Future of Bama Softball?

[edwd58]

Aly Habetz announced she is retiring. Another opportunity for Coach Murphy to improve the coaching staff/program.

 

[4Q Basket Case]

Statement from Habetz and the Athletic Department:

Associate Head Softball Coach Alyson Habetz Announces Retirement - University of Alabama Athletics (rolltide.com)

I don't understand the timing at all. She came on board September 21, 1998, announces today, and I'm guessing has vacation and/or other leave built up to bridge the next 3-4 weeks to 25 years of service. Point being, this is clearly planned.

So if it's planned, why did we not transition her into an off-field spot immediately after the season? We'd have an open coaching position during the typical time when coaches move, she cruises into her 25 years and associated pension, and we can look for a badly-needed hitting coach.

Seems like we fiddle-faddled around while the time window closed, hired somebody with less-than-stellar credentials really late in the cycle, and now have another opening.

Maybe there's some non-public stuff that could make sense of all this. But from the outside, it looks like a badly needed change in the softball coaching staff was badly bungled.

Late add: In a post-season press conference, Murphy as much as said that Byrne had told him to hire a hitting coach. I'm now wondering if Byrne said, "What you did isn't what I meant....try again." But then, I have a hard time believing that Byrne didn't approve the offer to the new guy before it was made.

Nothing about this makes any sense.

 

[BamaHoops]

Aly Habetz announced she is retiring. Another opportunity for Coach Murphy to improve the coaching staff/program.

Exactly. Hopefully Murph will go outside the program for an upgrade.