"yeah real game changer alright she doesn’t even know what she’s doing as a coach. We played our home game at a middle school bc she doesn’t know what she’s doing. "
"Does not care about mental health or the student experience. Goes out of her way to not talk to people but if you suck up to her, you will be her favorite!! She’s a sad human. "
"Playing at DU for one year is the worst experience I’ve ever had. Ronda didn’t even coach us on jv. She made fun of players and was rude. Our practices were a joke but yes she cares about the overall student experience. Complete lies. "
"Ronda is a hot head that speaks before she thinks. Everyone at DU knows this. Leading a team in the right direction in a month is hilarious. Did she bring in next years recruits too? This entire team is completely different, with new BETTER people. That’s why it works. They make it work because they are a TEAM. Ronda had absolutely nothing to do with it. Baffling the need of credit in a woman that can hardly coach a 10U team. Keep sitting away from everyone, no one wants to be around you. "
"When a grown adult only cares about the credit and doesn’t do any of the work so glad I transferred from DU. Athletic Admin is really messed up. What they allow some coaches and teams to do here you wouldn’t believe. They like you better if you are a horrible person so glad I left."
"As a former player we ate in the dugout all the time. You guys are wild with your lies. Damn, didn’t get a bagel must be mental abuse haha this is college softball. "
"As a parent it was fun to watch this team in the fall before the mess and it was super fun to watch this team in Florida. That somehow got ruined because of playing time. This team is still very fun to watch but trust me it’s not because of Ronda. Ronda is a miserable human being and taking credit for nothing she helped build is disgraceful on many levels. Shame on you for being “friends” with toxic, selfish, non team players. I wouldn’t be surprised if they were all allowed to come back to the team next year. A very unethical institution on many levels."
"I played for DU for 3 years. I know your assistant coach has called you the C word multiple times. I find that hilarious. I also watched you put my coaches through hell and demean them every chance you got. We didn’t have the talent to be successful at this level and all you did was blame, point fingers and distract from the fact that you allowed Amber to not recruit anyone. Don’t get me wrong I’m sure glad Amber left she did nothing but mentally abuse us, which you did not care about at all. It was brought to your attention multiple times. You started jv and straight up ruined the program. Take some accountability and stop pointing fingers. "
"As a parent of several college athletes, I have nothing but good things to say about Ronda. She has stepped up to coach to fulfill the need and allow our daughters to finish this season. For years at DU, the softball program was very successful, yet with the last set of coaches it was declining. I believe that the previous coaches tried to bring in talented players, but there were several issues with the other players that resulted in toxic tension on the team. Most of those players left, and the remaining players are finally coming together as a team and are actually very good. From the sounds of it, many are still unhappy and what I can't figure out is why would anyone allow their daughter to continue to be abused or mistreated if that was really happening. If my daughter was experiencing what you are claiming she would be gone immediately. There is no amount of scholarship that would keep my daughter in that situation. My daughter does not get much playing time but knows that there are other girls that are ahead of her. She is glad to wait for her time as many college players do. So if things aren't working out for your daughter, why doesn't she enter the portal? Why are you letting her be mentally abused? If I can answer that for you, I would say it's because you are not who you say you are. It is evident by your posts and comments that you are disgruntled and angry, and lashing out at a coach who has nothing to do with your problems. Ronda started the softball program at Davenport, and she has a lot of stake in the game to see it succeed. We fully support her as the coach and hope she knows that this platform does not represent what people really think of her. "
"Ronda supports coaches who drink with athletes and are in relationships with athletes. This is evident when I played at DU. She allowed one of my teammates to be in a relationship with her basketball coach. She’s full of double standards and has displayed this behavior for years. Everyone knows it and talks about it but nothing ever happens. "
"Ronda is terrible for everyone’s mental health. You want to push the narrative to just leave but it’s not Ronda’s fault BUT when other players leave you blame other coaches. You don’t get to pick and choose narratives. Spend a day around Ronda, she’s a mean bully that thrives on belittling people. This school has major problems with many employees who are very very unethical and unprofessional. "
"Not one claim against Ronda that I read is false. She is a terrible human and is toxic. Playing at Davenport for 5 years I’ve witnessed a lot of abuse that is happening in the athletic department. The previous coaching staff was abused by this woman and her friends. It was personally sad to see as they were very nice people. Being at Davenport for 5 years I knew they wouldn’t last here because they had too much integrity and didn’t fit in. Shocking Ronda groomed JV players to start an uproar about playing time. Shocking she can’t leave them alone and stop using all of their mantras. Why is she even speaking about them to staff and players. Ronda has done enough damage. "
"I’ve personally heard Ronda call coaches from her nieces team “retards” and a lot of other people overheard this too. Such great athletic leadership at Davenport University. Great diversity, equity and inclusion. "
"Ronda wouldn’t do one thing for the program when I was there. It was a running joke and it made a lot of players really upset. I went to a game recently and they have heaters in their dugouts. Crazy how corrupt and withholding they were when we played. Wouldn’t help our coaches at all. Put everything on 2 people that literally were hand dragging the field at one point. The only smear campaign has been done to these coaches. I didn’t always agree with all of their decisions but could see they always tried to do the right thing. Davenport University isn’t built this way. They only care about baseball and football here and they get away with a lot of illegal things. Shame on you for treating us this way. "
"Ronda did build a culture of weak minded, soft players that were selfish and only cared about their personal playing time. This behavior from an athletic administration is completely backwards. We wanted our daughter to come to DU for the culture of teamwork, the pirate flag mentality, the belt, being a badass confident woman. Claiming that Ronda built that culture isn’t truthful and is truthfully a toxic claim. We do not want our daughter to come to a school that is full of people like Ronda. It’s sad to see because on the outside it looks like a great school and on the inside it’s truly dysfunctional because of leaders like Ronda. "
"DU alumni here, Ronda has and always will be a terrible human being. Ask around. She’s done a lot of horrible things. She didn’t care our team had one of top GPA’s in the country so you can stop acting. She’s disgraceful. "
"I was a witness to watching a very talented kid get screamed at by Ronda. To the point she broke down and was crying. She’s not a good coach. This disapproves everything that is being said by probably Ronda herself. "
"Ronda is not dedicated to doing anything we literally had to go to a middle school to play because she can’t and doesn’t know how to take care of our field. That’s a fact. "
"Loves jv players and hates honest, hardworking players. Sad to watch what she has done and even sadder to see she wants all the credit. Not surprised though. Dis who she be. "
"I’m so unsure who this mature, caring, saint of a person is I’m reading about but she destroyed my daughter’s mental health many times. She’s not a nice or good coach. "
"My daughter is thriving playing for Ronda. Shes an amazing human being. I will never bash other players on the team and I think all of the girls have been through enough. This is college softball, playing time is earned. If your child isn’t playing she can work harder. "
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