MoSiouxFan

I think that Mallory has the potential to be a pleasant surprise. First of all, she played, and starred, for four years under an excellent college coach. She undoubtedly learned a lot under Roebuck and knows how to apply it, as evidenced by the fact that she won two state championships in two years as a high school head coach, going 51-4. Finally, she has seven years of experience as an assistant coach at the D1 level, the last one as the associate head coach. Her first challenge will be reaching out to the top players on the roster and getting them to stay on and convincing them that they can take a big step next season. Next, she'll have to make some hard decisions regarding underclassmen and then recruit to fill some holes, notably point guard and a 4 man (lady) that can rebound. I think that she'll bring a lot of energy to this challenge and surprise a lot of people next season.

Ha! Good one!

Absolutely agree!

Thanks to both of you for keeping us updated on a subject of great interest. Much appreciated.

He averaged 24.6, 18.3 rebounds, and 5.7 blocks. He helped them to a 4th place finish in the EDC and a berth in the State Tournament, but he didn't have a very good supporting cast and no bench. They may have gone a little further in the postseason, but their point guard went down for the season in the first game of the EDC tourn.

Very good writeup, as always. It will be interesting to see how Coach Sather does with a full recruiting season this year. He needs to land a stud or two this year and two or three next year to right the ship. I think that he came in too late in the game to have a shot at the Nelson kid from Devils Lake.

I wish him and his family well and hope that he finds a good landing place soon.

Thanks.

Feel badly for anybody that gets canned, especially when they've had some success in the past, but it just seems like our program wasn't progressing over the last 3-4 years. Whoever the new hire is, he/she will have some nice pieces to work with if we can keep them on board. Hope we can get a great up-and-comer, preferably from the Midwest, that can get us back to where we used to be. The cupboard isn't bare, so it won't be a total rebuild; I think that the right coach could have us competing for at least top three in a couple of years.

Are our only three commits so far Shockey, the forward from Aberdeen, and the guard from the Cities?

Overachieve. Especially with the loss of Moody and the fact that he came in relatively late and had little chance to recruit.

Only 8 turnovers. Huge!

Where we would have finished without him also figures in the equation, I would think.

Good post.

Calli Forsburg of Devils Lake left after her freshman year (?) after being one of the leading scorers in the state.