BU women's coach Kate Popovec suspended for remainder of non-conference season- https://bradleybraves.com/news/2023...ley-university-womens-basketball-program.aspx
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MacabreMob
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What was the offense?
patrick_o'brian
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I would imagine losing 26 of your 1st 30 games as head coach would make a person a bit unhappy perhaps unstable
Buesch N Chips
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I could be way off base, but this doesn't sound like an NCAA rules infraction or a player treatment issue to me. I could speculate on specifics, but my first guess is BU didn't condone something going on with her personally.
Yes, that was my first impression. This does not seem to be how NCAA/rules infraction issues are handled.
The only reason given was "This decision has been made in accordance with the university's commitment to upholding the values and standards expected of its staff."
But I would hope we can avoid speculating until more facts are known.
bradleyfan124
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Question is will she comeback at all..
The Bradley women pull out a win this afternoon, beating Central Michigan 65-62- https://bradleybraves.com/sidearmstats/wbball/media
The Braves never trailed, but the game was close much of the way, including CMU cutting the BU lead to 1 point (63-62) with 39 seconds left. But the Braves held on with good defense and a couple free throws making the final score 65-62
Bradley assistant coach Armelia Horton gets the coaching win in the absence of Coach Popovec.
Their next game is Thursday at home against Loyola. Coach Horton was an assistant coach at Loyola prior to coming to Bradley in 2022. She was on the staff there for 6 years (2016-22).
The Braves never trailed, but the game was close much of the way, including CMU cutting the BU lead to 1 point (63-62) with 39 seconds left. But the Braves held on with good defense and a couple free throws making the final score 65-62
Bradley assistant coach Armelia Horton gets the coaching win in the absence of Coach Popovec.
Their next game is Thursday at home against Loyola. Coach Horton was an assistant coach at Loyola prior to coming to Bradley in 2022. She was on the staff there for 6 years (2016-22).
bradleyfan124
Well-known member
Question: Coach Popovec is suspended for the non-conference games. Is she allowed to interact with the players? run practices? recruit?
patrick_o'brian
Member
How is that unfair? It’s the facts. I never said it was her fault. We will never know why she was suspended, but I’m sure she’s not happy with her team’s performance so who knows what transpired? We won’t. I’m speculating a reaction to losing that many games would cause uncharacteristic behavior. Like I said though, we will never know.
The release by the Athletic Department simply said: Bradley University women's basketball coach, Kate Popovec-Goss, is being suspended from her duties as head coach through the remainder of the non-conference season, starting with this Sunday's matchup against Central Michigan.
From that, I assume she cannot participate in coaching, either at games or practices, recruit, or any other of her "duties."
Good comp. Eli got screwed in that deal.
Seems about right. Just switch the names.
basketball nut
Active member
I know we all want to know but can't we just except the universities policy and announcement on this one?
Depending what the reason, could be really embarrassing to Coach Pop and she might feel bad about it.
Depending what the reason, could be really embarrassing to Coach Pop and she might feel bad about it.
PhiAlphaBoy
Member
Obviously not. Social media is full of speculation on what she did (which I've been led to believe is EXTREMELY minor) and this just makes Bradley look bad, especially based on past precedent. I can't imagine that this bodes well for Coach Pop and the women's team when it comes to future recruiting.
Yes and Yes.
BUBraves2006
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I'm not interested in speculating in any respect, but just to show an anecdote here - I got a text from someone who really doesn't pay attention to Bradley at all but enjoys college basketball and were asking me if I had more information on what was going on. So, it's definitely caught the eye of people even outside of our close knit circle here. Hopefully it is being sorted out internally for all the people involved directly and indirectly in the program.