. The 2017 class even exceed that! They can pick up a few athletic wing players, another guard, maybe another post. Coach Bluder will be taking this program to the elite level!
 
Yes she is. I have attended some of her practices. I like the way she runs them. It seems to have been in sharp contrast to the way they were run at Nebraska. Associate Coach Jan Jensen also deserves a mention for how this team's practices are run. She gets very involved in the details.
 
ClintonIAfan said:
Yes she is. I have attended some of her practices. I like the way she runs them. It seems to have been in sharp contrast to the way they were run at Nebraska. Associate Coach Jan Jensen also deserves a mention for how this team's practices are run. She gets very involved in the details.
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Bluder is a good coach but I was talking about Yori. I know her dad...super nice guy.

Edit - I also attended some events with Bluder when she was at Drake...lived in the same neighborhood. She's a neat lady.
 
I'm sorry, but Bluder will never take Iowa to an elite level. She is a solid coach, but there is a huge gulf between where we are now and elite level status.
 
I am not so sure about that, 15 and 16 recruiting classes both were high level. Make 17 even better and the players are there. She can definitely coach them.
 
WindsorHawk said:
She's a good coach.
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Good coach, really strange person. My sis was an assistant coach along with the current head coach for Creighton(who is an awesome dude, best laugh I've ever heard), for about 8 years. Yori was an odd duck, heavily relies on her assistants for recruiting. But a very good x and o coach.
 
Coach Lacey Goldwire deserves credit as well because she is hot.

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If you will take the time to explain what you mean by elite level and then why you don't think Coach Bluder can get us there. Then we can discuss this and maybe se if you are right or just some poster with a negative attitude. She does have excellent athletes coming in and that's a big upgrade. She's an excellent game coach.Not sure where you are coming from.
 
hagarwood said:
If you will take the time to explain what you mean by elite level and then why you don't think Coach Bluder can get us there. Then we can discuss this and maybe se if you are right or just some poster with a negative attitude. She does have excellent athletes coming in and that's a big upgrade. She's an excellent game coach.Not sure where you are coming from.
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Fair enough, in my opinion, the current elite programs in womens college basketball are UConn, Tennessee, Notre dame, duke, Maryland and Stanford. There is a huge gulf between these teams and the rest of the field. This is caused mostly by these teams being able to recruit all the best talent. I don't see Iowa being able to overcome that.
 
sioux34 said:
Fair enough, in my opinion, the current elite programs in womens college basketball are UConn, Tennessee, Notre dame, duke, Maryland and Stanford. There is a huge gulf between these teams and the rest of the field. This is caused mostly by these teams being able to recruit all the best talent. I don't see Iowa being able to overcome that.
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At least this year, I'd have to disagree with you on:
Tennessee... unless you think a team that finished 8-8 in the SEC and 22-14 overall is elite. (Last year they were elite at 15-1 and 30-6)

Duke... unless you think a team that finished 8-8 in the ACC and 20-12 overall is elite. (Last year they were 11-5 and 23-11)
 
sioux34 said:
Fair enough, in my opinion, the current elite programs in womens college basketball are UConn, Tennessee, Notre dame, duke, Maryland and Stanford. There is a huge gulf between these teams and the rest of the field. This is caused mostly by these teams being able to recruit all the best talent. I don't see Iowa being able to overcome that.
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Thanks for your reply. As Knight78 pointed out only UConn is an elite program from the ones you mentioned (possibly Notre Dame) no one else was in the final four. Recruiting is crucial and Iowa has stepped it up, but Coach Bluder has been a better recruiter than most people know. about 4 years ago She had at least 3 excellent recruits on the team, but lost them to injuries, one to a serious head injury and the others to knee injuries. That's not counting Thierra Taylor who lost most of her career to 4 knee surgeries before returning for an excellent senior season. To her credit Coach Bluder stuck by her recruits and kept them on scholarship through their injuries. That slowed her recruiting success, but she's back on track. She has a great class coming in and a commitment from Jinaya Houston for 2017 and is recruiting a 6'5" center out of Illinois for 2018. Recruiting news on Women's basketball is tougher to find so there may be someone else who knows more. I think Coach Bluder is on track to build a program to compete nationally.
 
I was using the results from the past 10 years to determine elite status. Yes, Tennessee and Duke have taken a step back, but I think what the have done in the recent past keeps them on the list.
 
They are starting to take advantage. They are in on Kathleen Doyle, a Nebraska decommit. She is a top 100 recruit from Illinois 5'8" guard, Ms. Basketball, great scorer or point. I like Iowa's chances.
 
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