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Post by volleyaudience on Jun 18, 2022 18:04:51 GMT -5
I'm reminded of ODU adding wvb for the 2020 season. They hired a coach one and a half years before their committed date to start playing. I think the Vanderbilt coach will have 2 1/2 years to prepare, assuming they hire prior to year end.
Old Dominion did a nice thing when they announced they were adding volleyball, they posted a basic volleyball Q&A sheet to help people get oriented to volleyball.
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Post by jayj79 on Jun 18, 2022 22:20:30 GMT -5
Old Dominion did a nice thing when they announced they were adding volleyball, they posted a basic volleyball Q&A sheet to help people get oriented to volleyball. do schools do that when they add football? |
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Post by slxpress on Jun 19, 2022 1:25:17 GMT -5
Old Dominion did a nice thing when they announced they were adding volleyball, they posted a basic volleyball Q&A sheet to help people get oriented to volleyball. do schools do that when they add football? I feel like you're primarily being facetious, but I will say in my neck of the woods Rice University used to do a big invitation to the student body to come out to the football field during the preseason. They would go through the rules, run through very basic no contact drills (running a route, throwing the football, that sort of thing). Because Rice University is primarily an engineering and research institute, with a student body often from other countries, there was a real lack of awareness of football among the student body, even though the school is in Texas. While it's not done any more, Mack Brown used to have a women's only meeting in the preseason while he was at Texas. He'd have an initial presentation, but mostly it was so they could ask any questions they wanted to. He'd also give them some inside scoop to help them get over on their husbands/boyfriends who weren't allowed to be there. So yeah, there are some efforts to better acquaint people with football. Those are two examples. I'm sure there are plenty more. I'm just unaware of them. It's basic marketing. |
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Post by ze202 on Jun 19, 2022 23:13:43 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). How about Travis Hudson? Nashville is only about one hour and 15 minutes south of WKU. I know he's from the Bowling Green area and WKU is his alma mater, but given the proximity and what he's been able to do there, I feel like Hudson could be a perfect fit. |
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Post by n00b on Jun 20, 2022 7:59:26 GMT -5
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). How about Travis Hudson? Nashville is only about one hour and 15 minutes south of WKU. I know he's from the Bowling Green area and WKU is his alma mater, but given the proximity and what he's been able to do there, I feel like Hudson could be a perfect fit. Pretty sure he’s turned down better jobs than Vanderbilt. |
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Post by vbnerd on Jun 20, 2022 9:00:13 GMT -5
How about Travis Hudson? Nashville is only about one hour and 15 minutes south of WKU. I know he's from the Bowling Green area and WKU is his alma mater, but given the proximity and what he's been able to do there, I feel like Hudson could be a perfect fit. Pretty sure he’s turned down better jobs than Vanderbilt. I don't think the poster was referring to the prestige of the position, but the fact that he wouldn't have to move. Vandy and WKU are about an hour apart. He would get a year, more or less, off. He would not have to move/uproot his family. And he would move to a stable position within the SEC, as opposed to taking a drop down in class in the new CUSA. At 50ish years old, if he is ever going to make a move, this would seem like the least intrusive way to make such a move. I would expect him to say "no" but he has been mentioned for every other job that we knew he wouldn't take so even if this is a 2% chance, it's not going to do any harm to mention it. |
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Post by stevehorn on Jun 20, 2022 9:08:34 GMT -5
Pretty sure he’s turned down better jobs than Vanderbilt. I don't think the poster was referring to the prestige of the position, but the fact that he wouldn't have to move. Vandy and WKU are about an hour apart. He would get a year, more or less, off. He would not have to move/uproot his family. And he would move to a stable position within the SEC, as opposed to taking a drop down in class in the new CUSA. At 50ish years old, if he is ever going to make a move, this would seem like the least intrusive way to make such a move. I would expect him to say "no" but he has been mentioned for every other job that we knew he wouldn't take so even if this is a 2% chance, it's not going to do any harm to mention it. He would be taking two years off (23 & 24), not one. That also assumes he doesn't take the job until the end of this season or WKU allows him to finish the season if he were to take the job before season's end. Realistically Vanderbilt is likely to get better candidates if they wait until the end of the 23 season to go after a coach. Not a lot of good coaches are going to want to sit out two years or more. |
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Post by bbg95 on Jun 20, 2022 9:34:01 GMT -5
Pretty sure he’s turned down better jobs than Vanderbilt. I don't think the poster was referring to the prestige of the position, but the fact that he wouldn't have to move. Vandy and WKU are about an hour apart. He would get a year, more or less, off. He would not have to move/uproot his family. And he would move to a stable position within the SEC, as opposed to taking a drop down in class in the new CUSA. At 50ish years old, if he is ever going to make a move, this would seem like the least intrusive way to make such a move. I would expect him to say "no" but he has been mentioned for every other job that we knew he wouldn't take so even if this is a 2% chance, it's not going to do any harm to mention it. This reasoning seems pretty flawed. If I take a job an hour away, I'm probably moving. Who wants an hour commute if they can avoid it? |
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Post by stevehorn on Jun 20, 2022 9:39:40 GMT -5
I don't think the poster was referring to the prestige of the position, but the fact that he wouldn't have to move. Vandy and WKU are about an hour apart. He would get a year, more or less, off. He would not have to move/uproot his family. And he would move to a stable position within the SEC, as opposed to taking a drop down in class in the new CUSA. At 50ish years old, if he is ever going to make a move, this would seem like the least intrusive way to make such a move. I would expect him to say "no" but he has been mentioned for every other job that we knew he wouldn't take so even if this is a 2% chance, it's not going to do any harm to mention it. This reasoning seems pretty flawed. If I take a job an hour away, I'm probably moving. Who wants an hour commute if they can avoid it? Particularly when the time requirements many weeks are far beyond 40 hours. |
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Post by vbnerd on Jun 20, 2022 10:33:12 GMT -5
I don't think the poster was referring to the prestige of the position, but the fact that he wouldn't have to move. Vandy and WKU are about an hour apart. He would get a year, more or less, off. He would not have to move/uproot his family. And he would move to a stable position within the SEC, as opposed to taking a drop down in class in the new CUSA. At 50ish years old, if he is ever going to make a move, this would seem like the least intrusive way to make such a move. I would expect him to say "no" but he has been mentioned for every other job that we knew he wouldn't take so even if this is a 2% chance, it's not going to do any harm to mention it. This reasoning seems pretty flawed. If I take a job an hour away, I'm probably moving. Who wants an hour commute if they can avoid it? I don't know where his house is. He could be 30 minutes south of campus for all I know. The point of the suggestion is that for a candidate who supposedly has never wanted to leave his community, this is a step up that wouldn't REQUIRE him to leave his community, sell his house, take his kids out of their school, etc. He can absolutely stay at WKU and waltz through a crumby conference for the rest of his career, and he probably will. But if you are Vanderbilt, it's worth a phone call and hopefully he'll hear you out. |
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Post by bbg95 on Jun 20, 2022 11:00:35 GMT -5
This reasoning seems pretty flawed. If I take a job an hour away, I'm probably moving. Who wants an hour commute if they can avoid it? I don't know where his house is. He could be 30 minutes south of campus for all I know. The point of the suggestion is that for a candidate who supposedly has never wanted to leave his community, this is a step up that wouldn't REQUIRE him to leave his community, sell his house, take his kids out of their school, etc. He can absolutely stay at WKU and waltz through a crumby conference for the rest of his career, and he probably will. But if you are Vanderbilt, it's worth a phone call and hopefully he'll hear you out. Sure, you might as well give him a call. Given that he's been there for nearly 30 years, and it's his alma mater, I doubt he'd leave. But no harm in trying. |
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Post by vbnerd on Jun 20, 2022 11:17:31 GMT -5
Realistically Vanderbilt is likely to get better candidates if they wait until the end of the 23 season to go after a coach. Not a lot of good coaches are going to want to sit out two years or more. If Vanderbilt wants to start playing in 2025, they need to have a couple hundred player evaluations done and a recruiting plan in place (and probably had a camp already) by June 15, 2023. Even if half of the team is transfers they still need a freshman class in 2025. If they don't hire until the December quiet period they are 6 months behind in their first class. So in the Spring of '24 they would be working to fill the roster with the 2nd or 3rd cut 2025 grads instead of focusing on the class of '26 and now you are 2 years behind. That is not going to attract a more competitive candidate pool. |
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Post by mervinswerved on Jun 20, 2022 11:42:59 GMT -5
Hudson would be a home run hire (for anyone) but the world's most obvious candidate already lives in Nashville.
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Post by mervynpumpkinhead on Jun 20, 2022 11:46:10 GMT -5
Hudson would be a home run hire (for anyone) but the world's most obvious candidate already lives in Nashville. Correct. Katelyn Harrison is the obvious choice. |
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Post by bbg95 on Jun 20, 2022 12:02:07 GMT -5
Hudson would be a home run hire (for anyone) but the world's most obvious candidate already lives in Nashville. Correct. Katelyn Harrison is the obvious choice. Out of curiosity, I looked up the distance between Belmont and Vanderbilt. 0.3 miles. That's as close as it gets. |
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