Nope. He needs to stay in Mississippi

I wouldn't look forward to his coming back here at all.

Unless when Blair leaves he's offered a bucket of money, I wouldn't expect him to return. He's built a very good program at MSU, and the support for him there is much greater than the support for Blair's teams here. The support level is the same when he was here.

Without being bought here, what's his motivation for returning?

Vic turns 59 in March, has build a powerhouse at MSU, and is paid handsomely. I don't see him moving.

I did run into Maryann Baker at a local grocery a few summers back. She'd love to be back in Aggieland.

I think it was more about were they jamming Howard down our throats

He may retire in Texas, but doubt he coaches here when Gary retires
He has built his own legacy at MSU rather than taking over another guys program
Blair decided to coach many more years, closing the opportunity for Vic. here

I really hope we don't regret letting Blair stay as long as he likes.

He's earned that right.

There are 347 Division I college basketball teams. Each team offers 13 scholarships. Hence, there are about 4,511 Division I college basketball players this year.

GARY BLAIR
17th Season at Texas A&M
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame member, Gary
Blair, led Texas A&M to the 2011 NCAA Championship and has transformed the women's basketball
program into a national power since his appointment as head coach in 2003.
Blair, a two-time national finalist for the Naismith
Coach of the Year Award, has guided Texas A&M to
13 straight NCAA Tournament appearances, and
to four conference championships, including the
2013 SEC Tournament Championship.

Blair led the Aggies to their first national title in
their first-ever trip to the NCAA Women's Final Four
and closed out the 2010-11 season with a 33-5
record, the most victories in program history.

The Aggies have made six appearances in the
Sweet Sixteen in the past 11 years, and reached
the Elite Eight in 2008, 2011 and 2014.

Over the course of his 34-year collegiate coaching career, which includes stops at Stephen F. Austin from 1985-93 and Arkansas from 1993-03, Blair
has led his teams to 33 winning seasons (including
2018-19), 28 20-win seasons (including 2018-19), 25
NCAA Tournament appearances (including 2018-
19) and 39 NCAA postseason victories.

Blair has won a championship at every level of his
coaching career, including three state championships at Dallas South Oak Cliff High School, two
national championships as an assistant coach at
Louisiana Tech, a WNIT Championship at Arkansas
and an NCAA championship at Texas A&M.

ON BLAIR'S CAREER
Blair led Texas A&M to the 2011 NCAA Championship, and 14 straight NCAA Tournament appearances
Blair is a member of six Hall of Fames, including
the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Blair is one of three coaches who has taken two
or more schools to the Women's Final Four, joining
Marianne Stanley (Old Dominion & Stanford) and C.
Vivian Stringer (Cheyney, Iowa, Rutgers)
Blair is sixth among active coaches with 25 NCAA
Tournament appearances
Blair has won 20+ games in 28 seasons which
is 11th all-time
Seven of Blair's former players and assistants
have gone on to become head Division I women's
basketball coaches
Blair has won a total of 17 conference and conference tournament championships between the
Southland Conference, Big 12, and SEC

CAREER RECORD BY WINS (DIVISION I)
1. Pat Summitt 1,098-208
10. Andy Landers 862-299
11. Gary Blair (Texas A&M) 809-325
12. Joe Foley (Little Rock) 797-266
Blair is 5th among active coaches


So above our his bonafides.....who do you get to replace him that will be
as consistent or better than him.

cs69ag said:

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Blair would have a pretty good shot at a second NC if Carter comes back for her senior year.
Will likely struggle to get to elite 8 this year...hope I am wrong!

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Vic had a great team for 3 years with McCowan and 4th year added Howard couldn't get any

Kim had Griner & Sims for 4 years and could only get 1

To achieve the NC is not easy.....

ACTIVE HEAD COACHES WITH A NATIONAL TITLE
ACC.....Geno Auriemma (Connecticut - 11 Times) was Big East for 34yrs
SEC.....Gary Blair (Texas A&M - 2011)
Big10....Brenda Frese (Maryland - 2006)
ACC ... .Muffet McGraw (Notre Dame - 2001, 2018) - 17 yrs apart
XII........ Kim Mulkey (Baylor - 2005, 2012, 2019) - notice hers are 7 yrs apart
SEC..... Dawn Staley (South Carolina - 2017)
PAC12..Tara VanDerveer (Stanford - 1990, 1992)

I don't miss the teaching of the flop, the foul as much as you can get away with, the histrionics on the sidelines (I've heard him compared to Mulkey by tv announcers), and the stabbing in the back of his friends who helped him get his current position.


But that's just me.

Gary loses his best player to an injury and loses a few games.

All of a sudden, the "retire Gary, hire Vic" crowd is back again.

Where were you guys back when we had only one loss?

I thought he's needed to retire for at least the past 4 years.

The guy is a Hall of Famer and we've been incredibly fortunate to have him. But it is time.

diamond4 said:

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Without the incredible good fortune in signing Carter, Gary would have been asked to retire. Baylor and t.u own the state of Texas in women's basketball recruiting.

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Funny but I have been around long enough that when we were in Big XII everyone was
*****ing because we never got any of the girls from out of state like back east or up north

We have always pulled from Arl Ok and La.....
We have pulled from Chicago Latvia MI Ga

and guess what we still have 5 texans on the rooster

An example of a Texan we had to pass on McCowan came out of Brenham problem was she academically didn't qualify here but did qualify at Ms State.........does that mean for the sake of the game we lower the academic standards of our school.

By the way last time tu was ncaa wbb champions was 1986 last time in final four 2003 so what's your point