The initial weeks for a new head coach are frantic and fraught with critical decisions.
Ginny Boggess had to find a place to live and hire a coaching staff. And learn about her new roster.
Four true freshmen had signed with Tricia Cullop months earlier, throwing their lives into a jumble of uncertainty. In this current age of mass transfers, other programs were already reaching out to the Rockets’ incoming players.
Boggess watched film and talked to each player, with a message of reassurance and a request to give her a chance.
The conversation resonated with Destiny Robinson, who remained at Toledo and has emerged as one of the top true freshmen in the Mid-American Conference.