Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous

A more appropriate term than "developing" could be utilizing. I think the best coaches can:
• Identity talent / potential
• Recruit / Sell / Land (convince to attend school)
• Teach / Coach
• Effectively Utilize Talent
• Prepare / adjust
• keep team and individuals focused
• Inspire

IMHO, The best coaches are at the following Schools: in no particular order.

Maryland
Northwestern
Boston College
Navy
Princeton
North Carolina
Stony Brook
Penn
Colorado
Penn State

(Duke & USC) pretty good as well.


List is pretty good. Acacia Walker, however, should not be on that list. She checks the first box, very good (to the point of unethical) recruiter. Poor coach. Assistants do all the real coaching there. Ask the girls. And before all the "your daughter got snubbed there" comments start flying, that is not the case. She had an offer from BC. Turned it down. Saw first hand what she was all about with some other recruits and said no thank you.



My daughter happened to be on Boston College last year, a few things.
1. the assistant coaches do not do all of the work. They only had two coaches for the majority of the year last year
2. She is a tough coach yes, but she is genius and makes great game plans.
3. She develops talent, look at Kaileen Hart,Kate Weeks,Dempsey Arsenault,Sheila Rietano. They all grow have grown significantly throughout their times at BC.
4. She has taken over a team that was the worst in the ACC and has taken them to the top in 6 years.
5. How is she unethical?? She has a great product to sell.
While BC may not be for your daughter, you shouldn't speak for everyone else. Acacia has set her teams up to be top notch for the next few years and will continue to get top talent.


1. The assistant coaches have always set the game plans.
2. She is anything but a genius. That is just ridiculous.
3. The assistants develop the talent, she plays with her kids.
4. She recruits well, as stated above. She got 2 of the top 3 in the country (Rix and Stanwick) along with a BC legacy that fell in her lap with no scholarship (Mannelly). Those girls were why they went from worst to one of the better teams. That then allowed her to recruit better girls and it built from there.
5. She lies, leads kids on and then dumps them late in the process. Have seen it happen to several girls.
6. No one is speaking for everyone else. Boston College is a good school in a great city and the girls on the team are a nice bunch of kids.

Acacia Walker is not a great coach. I'm glad your daughter had a good experience there.