Kim, as a young female coach, handled herself in press conferences and handled adversity much better this past season than the two male coaches that ran the men's basketball and football programs. She didn't:
* act like a jerk when a semi-tough question was asked in a press conference.
* she didn't throw her players under the bus at press conferences; in fact, she handled some tough situations early on quite well.
* she didn't blame Huntington or blame the fans or lecture every one on how to be a good fan during the midst of a 7-game losing streak.
* she handled a quality player leaving the program in a mature way and didn't constantly use it as an excuse all season long.
* she made corrections to flaws with game plans, coaching techniques and other items by correcting it in practice. she even mentioned during one press conference that she, herself, had let some things slide and would never do that again. she knew how to point the finger on herself which one particular head coach never did.
The reason Kim left for a prestigious women's basketball program is because: (a) she won immediately here, (2) her demeanor is that of a winner that big-time athletic programs look at when hiring a coach and (3) she has a winning pedigree from the time she was a player to the time she was named a first-year head coach. It is obvious by reading the posts of the loyal followers of one of our former head coaches that a certain individual within the athletic department was jealous of the success of a new, fresh face that came in year one and showed Marshall fans that you don't have to buy that crappy sandwich which tastes like "it is fine to settle for mediocrity". I have said it before and I will say it again: that head coach was given just as much from Marshall than he gave to Marshall. He got the opportunity of a lifetime that no one else was going to give him.
I don't care Tim Hensley whether I have hurt Dan's feelings. This is a business. And Dan was compensated quite well in this business, despite a 53% winning percentage against D1 opponents.. He is able to retire to a comfortable lifestyle........more comfortable than 99% of Marshall alumni.