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Stanford Women’s Volleyball 2021 - BobK - 04-19-2021
A great great hire
https://twitter.com/stanfordwvb/status/1384298147564843011?s=21
RE: Stanford Women’s Volleyball - johnbar - 04-19-2021
Indeed.
https://gostanford.com/news/2021/4/19/womens-volleyball-thompson-added-to-staff.aspx
RE: Stanford Women’s Volleyball - Softball Fan - 04-19-2021
I have to admit if I were to have made up a list of 50 possible candidates, she would not have come to mind. I trust Hambly to make good hiring decisions. He needs someone he is comfortable around and a coach who believes in the same approach as his to the sport.
I remember watching National Team exhibition matches when she played. She would come out before the other players, do a routine of stretching and calisthenics. She seemed very self-motivated and an intense competitor.
This is the only question in the back of my mind. Stanford WVB needs stability in its coaching staff. Corlett was the gold standard for this. Will she stick around after a couple years or move on to a head coaching position?
RE: Stanford Women’s Volleyball - BobK - 04-19-2021
I loved watching her play despite Washington being very good. Intense and the best as a player
RE: Stanford Women’s Volleyball - johnbar - 04-19-2021
There is a documentary about her; I don't think I've seen it:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3591778/
RE: Stanford Women’s Volleyball - BostonCard - 04-19-2021
She also ran a sub-3 hour marathon.
BC
RE: Stanford Women’s Volleyball - winflop - 04-19-2021
Looks like a great hire
Curious what's happening with Childress?
RE: Stanford Women’s Volleyball - BostonCard - 04-19-2021
(04-19-2021, 07:44 PM)winflop Wrote: Looks like a great hire
Curious what's happening with Childress?
I believe Josh and Alishia moved down to Southern California.
BC
RE: Stanford Women’s Volleyball - oldalum - 04-20-2021
(04-19-2021, 05:44 PM)paloalto Wrote: Stanford WVB needs stability in its coaching staff. Corlett was the gold standard for this.not sure I agree with "needs," other than at the head coach position, which we have. Corlett was an extreme outlier: an assistant/associate head coach who was eminently capable of being an excellent head coach but did not want to be. Unlikely she will ever be repeated. It is probably desirable to have your main recruiting assistant coach stay for a long time, but I'd rather have other assistants who are so great they move up in their profession than a decent but not stellar long-term assistant. Quality over longevity. And if a Stanford assistant coaching position is viewed as a stepping-stone to a good head coaching job, we'll have our pick of the best rising assistants.
RE: Stanford Women’s Volleyball - BobK - 04-20-2021
Josh was living mostly in SoCal where his business ventures are.
The roster has been updated to some degree on go Stanford
RE: Stanford Women’s Volleyball - BostonCard - 04-20-2021
(04-20-2021, 07:21 AM)oldalum Wrote:(04-19-2021, 05:44 PM)paloalto Wrote: Stanford WVB needs stability in its coaching staff. Corlett was the gold standard for this.not sure I agree with "needs," other than at the head coach position, which we have. Corlett was an extreme outlier: an assistant/associate head coach who was eminently capable of being an excellent head coach but did not want to be. Unlikely she will ever be repeated. It is probably desirable to have your main recruiting assistant coach stay for a long time, but I'd rather have other assistants who are so great they move up in their profession than a decent but not stellar long-term assistant. Quality over longevity. And if a Stanford assistant coaching position is viewed as a stepping-stone to a good head coaching job, we'll have our pick of the best rising assistants.
Kate Paye in WBB is another good example of a long term assistant who probably could have become a head coach elsewhere (though in her case, I think the lure of being Tara Vanderveer's heir at Stanford is keeping her around). I think if you have a head coach, two assistants, and a volunteer assistant (as Stanford volleyball has), it probably makes sense to have at least one assistant who is a long term assistant who can provide continuity, one assistant who is a rising star poised to become a head coach in a couple years when an opportunity presents itself, and a volunteer assistant who is relatively new to coaching and is poised to become a paid assistant once an opportunity presents itself.
BC
RE: Stanford Women’s Volleyball - BobK - 04-20-2021
Several previous volunteer coaches are
Assistant Texas school major forget which
Assistant Santa Clara
For Phogge head coach SF State
John could probably add more
RE: Stanford Women’s Volleyball - Softball Fan - 04-20-2021
(04-20-2021, 07:21 AM)oldalum Wrote:(04-19-2021, 05:44 PM)paloalto Wrote: Stanford WVB needs stability in its coaching staff. Corlett was the gold standard for this.not sure I agree with "needs," other than at the head coach position, which we have. Corlett was an extreme outlier: an assistant/associate head coach who was eminently capable of being an excellent head coach but did not want to be. Unlikely she will ever be repeated. It is probably desirable to have your main recruiting assistant coach stay for a long time, but I'd rather have other assistants who are so great they move up in their profession than a decent but not stellar long-term assistant. Quality over longevity. And if a Stanford assistant coaching position is viewed as a stepping-stone to a good head coaching job, we'll have our pick of the best rising assistants.
In the last six years there have been assistant coaches Denise Corlett, Erin Lindsey, Gary Mano, Alissa Childress, Jayson Mansfield, Cassidy Lichtman, and now Thompson. I might be forgetting one or two. All of these coaches with the possible exception of Lichtman have been involved in recruiting. While all these coaches have added value, it's hard to understand how this much employee turnover is a positive. Plus none of the countless, volunteer assistants to my knowledge have ever stuck with Stanford to become a paid employee.
I've read articles by Nebraska head coach John Cook and other DI WVB coaches who say it takes close to a year to fully integrate a new assistant coach into their system and procedures. I hope Hambly can bring new hires more quickly up to full speed.
Regardless I am very optimistic about the fall season if all the players come into camp healthy.
RE: Stanford Women’s Volleyball - BobK - 04-20-2021
Well you just named several who in their first year national champs.
Mansfield with Washington in the Final four
RE: Stanford Women’s Volleyball - Softball Fan - 04-20-2021
Here is an article about incoming setter Kami Miner. I'm not sure which Cardboard thread is the official WVB thread so I'll put it here:
https://volleyballmag.com/rapid-reads-032521/
Kami Miner skips club ball while dreaming about what’s in the Cards
“She’s played up for SO MANY years,” her father said. “All of her teammates have long been in college, including her USA Volleyball Girls Youth and Women’s Junior National teammates. Some of them are graduating from college this year!
She does daily film study sessions of volleyball at the highest levels of the sport, which are intended to increase her already next level understanding of it. She’s been doing extensive private volleyball training throughout the fall and winter and also high level strength and conditioning training throughout the pandemic.
There should be a competitive battle for starting setter or could Hambly try a modified 6-2 using two setters who only play in the back row?
RE: Stanford Women’s Volleyball - BostonCard - 04-20-2021
(04-20-2021, 12:37 PM)paloalto Wrote: There should be a competitive battle for starting setter or could Hambly try a modified 6-2 using two setters who only play in the back row?
So, a 6-2 where the setters are swapped out for attackers when they rotate to the front row?
BC
RE: Stanford Women’s Volleyball - BobK - 04-20-2021
Hambly isn’t a big fan of the 6-2 but we shall see
RE: Stanford Women’s Volleyball - BostonCard - 04-20-2021
The question is whether having an extra attacker on 50% of your rotations is worth having your best setter out on 50% of your rotations. Ultimately, it depends on how big the gap is between your best and second-best setter, and the gap between your two best opposites.
BC
RE: Stanford Women’s Volleyball - Softball Fan - 04-20-2021
I'm not a fan of a 6-2. It doesn't allow for the hitters and the entire team to get into a rhythm. But I asked the question because both setters are considered to be at an elite level.
RE: Stanford Women’s Volleyball - oldalum - 04-20-2021
Dunning tried the 6-2 in his last year when he had a senior who had been awaiting her chance to set (Kelsey Humphreys) and a new frosh setter (Jenna Gray); he ultimately concluded the gap was too big and went with Jenna. Ironically the NCAA championship point was bump set by Kelsey.