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Soccer Citowicki leaving for Wazzu?

Griz til I die said:
Wonder if he can talk Bayliss Flynn into coming back. Along with Kayla Rendon-Bushmaker now that Eli Gillman is staying. Those two would be a good foundation to build around!
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Does anyone know if Rendon-Bushmaker has eligibility left? I assumed no based on when the injury happened… soccer is so weird with injury redshirts. Similar thing happened a few years ago with Walters tearing an ACL in Mid Sept prior to conference and didn’t get an extra year.
 
KRB got injured during an exhibition match I am pretty sure she got injured during an exhibition match vs. Calgary. She absolutely has eligibility, but I don’t think she wanted to use it, but I am sure any of the coaches hired would ask her to make sure.

Flynn is leaving because she graduates and has career/school plans that the UM can’t offer her. My kid talked to Flynn late November/Early December and she mentioned a few prestigious schools who had reached out to her after her portal announcement. I would be shocked if she stayed with the excitement she had for leaving.
 
GrizGirl said:
KRB got injured during an exhibition match I am pretty sure she got injured during an exhibition match vs. Calgary. She absolutely has eligibility, but I don’t think she wanted to use it, but I am sure any of the coaches hired would ask her to make sure.

Flynn is leaving because she graduates and has career/school plans that the UM can’t offer her. My kid talked to Flynn late November/Early December and she mentioned a few prestigious schools who had reached out to her after her portal announcement. I would be shocked if she stayed with the excitement she had for leaving.
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Ahh that’s right - thanks for jogging my memory on KRB. Too many acl injuries last season…
 
NW Griz said:
Have been following the board and the Women's soccer program with the change taking place this season and wanted to chime in. I read somewhere that someone thought this message board could influence the hiring decision, if that is the case we have MUCH LARGER PROBLEMS!

Program has been very successful under coach Chris but he has consistently been looking for an exit ramp and step up due to many factors. Some being program support (or lack thereof), and an opportunity in a conference that has a better standing in the Women's soccer world. WSU provides both, but maybe not as far above our conference considering the new Pac12 is really just the MW revised now.

Our options are going to be limited due to the financials, the conference, and the administrative support. Of the 3 finalists, I am sure the all have positives and negatives but the hiring needs to be announced this week so that recruiting and building the program can begin with all of the player exits. I am sure they all can coach, but I think beyond that we need a strong recruiter and someone who can put together a good staff including keeping coach James.

As far as what I can see some positives and negatives for each option;
Willamette HC - Good: experience as a HC at various levels, Alumni, knows Montana Negative: Poor record for teams as HC at all levels, Current in DIII program
UM-SL HC - Good: DII & DIII HC experience, DI Assistant experience, Record in latest DIII program, knows Montana Negative: Only 1 season in current role and already looking to jump, limited D1 experience, DII record poor, Current in DIII program
BSU AHC - long AHC experience in successful DI program, primary recruiter for BSU, loyal to program, knows Montana, Current DI program Negative: No College HC experience in any Division

With Chris leaving and transferring many players with him. Would any of these incoming coaches be trying to bring their players with them and if so, what level players are they?
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idk how how it’s a negative a guy wants to be the Head Coach at Montana instead of a DII school. He’s been there done that. Look at it as “he’s hungry” “wants to grow” “wants to prove himself at the d1 level” then it’s a positive! And isn’t he currently at a d2 school not d3?
 
If it is Cavallo. USC Upstate took a D2 coach as their new head coach and he's brought over a large a part of his Shepard team (NCAA sweet 16) During the 2025 Shepard season they lost 4-1 to Radford (Team in USC Upstate conference) and lost 1-0 to Mount St Mary's (RPI Ranked 312). So I don't think the UMSL players will help that much. Also girls from St. Louis I don't think are moving to Montana.
 
It’s not uncommon for Juco, D3 or D2 athletes to make the jump to D1 after a season or 2.

Griz football is taking a D2 guy this coming season.

Seen D2/D3/College club move on to play professional because they tend to have a lot of grit and are looking for a different college experience.

Plus with our facilities we aren’t going to land a team full of five stars. Get the feeling the front office at UM are fine with teams losing in the first round of the ncaa. School needs to fire all the staff that are fine with the status quo and hire folks that have a fire for success
 
Winning a first round game as a mid-major is getting closer to being impossible. We're going against teams in the first round that more scholarship money and NIL cash. The Big Sky was the 26th out of 31 in the conference ranking. 4 star recruits aren't signing for that level of conference unless they have ties to the area.

Also big difference between a male d2 player and a female one.
 
We seem to be in absolutely no hurry. It's honestly kind of a bad look at this point. Might as well just wave the white flag on next season.
 
Griz til I die said:
We seem to be in absolutely no hurry. It's honestly kind of a bad look at this point. Might as well just wave the white flag on next season.
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This isn't your first UM-hiring rodeo. You know it takes forever for the new hire to contact current employer and inform currents players, do a background check, and hassle over contact details. Happens every time for every hire.
 
maroonandsilver said:
This isn't your first UM-hiring rodeo. You know it takes forever for the new hire to contact current employer and inform currents players, do a background check, and hassle over contact details. Happens every time for every hire.
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Oh I know. Remember how long it took for Stef Ewing to get hired? Same thing with Doug Fraley too.
 
maroonandsilver said:
This isn't your first UM-hiring rodeo. You know it takes forever for the new hire to contact current employer and inform currents players, do a background check, and hassle over contact details. Happens every time for every hire.
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That’s understandable but in this situation there’s 6 months to get a team together.

Any real insight on who was offered.
 
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