Jen Hucke

[blastingsand]

bearclause said:

blastingsand said:

Its honest, but what kind of respect is that to the sport? Saying you don't care about it and only used it for a free ride, while there are many others out there that would've loved to play but never had the chance that she did.
I can't hold it against her though, there are many others that do this.

Where's the leap into "I didn't care about volleyball"? I read it more as, "It was fun while it lasted, but I don't see myself making a career out of this." Most will be realistic that their future and financial security aren't going to come from competetive volleyball.

There are many great players who didn't pursue more than a limited professional volleyball career. Some become high school or club coaches, which keeps them in volleyball without putting their bodies on the line.

"Volleyball has served its purpose. It’s paid for college and my education"

Well maybe she did care about it, for a free ride.
Again, I am not holding this against her, as the state of volleyball is what it is, like she said here:


“There’s not much of a future in volleyball,”

[BearClause]

blastingsand said:

bearclause said:

Where's the leap into "I didn't care about volleyball"? I read it more as, "It was fun while it lasted, but I don't see myself making a career out of this." Most will be realistic that their future and financial security aren't going to come from competetive volleyball.

There are many great players who didn't pursue more than a limited professional volleyball career. Some become high school or club coaches, which keeps them in volleyball without putting their bodies on the line.

"Volleyball has served its purpose. It’s paid for college and my education"

Well maybe she did care about it, for a free ride.
Again, I am not holding this against her, as the state of volleyball is what it is, like she said here:


“There’s not much of a future in volleyball,”

And that's true. There probably wasn't much of a future in professional volleyball for her. Professional volleyball in Europe, Japan (very limited for foreigners), or elsewhere pays peanuts except for maybe a few select players. You might be able to live off of those salaries (if paid in advance - with many teams in poor financial condition) in those countries. However - it's not going to last very long when brought back into the US.

[Nutter]

I didn't think that when I posted that quote that it would generate this kind of reaction. Just wanted to show that she had no post-NCAA VB plans. Funny how differently people seem to interpret what we read.

[AntennaMagnet]

"Some become high school or club coaches"......I suppose, but aren't the best coaches the ones who never played volleyball or just played recreationally ?

[BearClause]

Am I the only person who's seen the NCAA's commercials about, "almost all of are going pro in something other than sports"?

[beachman]

stanfordfan said:

beachman said:

there's life after VB, good thing that she has that great Stanford Degree.....probably making $250K to start NOT!

You really want to get into a discussion of starting salaries for Stanford grads versus Long Beach grads?

I have some very close acquaintances who are Stanford grads....some are doing VERY WELL, and some a MAKING A LIVING! You still gotta be able to pack your own mud

[BearClause]

antennamagnet said:

"Some become high school or club coaches"......I suppose, but aren't the best coaches the ones who never played volleyball or just played recreationally ?

Well - just looking at a small sample of the Pac-10 (off the top of my head), Rich Feller wasn't a college VB player and the same goes for John Dunning. However - their assistants were college VB players. Matt McShane was an AA at UCSB and Chris Bigelow played at E Washington (I think). Denise Corlett played at UCLA. Mick Haley played at Ball State. Andy Banachowski played for Al Scates at UCLA. I think a lot of the assistant coaches were former players - at least at a high college club level.

I have watched my fair share of HS volleyball. There are a lot of former college players who coach - mostly on a volunteer basis.

[standingroomonly1]

bearclause said:

Am I the only person who's seen the NCAA's commercials about, "almost all of are going pro in something other than sports"?

I saw them from time to time this past season while watching football games..

[jgrout]

bearclause said:

Well - just looking at a small sample of the Pac-10 (off the top of my head), Rich Feller wasn't a college VB player and the same goes for John Dunning.

Though I doubt college varsity skill level strongly correlates with coaching success, I bet just about every head coach was an athlete in high school. Coach Dunning played basketball and had the athletic skills to learn and then to teach physical volleyball skills as an adult.