Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Transfer decides

Okay, I'm about a day late on this information but it appears former Marshall standout Jenny Vining will be transferring to the land of the Golden Suns.
Vining, a sophomore at Oklahoma, visitied OBU on Saturday after announcing she would leave the Sooners' program. Her grandfather is legendary former OBU coach Bill Vining and she has former high school teammates playing at Arkansas Tech.
Sources say she has decided to play in Russellville.
While on the subject of women's college basketball, why does it appear that UA coach Tom Collen is suddenly on the hot seat when his predecessor Susie Gardner got a free ride up on the hill?
Gardner, quite possibly the most inept coach in any sport ever at the Division I level, took a top-25 program built by Gary Blair and absolutely destroyed it. She let out-of-state schools invade Arkansas and take away talent. She killed the Lady Razorbacks' relationship with the high school coaches and athletes.
When Collen took the job, it was already ruined. It will take years to repair all the damage Gardner did to that program. Yet, suddenly, fans are asking, "what's wrong with the women's program at Arkansas?"
Worse, they're putting the blame on Collen.
I'm not saying Collen is the best coach in the SEC. I'm not saying he can get it turned around. All I'm saying is, he's a hell of a lot better than the incompetent boob he replaced and should be given at least as long to fix it and she took to break it.

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