Kolek planning to go pro
Seattle or South Bend? Hmmmmmmmm.
I believe 10 out of 12 teams from the Pac 12 made the NCAA Tournament this year in women's volleyball. Compare that to 4 out of the ACC's 15 schools and it's a little easier to have big time success in the ACC. Combine the ability to sell a Notre Dame degree for free with his own personal coaching success and he'll have that program towards the top of the ACC in no time.
I think it's going to be really interesting to see how McLaughlin does at ND. I would have to think that within a couple of years he's going to be in on many of the top players in the Midwest. There is a lot of talent in Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio and Michigan. I also think he'll continue recruiting out West and will be able to do it better than a lot of Midwest schools because of his contacts and the Notre Dame name. Hiring Johnson from Xavier will give him some good inroads into the Midwest. If he can take 1-2 top players from the Midwest each year and still draw using the ND name, coupled with his coaching skill, I think ND will be a top 25 team within a pretty short time. The hire shows that they're committed to having a big-time volleyball program, and I think they'll be able to pull it off.
I believe 10 out of 12 teams from the Pac 12 made the NCAA Tournament this year in women's volleyball. Compare that to 4 out of the ACC's 15 schools and it's a little easier to have big time success in the ACC. Combine the ability to sell a Notre Dame degree for free with his own personal coaching success and he'll have that program towards the top of the ACC in no time.Have had the pleasure of learning from a number of incredible volleyball coaches with Gold Medal Squared coming in and giving our coaches a clinic for 4 years, including Carl and Chris McGowan, John Speraw, Marv Dunphy, and Mike Wall. Jim McLaughlin is someone they all talked very highly of and they showed quite a bit of DataVolley to us. His players are always so fundamentally sound it's crazy. Everything from footwork (hitters and setters) to defensive positioning to blocking reads, it's really amazing. They are one of the few, if not the only, women's college volleyball team who has a truly dynamic block move.
I'm looking at it as...where would I (and my family) want to live? As a coach, you're living in that spot year-round. Give me Seattle, thank you.
Where is Gabby going?
And Bailey, Barber and Kintzel gone too--wham...big drop off from Bond.
Looks like it's heading towards my fears coming true for the MU women's volleyball program.
I guess it was a nice ride while it lasted, but now it's back to reality. Tired of MU serving as a coaching feeder system for the "big boys."
MU lost their three highest revenue sport coaches in a period of uncertainty and transition. Some should have been set free. Bond could have been and should have been retained. Cords blew this one, got the other two right.
I don't know if MU could kept him. He's from Iowa.
Loyola has been rolling early on including a big 3-1 win against BYU and a sweep at Stanford. Say what you want about their conference but they can play with the big boys when it counts.
Might be to late to draw anyone's attention who might be interested, but one of my favorites in USC plays at one of my sleepers in UCI tonight (although UCI has jumped up in the rankings, but they were chosen to finish 5th in the MPSF in their preseason coaches poll). Here's a link to the stream of the match:http://www.ucirvinesports.com/media/mvbstream
Bump. When's the last time a West Coast team wasn't playing in the final? Has it ever happened?