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Post by VolleyballMag on Dec 9, 2019 14:39:00 GMT -5
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Post by Wolfgang on Dec 9, 2019 15:22:57 GMT -5
Did he talk about the Ohio State vacancy? Is he up for that job? Or are new openings primarily for the young folks?
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Dec 9, 2019 15:27:22 GMT -5
Haha. Mick still has trouble pronouncing Dave Shoji’s last name.
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Post by Wolfgang on Dec 9, 2019 15:28:43 GMT -5
Typical Midwestern white boy...
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Post by gophervbfan on Dec 9, 2019 15:36:49 GMT -5
Did he talk about the Ohio State vacancy? Is he up for that job? Or are new openings primarily for the young folks? Just talked about the Sweet 16 matches coming up. Good discussion. |
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Post by horns1 on Dec 9, 2019 15:56:20 GMT -5
Haley calling out Hugh about "tightening up" in the tournament. Mick had several stretches in his post-season history where his sphincter closed tightly.
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Post by bluepenquin on Dec 9, 2019 16:55:31 GMT -5
Haley calling out Hugh about "tightening up" in the tournament. Mick had several stretches in his post-season history where his sphincter closed tightly. These were just weird comments. "Minnesota has not been a good tournament team" and "Minnesota has had problems on the road this year". Say what? 2015: #2 Minnesota loses in the semifinals to #3 Texas 2016: #2 Minnesota loses in the semifinals to #6 and eventual champs Stanford 2017: #7 Minnesota loses in the 3rd round to #10 USC 2018: #2 Minnesota loses in the 3rd round to #15 Oregon Okay - all four years they did underperform their seed - but this also include a couple final fours and none of these are bad losses or necessarily make me think 'not a good tournament team' - especially given the very small sample size. And this year: Minnesota lost 2 road games - Texas and Wisconsin while winning on the road against Penn State, Purdue, Illinois and Michigan. They did have home losses to Nebraska and Wisconsin along with a neutral site loss to Florida State over 3 months ago. This isn't what I would call the profile of a team that 'has had problems on the road this year'. |
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Post by horns1 on Dec 9, 2019 17:04:54 GMT -5
It's even funnier when you think of Mick's USC squad losing as the #1 seed to #8 Kansas in San Diego being up late in the fifth set. His #5 seeded team losing a 2-0 lead at home to #5 Washington one year. Forget the lead they had at Florida in his last season, but tightness occurred again late in the fifth set, I believe.
At Texas, his #1 seeded teams lost 2-0 leads at home regional finals to UT-Arlington, LSU and Florida back in the early 90's. And, lost a 2-0 lead at Florida one season.
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Post by hammer on Dec 9, 2019 17:21:59 GMT -5
It's even funnier when you think of Mick's USC squad losing as the #1 seed to #8 Kansas in San Diego being up late in the fifth set. His #5 seeded team losing a 2-0 lead at home to #5 Washington one year. Forget the lead they had at Florida in his last season, but tightness occurred again late in the fifth set, I believe. At Texas, his #1 seeded teams lost 2-0 leads at home regional finals to UT-Arlington, LSU and Florida back in the early 90's. And, lost a 2-0 lead at Florida one season. Truth be told, I think all coaches have sphincter tightening moments in big matches. Mick has probably had hundreds of them since he coached for so many years. |
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Post by tomclen on Dec 9, 2019 17:23:54 GMT -5
Mick is still the bomb. (As the kids say.)
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Post by horns1 on Dec 9, 2019 18:54:14 GMT -5
Mick is still the bomb. (As the kids say.) . . . |
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Post by tomclen on Dec 9, 2019 19:15:38 GMT -5
Mick is still the bomb. (As the kids say.) . . . I stand corrected. |
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Post by volleyguy on Dec 9, 2019 19:32:49 GMT -5
Don't worry, tomclen. Kids don't really say that much anymore. |
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Post by tomclen on Dec 9, 2019 19:35:45 GMT -5
Don't worry, tomclen. Kids don't really say that much anymore. I was just going to say "Mick is still the bee's knees." But I figured I'd try to be hip. |
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Post by TuesdayGone on Dec 9, 2019 20:02:33 GMT -5
Mick brought the fire.
Calls out coaches from Minnesota, Texas and Nebraska
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