Disappointing that the team failed to qualify in a year that they won the conference championship. 
Great year 1 under the new coach though. Now she has to put her recruiting skills to the test. 

LOL Kancher. That guy is a CLOWN and blew his shot a long time ago. 

I'll say it again - GW should have never fired Rizzotti. I don't care the roster they came with - fact is she delivered two championships (tournament + co-reg season.....it still counts) and an NCAA appearance before being unfairly hamstrung in the wake of COVID. You cannot justify firing a a WBB/UConn legend, championship coach, and Olympic gold medal winning, US Women's National Team and Olympic FIXTURE and trading that in for the last five years of slop from McCombs.

I get some people on this board had bad experiences with her or didn't enjoy her sideline antics (but loved Mike L....?!)....but c'mon..it's okay to admit GW messed up. Look where we are right now. 

Longing For Oscar-Real1 wrote:

If I were Castro, and if I could get a lot more money somewhere else, I'd leave without a second thought. I wouldn't care at all about how many minutes I get at a more prominent program.  After he's done with college, I think Castro's earning capacity wouldn't be significantly less even if he didn't get the same minutes/numbers with a bigger program.  Additionally, and I hate to say it, but look at Darren.  After least year's huge season, he came back and, well, he isn't exactly lighting it up.  This year's performance isn't going to get Darren any NBA looks and it's not going to help him get a big contract anywhere.  You think he's not regretting taking more money from a big program now?  I bet he's sick about it (assuming he had bigger offers).

The way the rules work now, I think 9 times out of 10, A-10 players should grab the money while it's available.

Nailed it. These big time portal transfers and the NLI money that backs it up is 75% about CASHING IN and 25% about pro prospects and future in the game

dmvpiranha wrote:

McCombs needs to start winning some games, especially when they are at home. Finding small positives each game in year 4 isn't where GW WBB should be as a program. Not looking forward to getting demolished again by Mason and their whiny coach.

do we miss Rizzotti yet? At least in her first four years you got meaningful postseason basketball and a pair of championships
 

Free Quebec wrote:

Can we just get a “None of the above. None of the above.”

A boisterous "None of the Above" chant would be a hoot
 

22ndandF wrote:

Gwmayhem wrote:

I realize many of us have poked fun at this whole exercise but at the end of the day, whatever nickname is chosen is presumably one we'll need to live with for a long time.  I've spoken to about 8 different individuals over the past few days, both alum and non-alum.  Sadly, each one approached me rather than the other way around.  To those who were unaware, I shared the 10 finalist names being considered.

The subsequent feedback was awful.  I hope that there are people reading this who are either in a position to enact change or who know people with this capacity.  Please...go back to the drawing board.  These are just not good choices.  Some of these are just terrible sports nicknames (can you imagine if we were really regarded as The Catalysts moving forward), some of them perhaps convey the right idea but instead, the wrong word is being used (monuments, not monumentals), some may be going for a cool vibe that may not translate well (one person said the Blue Fog sounds like an environmental disaster), one fails to account for the perception of political divisiveness within the school (The Squad), one connotes violence and weaponry (Revolutionaries), etc.  

Also, does anyone know how the final selection will actually be made?  The school has announced a series of opportunities to make your choice known, but in the end, will this boil down to a popular vote?  Will there be a committee of a handful of folks who ultimately make the decision?  Or, do we turn this over to the branding agency as well?

GWmayhem, I respect your opinion, but respectfully disagree with some of the input you received. I don't like most of the names either (and would prefer to keep the Colonials moniker), but as long as the school is moving forward with the change, I think the moniker "Truth" is excellent and meets all of the school's guidelines. It's a moniker that can be easily branded and I think it will be well received by most, other

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