Needed that bigger contract to afford their ice cream. I always went to Halo, where for some reason, good ice cream is about 1/3 the price. And you have Thomas Sweet, too. Lots of good ice cream in that small town.
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The standard for âgood ice creamâ in the Princeton area was set in the 1960s by Buxtonâs, which grew into a chain, but had its original locations in Lawrenceville, Rocky Hill and Nassau Street.
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Buxtonâs was my first venture onto Nassau Street.
I donât believe point 3 will age well.
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I agree Local Tiger. I think CC89 needs a prescription upgrade on his rose-colored glasses. They are becoming too light blue.
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They won the league, the tournament and have 4 All Ivy players coming back. Shouldnât they be the favorites?
Not many people survived the Big Bux first time around.
I can still remember a trip to Buxtons for my first banana split when my best friend and next door neighbor moved away when I was six years old.
She looks like a good option.
The Voy Forums board mentioned G.P. Gromacki at Amherst as a similar highly successful D3 candidate.
Also Addie Micir, successful HC @ Lehigh, Princeton '11
Indeed, point 3 seems particularly incredible when it asserts that Princeton, which returns 4 starters (all of whom earned all-conference honors), could finish behind Brown, which just graduated 4 starters, including first-team all-Ivy guard Grace Arnolie and interior force Alyssa Moreland.
Sorry to stray off topic but as an ice cream lover and a relative newcomer to the area (2006), I was intrigued by the Big Bux reference - hereâs a NYT article from 1977 about it:
I have reason to understand that the players are rooting for LB (who recruited them all) to get the job. Inasmuch as a goal is to minimize defections and decommits, I would think this would carry some weight.
Berube had extraordinary credentials in 2019. Donât know whether theyâll find a better external choice than going with LB this time around.
I agree with you.
I have no idea whether Berube has any aspirations to be in the mix for the UConn position or a higher Power 4 program. But when I think about her accomplishments, thereâs no doubt she can recruit high-quality players and develop them to win at a championship level.
Her clearest competition for the UConn job is Shea Ralph. Ralph may actually have the stronger case. Winning in the SEC is harder than winning in the Ivy League, and taking a team to the Sweet 16 is something no Ivy program has accomplished.
The incremental challenge for Berube is that Princeton has limited portal activity â and while I do think she could entice kids out of the portal, she simply hasnât had to yet. Ralph has. Berube also hasnât had to play the NIL game at any level, let alone at a top Power 4 program. Ralph has. So if Iâm UConn, Ralph comes with fewer unknowns â and when youâre talking about a top-5 program, arguably the #1 program in the country, why take the coach who has most of the boxes checked over the one who has demonstrably checked all of them?
Through that lens, Northwestern actually makes a lot of sense for Berube. Itâs not just about proving you can win - itâs about proving you have every skill a top-level P4 coach needs. Recruiting on the strength of the best financial aid package in your league is one thing. Outrecruiting UCLA, USC, Ohio State, or going toe-to-toe in an SEC or UConn recruiting war is another. The downside: youâre paid more, but youâre also expected to land elite recruits in a much tougher environment.
As with any career, sometimes a lateral move is exactly whatâs needed, a chance to prove youâre ready for a bigger job down the road.
While no Ivy has ever reached the Sweet 16, I firmly believe that Berubeâs first team, led by Bella, would have done so were it not for Covid. They were just that good defensively.
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Has there been credible reporting on the fate of Carlaâs staff at Princeton - Lauren Gosselin, Lauren Dillon, Jordan Edwards and Lilly Paro? On Northwesternâs website, it currently shows Carla as new head coach, but all the rest of the staff seem to be holdovers from Joe McKeownâs staff. I seem to recall Carla brought the two Laurens with her from Tufts in 2019, but I have seen no mention of whether they are going with her, or staying at Princeton, until at least a new head coach is named.
Nothing yet.
Too soon. My guess is that LB stays if and only if she gets the head coaching job. All subsequent decisions by others flow from there.
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Presumably the new coach, even if already on staff, would want to shape her own staff (though more likely to keep existing folks if the new HC is being promoted). And of course a current staff member might want to leave anyway, especially if they tried for but did not get HC.
I expect this process plays out fairly quickly, to maintain recruiting, etc.
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Just like currently at Dartmouth with McLaughlin out, current staffers in place to retain players, hold individual workouts and such and maintain recruiting momentum until head coaching position is finalized. I hope that at least one if not both of the Dartmouth Hopos alums on staff are highly considered for the next staff.