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Pitt volleyball coach chosen to lead Team USA

Curious pick since I never hear about pitt doing anything in women's volleyball. I find it hard to believe that no other coach with better credentials was available or willing to do it.
 
Maybe they are doing this on purpose, in order to create a nuclear explosion that will totally reorganize the sport. It is perhaps the ultimate insult.
 
I think the leadership of USA volleyball needs a serious shakeup. The teams appear less than in the past. The mens team just lost to Iran the other day IIRC. This selection makes no sense for the women's team.

This is what I'm thinking also. If the more accomplished coaches are turning this gig down, the incentive needs to be increased till the best leads this Team.
 
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This is what I'm thinking also. If the more accomplished coaches are turning this gig down, the incentive needs to be increased till the best leads this Team.


I think a lot of the problem is in how the Olympic committee allows each sport to have its own semi independent leadership and in how they often become little fiefdoms (like our B&I BOTs). I don't think there's as big a focus to get the best to run each sport as there should be and that has fallout with the teams, coaching hires, etc.
 
Maybe they are doing this on purpose, in order to create a nuclear explosion that will totally reorganize the sport. It is perhaps the ultimate insult.

What better way to create a statement then to bring in a coach from a school that has never won an NCAA national title, let alone one in VB.
 
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I think a lot of the problem is in how the Olympic committee allows each sport to have its own semi independent leadership and in how they often become little fiefdoms (like our B&I BOTs). I don't think there's as big a focus to get the best to run each sport as there should be and that has fallout with the teams, coaching hires, etc.

That is a likely explanation.
 
You guys don't follow USA Volleyball very closely. This is the Pan Am Games. It is a very minor tournament and we will be sending players from the "B" and "C" teams. The "A" team is in Anaheim preparing for the World Grand Prix. Those "B" and "C" team players are currently playing in the Pan Am Cup tournament (different from the Pan Am Games). They will play in the championship match tomorrow.

You must be an idiot calling for a shakeup of USA Volleyball. The USA Vollyeball indoor women's team just won the World Championship gold medal last year for the first time in history and has won the last two Olympic silver medals. It is currently ranked #1 in the world.

The men just lost a match to Iran but had been undefeated and almost has its pool locked up.

Remember what Abraham Lincoln said. "It is better to remain silent and be though a fool than to speak and remove all doubt."

I think it is time for you to remain silent.
 
You guys don't follow USA Volleyball very closely. This is the Pan Am Games. It is a very minor tournament and we will be sending players from the "B" and "C" teams. The "A" team is in Anaheim preparing for the World Grand Prix. Those "B" and "C" team players are currently playing in the Pan Am Cup tournament (different from the Pan Am Games). They will play in the championship match tomorrow.

You must be an idiot calling for a shakeup of USA Volleyball. The USA Vollyeball indoor women's team just won the World Championship gold medal last year for the first time in history and has won the last two Olympic silver medals. It is currently ranked #1 in the world.

The men just lost a match to Iran but had been undefeated and almost has its pool locked up.

Remember what Abraham Lincoln said. "It is better to remain silent and be though a fool than to speak and remove all doubt."

I think it is time for you to remain silent.

Good information for those who don't follow this sport so closely, but there's no reason to be a dick over it.
 
Frankly, I'm not the one being a dick here. People calling for a shakeup of USA Volleyball when the women's and men's indoor teams are having an enormous amount of success are the dicks. People who are calling for sending our best players and coaches to these minor tournaments are dicks, because they have no idea what they are talking about.

This is the Golden Age of American women's indoor volleyball. Many of the key contributors to this team are Penn Staters who were on the teams that won four national championships in a row. Many of the players from other schools who Penn State competed again in Final Fours in 2007-2009 are also a part of this Golden Age for USA Volleyball. Those were the Golden Age years for NCAA volleyball. Anyone who understood the sport knew in 2008 that the players on the Final Four teams of 2008 would eventually give the USA opportunities to win medals at future Olympics, World Championships, World Grand Prix and World Cups. That is exactly what they have done.

Now you clowns want a shakeup because you think a moderately successful coach from Pitt isn't good enough to lead second and third tier American players to medals at very minor tournaments.

Karch Kiraly is in Anaheim with our very best, training the world's #1 team for a World Gran Prix, less than a year after leading those players to USA's first world championship gold medal.
 
You guys don't follow USA Volleyball very closely. This is the Pan Am Games. It is a very minor tournament and we will be sending players from the "B" and "C" teams. The "A" team is in Anaheim preparing for the World Grand Prix. Those "B" and "C" team players are currently playing in the Pan Am Cup tournament (different from the Pan Am Games). They will play in the championship match tomorrow.

You must be an idiot calling for a shakeup of USA Volleyball. The USA Vollyeball indoor women's team just won the World Championship gold medal last year for the first time in history and has won the last two Olympic silver medals. It is currently ranked #1 in the world.

The men just lost a match to Iran but had been undefeated and almost has its pool locked up.

Remember what Abraham Lincoln said. "It is better to remain silent and be though a fool than to speak and remove all doubt."

I think it is time for you to remain silent.

Lets get this straight: YOU quoted the leader of Northern Aggression? You,...Johnny-Reb just did that?

The world is truly going to end and soon!

;);):);):)
 
Frankly, I'm not the one being a dick here. People calling for a shakeup of USA Volleyball when the women's and men's indoor teams are having an enormous amount of success are the dicks. People who are calling for sending our best players and coaches to these minor tournaments are dicks, because they have no idea what they are talking about.

This is the Golden Age of American women's indoor volleyball. Many of the key contributors to this team are Penn Staters who were on the teams that won four national championships in a row. Many of the players from other schools who Penn State competed again in Final Fours in 2007-2009 are also a part of this Golden Age for USA Volleyball. Those were the Golden Age years for NCAA volleyball. Anyone who understood the sport knew in 2008 that the players on the Final Four teams of 2008 would eventually give the USA opportunities to win medals at future Olympics, World Championships, World Grand Prix and World Cups. That is exactly what they have done.

Now you clowns want a shakeup because you think a moderately successful coach from Pitt isn't good enough to lead second and third tier American players to medals at very minor tournaments.

Karch Kiraly is in Anaheim with our very best, training the world's #1 team for a World Gran Prix, less than a year after leading those players to USA's first world championship gold medal.

Yes, you are. You could have shared your knowledge without attacking anyone. It's very simple.
 
Maybe they are doing this on purpose, in order to create a nuclear explosion that will totally reorganize the sport. It is perhaps the ultimate insult.

Clueless much? Why talk about this sport and USA Volleyball when you know nothing about either -- and you clearly don't.
 
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Dude, it's obviously tongue-in-cheek. Relax and have a drink. You sound like a very grumpy old man.
 
Lets get this straight: YOU quoted the leader of Northern Aggression? You,...Johnny-Reb just did that?

The world is truly going to end and soon!

;);):);):)

Why wouldn't I quote Abraham Lincoln? I, like many others, have also quoted Hitler and Stalin. Murderous, tyrannical dictators like Lincoln, Hitler and Stalin can often be quoteworthy.
 
Dude, it's obviously tongue-in-cheek. Relax and have a drink. You sound like a very grumpy old man.
Nitnelion has the tendency to be very grumpy. It bothers me when others attack each other like that on the board. Let's all take a chill pill.
 
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And no...I don't think most of us follow volleyball very much unless it involves PSU lady volleyball. ha ha.
 
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