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Post by robtearle on Dec 17, 2023 19:44:50 GMT -5
Twenty year olds who suffered a hard loss minutes before are allowed to react any damn way they want, in my book.
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Post by brybast on Dec 17, 2023 19:44:51 GMT -5
personally I’m fine with how the players reacted. It’s a big match, you’re gonna be in your feels for the good and bad. As far as coach goes… you’re literally like 60. Stop being shady to someone your granddaughter’s age. Lead by example, coach. Cook has always been a sore loser and obviously his players are feeding off that. It still does take away that he’s likely the best coach in the ncaa. This is just it. The head coach ALWAYS sets the tone. Character is most tested in losses and Cook is not new at failing the character test.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2023 19:44:54 GMT -5
Exactly I thought the same thing. Losing happens it’s part of sport. I’m actually surprised at the mentality some of the players have. The competitive fire is good but the ultimatums set yourself up for extreme disaster. Cook knows better. I’m sure he’ll make some post season adjustments. Someone somewhere said Norah sis was recruited for Nebraska but hated it and didn’t go. Imagine Norah instead of ally my good Sis saw the red flags 🚩
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Post by yupyupyup on Dec 17, 2023 19:45:03 GMT -5
Wow some of those Nebraska players are not used to losing and it shows😬 Murray and Allick need some interview prep but they are young so I’ll give them the benefit of doubt. I loved it. Showed their fire and how much it meant to them. Would you rather just hear coached and canned responses?
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Post by gopherfan91 on Dec 17, 2023 19:45:29 GMT -5
Nebraska players thought they had it in the bag and Texas played without any pressure.. a recipe for disaster with Nebraska young players. Listening to the presser, I’m not sure some of them learned tonight’s lesson. Expecting them to learn the lesson within 30 minutes of the match is a tall ask
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Post by bounce22 on Dec 17, 2023 19:46:05 GMT -5
Checked stats… Harper passed a 1.3 while Batenhorst passed a 0.9. John Cook hang em up my friend. I’m sorry but the 0.9 is sending me 😭😭😭😭 Texas’ serving was deadly tho so I get it Serve and pass …. who’d have thunk it? 😑
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Post by volleyl0ver on Dec 17, 2023 19:46:16 GMT -5
Nebraska players thought they had it in the bag and Texas played without any pressure.. a recipe for disaster with Nebraska young players. Listening to the presser, I’m not sure some of them learned tonight’s lesson. Bekkas face in the send said it all. She was SHOOK I don’t blame them for thinking they had it in the bag (they’ve been good all season) but they still had to play the game
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Post by texastothehouse15 on Dec 17, 2023 19:46:45 GMT -5
personally I’m fine with how the players reacted. It’s a big match, you’re gonna be in your feels for the good and bad. As far as coach goes… you’re literally like 60. Stop being shady to someone your granddaughter’s age. Lead by example, coach. Cook has always been a sore loser and obviously his players are feeding off that. It still does take away that he’s likely the best coach in the ncaa. I wouldn’t say the best. The back to back national championship winning coach would like a word.
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Post by Reach on Dec 17, 2023 19:48:12 GMT -5
Nebraska players thought they had it in the bag and Texas played without any pressure.. a recipe for disaster with Nebraska young players. Listening to the presser, I’m not sure some of them learned tonight’s lesson. Bekkas face in the send said it all. She was SHOOK I don’t blame them for thinking they had it in the bag (they’ve been good all season) but they still had to play the game 2012 Olympic gold finals… everyone thought USA had it in the bag, including myself. Anything is possible until that last point is played.
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Post by VT Karen on Dec 17, 2023 19:48:59 GMT -5
Bekka was acting like she suffered a loss of life but Harper was on edge and angry. I didn't see/hear a problem. personally I’m fine with how the players reacted. It’s a big match, you’re gonna be in your feels for the good and bad. As far as coach goes… you’re literally like 60. Stop being shady to someone your granddaughter’s age. Lead by example, coach. Who was he being shady to and what did he say that was shady?
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Post by Reach on Dec 17, 2023 19:49:02 GMT -5
Cook has always been a sore loser and obviously his players are feeding off that. It still does take away that he’s likely the best coach in the ncaa. I wouldn’t say the best. The back to back national championship winning coach would like a word. Mmmm dunno about that one but ok.
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Post by texastothehouse15 on Dec 17, 2023 19:50:06 GMT -5
Wow some of those Nebraska players are not used to losing and it shows😬 Murray and Allick need some interview prep but they are young so I’ll give them the benefit of doubt. I loved it. Showed their fire and how much it meant to them. Would you rather just hear coached and canned responses? I mean have some type of humbleness to your responses. I’m more disappointed in a 60 year old head coach throwing shade towards Texas and Asjia. He was more of a sore loser than the players and that’s sad. He can go take his bad attitude and his loss and shove it where the sun doesn’t shine.
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Post by arclight on Dec 17, 2023 19:50:27 GMT -5
Poached? Holman turned down a scholarship offer to play at Penn State and took out a bank loan and paid her way to Nebraska and sat out a year. She and her family believed Nebraska was best for her because Cook promised she would get her degree, something know one in her immediate family had accomplished. Talk to Florida's coach before you talk crap about Beason you might find your answer on why she decided to hit the transfer portal. At the end of the season, she spent 4 days in talks with Florida's staff prior to her decision. Tennessee's program blew up and numerous players left including Polmiller and Robinson. It was Robinson that called Coach Cook, not the other way around. Robinson was told if she wanted to come to Nebraska she would have to learn and be expected to lead. …and all transferred into and helped Nebraska. Funny, none of them were playing when they beat Texas in 2015
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Post by kc8413 on Dec 17, 2023 19:51:54 GMT -5
personally I’m fine with how the players reacted. It’s a big match, you’re gonna be in your feels for the good and bad. As far as coach goes… you’re literally like 60. Stop being shady to someone your granddaughter’s age. Lead by example, coach. Who was he being shady to and what did he say that was shady? They asked what he thought about how asjia played. He said she had some illegal throws and made comments about how she’s playing in her 6th year and implied that it wasn’t fair to his freshmen that asjia had all this extra rep playing with the women’s national volleyball team all summer.
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Post by Reach on Dec 17, 2023 19:52:29 GMT -5
I’ve said for 10 plus years that a Texas team that can serve and pass is a scary scary team. Usually they cannot and that’s why they end up losing the last two matches of the season.
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