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All good, but I just feel that not all of KCook's hires were positive from the beginning, without going into specifics. I am also wondering what will be the long term affect, if any, these Pro Women's USA Volleyball Leagues hiring coaches will have on the College Level hiring in the near future.

IMO the coaching and development of our middle players he brought to this program is going to take a huge hit. Five assistants have left in KCook's 3 seasons as HC at Minnesota. Am I asking for too much when I want to see more stability in our volleyball program?

I have watched several of their meets including today. As a team, they were off from the beginning. It's really too bad. As this meet went on, it appeared they just couldn't gain any needed momentum and stability. If a coach can see that a team member is definitely having an OFF DAY during...

I just edited above roster based on the now 2026 updated Gopher Volleyball website. I still question Acevedos true elegibility. It was my understanding that she did not receive a RS with her season ending injury. However, according to this update she will only be a RS-Jr for the fall 2026...

True there isn't much time to think....it's a reaction. It sounds like Spencer played mostly OH, with some experience at Libero. Positioning of our back court, at times, needs help too. Pedro is the middles coach and after that, I do not have any idea what Spencer will be expected to help...

Spencer Wicken was a great hire by his credentials and I am looking forward to what he can bring to this program for developing our back court players and recruiting. In his Bio, it states he is from New York. His past positions were not real long term (2-3 years something like that). With...

So true.

Money has to be the MAIN driving force to where these players transfer to and then Coach/Program Success. Does CULTURE even come into play with so many of these Top Players? IMO the success these Top Programs continue to have year after year after year is the result of having Top Recruits...

Maybe Jamie Morrison.

Maybe it is time for Cook to recruit outside of the West Coast and/or former Pac players/coaches. IMO coaches who have PRESENT EXPERIENCE would be nice too.

Different atmosphere can do wonders for just about anybody. She appeared a lot happier at Nebraska and you could see the Landfair we had when she first came to our program.

One down and at least 4 more to go.

I believe they are allowed to phone and use Social Media prior to actually in person contact.

EXACTLY! Sheffield being one of, if not the worst, for transferring in players and who more than likely play the next season. You would think by now, with an ESTABLISHED PATTERN, Freshman shouldn't bother committing there in the first place. If I'm not mistaken, we are talking 4-6 players a...

Isn't our program financed a lot by many BOOSTERS?

I thought Hudson had another year, but I could be wrong.

They had opportunities to win sets 2-3. However, if your setter struggles getting the ball to your most explosive top scorer, your chances of winning really do go downhill quickly. I know and understand Hanson was tripled blocked but setting needed to change along with Julia's approach for the...

So many programs at the U of Minnesota are now under performing. Is it a possibility of the quality of athletes in today's world? After all, it is a different world we live in. Or their priorities do not lie with sports? IDK but it is so disheartening to see.

I have great concerns for Stella. I personally believe the expectations were way way way too high. I pretty much felt that way all season. I would not consider her one of the top setters either. Nor did I feel SHE IMPROVED AT ALL. Sure our passing is not great but Stella is all over that...

I am wondering what happened to "right the ship". If there were attempts, they were very very very short lived by the Gophers. All season I kept questioning this coaching staff making any player ADJUSTMENTS during the matches. Either it isn't happening or our players are not responding...