USA staff apparently (OK, "allegedly") screwing with other people's livelihoods
"We just got back from the A2 tryouts and the staff said the conference was just not that tough," Salvo's mother Lori said. "They're not playing against top players in top conferences."
That's Lori Salvo, mother of Utah deserter Airial Salvo after news broke that Airial and teammate Sydney Anderson are bailing on the Utes for loftier heights, apparently after receiving advice from "the staff" at the A2 tryouts.
That sound you hear is the USA Volleyball infrastructure crumbling to the ground, combined with Tom Pingel developing an instantaneous ulcer.
Don't you think head coach Beth Launiere would love a little conversation with the rocket scientist at USA Volleyball that gave her two budding young stars such stellar advice?
"Hey, thanks for that. Really. You're a peach. Did you want to run over my dog, too?"
Can we expect more super terrific interventions in the future from USA staff members? If so, why would any college coach at a school other than Stanford, Penn State, Washington, etc., advise their players to tryout for any USA team?
Why would you? Why send your talented kids to USA Volleyball when there's a danger of someone telling them they need to leave their current school because of a lack of competition?
And correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Utah a Top 10 team last year? With everyone returning? And aren't they playing in the AVCA Showcase next year?
Well according to Mrs. Salvo, Airial and Anderson "want to play for a national championship and become Olympians."
And that's impossible as a Utah Ute? Sure, the odds of achieving the former are tougher at Utah than at Nebraska, Stanford, Penn State, and Washington, but what do you want, the whole thing handed to you on a silver platter?
As for wanting to be an Olympian, this really has even less to do with where you go to school. Stacy Sykora, Lindsey Berg, Charlene Johnson, Demetria Sance, Tammy Liley, Liane Sato, Janet Cobbs, Mickisha Hurley, and Yoko Zetterlund did not play for Top 5 programs. You know what they did do? Play in the Olympics.
Labels: Airial Salvo, Beth Launiere, Sydney Anderson, USA Volleyball, Utah
posted by dotter @ 4:08 PM
6 Comments
6 Comments:
This absolutely sickens me. Let me understand this... They go to a national team tryout, that the University of Utah pays for. And then these two players go to Europe, which the University of Utah pays for. And then these two players leave them high and dry three months before preseason begins? Classy young ladies! The mom/head coach is proud of them? Great job of teaching your daughter about loyalty! I hope that you both find what you are looking for and feel good about screwing your friends/teammates.
I am now a Utes fan!!!
Kids transfer all the time. I think it'll be interesting to find out if the mom's quotes are accurate in describing what's going on. They're all we have right now, though.
Geez, CALM DOWN! You really do not have any understanding of how these things work. I can pretty much guarantee you that no one on from Tom Pingel to Doug Beal pulled these kids aside and told them they should leave Utah for greener pastures. These camps and tryout are, for the most part, staffed by college coaches and evaluators. So, who you are really trying to run down are people like former Utah assistant Matt McShane, Jim Stone, Paula Weishoff, etc.
There are many players on the A2 team from lesser programs than Utah (and non-championship caliber teams), including Cal Poly, Missouri, Illinois, Alabama, Iowa State, Cal, BYU, Pepperdine and others. I guess all of those players will be transfering programs, too, thanks to USAV staff.
Quit trying to run down the sport and stir things that you have no first-hand knowledge of.
I'm only speculating based on the article, and what the mom said. I'm not running down anything. What's your explanation based on the quotes?
Based on WHAT quote? Did I miss something? The mother said basically that another college coach said the MWC was weak. No kidding! You are shocked by that? Now, if Jim Stone told these kids to transfer to Ohio State so they could win a national championship, that would be a real story. It would also be an NCAA violation. Are you accusing him or anyone else of this? The mother never said that. She never said Tom Pingel told those kids that, or anything near that, either. You are putting words in the mouth of USAV staff, and the mother, and the college coaches who worked that camp.
You should really apply for the next open job at USAV so you can share your vast wealth of knowledge with the whole volleyball world.
Let me repeat what the mother said, a camp staffer (not a USAV staff member) said...The Mountain West is NOT a very strong volleyball conference (unless you consider US Air Force a jugernaut, of course).
If you have another quote from the mother where she said USAV told those kids to transfer to another school, please enlighten us. It does the USAV so much good to see that happen by the way. If not, please insert your idle speculation/gossip in to something like Lacrosse. I really do not think USAV is crumbling because two kids want to transfer out of Utah. Do you?
Not "another college coach"; a "staff member," which could be any number of things from USAV staff to a college coach. I'm not saying the USA staff said "You should transfer." I'm saying it looks as though their comments have resulted in an odd turn of events.
As for USAV crumbling, of course not. It's called "hypberbole" for the sake of being silly.
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