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Post by redbeard2008 on Jan 1, 2018 22:20:44 GMT -5
So, any thoughts on possible transfers to UW for 2018? By my count, UW has one scholarship available. The current D1 Transfers thread has 37 transfers listed, while there were 234 listed for 2017, so "transfer season" is just getting started. Could Sam Drechsel (6'4" OPP) be looking at coming home, with Aird jumping ship? UW also has a need for a walkon or transfer L/DS.
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Post by tomclen on Jan 9, 2018 10:46:28 GMT -5
The USC coaching threads all have posters indicating that KCook was one of the final 3 candidates who interviewed for the job ti replace Mick Haley. One poster even says Cook turned down an offer because of money. (You can't blame him for having an interest, he's from Pleasanton.)
Now, every once in a while Volleytalk posters are wrong, but if it's being discussed on a message board it's almost certain that current players and potential recruits know about it.
Neither Cook nor UW has said anything about, nor should they...but what impact, if any, does this have on the UW program going forward?
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Post by luckydawg on Jan 9, 2018 11:23:25 GMT -5
The USC coaching threads all have posters indicating that KCook was one of the final 3 candidates who interviewed for the job ti replace Mick Haley. One poster even says Cook turned down an offer because of money. (You can't blame him for having an interest, he's from Pleasanton.) Now, every once in a while Volleytalk posters are wrong, but if it's being discussed on a message board it's almost certain that current players and potential recruits know about it. Neither Cook nor UW has said anything about, nor should they...but what impact, if any, does this have on the UW program going forward? Very surprising. Doubtful he could find a home close enough to USC to ride his bike to work. Fan and AD support is much better at UW, so I don't quite see the appeal for him.
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Post by tomclen on Jan 9, 2018 13:13:51 GMT -5
The USC coaching threads all have posters indicating that KCook was one of the final 3 candidates who interviewed for the job ti replace Mick Haley. One poster even says Cook turned down an offer because of money. (You can't blame him for having an interest, he's from Pleasanton.) Now, every once in a while Volleytalk posters are wrong, but if it's being discussed on a message board it's almost certain that current players and potential recruits know about it. Neither Cook nor UW has said anything about, nor should they...but what impact, if any, does this have on the UW program going forward? Very surprising. Doubtful he could find a home close enough to USC to ride his bike to work. Fan and AD support is much better at UW, so I don't quite see the appeal for him. Well, he's from California, so there's that. Plus the weather. But I'm sure we'll never know much...or even get any real confirmation that he interviewed. Which says a fair amount about volleyball and it's lack of media coverage. Seattle media (and national media for that matter) was all over Mike Leach possibly going to Tennessee. But a volleyball coach? Meh.
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Post by redbeard2008 on Jan 9, 2018 16:03:47 GMT -5
The USC coaching threads all have posters indicating that KCook was one of the final 3 candidates who interviewed for the job ti replace Mick Haley. One poster even says Cook turned down an offer because of money. (You can't blame him for having an interest, he's from Pleasanton.) Now, every once in a while Volleytalk posters are wrong, but if it's being discussed on a message board it's almost certain that current players and potential recruits know about it. Neither Cook nor UW has said anything about, nor should they...but what impact, if any, does this have on the UW program going forward? Very surprising. Doubtful he could find a home close enough to USC to ride his bike to work. Fan and AD support is much better at UW, so I don't quite see the appeal for him. A coach who doesn't entertain job offers is likely underpaid. If he did interview, I don't doubt that 1) UW knew it (but not his players) and 2) he'll get a healthy extension and pay raise out of it.
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Post by jasonr on Jan 9, 2018 20:44:38 GMT -5
Very surprising. Doubtful he could find a home close enough to USC to ride his bike to work. Fan and AD support is much better at UW, so I don't quite see the appeal for him. A coach who doesn't entertain job offers is likely underpaid. If he did interview, I don't doubt that 1) UW knew it (but not his players) and 2) he'll get a healthy extension and pay raise out of it. Maybe UW's AD wasn't concerned with the potential of him leaving? Do you feel they believe he's valuable enough to be manipulated into a bidding war for his services based on an interview? This isn't football.
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Post by redbeard2008 on Jan 9, 2018 21:31:26 GMT -5
A coach who doesn't entertain job offers is likely underpaid. If he did interview, I don't doubt that 1) UW knew it (but not his players) and 2) he'll get a healthy extension and pay raise out of it. Maybe UW's AD wasn't concerned with the potential of him leaving? Do you feel they believe he's valuable enough to be manipulated into a bidding war for his services based on an interview? This isn't football. Coaches come and go. Will Cook get a healthy extension and raise? Yes. At most, USC coming knocking, if that's what happened, will only speed up what was going to happen anyway. UW is willing to pay a premium above market to keep him, but not a ransom; USC apparently wasn't able even to make a market offer. Now if they'd dumped a pile of money on the table... In this case, the public university has deeper pockets than the private university.
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Post by mikegarrison on Jan 9, 2018 22:24:57 GMT -5
Maybe UW's AD wasn't concerned with the potential of him leaving? Do you feel they believe he's valuable enough to be manipulated into a bidding war for his services based on an interview? This isn't football. Coaches come and go. Will Cook get a healthy extension and raise? Yes. At most, USC coming knocking, if that's what happened, will only speed up what was going to happen anyway. UW is willing to pay a premium above market to keep him, but not a ransom; USC apparently wasn't able even to make a market offer. Now if they'd dumped a pile of money on the table... In this case, the public university has deeper pockets than the private university. Are you just making this stuff up, or do you actually know how much money Cook makes, how much money USC offered him (assuming they actually did), and how much money the UW is planning to offer him in his next salary negotiation?
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Post by redbeard2008 on Jan 9, 2018 23:11:26 GMT -5
Coaches come and go. Will Cook get a healthy extension and raise? Yes. At most, USC coming knocking, if that's what happened, will only speed up what was going to happen anyway. UW is willing to pay a premium above market to keep him, but not a ransom; USC apparently wasn't able even to make a market offer. Now if they'd dumped a pile of money on the table... In this case, the public university has deeper pockets than the private university. Are you just making this stuff up, or do you actually know how much money Cook makes, how much money USC offered him (assuming they actually did), and how much money the UW is planning to offer him in his next salary negotiation? I did qualify my speculation with "if that's what happened" - that said, the truth is fair game. I was reading between the lines of the "Who is the next head coach at USC?" thread. Someone there said, intimating that "I know, you don't" air, that USC offered both Fisher and K. Cook, but was turned down by both (in which order, I don't have the faintest), because USC low-balled them. No one has said he's full of you know what, as far as I know, which is highly unusual around here. Crouch was definitely "Door #3", so it's as good of an explanation I can think of. I do think, if K. Cook was one of the candidates, that he was just testing the waters and in no real danger of being purloined. Just in case, however, UW needs to lock him up.
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Post by Fight On! on Jan 9, 2018 23:26:02 GMT -5
Are you just making this stuff up, or do you actually know how much money Cook makes, how much money USC offered him (assuming they actually did), and how much money the UW is planning to offer him in his next salary negotiation? I did qualify my speculation with "if that's what happened" - that said, the truth is fair game. I was reading between the lines of the "Who is the next head coach at USC?" thread. Someone there said, intimating that "I know, you don't" air, that USC offered both Fisher and K. Cook, but was turned down by both (in which order, I don't have the faintest), because USC low-balled them. No one has said he's full of you know what, as far as I know, which is highly unusual around here. Crouch was definitely "Door #3", so it's as good of an explanation I can think of. I do think, if K. Cook was one of the candidates, that he was just testing the waters and in no real danger of being purloined. Just in case, however, UW needs to lock him up. I heard he also interviewed elsewhere too. Anyone else also hear that?
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Post by Wolfgang on Jan 9, 2018 23:28:16 GMT -5
I did qualify my speculation with "if that's what happened" - that said, the truth is fair game. I was reading between the lines of the "Who is the next head coach at USC?" thread. Someone there said, intimating that "I know, you don't" air, that USC offered both Fisher and K. Cook, but was turned down by both (in which order, I don't have the faintest), because USC low-balled them. No one has said he's full of you know what, as far as I know, which is highly unusual around here. Crouch was definitely "Door #3", so it's as good of an explanation I can think of. I do think, if K. Cook was one of the candidates, that he was just testing the waters and in no real danger of being purloined. Just in case, however, UW needs to lock him up. I heard he also interviewed elsewhere too. Anyone else also hear that? Yes. Texas A&M, I believe. Heard it from someone. If I know something firsthand, I'll say so.
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Post by redbeard2008 on Jan 10, 2018 1:02:25 GMT -5
With two Pac-12 championships in his first three years as a head coach, and recruiting gangbusters, I don't doubt that he's high on the list of any school that thinks they might have a chance to get him. They'll have to really step up to the plate if they want to pry him away from UW, however. If UW doesn't want him to talk with other schools, they need to step up to the plate and tie him up with a healthy extension and a significant pay raise.
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Post by tomclen on Jan 10, 2018 1:14:20 GMT -5
Johnny, I have to say Redbeard pulled this one out right there at the end.
That's right, Marty, he had been on a streak of some really ugly throws. Just really missing the target.
Right you are, Johnny. But whatever coach said on the sideline really helped.
But, Marty, that last throw.
52 yards, Johnny. Threaded the needle.
Marty, that throw saved this one.
True that, Johnny.
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Post by vobally on Jan 23, 2018 0:19:03 GMT -5
Samantha Drechsel is coming home!!! "real excited to come home and further my volleyball & academic career at the University of Washington!!💜💛#godawgs" (from her Instagram)
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Post by Mocha on Jan 23, 2018 0:56:27 GMT -5
I guess that's her way of giving Steve Aird the middle finger.
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