Anyone know of one of the assistants leaving? We are advertising for an assistant volleyball coach on the NCAA job site.
Will Wisconsin come after CJL?
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They need their own facility - an arena that seats 4-5k for their matches. Add in to the facility coaches offices, weight room, room for the athletic trainers, locker rooms, etc. Basically you could build something similar to the bball practice facility only for VB. This would give them a permanent home, yet they could still use Hilton for big matches if necessary.
I REALLY like it that she wants this for ISU, for her gals, for herself. It is what I wanted from WBB back in 2000, 2001 when I thought we had built enough success and support to become something more than a top 30 type program. Didn't happen, not going to happen in WBB. I really think VB is going to be different. (Damn that FSU match last year!).
(BTW, I still love to follow the WBB, I just don't have the expectations I used. We have a good program with an elite fan base.)
I hear you, but would not that be at least $15M to build? Do we still have the Armory to renovate?
sounds like this is pretty well killed. Doesn't sound like Wisky was willing to bring out what they would have needed to get the top coaches like CJL. Not that it should be a surprise to ISU fans. We need to continue supporting our program and helping keep a great environment for Christy and family!
From the coaches page on cyclones.com, it is the assistant that was just hired, I don't rember his name, that is no longer pictured.
oh good, I was hoping it wasn't Klein. She's from the next town over from my hometown and was a star on her vball team in HS. Always thought it was cool that she was an assistant coach. Never realized there was a male assistant besides Joe, lol. I really just knew of him, Jessica, and Dawn.
honest question: why? What is the roi on this kind of investment? I struggle to believe this is a smart investment. I am prepared for the angry responses I am certain to get. But unless there is a real compelling business reason to do this I am hard pressed to think this makes much sense.
To be fair, there are several very high-level VB programs that also play in their school's basketball arena, on the basketball court, with VB court lines taped on, like ISU does: Stanford, UCLA, Washington, USC to name four.
That being said, all of the local VB teams that we measure ourselves by: Minn, Ill, TX, Neb, Wisc, KSU, etc., play in great VB venues on dedicated VB courts...
CycloneErik
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Every program not named "Football" or "Men's Basketball" costs the Iowa State athletic department, and virtually every other collegiate athletics department, more than it brings in.
