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Post by staticb on Dec 2, 2022 18:11:58 GMT -5
Thanks Mike for the National Championship, you followed a legend (Banachowski) Across town USC is already on their second replacement (Haley) and have had no such success of even reaching the regionals. Rarely goes well for the "man" that replaces the "man" Exceptions?? Off the top of my head, Nebraska - Pettit to Cook I would say that wasn't a smooth transition either. It took some time for Cook to find his groove, In another universe it goes the other direction...
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Post by thelat on Dec 4, 2022 10:47:10 GMT -5
I understand that most of their top prospective coaches can not be contacted until after the tournament or after elimination, UCLA must move fast to prevent mass exodus that has been rumoured and potential shifts in incoming athletes...UCLA should not be a rebuilding processd
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Post by Word on Dec 4, 2022 11:24:36 GMT -5
I understand that most of their top prospective coaches can not be contacted until after the tournament or after elimination, UCLA must move fast to prevent mass exodus that has been rumoured and potential shifts in incoming athletes...UCLA should not be a rebuilding processd Who do we think are top candidates? I don't think they can afford Fisher. KBB/Petrie not interested. I got my money on Tom Black. Just won SEC Coach of the Year at Georgia, plenty of SoCal ties. Seems like a good fit.
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Post by avid 2.0 on Dec 4, 2022 11:30:58 GMT -5
UCLA could use some “choose to compete” bruinsgold
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Post by Floyd R. Turbo on Dec 4, 2022 11:32:41 GMT -5
Rarely goes well for the "man" that replaces the "man" Exceptions?? Off the top of my head, Nebraska - Pettit to Cook I would say that wasn't a smooth transition either. It took some time for Cook to find his groove, In another universe it goes the other direction... I hope this is sarcasm. Cook was 34-0 and national champion his first year, 31-2 and made the Final Four the next year, and was 124-9 his first four years overall. That is a better mark than Pettit's last four years (116-19 overall with two Final Fours but no national championship).
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Post by bruinsgold on Dec 4, 2022 11:42:09 GMT -5
UCLA could use some “choose to compete” bruinsgold They could definitely use a coach who doesn't wait until you're down 19-24 to call your first timeout! Shannon, fours up!
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Post by InfoBot on Dec 4, 2022 11:48:31 GMT -5
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Post by BeachbytheBay on Dec 4, 2022 12:00:27 GMT -5
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Post by c4ndlelight on Dec 4, 2022 12:11:27 GMT -5
How does a "beat writer" put an entire piece together on needing Anna Dodson next year? At least one seemed to recognize she was leaving, no mention of Luper in the portal.
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Post by BeachbytheBay on Dec 4, 2022 12:17:53 GMT -5
How does a "beat writer" put an entire piece together on needing Anna Dodson next year? At least one seemed to recognize she was leaving, no mention of Luper in the portal. well, it was written 12/2. also, they do need her next year, so that analysis is correct. she just won't be there, lol
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Post by Mark Richards on Dec 4, 2022 12:22:48 GMT -5
Tyler from LBSU would be a great hire for UCLA
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Post by horns1 on Dec 4, 2022 13:03:31 GMT -5
What happens to Megan Pendergastfast? We could always count her twitter follows to tell us which players from around the country had entered the transfer portal.
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Post by winesalot on Dec 4, 2022 14:48:03 GMT -5
What happens to Megan Pender gastfast? We could always count her twitter follows to tell us which players from around the country had entered the transfer portal. Will the new HC in College Station need an AC?
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Post by volleyplayer2303 on Dec 6, 2022 14:03:42 GMT -5
I do hope Barber and Pendergast land somewhere. I am a fan of both of them despite the Sealy troubles. Bruins were one swing a way from a PAC championship last season. Sealy was Pac 12 coCOY, May POY, Fleck LOY. IMO if Luper was not out for the second half of the season she likely would have been FOY and UCLA probably would have won the PAC. If Sealy truly has been as aloof as everyone on here seems to think he was then got to give a little credit to those guys.
Everything that could have gone wrong this year did for UCLA. Almost anyone would have taken Forte, McKissock and Cole. Pretty sure McKissock was ACC setter of the year at one point and was visiting San Diego when she chose UCLA, Cole was ACC libero of the year, Forte was on everyone's wish list too and visited USC and Texas I believe. Then during the season Luper was out and not at 100% all year, McKissock was out for several matches due to illness and had thumb issues all season, Dodson was concussed for a few matches, Savage was out for a few matches, Ndiaye was out for a match, McCall was out for a few matches, Alupie tore ACL so she was out for second half of the PAC (she was leading the PAC in blocks), Forte was not even on the bench for most of the season. They were down to one middle at one point. Everyone deals with injuries, but that is a lot. UCLA needed one more win to make the tournament and didn't have a full roster for most if not any of them.
So as disappointed as I have been this season, I give the assistants some credit. I support the change and think it was time, but I wish those guys well for the future.
Barber to LBSU? Pendergast to A&M?
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Post by norcalfan2 on Dec 6, 2022 14:05:22 GMT -5
Perhaps I'm too late to the party and it really doesn't matter anymore, but I'm curious: just what was so awful about Sealy that evokes the animus so obvious in so many posters? I started voicing concerns in 2014, and I've been asking for his sacking since 2019, ahead of the curve apparently. Though the results have been less than half those achieved on average by his predecessor Banachowski (ave. finish with his own recruits 29.6 since 2013, vs. 11.4 for Andy), I would not even engage the conversation for that. I have no dog in the fight, just a love for the game and a refusal to sit idly by while young, inexperienced quasi adults endure needless pain. If you look at the pattern of player morale, of player enthusiasm for playing and competing, of what players say when they transfer, of what they don't say while in the program, you see the broader picture... somehow, some way, the longer a player is under Sealy, the more their love for the game dies. He is a walking crime against the love of playing competitive volleyball. Don't know how, or why, but he is a destroyer of dreams. All of my posts have been motivated by advocating for something better for the players.
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