Long Beach State Athletics!: I have the same advice for WBB that I've stated for MBB

For low-major schools, you need an experienced coach who knows how to deal with changing rosters from year to year. You also have, not two or three years to develop players - you've got one. Hiring an assistant coach from a P4 or from a top school who doesn't have that experience will not be successful as LBSU. Those coaches think they can recruit raw talent and develop them into good players in 2 to 3 years. That isn't happening any more.

There are several really good and experienced D2 coaches around that fit this description. Look at the successful programs at Cal Poly Pomona, Point Loma, and Colorado Mesa. 2 of those coaches even have recent D1 experience. Will these kind of coaches bring back the glory days? No way, but there's no reason we can't compete in the Big West.

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I was a big supporter of Coach Wright when she was hired and thought things would be humming by her 3rd year. Big regression instead in this, her third year. The first 2 years were decent but those were all Cammons recruits. What's puzzling is they needed to add some experienced players (more than just Pepe) through the portal because they lost so many players through graduation or the portal but only added one. Losing Richards for the season due to injury was a big blow but you can't pin this bad season just on one piece. There's some interesting high school players committed for next season but not the type to change the fortunes of this program. I think Amy needs to recruit more D2 stars, JUCO players as well as hitting the portal harder. She has a bunch of younger players who don't look like they know what they're doing and lack confidence.

Amy has 2 years left on her deal, so we all know what that means here. Write this season off...hope she recognizes what went wrong and hit the recruiting trails even harder. That's about all that's left. For long time fans of the WBB program, sinking this low is hard to take. Maybe we need to hire Joan Bonvicini as GM over the program so she can hire a replacement when the time comes. Smitheran will just hire another SDSU lackey which will prolong the agony.

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Not a single win this season and no improvement whatsoever?! I’ve seen enough! This coach has to go! She’s horrible! Please don’t tell me we locked ourselves into a long contract in typical Beach fashion?! And the men’s coach for isn’t far behind. I see little improvement! Not sure he’s the right guy either!