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Post by notpriddy (COIF) on May 29, 2020 4:08:09 GMT -5
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Post by notpriddy (COIF) on Jun 1, 2020 5:26:59 GMT -5
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Post by notpriddy (COIF) on Jun 5, 2020 5:12:58 GMT -5
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Post by Longhorn20 on Jun 5, 2020 9:32:05 GMT -5
Looks like O'Brien is attending University of Texas this fall. Maybe she'll be a tranfer grad student? Does Jerritt know this? Lol As someone in grad school currently, it would be nice to have at least one year paid for. I wonder if she would reconsider if he offered a schollie for the year.
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Post by wishinwestcoastvb on Jun 5, 2020 9:44:35 GMT -5
Looks like O'Brien is attending University of Texas this fall. Maybe she'll be a tranfer grad student? Does Jerritt know this? Lol As someone in grad school currently, it would be nice to have at least one year paid for. I wonder if she would reconsider if he offered a schollie for the year. If he were aware, I would definitely try to make it happen if I were him. I feel like O’Brien would help them a lot. She’s a solid libero that has some good experience
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Post by tallguy86 on Jun 5, 2020 9:59:07 GMT -5
Does Jerritt know this? Lol As someone in grad school currently, it would be nice to have at least one year paid for. I wonder if she would reconsider if he offered a schollie for the year. If he were aware, I would definitely try to make it happen if I were him. I feel like O’Brien would help them a lot. She’s a solid libero that has some good experience I heard she’s already on the team.
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Post by wishinwestcoastvb on Jun 5, 2020 10:34:04 GMT -5
If he were aware, I would definitely try to make it happen if I were him. I feel like O’Brien would help them a lot. She’s a solid libero that has some good experience I heard she’s already on the team. Dang... I’ve started like like Texas a lil more over the past year or so... she makes me like them even more.
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Post by Longhorn20 on Jun 5, 2020 11:00:04 GMT -5
I heard she’s already on the team. Dang... I’ve started like like Texas a lil more over the past year or so... she makes me like them even more. Dang. Game changer for sure.
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Post by alt on Jun 5, 2020 14:07:10 GMT -5
Dang... I’ve started like like Texas a lil more over the past year or so... she makes me like them even more. Dang. Game changer for sure. I think if O'Brien plays at UT it would be a bummer for Tamas. From what the atricle said she was going to focus on her career in the healthcare field. I work in the healthcare field, correct me if I'm wrong, but there isnt any way to be in a masters program and be a student athlete. When your in a masters leveled healthcare program you have clinicals every week and the studying would be too rigorious to be able to focus on both.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2020 15:06:26 GMT -5
Dang. Game changer for sure. I think if O'Brien plays at UT it would be a bummer for Tamas. From what the atricle said she was going to focus on her career in the healthcare field. I work in the healthcare field, correct me if I'm wrong, but there isnt any way to be in a masters program and be a student athlete. When your in a masters leveled healthcare program you have clinicals every week and the studying would be too rigorious to be able to focus on both. Then you think of Amy Boswell from BYU a few years ago!
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Post by alt on Jun 6, 2020 17:25:32 GMT -5
I think O'Brien will be joining Texas. That was a slap to the face to Tamas. :/
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Post by hammer on Jun 6, 2020 17:51:13 GMT -5
I think O'Brien will be joining Texas. That was a slap to the face to Tamas. :/
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Post by exit237a on Jun 7, 2020 0:46:05 GMT -5
I think O'Brien will be joining Texas. That was a slap to the face to Tamas. :/ If Mo does end up playing there this year, I guess I would interpret it differently. She had the opportunity to graduate early- in order to amass that many credit hours in three years, it suggests an early graduation may have been the plan for a while. Come to think of it, juggling that course load with year-round volleyball commitments is a massive undertaking- kudos to her on that impressive achievement. Plus, sticking around at UIUC to play another season would also have meant starting a graduate program, effectively signing on for another two plus year commitment. Getting to extend your playing career at the school you wanted to go to for graduate work, for a team which made it within a set of the Elite Eight last year seems more like a huge win-win to me than it does a commentary on UIUC. I hope this VT rumor is true and she ends up getting to play. Keep those eyes peeled on the Texas 2020 thread...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2020 7:00:10 GMT -5
Players and Elliott have Very recently followed her on Instagram, so I’m guessing the rumor is true.
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Post by notpriddy (COIF) on Jun 7, 2020 9:15:52 GMT -5
Another factor in O'Brien leaving the Illini may have been the departure of Asst. Coach Alfee Reft. Reft departed the Illini at the end of last season to become the Associate Head Coach at the University of San Diego. Reft was in charge of floor defense and passing at Illinois. My impression from the stands was that Reft and O'Brien had developed a close player-coach relationship throughout the two years they worked together at Illinois. Reft always struck me as the kind of coach that was constantly encouraging the players and had a very positive effect on their play and attitudes. I may be getting my usual exercise by jumping to conclusions, but O'Brien struck me as the kind of player who needed a lot of support and encouragement from her coaches. She definitely got that from Coach Reft. Morgan's loss for her final season for the Illini is a big one.
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