|
|
Post by stevehorn on Apr 30, 2022 14:51:15 GMT -5
Most students only experience the humidity in maybe September and May. Nashville fall (especially on Vandy's campus with all of the trees) and springs are lovely, and the winters are short and relatively mild. Any recruit who is going to pass over Vandy for the summer weather is likely passing over all the schools in the SEC and the Texas schools. And for every recruit who doesn't want hot/humid summers, there's at least one who doesn't want midwest/northeast winters. I absolutely don't think Nashville's summer weather is going to be a factor at all for recruiting. Weather may be the most overrated decision factor among fans when it comes to recruiting. Seen plenty of warm weather kids go to cold weather schools and vice versa. |
|
|
|
Post by bbg95 on Apr 30, 2022 15:18:10 GMT -5
Within the baseball world, a lot of people believe Corbin is the top paid coach in the country. Private school, so not publicly released, but that would put him above ~$1.5 million. Honestly, the first name that came to mind for me, was DBK (but I know nothing about coaching hunts). Yep. DBK would be great as well. I only appreciate what Fisher has done a little more because (1) the program was in terrible shape when he took over and (2) Pitt isn’t located in a volleyball hotbed like Louisville is. He’s convincing kids from California, Texas and Hawaii to move to frickin PITTSBURGH for four years. You can take what you said about Fisher and multiply that by 10 if not 100 with regard to Russ Rose. Say what you want about Pittsburgh, but it's a reasonably sized city (over 2 million in the metro area). Rose was convincing the best players to go to State College and won seven titles. |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2022 15:47:21 GMT -5
I guess I assumed all Patriot League schools were close to Ivy League. Not sure which metrics/rankings you're using. But I will take your word for it.
And since I just mentioned New Orelans, I forgot about Tulane.
Using the metric you suggested -- acceptance rate -- American is at 40%. Vandy/NW/Duke are all 6-8% (Vandy actually being the lowest). Tulane is a great school, but is readily seen as a safety/back-up to schools like Vandy/NW/Duke. Plus, it also heavily pulls from the Northeast. There's a reason it has the moniker "Jewlane." Ha! Never heard of that. |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2022 15:51:31 GMT -5
Most students only experience the humidity in maybe September and May. Nashville fall (especially on Vandy's campus with all of the trees) and springs are lovely, and the winters are short and relatively mild. Any recruit who is going to pass over Vandy for the summer weather is likely passing over all the schools in the SEC and the Texas schools. And for every recruit who doesn't want hot/humid summers, there's at least one who doesn't want midwest/northeast winters. I absolutely don't think Nashville's summer weather is going to be a factor at all for recruiting. Students, sure, but I'm guessing that vball and other athletes tend to stay on/near campus during the summer to train and possibly take summer credits.
To be sure, I am not saying that the sticky mess of deep south summers is going to be the the primary factor for why a volleyball athlete does not choose Vanderbilt.
|
|
|
|
Post by ned3vball on Apr 30, 2022 17:18:02 GMT -5
I guess I assumed all Patriot League schools were close to Ivy League. Not sure which metrics/rankings you're using. But I will take your word for it.
And since I just mentioned New Orelans, I forgot about Tulane.
Army and Navy are kind of their own thing because they're service academies, but I wouldn't say the others are close to Ivy League. I think that's the way the Patriot League tries to market itself, but honestly, if I saw a resume featuring any of the other eight schools, I wouldn't give it a second thought. The Patriot League is about as close to the Ivy League as Holiday is close to switching to the Democratic party. The first time you stay in a downtown Nashville hotel it takes a bit to get used to the music and screaming from the bachelorette party barges as they cruise around town. I have always enjoyed Nashville. |
|
|
|
Post by mervinswerved on Apr 30, 2022 17:23:29 GMT -5
Elite academics, SEC competition, and a destination city will get Vandy in the door with many many top kids. Closing is always the hard part.
Worst thing for them might be the fact football sucks.
|
|
trojansc
Legend
All-VolleyTalk 1st Team (2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017), All-VolleyTalk 2nd Team (2016), 2021, 2019 Fantasy League Champion, 2020 Fantasy League Runner Up, 2022 2nd Runner Up
Posts: 31,616 
|
Post by trojansc on Apr 30, 2022 17:34:29 GMT -5
Using the metric you suggested -- acceptance rate -- American is at 40%. Vandy/NW/Duke are all 6-8% (Vandy actually being the lowest). Tulane is a great school, but is readily seen as a safety/back-up to schools like Vandy/NW/Duke. Plus, it also heavily pulls from the Northeast. There's a reason it has the moniker "Jewlane." Some of these acceptance rates have gotten crazy low. Tulane at 9.73% Boston U is probably the best Patriot League school, right? And I doubt it is that highly regarded with some of the names being discussed here. |
|
|
|
Post by bbg95 on Apr 30, 2022 18:06:40 GMT -5
Army and Navy are kind of their own thing because they're service academies, but I wouldn't say the others are close to Ivy League. I think that's the way the Patriot League tries to market itself, but honestly, if I saw a resume featuring any of the other eight schools, I wouldn't give it a second thought. The Patriot League is about as close to the Ivy League as Holiday is close to switching to the Democratic party. Yeah, that's about the impression I had as well. I won't cast aspersions on our military academies because like I said, they're unique. But the only thing I know academically about the other schools is that sportswriter Bill Simmons went to Holy Cross because he got rejected by Georgetown, which is a better school. |
|
|
|
Post by bbg95 on Apr 30, 2022 18:09:29 GMT -5
Using the metric you suggested -- acceptance rate -- American is at 40%. Vandy/NW/Duke are all 6-8% (Vandy actually being the lowest). Tulane is a great school, but is readily seen as a safety/back-up to schools like Vandy/NW/Duke. Plus, it also heavily pulls from the Northeast. There's a reason it has the moniker "Jewlane." Some of these acceptance rates have gotten crazy low. Tulane at 9.73% Boston U is probably the best Patriot League school, right? And I doubt it is that highly regarded with some of the names being discussed here. Boston U is No. 42 in the USNWR, which is pretty good but a far cry from the Ivy League (Cornell is the lowest at No. 17). |
|
|
|
Post by ned3vball on Apr 30, 2022 18:09:55 GMT -5
Using the metric you suggested -- acceptance rate -- American is at 40%. Vandy/NW/Duke are all 6-8% (Vandy actually being the lowest). Tulane is a great school, but is readily seen as a safety/back-up to schools like Vandy/NW/Duke. Plus, it also heavily pulls from the Northeast. There's a reason it has the moniker "Jewlane." Some of these acceptance rates have gotten crazy low. Tulane at 9.73% Boston U is probably the best Patriot League school, right? And I doubt it is that highly regarded with some of the names being discussed here. John Silber turned BU into a very good school. The problem is they get lost in the shuffle with Harvard, MIT, Tufts, and BC. Back in the day, probably still, it was a very popular school for NJ/Long Island, and less so for MA. BU does not sponsor volleyball since nobody cares. |
|
money
Sophomore
Posts: 227
|
Post by money on May 1, 2022 7:15:27 GMT -5
I will just have to take your word for it on these two points. If being "close" to the "heart" of country music puts it over the top for a great volleyball player with top notch academics over NW, Duke, etc. , then you're exactly correct.
Club VB parents get a letter from Tulane: "Oh dear god, New Orleans is so dangerous. And is she just going to party?" Club VB parents get a letter from Vandy: "Sweet. We can go to Nashville like 15 times a year." And like you said, VB players don't party much (and not much at all during the season). What they do, however, is go to concerts. VB players don’t party much? Tell me you don’t have volleyball friends without telling me. |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on May 5, 2022 17:16:48 GMT -5
David Hunt and Jordan Larson?
|
|
|
|
Post by volleyplayer2303 on Jun 18, 2022 14:29:41 GMT -5
Any idea who is going to get this job? Who would be good?? Someone who knows how to build or a big name that can attract some recruits quick.
Kayla Banwarth
Anders Nelson
Kelli Phillips
Britt Dildine
Jill Wilson
Dan Meske
Jaylen Reyes
Has Vandy's timeline been mentioned in this thread yet?
|
|
|
|
Post by donut on Jun 18, 2022 14:52:53 GMT -5
Any idea who is going to get this job? Who would be good?? Someone who knows how to build or a big name that can attract some recruits quick. Kayla Banwarth Anders Nelson Kelli Phillips Britt Dildine Jill Wilson Dan Meske Jaylen Reyes Has Vandy's timeline been mentioned in this thread yet? First season will be 2025. Head coach hunt starting in the Fall, according to the press releases (although, wouldn't be shocked if the wheels are already in motion). |
|
|
|
Post by volleyplayer2303 on Jun 18, 2022 15:17:00 GMT -5
Any idea who is going to get this job? Who would be good?? Someone who knows how to build or a big name that can attract some recruits quick. Kayla Banwarth Anders Nelson Kelli Phillips Britt Dildine Jill Wilson Dan Meske Jaylen Reyes Has Vandy's timeline been mentioned in this thread yet? First season will be 2025. Head coach hunt starting in the Fall, according to the press releases (although, wouldn't be shocked if the wheels are already in motion). If he is going nuts, Russ Rose should just take it. That would be insane. |
|
