Bison Video Blog: Ramblings on Summit Tourney and Women’s Hoops

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Happy Sunday Evening Everyone from the Bunker; plenty to chat about tonight; but we’re giving scheduling and re-alignment a break for a bit; tonight we focus on the Summit League Tournament and the future of the Bison Women’s Basketball Team; enjoy!

14 thoughts on “Bison Video Blog: Ramblings on Summit Tourney and Women’s Hoops”

  1. Lynn Dorn used the excuse of injuries hurting the team but Coach DeHoff has used the philosophy of a short bench. Coach DeHoff has not wanted to use all of her allotted scholarships and she actually questioned why SDSU had such a deep bench. This is 5 years where the team has been thin on the bench and it is hard not to think it is because DeHoff doesn’t want to have a deep bench. If she had recruited players to fill out the roster when injuries hit they would have played and developed. This team loses a bunch of seniors this year and looking at the roster it doesn’t look like there are players to fill in at the positions that are graduating.

    Why fill all the scholarships if the AD is going to give you a pass for bad seasons because of injuries? If the team had a full allotment of scholarships and they were losing like this the AD wouldn’t give a free pass.

    I do not see any reason for optimism that keeping status quo with the coaching staff for the WBB program will improve it. This team was losing to a division II team in Omaha. As Kevin Schnepf said in his article any other program the coach would be in serious trouble. A major change is needed to fix the program.

    I can’t see what type of team she wants to run. If she is running a defensive team it isn’t showing. This team has a tough time scoring so it is apparent it isn’t an offensive team. This year for sure it wasn’t even an average team at both defense and offense.

    Coach DeHoff seems like a great person but she was hired to win games and she hasn’t won enough of them.

    • Spot on!! There are some very unfortunate situations the last couple years..but, its not like there has ever been any glimmer of hope that this program is moving in the right direction. If you ever want to watch an uncomfortable public speaker, come check out Dehoff at a Teammakers luncheon explain their consistently poor performance. (my particular favorite was when she started quoting scripture)
      Hopefully they can turn things around…but, I am not sure why NDSU doesn’t move in another direction.

  2. Lets looks ahead.. and not behind… Some top players in summit are seniors and will be gone… If we come back healthy and actually get a point guard who can actually run an offense and get out and run past the defense… should be ok 15 wins

    • Sure . . . schedule down, 15 wins, 600 fans per, .500 season, 5th seed, out in the 1st round. Does that sound about right?

      I’d love about $100 large to coach under those expectations with a 10 year contract. Where do I sign up?

  4. If the coach stays after 5 years of this, then the AD has some splaining to do. If there is going to be another season (wow, hard to believe), then let’s get a piece of paper out and set some expectations for both the coach and AD. I’ll start . . . 1) 20 wins 2) Top 2 finish in conf. If that’s not accomplished two positions should be filled.

    • Unemployed and nothing better to read or discuss? Hope you never have daughters who want to be athletes.

      • Agree 100% with your assessment, although I do note the thick irony that is practically dripping off your post.

    • Completely disagree. In enjoy the game, but I don’t expect NDSU to be content with losing. With what she has demonstrated in the past 5 years, I am confident that the current coach is not capable of winning at NDSU. Once the BSA reno starts, the pressure will be ramped up x10 to improve attendance. A move will need to happen then.

  6. Have to get rid of dorn in order to get rid of dehoff they are buddy buddy and the blinders are on.

    NDSU summit tourney starts saturday can’t wait to go down there hope that bisonation travels and supports NDSU vs sdsu on Tuesday !

  7. They are friends, so in women’s sports, it’s no surprise she won’t fire her. funny how the male women’s volleyball coach got run out of town for being extremely successful and calling a few naughty names to motivate athletes, yet it’s ok for women’s basketball to stink worse than the hog barn for years and nothing changes.