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Post by ilikecorn on Dec 14, 2018 15:15:54 GMT -5
I wish they would play a 3rd place match like they used to. The players are probably still there and I would think it would not be a significant cost to run an extra game, although I am probably wrong. Would love to see this team play one last time.
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Post by ilalum92 on Dec 14, 2018 21:58:26 GMT -5
Is it too early to start the Mica Allison/ Bruna speculation? LOL!
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Post by ilalum92 on Dec 14, 2018 22:09:42 GMT -5
Congrats to ELLIE HOLZMAN - Max Preps 1st team AA -- 2,700 kills in her high school career.. WOW!
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Post by ilikecorn on Dec 15, 2018 10:55:39 GMT -5
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Post by ilikecorn on Dec 15, 2018 10:59:57 GMT -5
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Post by andrewwmic on Dec 15, 2018 18:23:36 GMT -5
Who is the woman wearing the plaid skirt? Karsta Lowe
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Post by brucks on Dec 15, 2018 19:10:54 GMT -5
I wish they would play a 3rd place match like they used to. The players are probably still there and I would think it would not be a significant cost to run an extra game, although I am probably wrong. Would love to see this team play one last time. Is that Ron Zook sitting behind Fleming in that second picture?
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Post by bastianellifan on Dec 15, 2018 20:16:50 GMT -5
Damn I was just going to post this! Doesn't your team have a game tonight or something? Thanks Ali for a wonderful 4 years. You, Jordan and the whole team will be my heroes forever for sticking with the UofI thru thick and thin. I guess I will have to get a new screen name eventually. But I plan to keep this one for a long time to come.
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Post by ilalum92 on Dec 15, 2018 22:20:46 GMT -5
Damn I was just going to post this! Doesn't your team have a game tonight or something? Thanks Ali for a wonderful 4 years. You, Jordan and the whole team will be my heroes forever for sticking with the UofI thru thick and thin. I guess I will have to get a new screen name eventually. But I plan to keep this one for a long time to come. No need to change your screen name ever!!! Ali is one of the best ever to wear the ILLINI jersey. We are going to miss her big time.
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Post by tallguy86 on Dec 15, 2018 22:56:07 GMT -5
I am so salty that Illinois is not in this match.
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Post by brucks on Dec 16, 2018 22:15:58 GMT -5
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Post by ilalum92 on Dec 17, 2018 1:36:15 GMT -5
Our shirthole football coaches make bank and one of the schools most successful teams coaches get pennies compared. Such a joke.
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Post by notpriddy (COIF) on Dec 17, 2018 7:11:26 GMT -5
My concern now with the volleyball program is whether Illinois can manage to keep Coach Tamas as our coach for the long term. To my mind, any AD worth his salt who gives a damn about women's volleyball would want to see if he or she can pry Tamas away from Illinois. I was at the Final Four celebration yesterday afternoon in Huff Gym. All indications are that Chris Tamas is a great fit for Illinois despite his and his wife's connections to California and to Nebraska volleyball. Nebraska definitely has the financial means to pay Coach Tamas an astronomical salary once Coach Cook decides to retire. I have felt since Tamas' arrival in Champaign-Urtbana, that he feels a certain kinship with Illinois volleyball. In his two years here, Chris seems to have formed a close, personal connection with our excellent, young, AD Josh Whitman. Josh and Chris are similar in age, both with very young families, meaning they share the same kind of experiences at home balancing that with a lot of time away from home dealing with athletes and athletics. Coach Chris seems to have bonded quickly with the Illinois student group the Spike Squad. From my perspective, Chris seems to have a personality that truly connects with the personality type of those types of students drawn to joining the Spike Squad. And similarly, I think the Spike Squad members may identify more with Coach Tamas' personality than with other personality-type coaches. I know personally that Illini fans are crazy about having Chris Tamas as our coach. The Illini volleyball support group, the Networkers, are especially over-the-moon with our new coach. The Illini nation is always hungry for a winner, and Chris Tamas is a winner! My final hope is that Coach Tamas will want to build his own legacy as a collegiate coach, an Illinois Volleyball Legacy, rather than step into the shadow of say Hall of Fame Coach John Cook. Tamas took over an Illinois volleyball program that was consistently in the upper half of the B1G. Once Coach has a few years to recruit his own players, I believe Tamas will consistently be fighting for the top spot in the B1G and nationally. This is just the beginning!
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Post by brucks on Dec 17, 2018 11:54:04 GMT -5
I hope that Whitman doesn't carry through on his plan to move volleyball to an arena downtown. I think that would hurt our connection with the student group who can now simply walk across the street to Huff from their dorms. Second, I am afraid that parking downtown will be an issue. Much of the volleyball fanbase is getting up there in years and would be discouraged by having to walk a great distance to the arena and, frankly, wouldn't take kindly to paying to park. There has been enough grumbling from them when the grass lot next to Huff was closed. When women's basketball moved out of Huff to the Assembly Hall, the atmosphere really suffered (and still does). Part of that has to do with the poor play, of late, but part of it also has to do with the drop off in attendance from the dorm students. Plus, when you put a couple of thousand fans in the Assembly Hall it feels as though the place is empty.
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Post by tallguy86 on Dec 17, 2018 12:25:45 GMT -5
You should be right to be afraid of Tamas leaving. He will absolutely be courted when PSU or Nebraska open up. Obviously Nebraska more than PSU. As much as he’s connected now, his job to win volleyball matches and titles becomes much easier at Nebraska.
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