Recent content by rwlarson

If nothing else, she could become a situational rim protector against teams that are adept at driving. Best case, she does that plus offers some offensive capabilities and can make the rotation in sophomore year.

Yes, she knows how to build a roster that can play “up” and perform at a level greater than the sum of its parts. And she wins on the biggest stage, as evidenced by a DII national championship and a deep NCAA run with a South Dakota team that pretty much made Aaron Johnston’s perennial power...

It’s comforting to have a coach who has demonstrated the ability to assemble a winning team, even if it was at a mid-major level. This year’s team will be good, how good remains to be seen, but this recruiting class and the next one will determine if the Gophers can achieve consistent...

Yeah, it’s disappointing, for sure. We all wanted this to be a class similar to the highly-ranked group that is still here so we could transition seamlessly and compete at a high level with no rebuilding years. However, with the portal and NIL the way it is HS classes are quite a bit less...

Good sales pitch for keeping in-state talent home. But I’m sure it’s been tried here many times with very limited success. Too often, the best of the best from here are actually TOO good. Maybe with a deep run next year this pitch can work on Chloe Johnson and the other upcoming recruiting...

Wisconsin has had 14 straight losing seasons, but I guess hiring a coach (Robin Pingeton) with 15 years of up and down SEC experience and who has put players in the WNBA is worth something to recruits. She will do better than Moseley but I have my doubts as to whether she will be able to get...

I just don’t get the love recruits have for Michigan. Arico must be a hell of a recruiter. The program has zero history of big-time success. Why couldn’t any other coach leverage the Michigan brand but now suddenly they seem to be in on all the top players?

Lol, #9. Also brings back good memories for me. I holed out a pitch from about 30 yards for an eagle 3 there on my way to my only golfing claim to fame — 4th Flight Club Champion.

What we need desperately is not just someone with coaching chops, but it has to be an ace recruiter.

The teams rarely, if ever, play the course anymore, and the press release clearly states that the golf performance building and the practice area that are solely used by the golf teams is not part of the sale. I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiment, though. The U should own a...

If only we could be so lucky again. The chances of someone as young and inexperienced as Allister was when she was hired going on to prove she is a top 20 coach in the country is about one in 100 or less. That said, Piper’s seat will start getting hot very soon unless she develops more AA...

I think Schwartz, Susa, and maybe Easton on the top tier. Then Snippes, Cosgriff, Hooper, Chard, Richardson, Breezy. After that, Werner, Jones, Grayson. Those are the only players off the top of my head who have shown anything, and even the majority of those haven’t shown enough to make me think...

Sad to see such a big fan of volleyball as Ruffda was at one time become so disillusioned with the state of affairs that s/he completely disappears from volleyball chat boards. S/He had a lot of good insight over the years. I’d like to know when s/he started to see the writing on the wall. Was...

Who are the elite coaches? Seems like the ones we like to think of as elite still have needed the best players to win national championships.

In this new era, we need to see who all goes portaling before we can start talking about next year. Hopefully, no more post Fall Ball losses. Those are the ones that hurt the most because you don’t have a fair shot at replacing those players.