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I sure hope JD and company are doing some very detailed exit interviews to get some indication of what is going on within the program.  His corporate background from Bain, eBay, Nike, etc... should be helpful here and he's surrounded himself with some quality people.

Supposedly he met with players that are leaving as some of those student athletes reached out to him to voice their concerns/displeasure with current staff. Some of the parents of players leaving reacted out to AD as well. It’s not as simple as just wanting more playing time or money.  

 Everyone is still waiting for what comes next. But Donahoe is very involved in this.

Thanks for this and I'm glad to hear it.  This is what I would have expected from this new team.   Very curious to see how this unfolds.  I always thought that Kate would have been better served leaving the Stanford staff some years ago to go and get experience elsewhere.  Many of us knew that Tara would remain at Stanford for some time.

I believe the time has come and gone for Mr. Donahoe to announce a leadership change.  It should have been done shortly after Stanford's bad loss to BYU.  Making a change now (right in the middle of the portal period), doesn't seem to make sense.  Transferring players want to know who their coach is.  I've been posting for a long time for coach Paye to be replaced, but at this moment, I'd be extremely surprised if coach Paye does not return.

So what, keep her a year as a lame duck and pray allegations don't come to light that force am embarrassing mid-season firing? We all saw how well that worked with Taylor and the football program. If she needs to go, she needs to go now. (again, IF.)

If I were the AD and the allegations seemed substantiated, my first call is to see if Tara would come back to smooth things out. I don't think she would, for a variety of reasons, but it's worth a try. (Ala Bog Iger at Disney when his first successor crashed and burned.)

Another stopgap option could be CTT. She's got a connection to the program and tons of coaching experience and only recently stepped out of the coaching limelight. 

But if the conclusion is change needs to be made, let's make it now.

Have great respect for you, but in this exchange you are missing my point.  Coach Paye is not good for the future of Stanford women's basketball.  But the leadership change should have occurred EARLIER.  It reminds me how slow your program was in adjusting to the portal and NIL.  I consult and help organizations address and plan for change, whether it's at the top or something systemic.  Changes must be strategic in nature; not scrambling, which is what this appears to be.  I wanted Kate Paye fired after the completion of the ACC Tournament and have Tempie step in as an interim coach.  That would have given Mr. Donahoe some time to form a national search committee and attempt to recruit a high-caliber coach who has a track record in rebuilding/building WBB programs.  It's conceivable that coach could have been on-board before the portal season opened.  That coach could have done her/his best and talk with the players and share their coaching style, vision and to give them a chance.  Even if Somfai, Nunu and the others still left, there would have been a chance for the new coach to assess the program's needs and work the portal.

Again, I repeat- Coach Paye is not the right coach for your storied program.  I was questioning the TIMINING of her departure.

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I sure hope JD and company are doing some very detailed exit interviews to get some indication of what is going on within the program.  His corporate background from Bain, eBay, Nike, etc... should be helpful here and he's surrounded himself with some quality people.

Supposedly he met with players that are leaving as some of those student athletes reached out to him to voice their concerns/displeasure with current staff. Some of the parents of players leaving reacted out to AD as well. It’s not as simple as just wanting more playing time or money.  

 Everyone is still waiting for what comes next. But Donahoe is very involved in this.

Thanks for this and I'm glad to hear it.  This is what I would have expected from this new team.   Very curious to see how this unfolds.  I always thought that Kate would have been better served leaving the Stanford staff some years ago to go and get experience elsewhere.  Many of us knew that Tara would remain at Stanford for some time.

I believe the time has come and gone for Mr. Donahoe to announce a leadership change.  It should have been done shortly after Stanford's bad loss to BYU.  Making a change now (right in the middle of the portal period), doesn't seem to make sense.  Transferring players want to know who their coach is.  I've been posting for a long time for coach Paye to be replaced, but at this moment, I'd be extremely surprised if coach Paye does not return.

So what, keep her a year as a lame duck and pray allegations don't come to light that force am embarrassing mid-season firing? We all saw how well that worked with Taylor and the football program. If she needs to go, she needs to go now. (again, IF.)

If I were the AD and the allegations seemed substantiated, my first call is to see if Tara would come back to smooth things out. I don't think she would, for a variety of reasons, but it's worth a try. (Ala Bog Iger at Disney when his first successor crashed and burned.)

Another stopgap option could be CTT. She's got a connection to the program and tons of coaching experience and only recently stepped out of the coaching limelight. 

But if the conclusion is change needs to be made, let's make it now.

Have great respect for you, but in this exchange you are missing my point.  Coach Paye is not good for the future of Stanford women's basketball.  But the leadership change should have occurred EARLIER.  It reminds me how slow your program was in adjusting to the portal and NIL.  I consult and help organizations address and plan for change, whether it's at the top or something systemic.  Changes must be strategic in nature; not scrambling, which is what this appears to be.  I wanted Kate Paye fired after the completion of the ACC Tournament and have Tempie step in as an interim coach.  That would have given Mr. Donahoe some time to form a national search committee and attempt to recruit a high-caliber coach who has a track record in rebuilding/building WBB programs.  It's conceivable that coach could have been on-board before the portal season opened.  That coach could have done her/his best and talk with the players and share their coaching style, vision and to give them a chance.  Even if Somfai, Nunu and the others still left, there would have been a chance for the new coach to assess the program's needs and work the portal.

Again, I repeat- Coach Paye is not the right coach for your storied program.  I was questioning the TIMINING of her departure.