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One huge question mark:
Who will set...
Who will set...
Maybe Hilley wants to come home?
Also move Barnes to libero? Just a thought...
Actually the libero gets more playing time. The libero gets six rotations and serves once during a full rotation. A DS gets three rotations (of 6) and serves once.
Maybe Hilley wants to come home?
Also move Barnes to libero? Just a thought...
Actually, 5.5 rotations. They have to leave for 1 serve.
She will get her chance.
But if there is a setter who wants to come in for 2019, no way we'll turn her away. Some people on VT have speculated that the Auburn freshman setter is looking to transfer. But she's from Illinois.
This isn't the end of her career ... right?? She has to give it a shot playing pro (or at least semi-pro ??) somewhere??
https://www.minnpost.com/sports/201...nder-has-gophers-volleyball-outgrown-the-pav/
Minnpost; Pat Borzi: Has Gopher volleyball outgrown the PAV. Spoiler: probably not.
Which is a long and winding way (sorry) to address a lingering issue for next year’s Gophers — whether the team has outgrown the cozy, comfortable, 5,500-capacity Pav, and should move at least some Big Ten Conference matches next door to Williams Arena, which holds 14,625.
Easier proposed than done.
Gophers Coach Hugh McCutcheon opposes it, and McCutcheon carries such gravitas in the athletic department that it has zero chance of happening without his support. He loves the noise and energy in the Pav, and Minnesota’s 61-3 mark there the last four years offers a compelling argument to stay put. (The university dropping major bucks to air condition the Pav next year is another.) Three of those four seasons saw the Gophers go unbeaten at home in Big Ten conference play, critical for landing a high NCAA seed.
“We’ve got it good where we are,” McCutcheon said before last week’s Minneapolis Regional. “It’s not broken. We’re not looking to fix it.
“If for some reason we knew we could get into Williams and sell it out, for example, then great. But as we know, the margins in our conference are incredibly thin. To take an advantage away from our team on the off chance that maybe we could get a better crowd or something, it seems like we’re not really honoring our commitment to the program by doing that.”
Fine. But our friends from Lincoln offer an intriguing counterargument.
The Huskers navigated a similar dilemma in 2013, moving from the raucous Nebraska Coliseum (capacity 4,030) to the larger, newly renovated Bob Devaney Sports Center. Nebraska was 454-30 in 37 seasons at the Coliseum, losing only six conference matches in that time, at one point winning an NCAA-record 90 straight at home. Nebraska Coach John Cook preferred to stay put. But Tom Osborne, the renowned and respected former football coach, was the athletic director at the time, and nobody says no to Tom Osborne.
Yes, it's idiotic, forgive my French. As Hugh says, "It's not broken. We're not looking to fix it." Sell outs are not a bad thing.
It's not like they have been selling out for years and years. They've had growth for the last few years with some good teams with really attractive local kids on the team to further the appeal. And so they have recently reached a point where they are selling out. This is a very good home field advantage.
"Let's move into a huge cavern so everyone gets to see!". Yeah right, great idea.
Maybe we should tell the U to hold off on putting air conditioning in the PAV because we might be moving soon.
SELLOUTS ARE NOT A BAD THING!
let's move them out of their home and into a 14,000 seat barn...haha
Must be one of the selfish season ticket holders at the Pav. Of course you want to do whats best in your own self interests.
Not talking about a permanent move. Maybe just a COUPLE games.
And watch a player fly off the court and kill themselve running after a ball? Maybe the Crazy Blanket Lady can sprint around the court and catch them in her cozy polar fleece?
Become a “selfish” season ticket holder. Problem solved. We did five years ago.
Extremely selfish position by McCutcheon on this. Very disappointing.
Playing in Williams would actually give people outside the Pav cult of season ticket holders a chance to go to the game and watch the awesome vball team!
Must be one of the selfish season ticket holders at the Pav. Of course you want to do whats best in your own self interests.
Not talking about a permanent move. Maybe just a COUPLE games.
Miller is a big (maybe huge) pickup. She was one of names mentioned as a possible transfer from the start. Glad to have it official.Gophers add transfer setter Kylie Miller from UCLA. She was ranked #11 in her class (same class as Hart and Pittman).
then you absolutely do not move into a bigger venue.