Good evening West Texans and all you good, fine, friendly folks out there who wish you were . . .
BROCK BACK TO BAYLOR
Texas Tech Lady Raider Head Coach Kristy Curry will be looking to fill two big roles as Associate Head Coach Bill Brock returns to Baylor where he helped the Lady Bruins win a National Championship in 2005. Along with Bill his wife Janice will depart, taking an integral cog of the women’s basketball office and camps along with her.
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I can’t say enough good things about what Coach Brock did trying to revive Lady Raider Basketball. From being a tireless recruiter to working on skills and player motivation, Bill is a good as it gets. On a personal note, he and his family have been great friends of my own and while I’m glad he’s going back where his entire family can be together, I’ll miss him, his wife, Whitney and Brock!
For those that don’t know, Bill Brock’s son-in law is on the men’s staff at Baylor, so that will put him back with family. I also think rumors of great discord and a huge rift between himself and Kim Mulkey were way overblown. That was evident last fall when the Lady Raiders and Baylor Bears shared a trip to St. Thomas. It was obvious by fan reaction and the way the Baylor and Tech staff got along that there was no significant rift.
I’m sure there were some hard feelings amongst some Baylor fans when Brock left, just as there will be some Tech fans that won’t understand how he could go back.
It is those people that don’t realize that college sports, while a grand stage for passion and pride, is still a business. It is how coaches make a living, not how they live. Fans have one team, maybe two, for a life-time. Coaches have to make decisions based on what is best for their family and their careers. If right now, at this moment, what is best for Bill Brock is to be in Waco with his entire family and coach the Lady Bears, then God Bless him and good luck. Every Tech fan should be thankful that while he was here he did everything he could to make Lady Raider Basketball better than when he got here. I can think of no better compliment to give a coach than that.
Of course I realize some “fans” will never get that. That’s ok. They’re the same fans that are never really happy in the first place unless their team wins every game, wins every conference championship and never looks bad at all. Oh, and they’re the same fans that think every opponent travels and goes over the back on every possession. . . ya, we know who you are.
Good Luck Coach Brock and thanks for all the hard work,
Ryan Hyatt
