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Post by I Luv Danny R on Apr 16, 2009 22:26:09 GMT -5
Since he is coaching I heard that, Logan and Heather are coming back for sure, ! ! Also heard Scoutt-Aruda is coming back to ! !
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Post by jgrout on Apr 17, 2009 1:38:53 GMT -5
Congratulations to Karch. If he does give up the Pac-10 MOTW analyst gig, I hope Don Shaw will be named as his replacement.
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Post by gobruins on Apr 17, 2009 5:59:44 GMT -5
I think one other story here is that Karch taking this job should guarantee that the Women's team is moving to Anaheim. Doubt Karch would take the job without assurance that he would be staying in So. Cal.
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Post by psh on Apr 17, 2009 12:19:15 GMT -5
bigfan, I must be reading your comment in a way you didn't intend. This sounds like a slander against Karch's character...
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Post by Nanook on Apr 17, 2009 12:30:51 GMT -5
Does this mean that Karch drank the GM2 Koolaid? Karch attended a GM2 coaches clinic I went to a couple of years ago if that means anything and by the way, I don't think there is anything wrong with the GM2 Koolaid. |
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Post by smash09 on Apr 17, 2009 13:28:11 GMT -5
It's hard to say anything bad about Karch. He is an amazingly good, successful volleyball player, a great competitor, is smart as hell, has impeccable character and is perhaps the greatest ambassador for the game there is. He's legendary and he deserves it. I'm sure he will have the respect of the players, and that will go a long way. The only problem I see is that USA Volleyball now has two coaches who have never coached the women's game. It's easy to say that experience is transferable, and I don't doubt they will each learn along the way, but there will be a lot of bumps in the road, and neither one of them can look to the other for advice in that regard. Have you watched the women's game lately??? It is getting much closer to the guys game, I mean look at Penn St. back to back champions who play the game very similar to a men's college team with a very quick offense with a huge block and hitters who terminate. Same w/ the USA women's team who has some very athletic players who play a similar style as the men's game. So I don't think Hugh or Karch will have to much trouble adjusting to the women's game and I wish the much success and look forward to watching! |
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Post by volleyguy on Apr 17, 2009 13:35:10 GMT -5
The real question is not whether they've watched Penn State, it is whether they've watched the Cubans, the chinese, the russians, the serbians, etc.
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Post by smash09 on Apr 17, 2009 13:45:52 GMT -5
The real question is not whether they've watched Penn State, it is whether they've watched the Cubans, the chinese, the russians, the serbians, etc. I agree but who all play similar to a men's team! |
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Post by volleyguy on Apr 17, 2009 13:55:42 GMT -5
it's an over-simplification to believe that the playing style of the women's game is merely evolving to be more like the men's game, and therefore, a coach who has coached men or played the men's game can coach a woman's team. I'm not suggesting that either one or both can't make the transition; I'm saying that the fact that neither one of them has experience with the women's game is a liability.
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Post by psh on Apr 17, 2009 14:35:09 GMT -5
I think the biggest difference is in the inter-personal communication. There are big differences between how guy's receive feedback from coaches and how women do. I think there are also some differences in the relationship men and women expect to have with their coach.
So, I think you're right volleyguy. It's nice to have experience in that area
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Post by diffractionspikes on Apr 17, 2009 15:54:51 GMT -5
it's an over-simplification to believe that the playing style of the women's game is merely evolving to be more like the men's game, and therefore, a coach who has coached men or played the men's game can coach a woman's team. I'm not suggesting that either one or both can't make the transition; I'm saying that the fact that neither one of them has experience with the women's game is a liability. But how much of a liability is it? How hard is it to make the transition? Would you rather have coaches with Hugh & Karch's pedigree but lack of experience working with women, or coaches without their pedigree but with more experience coaching women? It depends on who exactly the other options are, I suppose, but I think that you can make the argument that their backgrounds suggest they stand a pretty good chance of being successful. |
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Post by Durian on Apr 17, 2009 20:40:41 GMT -5
Does this mean that Karch drank the GM2 Koolaid? ha! |
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Post by Carlton Lassiter on Apr 17, 2009 20:53:44 GMT -5
Let's be real. While there are differences in men's and women's volleyball, they're not THAT different that two guys like McCutcheon and Karch can't figure it out. It's not string theory.
Karch may not turn out to be a great coach, but this is a pretty safe gamble by Hugh. It may be a way for Karch to gain entry to the women's game, maybe in anticipation of Andy retiring in 10-20 years. :-)
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Post by Phaedrus on Apr 17, 2009 21:54:50 GMT -5
Let's be real. While there are differences in men's and women's volleyball, they're not THAT different that two guys like McCutcheon and Karch can't figure it out. It's not string theory. Karch may not turn out to be a great coach, but this is a pretty safe gamble by Hugh. It may be a way for Karch to gain entry to the women's game, maybe in anticipation of Andy retiring in 10-20 years. :-) Volleyball wise no, not that much different. learning wise, behaviour-wise, maturity-wise, huge differences. Is he waiting for Andy to retire of for Al to retire? |
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Post by Murina on Apr 18, 2009 0:57:49 GMT -5
Huge differences? We're not talking about high school kids here. We're talking about adult, professional athletes.
This staff is going to work well with the players.
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