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Post by 815volley on Apr 11, 2023 20:10:46 GMT -5
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Post by 4theloveofvb on Apr 11, 2023 20:18:56 GMT -5
Charleston Southern announcement was very abrupt.
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Post by 815volley on Apr 11, 2023 20:21:30 GMT -5
Charleston Southern announcement was very abrupt. I thought the same thing. Wonder what happened.
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Post by mervinswerved on Apr 11, 2023 21:02:05 GMT -5
Oh boy, what'd he do.
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Post by vbcoach21 on Apr 11, 2023 21:09:13 GMT -5
This might be going for the record of worlds shortest press release at a whopping two sentences.
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Post by ineedajob on Apr 11, 2023 21:11:09 GMT -5
Has he had an issue following rules before?
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Post by veebznerd on Apr 12, 2023 9:42:33 GMT -5
Charleston Southern announcement was very abrupt. I thought the same thing. Wonder what happened. The list of “what did he do” would be long. I think the catalyst for this is lack of understanding/respect for player’s physical health. He’s beat his girls in the ground for years. One year they has 14 healthy players at the start of pre-season and within one week there were only 5 practicing. And he still practiced those 5 like there were 14 players in drills. One year he kicked a girl off the team bc she and her doctor thought she needed surgery and coach disagreed. He said she was dedicated enough. This is not a one time issue. The trainers have been unhappy with him for years. I know several girls who played for him and hated the experience. In the 21/22 season he started with 16 on the roster and only brought back 4. Players transferred, quit, graduated early (just to get out!) etc. it was not a good culture under him. As a coach, I cannot imagine treating my players the way the girls I know who played there said he treats them.
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Post by 815volley on Apr 12, 2023 11:29:10 GMT -5
I thought the same thing. Wonder what happened. The list of “what did he do” would be long. I think the catalyst for this is lack of understanding/respect for player’s physical health. He’s beat his girls in the ground for years. One year they has 14 healthy players at the start of pre-season and within one week there were only 5 practicing. And he still practiced those 5 like there were 14 players in drills. One year he kicked a girl off the team bc she and her doctor thought she needed surgery and coach disagreed. He said she was dedicated enough. This is not a one time issue. The trainers have been unhappy with him for years. I know several girls who played for him and hated the experience. In the 21/22 season he started with 16 on the roster and only brought back 4. Players transferred, quit, graduated early (just to get out!) etc. it was not a good culture under him. As a coach, I cannot imagine treating my players the way the girls I know who played there said he treats them. The sad but not surprising side to me is that there were rumors of this kind of treatment of athletes when he was at his previous school. Did the AD know and just not care because it looked good on him to have a former power 5 coach at a school like this? Just sad because the things I’ve heard from some of the former players were pretty terrible and could have been avoided if the AD did some research OR cared more about athlete experience than making a name for himself.
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Post by vbnerd on Apr 12, 2023 11:44:28 GMT -5
"This position reports to the Head Volleyball Coach, three-time National Coach of the Year Kirsten Bernthal Booth." When was this?
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Post by dizzydean on Apr 12, 2023 12:06:40 GMT -5
"This position reports to the Head Volleyball Coach, three-time National Coach of the Year Kirsten Bernthal Booth." When was this? Could be from any organization. Doesn't have to be AVCA.
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Post by veebznerd on Apr 12, 2023 12:24:23 GMT -5
The list of “what did he do” would be long. I think the catalyst for this is lack of understanding/respect for player’s physical health. He’s beat his girls in the ground for years. One year they has 14 healthy players at the start of pre-season and within one week there were only 5 practicing. And he still practiced those 5 like there were 14 players in drills. One year he kicked a girl off the team bc she and her doctor thought she needed surgery and coach disagreed. He said she was dedicated enough. This is not a one time issue. The trainers have been unhappy with him for years. I know several girls who played for him and hated the experience. In the 21/22 season he started with 16 on the roster and only brought back 4. Players transferred, quit, graduated early (just to get out!) etc. it was not a good culture under him. As a coach, I cannot imagine treating my players the way the girls I know who played there said he treats them. The sad but not surprising side to me is that there were rumors of this kind of treatment of athletes when he was at his previous school. Did the AD know and just not care because it looked good on him to have a former power 5 coach at a school like this? Just sad because the things I’ve heard from some of the former players were pretty terrible and could have been avoided if the AD did some research OR cared more about athlete experience than making a name for himself. The AD was made aware of the issues extensively during the 21/22 school year. Clearly chose to ignore the red flags. When you start with 16 players and only have 4 return in the spring there is a significant problem. This firing is too little too late for many players, but at least the girls that are currently there won’t have to deal with him any more!
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Post by vbnerd on Apr 12, 2023 12:55:30 GMT -5
The sad but not surprising side to me is that there were rumors of this kind of treatment of athletes when he was at his previous school. Did the AD know and just not care because it looked good on him to have a former power 5 coach at a school like this? Just sad because the things I’ve heard from some of the former players were pretty terrible and could have been avoided if the AD did some research OR cared more about athlete experience than making a name for himself. The AD was made aware of the issues extensively during the 21/22 school year. Clearly chose to ignore the red flags. When you start with 16 players and only have 4 return in the spring there is a significant problem. This firing is too little too late for many players, but at least the girls that are currently there won’t have to deal with him any more! A lot of schools lost a lot of students at different parts of the pandemic - players who signed with CSU maybe never got to visit certain schools, something could have gone wrong at home, etc. Clearly you think something was rotten in the program but for an outsider it's hard draw a solid conclusion because it was happening everywhere. 800 WVB players in the portal in 2018-19, 1600 in the portal in 21-22, and that doesn't count drop outs. Programs that never lose players lost players during the pandemic.
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Post by Phaedrus on Apr 12, 2023 13:42:36 GMT -5
The AD was made aware of the issues extensively during the 21/22 school year. Clearly chose to ignore the red flags. When you start with 16 players and only have 4 return in the spring there is a significant problem. This firing is too little too late for many players, but at least the girls that are currently there won’t have to deal with him any more! A lot of schools lost a lot of students at different parts of the pandemic - players who signed with CSU maybe never got to visit certain schools, something could have gone wrong at home, etc. Clearly you think something was rotten in the program but for an outsider it's hard draw a solid conclusion because it was happening everywhere. 800 WVB players in the portal in 2018-19, 1600 in the portal in 21-22, and that doesn't count drop outs. Programs that never lose players lost players during the pandemic. Giving people the benefit of a doubt? Where's the fun in that? Also very un-VT like.
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Post by ionagaelsvb on Apr 12, 2023 16:07:11 GMT -5
Iona University (DI, MAAC) will be looking for a full time assistant coach.
Ideal candidate is someone with collegiate coaching experience and/or playing. Position includes benefits and additional salary as camps director.
Official HR posting to come later.
Interested individuals should email resume to amueller@iona.edu.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2023 16:18:00 GMT -5
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