Comments on: Tennis coach Petty has interim tag removed http://www.redraiders.com/2009/04/30/tennis-coach-petty-has-interim-tag-removed/ Texas Tech University Sports presented by the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:30:57 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: ERIC in NEW MEXICO http://www.redraiders.com/2009/04/30/tennis-coach-petty-has-interim-tag-removed/comment-page-1/#comment-18812 ERIC in NEW MEXICO Sat, 02 May 2009 19:29:16 +0000 http://www.redraiders.com/?p=7417#comment-18812 I couldn't agree more with the above comment. Good luck Coach Petty as well as the rest of the coaches and players! I couldn’t agree more with the above comment. Good luck Coach Petty as well as the rest of the coaches and players!

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]]> By: LMII http://www.redraiders.com/2009/04/30/tennis-coach-petty-has-interim-tag-removed/comment-page-1/#comment-18787 LMII Fri, 01 May 2009 18:04:54 +0000 http://www.redraiders.com/?p=7417#comment-18787 I think that Petty did do a great job with the team that he had in place. He may prove to be a great coach and a great recruiter--certainly, the top junior women's player from Wisconsin and Aviles from Ecuador provide room to hope. However, I wonder how far the great Gerald Myers went to search truly for a the best coach. When Groce came to TTU from the PAC 10, he said exactly the same things. She stayed five years, and the team languished. Does he even care about women's sports? The record with volleyball is exactly the same. A losing coach stays for years who shows no real improvement. There is absolutely NO reason that the women's tennis team should not be a perennial top 25 team. I wish Petty the best of luck and the ladies who will play next year. Let's just hope that Myers actually spent some time on this rather than a cursory review that showed TTU tied for seventh in the Big 12. It may be an improvement, but it is still below even mediocre, and it is far from being elite. I think that Petty did do a great job with the team that he had in place. He may prove to be a great coach and a great recruiter–certainly, the top junior women’s player from Wisconsin and Aviles from Ecuador provide room to hope.

However, I wonder how far the great Gerald Myers went to search truly for a the best coach. When Groce came to TTU from the PAC 10, he said exactly the same things. She stayed five years, and the team languished.

Does he even care about women’s sports? The record with volleyball is exactly the same. A losing coach stays for years who shows no real improvement. There is absolutely NO reason that the women’s tennis team should not be a perennial top 25 team. I wish Petty the best of luck and the ladies who will play next year. Let’s just hope that Myers actually spent some time on this rather than a cursory review that showed TTU tied for seventh in the Big 12. It may be an improvement, but it is still below even mediocre, and it is far from being elite.

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