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[BigBlueFan37650]

What is going on with our girls? Where is Ivory at? Is she hurt? I have heard some rumors but surely they are not true. If they are, then Epps better start looking for a new job. He has ran off two good players that would have really helped this year and the years to come.

[coachh17]

Rumor has it that Miss Shelton decided to leave the team. I am not close to the situation and have no concrete information, but it appears that she is no longer playing. I have no idea what her reasons for leaving were. It may have been the new coach, or internal team drama, a family situation, or a myriad of other things. Clearly, the transition from Coach Fisher to Coach Epperson has not been a smooth one. All we can really do is speculate.

Edited January 22, 2011 by coachh17

[dare]

Only comment is the coach is not to blame here in either case. IMO both of these would have happened no matter who the new coach would have been.

[coachh17]

What is going on with our girls? Where is Ivory at? Is she hurt? I have heard some rumors but surely they are not true. If they are, then Epps better start looking for a new job. He has ran off two good players that would have really helped this year and the years to come.

So, you are saying that Coach Epperson has run Shelton and another player off. Is the other player Lauren McCurry?

[coachh17]

Only comment is the coach is not to blame here in either case. IMO both of these would have happened no matter who the new coach would have been.

And you are saying Shelton and McCurry left for another reason. So the question becomes, if not the coach, then why are the players leaving? I have a suspicion, but will not say because I may be wrong. I am sure the players and parents know the problem, but are keeping quiet about it.

[mscoach44]

And you are saying Shelton and McCurry left for another reason. So the question becomes, if not the coach, then why are the players leaving? I have a suspicion, but will not say because I may be wrong. I am sure the players and parents know the problem, but are keeping quiet about it.

 

 

Have to agree with dare here. I really think that both instances were inevitable, for different reasons, but neither have to do with the coaching. I believe the only surprising thing about Ivory's decision was that it came during the season and not after or before.

[etownsparky]

Regardless of what happened in these two instances, how can there only be 9 players in the entire program? Something is obviously wrong...

[dare]

1 senior - weak basketball class, 3 juniors - lost ivory, 4 sophomore - lost mccurry, 1 freshman - decent group here, could have had 2 or 3 more, but most chose softball instead.

[dare]

1 senior - weak basketball class, 3 juniors - lost ivory, 4 sophomore - lost mccurry, 1 freshman - decent group here, could have had 2 or 3 more, but most chose softball instead. Have only 1 senior for 3rd year and probably didn't have anymore than 12 to 15 total players in any of those years. Some have quit because younger girls playing in front of them.

[etownsparky]

1 senior - weak basketball class, 3 juniors - lost ivory, 4 sophomore - lost mccurry, 1 freshman - decent group here, could have had 2 or 3 more, but most chose softball instead. Have only 1 senior for 3rd year and probably didn't have anymore than 12 to 15 total players in any of those years. Some have quit because younger girls playing in front of them.

1 senior lessens the impact somewhat, but 1 freshman? Do they have some prospects for next year? They will need 4-5 incoming freshmen to get the number up to 12-13 next year. Wow, still very small numbers for a school that size, especially with the program tradition. Not being able to field a JV team really limits the development of varsity players too. I know softball is king at UC, but there are apparently some other issues that UC folks would rather not disclose.

[dare]

I'd say there will be 5 to 8 incoming freshmen.

[dare]

No other issues, really, numbers really started dropping when the junior group came in as freshmen and 3 were starting on varsity and 1 was a sub. Then the sophomore group came in and 1 of them was starting and 2 were subs. None of them played on jv. Thats part of it. Think the numbers of girls playing in future classes will be greater.