Brian Pensky has been hired as the Unv of Tennessee Women’s Soccer Coach. He left Unv of Maryland to take the Tennessee job. There are three Massachusetts girls between the 2012/13 classes verbally committed to Unv of Maryland. Do they stay with Maryland, find somewhere else, or go with Coach Pensky to Tennessee? BTW….National Signing Day for the 2012 class is Feb 1, 2012.
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All depends upon who gets the job. A coaching change really upsets the apple cart and you can bet a lot of these commits will be reassessing their decisions as we speak. -
Doubt it. Tennessee is a lot further from MA than MD. Maybe they'll consider transferring closer to home if anything.Comment
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...faUQ_blog.htmlOriginally posted by Unregistered View Post
Looks like it came down to money. Based on this article he did a remarkable job at Maryland with less than great facilitiesComment
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Kelly had a great gig, but Texas offered enough to pull her away. TN and TX have potential and resources to be top programs.Comment
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So HB will have had 3 coaches in 3 years?Comment
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Jon Morgan has been selected as the new Head Coach at Maryland.
http://www.potomacsoccerwire.com/news/700/20589Comment
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This is probably a good thing for current MD players and the school's commits. They know Morgan and should be more comfortable with what to expect out of him than an outside hire. However, my guess is that you have to be careful that Morgan isn't just a temporary fill-in or on a very very short leash. The timing of Pensky's departure really made a search and selection of an existing coach from a smaller/ mid-major program almost impossible. Especially when the change certainly raised some questions for players signing their '012 NLOIs. If Morgan can continue to keep the "Terps at or near the nation's Top 15 (and competitive in the ACC) then he will be OK. Slip to the bottom echelon of the ACC (possible with a very young team next year) and he may not survive to a second season.Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
Beyond the loss of a lot of seniors from College Park, there are significant financial problems for the Maryland athletic program and that was a part of why Pensky left. Keep an eye on whether there are some recruit changes for any '12 and or '13 MD commits to U Tenn. Not unusual for a player or two to follow the coach - but MD can't afford to lose any blue chippers.Comment
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My player is looking at D1 schools and I've been concerned about coaches leaving players in the lurch. Needless to say I've watched this situation and the move of Ange from Tennessee to Texas with interest.Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
It seems Maryland kept all the 2012s according to this interview and lost a single international 2012 to Tennessee (there seems to be a dispute as to the date but she signed with Tennessee)
http://www.potomacsoccerwire.com/news/700/20595
Internationals are usually only good for a year or two. The blue chippest local player (who is from Maryland) signed last week; I saw a picture on Topdrawer soccer on signing day.
Other than the international, Pensky's got a pretty bare recruiting cupboard at Tennessee with the loss of two Canadian YNT recruits to Texas. I'd rather be Morgan than Pensky at this point. Pensky's going to be struggling to put together a competitive team for a few years unless he gets a lot of transfers from Maryland or elsewhere.
According to the Maryland website, they lost a strong batch of seniors but the stats show two of the last few years prior standouts did not actually stand out fall 2011. There is a December article on the Maryland website that allows there will be major rebuilding on the defensive line (bolstered by a NH Stars player who is returning from injury) but offensively they return four out of five leading scorers and, as Morgan says in the linked article, they have a strong group of seniors next fall (several of whom are among the high scorers).
On both teams, I was surprised to see how many seniors played last fall and how many rising seniors there are given many many players retire before that time. I'm not clear how many Tennessee players may have transferred or will transfer to Texas. The Tennessee roster really is in flux. Anyone have info on Tennessee?Comment
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No big deal. Look at how quickly Matz has improved the recruiting classes at UMass.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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The competion in the SEC and ACC is a bit tougher than the A10Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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I can only hope that was a joke. To equate Matz and UMass with any of the otherOriginally posted by Unregistered View Post
schools & coaches in this discussion is absurd!Comment
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There is a thought process that the ACC may have reached the pinacle of success (as a league) last year. Other than the almost complete two-decade domination of UNC in the sport, its hard to claim that the ACC has been any better than the SEC, Big 10, Big 12, PAC 12 or Big East. Even last year, with all those great teams making the tourney, Stanford emerged as the champion.
The problem for much of the the ACC is $$$. Fact is that they are 5th in respect to football and basketball revenues and the difference between 1/2 and 5/6 is enormous. Pensky's departure is a great example of it. There is absolutely no eveidence that MD didn't want to keep their succesful and respected coach. They simply couldn't afford to.... and that is a problem. The big time programs with athletic budgets flush with black ink eventually dominate. Things change and available funds to hire top coaches, provide ample dollars for recruiting trips, build better and more impressive athletic facilities and housing, assure plane flights and double rooms during travel and just create a well funded environment will lead to better recruiting classes and eventually more wins.
Perhaps as important is a reverse of the idea that being part of the ACC will boost lesser but new programs like Syracuse and Pitt. The reality is that maybe those weaker sisters will actually begin to deflate existing ACC programs - especially teams on the margin like Clemson, Miami and NC State.Comment
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This is what SEC money can buy you. Play the video on the link.
http://www.gamecocksinsider.com/Faci...asterPlan.aspxComment
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