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Post by ineedajob on Apr 9, 2024 20:59:55 GMT -5
Jackie Scott joins the staff after years at Villanova Sorry but not impressed with this hire. She's never coached nor played in the power 5/USA pipeline. She doesn't seem to have recruited any big time recruits. Trivia: Twin sister of Maggie Scott, former standout setter at Oregon and coach at Ole Miss. Who would've made a much better hire I can't tell if you're joking. Whether or not someone has played or coached in the p5/USA pipeline isn't the worst way to judge the quality of a coach, but it's pretty close. 30-under-30 probably has that beat.
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Post by ballvolley on Apr 29, 2024 12:56:11 GMT -5
Looks like Nollan picked up his first NU recruit in 6’5 MB/Opp Bennett Trubey for ‘24. Interesting she wasn’t previously committed as she appears to have a lot of potential and puts up a big wall on the right. Much needed size and position depth given just one true middle on the roster. I imagine he’ll go hard with this next portal cycle. Will also be interesting to see if any top GCU talent (like will Tatum Parrott) will follow their old coach… http://instagram.com/p/C6MkVvnOQo8
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Post by hipsterfilth on Apr 29, 2024 13:59:21 GMT -5
Will also be interesting to see if any top GCU talent (like will Tatum Parrott) will follow their old coach… I was surprised to see that Northwestern actually does have a decent history of reserving slots for transfers with a ~ 15% acceptance rate and a total transfer class of around 292 last year - much, much higher % and number of slots than most of the other top 20's. Avg GPA is 3.9 though, and I'm not sure Grand Canyon would be a popular place to pull from. May be a hard sell.
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Post by strikestwice on Apr 29, 2024 14:02:24 GMT -5
Looks like Nollan picked up his first NU recruit in 6’5 MB/Opp Bennett Trubey for ‘24. Interesting she wasn’t previously committed as she appears to have a lot of potential and puts up a big wall on the right. Much needed size and position depth given just one true middle on the roster. I imagine he’ll go hard with this next portal cycle. Will also be interesting to see if any top GCU talent (like will Tatum Parrott) will follow their old coach… http://instagram.com/p/C6MkVvnOQo8 Will be near her brother who is on the MVB team at Loyola.
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Post by ballvolley on Apr 29, 2024 15:10:16 GMT -5
Will also be interesting to see if any top GCU talent (like will Tatum Parrott) will follow their old coach… I was surprised to see that Northwestern actually does have a decent history of reserving slots for transfers with a ~ 15% acceptance rate and a total transfer class of around 292 last year - much, much higher % and number of slots than most of the other top 20's. Avg GPA is 3.9 though, and I'm not sure Grand Canyon would be a popular place to pull from. May be a hard sell. I think athletics gets more leeway, and so long as the student athlete excelled academically at the prior institution transfers are fairly easy. But, i do believe they have to go through a different process vs state institutions, meaning I don’t think Northwestern allows mid-year transfers, hence the first portal session is quiet for incoming.
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Post by jammaster on May 1, 2024 11:49:39 GMT -5
Manaia was included in a list of PrepVolleyball's top west coast players...but her picture was in her Oaks Christian HS jersey. Not sure if she is de-committed or playing coy or I am just reading too much into it, but that doesn't read like she is full go. NU is still in her IG and Twitter bios, so… Hmm...thanks for the correction...
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Post by vbruh on May 1, 2024 11:55:20 GMT -5
NU is still in her IG and Twitter bios, so… Hmm...thanks for the correction... She's heading to Nebraska.
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Post by ballvolley on May 1, 2024 12:25:44 GMT -5
Hmm...thanks for the correction... She's heading to Nebraska. Huge blow for Nollan. She’s a player (like TTA) who can help accelerate a transformation. The NLI rich get richer and sounds like she prefers a national championship to an elite education. Shane Davis really did nothing but damage a program with tremendous potential. From his lazy non-coaching, inconsistent recruiting, and then the controversy of last year with allegedly mistreating players. Nollan has his work cut out for him for sure.
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Post by Montour Meteor on May 1, 2024 13:09:40 GMT -5
She never re-opened her recruiting as far as anyone knew. It’s amazing g how Nebraska was able to change her mind.
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Post by jammaster on May 1, 2024 13:29:57 GMT -5
She never re-opened her recruiting as far as anyone knew. It’s amazing g how Nebraska was able to change her mind. I would wager northwestern changed her mind...
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Post by ballvolley on May 1, 2024 14:09:45 GMT -5
She never re-opened her recruiting as far as anyone knew. It’s amazing g how Nebraska was able to change her mind. I would wager northwestern changed her mind... Yep. As previously mentioned, I think the coaching change + the damage Davis did to the program were likely enough to make her (and potentially others) change their minds and start fresh. I have confidence Nollan can do good things but probably won’t be until his ‘26 and ‘27 classes are up and running, unless he’s canny with the transfer portals now and in the future. Will be curious if any current players enter the portal. Stinson did in the winter, so either she wanted out or just graduated a year early.
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Post by practicesafesets on May 1, 2024 14:52:01 GMT -5
Hmm...thanks for the correction... She's heading to Nebraska. oh shoot! I thought you were joking, she’s putting academic prestige to the side lol
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Post by ballvolley on May 1, 2024 19:59:22 GMT -5
She's heading to Nebraska. oh shoot! I thought you were joking, she’s putting academic prestige to the side lol Yep. Seems like Reese Dunkle likely decommitted. All NUVB references are swiped and she no longer follows them. That’s 2 key MBs gone, but the Mania loss is painful. Bella Bullington appears to still be committed. Nollan has a ridiculous amount of work ahead of him. Thanks, Shane!
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Post by practicesafesets on May 1, 2024 21:39:58 GMT -5
oh shoot! I thought you were joking, she’s putting academic prestige to the side lol Yep. Seems like Reese Dunkle likely decommitted. All NUVB references are swiped and she no longer follows them. That’s 2 key MBs gone, but the Mania loss is painful. Bella Bullington appears to still be committed. Nollan has a ridiculous amount of work ahead of him. Thanks, Shane! This is an opportune time to get talented transfers from the portal since there is influx of covid years there. If Nollan screws this up then this could set the tone for his whole NW coaching career. Manaia was a huge loss, Dunkle was eh... That recent 6-5 middle commit looks like she has more potential. Cleo Hardin flipping back to Yale lol. I don't really care if Bella leaves, Nollan needs proven transfers bolstering him. Pratt is recovering from injury I think, looked good as a Junior.
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Post by ballvolley on May 1, 2024 22:58:17 GMT -5
Yep. Seems like Reese Dunkle likely decommitted. All NUVB references are swiped and she no longer follows them. That’s 2 key MBs gone, but the Mania loss is painful. Bella Bullington appears to still be committed. Nollan has a ridiculous amount of work ahead of him. Thanks, Shane! This is an opportune time to get talented transfers from the portal since there is influx of covid years there. If Nollan screws this up then this could set the tone for his whole NW coaching career. Manaia was a huge loss, Dunkle was eh... That recent 6-5 middle commit looks like she has more potential. Cleo Hardin flipping back to Yale lol. I don't really care if Bella leaves, Nollan needs proven transfers bolstering him. Pratt is recovering from injury I think, looked good as a Junior. lol did Hardin really flip back? Not a huge loss. She’s long but not a heavy hitter. Pratt was for sure impressive, but I believe tore her ACL over a year ago, not sure her readiness. Is Bella overrated? Thought she was the best attacker on SPVB 18-1. Agree the new 6’5 commit has way more potential than Dunkle (could be a beast Opp, similar to Cassie Busse back in the day). Just sucks he has no 2025 talent to draw from, so the transfer gods need to be good. The guy knows how to recruit to thinking he’s surely got tricks up his sleeves.
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