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Post by bobsacamano on Jan 31, 2022 19:25:40 GMT -5
I don’t know Matthews, but what makes this a great hire? Her record at Delaware - one winning season (15-13) in five years - isn’t particularly impressive. she progressively improved the program’s win %age over her time there except for Covid year. She had pretty decent recruiting success at TCU. Under Salina’s mentorship she’s in a good position to add value to the program. Delaware was 16-16 (8-8 conf) the year before she took over. Her first two years were awful (5-21, then 9-19) and not much better in 2019 at 15-14 (6-10 conf). This last fall was the first where her conference record equaled the last season under her predecessor (15-13 / 8-8). |
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Post by volleytalker16 on Jan 31, 2022 19:35:03 GMT -5
she progressively improved the program’s win %age over her time there except for Covid year. She had pretty decent recruiting success at TCU. Under Salina’s mentorship she’s in a good position to add value to the program. Delaware was 16-16 (8-8 conf) the year before she took over. Her first two years were awful (5-21, then 9-19) and not much better in 2019 at 15-14 (6-10 conf). This last fall was the first where her conference record equaled the last season under her predecessor (15-13 / 8-8). The last head coach consistently won championships. Say what you want about Bonny but you could win at Delaware. You can’t just blame the last head coach and tank like that especially if they consistently won championships prior. You’re not building and improving a program if you tank it to begin with. Same is said about Alabama. You tank programs and only get where you are because you know the right person. It eventually comes out and I think it showed a bit with her record at Delaware. |
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Post by gibbyb1 on Jan 31, 2022 19:46:01 GMT -5
Delaware was 16-16 (8-8 conf) the year before she took over. Her first two years were awful (5-21, then 9-19) and not much better in 2019 at 15-14 (6-10 conf). This last fall was the first where her conference record equaled the last season under her predecessor (15-13 / 8-8). The last head coach consistently won championships. Say what you want about Bonny but you could win at Delaware. You can’t just blame the last head coach and tank like that especially if they consistently won championships prior. You’re not building and improving a program if you tank it to begin with. Same is said about Alabama. You tank programs and only get where you are because you know the right person. It eventually comes out and I think it showed a bit with her record at Delaware. It’s important to understand she wasn’t hired as a head coach and that being a great assistant and a great head coach are two very different things. Her record as a head coach doesn’t speak to what kind of assistant she will be. It’s always Interesting when a head coach leaves to be an assistant. It usually means they think the top assistant job is a better career path, or that they enjoy being an assistant more. |
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Post by redcard🏐 on Jan 31, 2022 19:48:51 GMT -5
The last head coach consistently won championships. Say what you want about Bonny but you could win at Delaware. You can’t just blame the last head coach and tank like that especially if they consistently won championships prior. You’re not building and improving a program if you tank it to begin with. Same is said about Alabama. You tank programs and only get where you are because you know the right person. It eventually comes out and I think it showed a bit with her record at Delaware. It’s important to understand she wasn’t hired as a head coach and that being a great assistant and a great head coach are two very different things. Her record as a head coach doesn’t speak to what kind of assistant she will be. It’s always Interesting when a head coach leaves to be an assistant. It usually means they think the top assistant job is a better career path, or that they enjoy being an assistant more. Ironic that Mike Johnson left his head coach job at Xavier to be the asst. at ND. |
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Post by Sooners1822 on Jan 31, 2022 20:00:59 GMT -5
So much more to success than the Wins and losses. I know that is a clear indicator (and an important one!) but Sara is a great pick up for ND. Anyone who knows her knows she is solid, treats people right, and works hard for her athletes. Good pick up even if it doesn’t fit the resume test some would like.
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Post by gibbyb1 on Jan 31, 2022 20:10:07 GMT -5
It’s important to understand she wasn’t hired as a head coach and that being a great assistant and a great head coach are two very different things. Her record as a head coach doesn’t speak to what kind of assistant she will be. It’s always Interesting when a head coach leaves to be an assistant. It usually means they think the top assistant job is a better career path, or that they enjoy being an assistant more. Ironic that Mike Johnson left his head coach job at Xavier to be the asst. at ND. Good call |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2022 20:15:02 GMT -5
I think it’s great that Notre Dame now has a coach with head coaching experience. I wonder if the administration made such suggestion.
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Post by gibbyb1 on Jan 31, 2022 20:21:47 GMT -5
I think it’s great that Notre Dame now has a coach with head coaching experience. I wonder if the administration made such suggestion. Um, no. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2022 20:53:04 GMT -5
You guys and “impressive hires”.
Feels like sour grapes or just plain have no clue.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2022 22:20:58 GMT -5
I think it’s great that Notre Dame now has a coach with head coaching experience. I wonder if the administration made such suggestion. 49-72. |
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Post by volleyfan1566 on Jan 31, 2022 23:52:32 GMT -5
Delaware was 16-16 (8-8 conf) the year before she took over. Her first two years were awful (5-21, then 9-19) and not much better in 2019 at 15-14 (6-10 conf). This last fall was the first where her conference record equaled the last season under her predecessor (15-13 / 8-8). The last head coach consistently won championships. Say what you want about Bonny but you could win at Delaware. You can’t just blame the last head coach and tank like that especially if they consistently won championships prior. You’re not building and improving a program if you tank it to begin with. Same is said about Alabama. You tank programs and only get where you are because you know the right person. It eventually comes out and I think it showed a bit with her record at Delaware. The teams in the CAA have become much more competitive in the past couple years. Additionally, if you look at Delaware’s record this past season they had 6 five-set losses, so even winning half of those would make their record 18-10. So I wouldn’t necessarily use Delaware’s record to measure Sara’s ability as an assistant coach. I guess we’ll just have to see how ND performs next season. |
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Post by Wiswell on Feb 1, 2022 5:50:56 GMT -5
The last head coach consistently won championships. Say what you want about Bonny but you could win at Delaware. You can’t just blame the last head coach and tank like that especially if they consistently won championships prior. You’re not building and improving a program if you tank it to begin with. Same is said about Alabama. You tank programs and only get where you are because you know the right person. It eventually comes out and I think it showed a bit with her record at Delaware. It’s important to understand she wasn’t hired as a head coach and that being a great assistant and a great head coach are two very different things. Her record as a head coach doesn’t speak to what kind of assistant she will be. It’s always Interesting when a head coach leaves to be an assistant. It usually means they think the top assistant job is a better career path, or that they enjoy being an assistant more. A great AC doesn't make a great HC in all cases either, so there's a lot up in the air right now. |
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Post by whatup on Feb 1, 2022 10:01:53 GMT -5
great additions by Salima
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Post by vbshrink on Feb 1, 2022 12:31:44 GMT -5
So much more to success than the Wins and losses. I know that is a clear indicator (and an important one!) but Sara is a great pick up for ND. Anyone who knows her knows she is solid, treats people right, and works hard for her athletes. Good pick up even if it doesn’t fit the resume test some would like. I think this is correct. I'm a Delaware grad, and while it's been rough to see Delaware struggle in recent years (in large part because Bonnie's program was super toxic, and I think it took a while to come back from that), Sara was always very nice, did things the right way, and helped put UD's program back on pretty solid footing. Does the ND release oversell her record at Delaware? Sure. But all releases do that. She seemed to be a genuinely nice person, and I hope she does great at ND. |
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Post by westie13 on Sept 9, 2022 16:31:10 GMT -5
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