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Post by oldmanred on Jan 13, 2020 20:24:38 GMT -5
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Post by beavis on Jan 13, 2020 23:56:33 GMT -5
What is the Hawks Championship Center, and why are all of those matches closed to the public?
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Post by Winbabywin on Jan 14, 2020 10:10:22 GMT -5
I can't think of anything more irrelevant in the world of volleyball, than the Nebraska beach team/schedule
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Post by Semp12 on Jan 14, 2020 10:29:56 GMT -5
What is the Hawks Championship Center, and why are all of those matches closed to the public? With the popularity of the indoor team drawing thousands for their home matches, my assumption is that their indoor beach complex cannot handle the potential crowd that could be interested in attending. |
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Post by vbct3 on Jan 14, 2020 12:48:00 GMT -5
What is the Hawks Championship Center, and why are all of those matches closed to the public? With the popularity of the indoor team drawing thousands for their home matches, my assumption is that their indoor beach complex cannot handle the potential crowd that could be interested in attending. No idea on the Hawks Championship Center, but their existing known beach facility only has one court. |
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Post by geddyleeridesagain on Jan 14, 2020 12:49:50 GMT -5
What is the Hawks Championship Center, and why are all of those matches closed to the public? It’s a Nebraska practice facility, pretty much a big shed with one court (or did they expand it to two? I can’t remember). There’s zero room for spectators - there’s barely enough room for refs/coaches. |
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Post by macbeach on Jan 14, 2020 16:52:39 GMT -5
I can't think of anything more irrelevant in the world of volleyball, than the Nebraska beach team/schedule some probably feel the same about the Hawaii beach team/schedule but it has a thread with 27 pages. |
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Post by vballfreak808 on Jan 14, 2020 16:56:38 GMT -5
I understand beach volleyball is not a sport funded with scholarships at Nebraska, but I wish they could at least have some beach only walk-ons each year. You can't tell me on the entire UNL campus that there are no former volleyball athletes who could have played at least low level college volleyball but chose Nebraska for the school to play on that team. The coaches are the indoor staff but other schools have some that do both or even use volunteer coaches and such to help out.
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Post by pineapplemoose on Jan 14, 2020 17:23:54 GMT -5
I understand beach volleyball is not a sport funded with scholarships at Nebraska, but I wish they could at least have some beach only walk-ons each year. You can't tell me on the entire UNL campus that there are no former volleyball athletes who could have played at least low level college volleyball but chose Nebraska for the school to play on that team. The coaches are the indoor staff but other schools have some that do both or even use volunteer coaches and such to help out. For some schools, beach volleyball is used as an additional way to train the indoor players - it was evident in the early seasons of beach (2012, 2013) that teams had to start splitting up rosters in order to be an elite beach team. not every school is truly invested in having a full new staff for beach and a full roster. The schools who wanted elite beach teams got new coaches and new players real fast. Besides. great recruiting pitch to kids when you at least get to train in different scenery in spring (albeit, an indoor sand facility, it's at least still sand!) |
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Post by geddyleeridesagain on Jan 14, 2020 18:20:49 GMT -5
I understand beach volleyball is not a sport funded with scholarships at Nebraska, but I wish they could at least have some beach only walk-ons each year. You can't tell me on the entire UNL campus that there are no former volleyball athletes who could have played at least low level college volleyball but chose Nebraska for the school to play on that team. The coaches are the indoor staff but other schools have some that do both or even use volunteer coaches and such to help out. Except Cook doesn’t want any beach-only players. He just wants additional practice time for his indoor team. And to get some beach time in Hawaii for a week. That’s not going to change as long as he’s running the show. |
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Post by gobruins on Jan 15, 2020 7:21:29 GMT -5
I understand beach volleyball is not a sport funded with scholarships at Nebraska, but I wish they could at least have some beach only walk-ons each year. You can't tell me on the entire UNL campus that there are no former volleyball athletes who could have played at least low level college volleyball but chose Nebraska for the school to play on that team. The coaches are the indoor staff but other schools have some that do both or even use volunteer coaches and such to help out. Except Cook doesn’t want any beach-only players. He just wants additional practice time for his indoor team. And to get some beach time in Hawaii for a week. That’s not going to change as long as he’s running the show. What do you think will happen when Hildebrand takes over? |
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Post by burbank55 on Jan 15, 2020 9:20:36 GMT -5
I understand beach volleyball is not a sport funded with scholarships at Nebraska, but I wish they could at least have some beach only walk-ons each year. You can't tell me on the entire UNL campus that there are no former volleyball athletes who could have played at least low level college volleyball but chose Nebraska for the school to play on that team. The coaches are the indoor staff but other schools have some that do both or even use volunteer coaches and such to help out. Except Cook doesn’t want any beach-only players. He just wants additional practice time for his indoor team. And to get some beach time in Hawaii for a week. That’s not going to change as long as he’s running the show. Don’t forget the trip to Orange County which presumably includes Disneyland and maybe a short trip south to the Sun residence. |
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Post by staticb on Jan 15, 2020 14:06:40 GMT -5
Beach Volleyball (which would open up enough scholarships to add Men's Volleyball) could both potentially be revenue generating sports for Nebraska. It's just a matter of them wanting to risk the initial investment.
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Post by n00b on Jan 15, 2020 18:55:33 GMT -5
Beach Volleyball (which would open up enough scholarships to add Men's Volleyball) could both potentially be revenue generating sports for Nebraska. It's just a matter of them wanting to risk the initial investment. If Nebraska created a REAL beach volleyball program, it wouldn't make it possible to run their fake beach program which allows them to have 20-hour practice weeks year round and send the indoor players to Hawaii and Southern California for 11 days each spring. The only point is for indoor recruiting and practice time. |
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Post by beavis on Jan 16, 2020 0:23:15 GMT -5
Why is everyone so incredibly critical of a Big ten team slowly trying out beach volleyball? I guess I am holding out hope for the day when most Big ten teams have indoor sand facilities (and teams), just like so many of the other programs around the country.
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