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Post by setter1848 on Nov 2, 2017 9:40:19 GMT -5
Do Louisiana schools outside of LSU care about volleyball?
ULM - 4-25, 0-12 - coach in 5 year
Southeastern Louisiana - 2-24, 0-12, coach in 5 year
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Post by karellen on Nov 2, 2017 11:09:14 GMT -5
Do Louisiana schools outside of LSU care about volleyball? ULM - 4-25, 0-12 - coach in 5 year Southeastern Louisiana - 2-24, 0-12, coach in 5 year Most recent story on the ULM Volleyball page is from conference home opener Sept 29...so I guess the answer is "No' for them. |
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Post by vbnerd on Nov 2, 2017 11:46:43 GMT -5
Memphis? 0-11 in conference. Always thought they could be a good competitive program... Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi is not a hot bed of volleyball. Add in that they've been through four conferences in about 20 years and an older facility and I think it's tough to come up with an identity. Or at least an identity other than smoking and running at the same time. |
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Post by pepperbrooks on Nov 2, 2017 12:38:12 GMT -5
Memphis? 0-11 in conference. Always thought they could be a good competitive program... Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi is not a hot bed of volleyball. Add in that they've been through four conferences in about 20 years and an older facility and I think it's tough to come up with an identity. Or at least an identity other than smoking and running at the same time. Tennessee definitely getting better in club / high school volleyball. And it's not like you can't recruit people from the midwest to go there. Rob Patrick had no problem getting really good talent for many years. |
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Post by vbnerd on Nov 2, 2017 13:19:45 GMT -5
Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi is not a hot bed of volleyball. Add in that they've been through four conferences in about 20 years and an older facility and I think it's tough to come up with an identity. Or at least an identity other than smoking and running at the same time. Tennessee definitely getting better in club / high school volleyball. And it's not like you can't recruit people from the midwest to go there. Rob Patrick had no problem getting really good talent for many years. Memphis is not Tennessee's equal athletically, academically, or alcoholicly. |
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Post by c4ndlelight on Nov 2, 2017 13:25:41 GMT -5
Tennessee definitely getting better in club / high school volleyball. And it's not like you can't recruit people from the midwest to go there. Rob Patrick had no problem getting really good talent for many years. Memphis is not Tennessee's equal athletically, academically, or alcoholicly. Maybe not alcoholicly, but nicotinely? |
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Post by mervinswerved on Nov 2, 2017 13:38:45 GMT -5
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Post by nutty on Nov 2, 2017 14:14:21 GMT -5
Tennessee definitely getting better in club / high school volleyball. And it's not like you can't recruit people from the midwest to go there. Rob Patrick had no problem getting really good talent for many years. Memphis is not Tennessee's equal athletically, academically, or alcoholicly. If only recruits were fans of Elvis they'd be golden |
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Post by karellen on Nov 2, 2017 14:15:32 GMT -5
Memphis? 0-11 in conference. Always thought they could be a good competitive program... Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi is not a hot bed of volleyball. Add in that they've been through four conferences in about 20 years and an older facility and I think it's tough to come up with an identity. Or at least an identity other than smoking and running at the same time. Memphis gym may be old, but it very good for volleyball. Small, fans relatively close to the action... I always liked it when I was there. As far as other facilities are concerned (home locker room, weight room), I have no idea what kind of shape they may be in. I agree with previous poster about the talent in the not to distant area for coaching. Tennessee is not horrible, not going to get much south and east of campus, but Indiana, Illinois and Texas and places like St Louis and Kansas City are not huge distances. |
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Post by oldman on Nov 3, 2017 9:08:14 GMT -5
Unfortunately for Mark, I received a call today from AD of one of his recruits stating the recruit was told that YSU had let their coach go and was not honoring verbal commitments made by the coaching staff.
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Post by volleylite on Nov 3, 2017 9:09:43 GMT -5
Do Louisiana schools outside of LSU care about volleyball? ULM - 4-25, 0-12 - coach in 5 year Southeastern Louisiana - 2-24, 0-12, coach in 5 year Don't Leave out good ole LA Tech 7-18 overall, 2-9 in CUSA, Coach in 6th year and never had more than 4 conference wins in a season. Ouch! |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2017 9:20:53 GMT -5
Yes, unfortunately Mark at YSU was let go and not in a very professional way. The administration isn't honoring those verbals, so those kids that have certainly passed on other opportunities are in very undeserved situations. Hopefully, those student-athletes can find other programs still in need of 2018 players at their respective positions. And, hopefully, Mark can find another coaching position at a quality institution because he is a super person and a quality coach.
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Post by mervinswerved on Nov 3, 2017 9:25:34 GMT -5
That sucks. Mark is a great guy and I'm sorry it didn't work out for him. I'm trying to understand the reasoning behind firing a coach with only two weeks left in the season. It's not like they're going to get a head start on hiring a replacement.
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Post by n00b on Nov 3, 2017 9:32:22 GMT -5
That sucks. Mark is a great guy and I'm sorry it didn't work out for him. I'm trying to understand the reasoning behind firing a coach with only two weeks left in the season. It's not like they're going to get a head start on hiring a replacement. The previous post seems to imply it was to prevent NLIs from being signed for a coach that won't be there. If so, I think that's honorable truthfulness from the administration to the recruits. There has also been nothing posted online (and it's gameday today). It's possible they're letting him finish the season, just not letting the recruits sign NLIs. |
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Post by dexter on Nov 3, 2017 11:03:57 GMT -5
Tom is fine at Akron. Grand Canyon Staff is only in second year (I think), so he is fine also. Re: Akron - That's not what I heard back in September. A lot of stress going into his coaching because word is going around that he has to make something happen or he is gone. Neurotic, paranoia, and definitely playing everything safe and I think his record shows it. 24 wins in 3 seasons, and majority of those wins happening in early September for 2 of the 3 seasons. Last this year in conference, tied for last last year, yada yada. After those facts, karellen how is Tom fine? I am not saying that you are wrong, but there are rumors and facts to back up those rumors so him being on the hot seat not only makes sense, but is 100% a discussion circling in/out of that program. |
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