The improvements I have seen in these players from the beginning of the year until now has been substantial. I believe they have a great core that they can build from. Get a few transfers to fill in the pieces. That being said I dont believe for one second this happens if Mal and anyone of her previous assistant coaches were still on staff. Otherwise I would have seen some improvements in her past 6 teams. Ibrahim for one when i saw her play last year, I didnt think there was much hope for her. At the beginning of the year i seen some improvement, but what I have seen out of her during conference and especially the last few games has been nothing but outstanding. I never saw any player under Mal's previous 5 years improve like I have seen this year. She is defensive player of the year and doesnt even start for us! I think Mal would be a ok assistant coach, but we need a new leader of this team and I hope the assistant coach is the head coach next year.