5thAvenueVik
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What are your expectations concerning new Women's Basketball Coach Sherri Murrell?
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Sherri Murrell: A \'Burman Hire\' for Torre Chisholm?
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pottystops
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What do you mean a 'Burman Hire'?
dystopiamembrane
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numerous below .500 seasons5thAvenueVik said:
5thAvenueVik
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A 'Burman Hire' is what a bunch of us on the OL board called a good hiring decision by the athletic director. Named in honor of Tom Burman, past Portland State Athletic Director (now at Wyoming) who made many good hiring decisions for PSU.
He hired Tara Erickson as women's soccer coach. She was successful and was later hired away by University of Oregon.
He hired Jeff Mozzochi away from Oregon State for women's volleyball. Jeff Mozzochi used to be the PSU coach for great D-II volleyball success at PSU until Oregon State hired him away. He got him back.
He got rid of the Woodards. I don't remember what they coached, but those in the know said they were imposters posing as coaches.
He hired Charity Elliott who didn't exactly fit in well here but she "set a nice table" for in-coming women's basketball coach Sherri Murrell. She left for the UC-San Diego job, so she must've been pretty good.
He picked a lot of winners. We figured he had the knack for selecting great coaches. So whenever someone makes a great hiring decision vis-a-vis coaches, we honor Tom Burman's contribution by calling such kinds of quality hiring decisions 'Burman hires."
The question remains: Was Torre Chisholm's hiring of Sherri Murrell a 'Burman hire'?
He hired Tara Erickson as women's soccer coach. She was successful and was later hired away by University of Oregon.
He hired Jeff Mozzochi away from Oregon State for women's volleyball. Jeff Mozzochi used to be the PSU coach for great D-II volleyball success at PSU until Oregon State hired him away. He got him back.
He got rid of the Woodards. I don't remember what they coached, but those in the know said they were imposters posing as coaches.
He hired Charity Elliott who didn't exactly fit in well here but she "set a nice table" for in-coming women's basketball coach Sherri Murrell. She left for the UC-San Diego job, so she must've been pretty good.
He picked a lot of winners. We figured he had the knack for selecting great coaches. So whenever someone makes a great hiring decision vis-a-vis coaches, we honor Tom Burman's contribution by calling such kinds of quality hiring decisions 'Burman hires."
The question remains: Was Torre Chisholm's hiring of Sherri Murrell a 'Burman hire'?
VikThunder1
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Remains to be seen. She wasn't successful at WSU but she was at Pacific.
She does have connections and she knows PSU.
She does have connections and she knows PSU.
pottystops
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Thanks for the information, I'm just a rookie learning.
Sherri was an assistant coach at PSU in the late 90's when the team went to the BSC tourney finals. She then went onto to have success at Pacific.
Who will Sherri hire as her assistants?
I think Sherri will do well. Elliott went 27-57 (3-23, 12-16, and 12-18 ) in her three years at PSU. The last three years under Wolfe, PSU went 11-18,13-15, and 6-22 for an record of 30-55. So Sherri is basically coming into the same situation as Elliott.
I would bet Sherri is at least 15-20 games better after three years. She is a proven recruiter, coach and quality person. For the first time in a long time I'm excited about the women's team at PSU.
Who will Sherri hire as her assistants?
I think Sherri will do well. Elliott went 27-57 (3-23, 12-16, and 12-18 ) in her three years at PSU. The last three years under Wolfe, PSU went 11-18,13-15, and 6-22 for an record of 30-55. So Sherri is basically coming into the same situation as Elliott.
I would bet Sherri is at least 15-20 games better after three years. She is a proven recruiter, coach and quality person. For the first time in a long time I'm excited about the women's team at PSU.
SuperHornet1
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As I've said on other forums, this isn't merely a good hire. This is a freaking BRILLIANT hire. Within three years, PSU will be dancing. I flat out guarantee it. What The Hottie did at UOP was nothing short of incredible, and it was completely ruined in one year by the incredible ineptitude of Craig Jackson, Sherri's successor.
Incidentally, as some have seen on other boards, I'd like to apologize for the ignorance of the Stockton writer assigned to "cover" this hire. Jason Anderson referred to "D-II" Portland State in the first paragraph of a compilation article. Naturally, I jumped on that as it places the entire Big Sky in D-II by guilt of association. Being a former UOP football player before I transferred to Sac, the Record is the closest thing I have to a hometown paper that NORMALLY places SOME sort of emphasis on actual editing, so I was understandably quite embarrassed to say the least. (The bloody Lodi News-Sentinel has more typos on a daily basis than your typical high school paper.)[/i]
Incidentally, as some have seen on other boards, I'd like to apologize for the ignorance of the Stockton writer assigned to "cover" this hire. Jason Anderson referred to "D-II" Portland State in the first paragraph of a compilation article. Naturally, I jumped on that as it places the entire Big Sky in D-II by guilt of association. Being a former UOP football player before I transferred to Sac, the Record is the closest thing I have to a hometown paper that NORMALLY places SOME sort of emphasis on actual editing, so I was understandably quite embarrassed to say the least. (The bloody Lodi News-Sentinel has more typos on a daily basis than your typical high school paper.)[/i]
SuperHornet said:
I'm sorry, but that's just ridiculous.
The Viking women's team has some talent (mainly Kahle), but they don't have nearly the talent, fan support, facilities, or recruiting base that Montana has.
FWIW, I think Portland St. will finish 3rd. in 07-08, but they will still be many games out of first.
5thAvenueVik
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True. What matters is which way the program is heading 'cause you gotta start from where you are. Do you think the program will go from where it is in the right direction with Sherri Murrell at the helm? I think it will.
5thAvenueVik said:
I really don't know. The Vikings probably have the most talent they've had since joining the Big Sky, but that was mainly under Charity Elliott. Can Murrell keep it up?
And they have been moving in the right direction. Portland State's women's team is way better now than they were 2 or 3 years ago.
ManOfVision
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SuperHornet said:
Did you call her "The Hottie?"
mvem said:
By records you certainly can't say that PSU had the most talent since joining the Big Sky. In 99 they went to the conference tourney finals before losing to Northridge. Elliott's teams haven't even finished 500 overall, playing a pretty weak non conference schedule too. Elliott only finished 500 in the Big Sky once, last year.
I think Murrell will not only continue the improvement, when Elliott came the cupboard wasn't bare, it was torn down, but will greatly improve the team.
As for going dancing, after making the Big Sky tourney, it just takes getting hot at the right time to go dancing.
SuperHornet1
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ManOfVision said:
Yes, as a matter of fact, I did call Sherri "The Hottie." 'Cause she freaking IS hot.
Anyways, she recently completed her staff with the hire of Lisa Fisher, who has followed Sherri from the beginning at PSU. They were assistants together with the Viks, and then Lisa joined Sherri at UOP, Wazzu, and now back at PSU.
Sherri also hired Peg Swadener. She retained Mike Hood, who was hired by Elliott before she bolted.
You can take this to the bank: within three years, PSU will be dancing. THAT's a fact.
whiteshadow55or
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Charity Elliott wasnt that good. From my sources the reason she resigned to take the job at San Diego was that she was going to get fired so she did that to cover herself. And look at her records her three years there 3-20, 12-16, & 12-18. So if my math is right that would be 27-54 which is a winning percentage of .333%. With the talent that was there Elliots first year there I know I could of done a better job than she did I probably could of made them a .500 team, lol.
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