VB Hire?

[misterspike]

Has there been a new coach hired?

[gwebb1994]

I didn't know Jones had been fired. They just signed six during the signing period in November.

[gwebb1994]

We hire a coach that was an assistant at Penn, the program that had a player revolt at the end of last season and had to forfeit their last two games as a result.

www.inquirer.com/college-sports/penn/iain-braddak-penn-womens-volleball-coach-resign-20200201.html

www.thedp.com/article/2020/02/penn-volleyball-what-we-know-and-dont-know

[gwebb1994]

Only a losing athletic department would have the President of the school advertise a coaching vacancy on Twitter midseason with no press release as to the why or where.

It'll be a happy day when Burch is finally gone and we get an AD with a clue.

[sidelinesgwu]

Mar 19, 2021 7:46:30 GMT -5 gwebb1994 said:

Only a losing athletic department would have the President of the school advertise a coaching vacancy on Twitter midseason with no press release as to the why or where.

It'll be a happy day when Burch is finally gone and we get an AD with a clue.

Couldn't agree more. Absolutely terrible move by Downs to just toss that out there. Part of trying to play with the big boys and girls at D1 is owning up to firing a coach (and at least partially saying why) or announcing the bad news that they've left your school. We knew the AD was going to do this crap because he always has, but I had hopes that Downs would bring a level of professionalism to the job. Let's just say I'm not impressed so far.

[gwebb1994]

Nice retort. The whole Larry Thomas debacle has soured me on Downs, big time. Burch should have been canned back with the whole Carlos Webb deal. If the President of the school, like him or not, falls on his sword but the AD and head coach don't even get a reprimand, you know the operation is dysfunctional. To imagine how close we were to getting Bill Curry as our AD, but Dr. White didn't want anyone overshadowing his big ego, so he settled for the lapdog Burch. Ask any Liberty fan or alum, they were thrilled to be rid of him.

[dawgdad]

Mar 19, 2021 17:59:19 GMT -5 gwebb1994 said:

Nice retort. The whole Larry Thomas debacle has soured me on Downs, big time. Burch should have been canned back with the whole Carlos Webb deal. If the President of the school, like him or not, falls on his sword but the AD and head coach don't even get a reprimand, you know the operation is dysfunctional. To imagine how close we were to getting Bill Curry as our AD, but Dr. White didn't want anyone overshadowing his big ego, so he settled for the lapdog Burch. Ask any Liberty fan or alum, they were thrilled to be rid of him.

You should know how I feel about Burch by now, but I know nothing about the Larry Thomas debacle. Could you fill us in on this? Thx

[gwebb1994]

Mar 20, 2021 11:02:42 GMT -5 dawgdad said:

Mar 19, 2021 17:59:19 GMT -5 gwebb1994 said:

Nice retort. The whole Larry Thomas debacle has soured me on Downs, big time. Burch should have been canned back with the whole Carlos Webb deal. If the President of the school, like him or not, falls on his sword but the AD and head coach don't even get a reprimand, you know the operation is dysfunctional. To imagine how close we were to getting Bill Curry as our AD, but Dr. White didn't want anyone overshadowing his big ego, so he settled for the lapdog Burch. Ask any Liberty fan or alum, they were thrilled to be rid of him.

You should know how I feel about Burch by now, but I know nothing about the Larry Thomas debacle. Could you fill us in on this? Thx

Check the thread under 'general discussion'. They up and fired him with zero notice after 40+ years of service to the school, on top of being an alumnus, all while he is fighting cancer.

Two sides to every story, but the look for GW is bad any way you slice it, and now the local Boiling Springs community support is suffering as a result. Alot of locals have had it. Not good.

[GWebber]

I was deeply disturbed by the Larry Thomas thing. I remember him well, and fondly. But I have to admit that I've been very impressed by Downs, the Thomas fiasco notwithstanding. I still think he's going to be very, very good for the school.

[gwebb1994]

Hired Eric Plunkett, associate HC at Illinois State. Resume seems solid, hopefully he realizes what he's walking into as far as operations and funding. The only plus I see in this is Downs is obviously involved in the hiring process. If it was left to Chuck, he'd hire a local middle school coach on the cheap.

gwusports.com/news/2021/5/25/gardner-webb-names-eric-plunkett-new-head-volleyball-coach.aspx