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Post by ineedajob on Apr 26, 2021 16:13:19 GMT -5
Since one poster made it sound like this team was in a regional final and now is no longer playing, my best guesses would be Kellen Petrone or Shannon Wells. Just guesses though, I have no information Zero chance it is Wells. She is extremely qualified but Florida is a top 3 spot in all of volleyball. You win some, you lose some.
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Post by notwvb on Apr 26, 2021 16:16:52 GMT -5
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Post by sevb on Apr 26, 2021 16:20:19 GMT -5
Great hire... Good for them... And congrats to her!!
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Post by vbfan1963 on Apr 26, 2021 16:26:44 GMT -5
Congrats Coach Wells! Great hire UVA!
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Post by amyjvolleyball on Apr 26, 2021 17:21:37 GMT -5
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Post by bbg95 on Apr 26, 2021 17:23:45 GMT -5
Zero chance it is Wells. She is extremely qualified but Florida is a top 3 spot in all of volleyball. You win some, you lose some. Also, I don't know why it would be surprising for an assistant to take a job at a university/athletic department like Virginia. That should be an attractive job.
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Post by pittpittpitt on Apr 26, 2021 17:28:44 GMT -5
Can’t wait to see what she will accomplish with this program
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Post by c4ndlelight on Apr 26, 2021 17:53:17 GMT -5
I really thought at this point UVA would hire someone with prior head coaching experience. Nothing against Wells, but they've been hiring blue-blood program assistants for a while now, and it hasn't been working.
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Post by vbfan1963 on Apr 26, 2021 18:10:20 GMT -5
Smith wasn't a blue-blood program assistant before UVA, but a promotion from within while UVA was between athletic directors.
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Post by 6bucks on Apr 26, 2021 18:49:10 GMT -5
Congrats! Coming off the tough ending to this season I think Coach Wells is a big time get to move the program forward.
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Post by saywhatnow on Apr 26, 2021 18:51:43 GMT -5
You win some, you lose some. Also, I don't know why it would be surprising for an assistant to take a job at a university/athletic department like Virginia. That should be an attractive job. Great AD and great support from the entire staff from fundraising on down. Coupled with being a high academic school, it was definitely on my list of attractive jobs. Wells should be able to do some great things there.
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Post by c4ndlelight on Apr 26, 2021 18:52:38 GMT -5
Smith wasn't a blue-blood program assistant before UVA, but a promotion from within while UVA was between athletic directors. That was Phase II of the last blue-blood asst hire. Did they even run a search?
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Post by fetchin on Apr 26, 2021 18:53:00 GMT -5
You win some, you lose some. Also, I don't know why it would be surprising for an assistant to take a job at a university/athletic department like Virginia. That should be an attractive job. I feel like deja vu and yet nothing ever materializes..
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Post by bbg95 on Apr 26, 2021 18:54:15 GMT -5
I really thought at this point UVA would hire someone with prior head coaching experience. Nothing against Wells, but they've been hiring blue-blood program assistants for a while now, and it hasn't been working. Well, Virginia also has a new athletic director, so I'm not sure how much she's concerned about what did or didn't work with previous hires under her predecessor. And ultimately, it still comes down to how the candidates interviewed and were able to sell their vision for the program.
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Post by deepsouthfan on Apr 26, 2021 19:04:08 GMT -5
Congratulations to Shannon!
Not surprised at all with the hire. I think a couple clues were there to think this hire would come from the SEC... former SEC admin now AD at UVA. She’s seen the success of UF in WVB for years,
I think Shannon will do well and the support she’ll have will be close to the best in the conference.
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