This may have been asked before.........

[tbaydog]

Did Vic name his daughter after Gary Blair?

 

[thekimmer]

Did Vic name his daughter after Gary Blair?

Yes he did.

 

[maroonmania]

Yes he did.

Oh, I just thought he was maybe a 'Facts of Life' fan.***

 

[Lawdawg.sixpack]

Am I the only one who yells a raspy "BLAIR SHAY-FUH!" every time she hits a 3?

Surely not...

 

[DudyDog]

Saw on twitter yesterday Texas A&M fans already starting the "momma's gonna be calling before too much longer". I don't know Vic's situation as far as family back in Texas or whatever, but hopefully he is content on having a program all his own at MSU. Time will tell. One thing is certain...if Cohen needs a new women's coach, he'll have something to sell this time around. We've shown we will support women's basketball. As far as the fanbase, we've also shown we can sustain a coaching change of a successful coach (football) and get behind a new coach. We've got unfinished business before we have to worry about any of that though.

 

[Philly Dawg]

We won’t be able to replace Schaffer. We can have a better program than we’ve traditionally had, maybe even a quality program that normally makes the NCAA’s, but we won’t match this with someone else. Cohen needs to focus on retention.

 

[msstate7]

Maybe we should offer him the MBB job. I’m playing, but got me thinking... has any women’s basketball coach switched to men at the college level?

 

[goindhoo]

Freeze

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

Saw on twitter yesterday Texas A&M fans already starting the "momma's gonna be calling before too much longer". I don't know Vic's situation as far as family back in Texas or whatever, but hopefully he is content on having a program all his own at MSU. Time will tell. One thing is certain...if Cohen needs a new women's coach, he'll have something to sell this time around. We've shown we will support women's basketball. As far as the fanbase, we've also shown we can sustain a coaching change of a successful coach (football) and get behind a new coach. We've got unfinished business before we have to worry about any of that though.

And unless he just loves MSU, he will probably be leaving.

It’s now or never for our WBB program.

 

[Dawgs'n'Grizz]

He will be the next women's basketball coach at A&M. I hate saying it, but I think it's very realistic that he will go there once Blair retires.

 

[blacklistedbully]

I'm not so sure he'd leave. This is his baby. It's the house Vic built. It's also his daughter's alma-mater. I truly do get the sense he considers MSU family, and loves the support he has gotten from the admin as well as the fans.

We have backed him from the get-go. I've also got to believe it is great working with Cohen and Dr. Keenum.

I hope like hell he stays and considers MSU his home.

 

[was21]

I'm not so sure he'd leave. This is his baby. It's the house Vic built. It's also his daughter's alma-mater. I truly do get the sense he considers MSU family, and loves the support he has gotten from the admin as well as the fans.

We have backed him from the get-go. I've also got to believe it is great working with Cohen and Dr. Keenum.

I hope like hell he stays and considers MSU his home.

Can't help but laugh and nothing personal but your reasoning is somewhat similar to the same reasoning that was given by many posters for Mullen not leaving over the last few years

 

[She Mate Me]

Can't help but laugh and nothing personal but your reasoning is somewhat similar to the same reasoning that was given by many posters for Mullen not leaving over the last few years

I can't ever help but laugh at us pontificating on what it's going to take to keep some coach who likely none of us know any more deeply than a handshake. Comical.

 

[blacklistedbully]

Laughing right back at you. aTm being his alma-mater helps them, but it's not a guarantee he would decide he wants it more than what he has.

Vic has shown a great deal more affection for our school than Mullen ever did, and he's done a helluva lot better with his program than Mullen did with his. Under Mullen we flirted one year with being elite...then dropped back down to mediocre-to-good. Vic has improved every year, got us into the CG, and has us positioned as an elite again this year.

There are no guarantees, but there is also no unwritten rule that says everybody who gets a chance to work for their alma-mater would choose to do so.

Les Miles had more than one opportunity to leave LSU for Michigan, but turned it down every time.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

I always heard that you don't want to be the first coach to replace a great coach....

 

[patdog]

Yeah. I'd like to think he'll stay when the A&M job comes open. But it's very rare for a coach to turn down his alma mater. I just hope the A&M coach lives to be 100 and wins enough games he doesn't want to retire. I'd be surprised to see him leave for anywhere else though.

 

[patdog]

But someone always takes the job. And by the time Blair retires, there's a good chance Vic will have a better resume than he does.