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Post by ethankasales on Nov 13, 2018 18:10:29 GMT -5
Check out the transcript from Tuesday's media availability featuring quotes from head coach Russ Rose and senior outside hitter Nia Reed.
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Post by nyline on Nov 13, 2018 19:01:40 GMT -5
Check out the transcript from Tuesday's media availability featuring quotes from head coach Russ Rose and senior outside hitter Nia Reed.
Thanks, as always! |
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Post by treblejig on Nov 13, 2018 19:24:08 GMT -5
Check out the transcript from Tuesday's media availability featuring quotes from head coach Russ Rose and senior outside hitter Nia Reed.
Thanks, as always! Always interesting to hear what RR thinks. Thanks! |
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Post by stillkicking on Nov 14, 2018 7:35:41 GMT -5
Thanks Ethan, you're the man
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Post by seeyajohn on Nov 14, 2018 8:29:05 GMT -5
Sometimes, when I read Coach Rose's public comments about his players, I wonder why anyone would want to play for him. It takes a thick-skinned individual to be a Nittany Lion volleyball player. Has he always been this publicly critical, or is he becoming a curmudgeon?  |
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Post by nyline on Nov 14, 2018 8:57:29 GMT -5
Sometimes, when I read Coach Rose's public comments about his players, I wonder why anyone would want to play for him. It takes a thick-skinned individual to be a Nittany Lion volleyball player. Has he always been this publicly critical, or is he becoming a curmudgeon? He has always (for me, "always" means since about 1998, though only following obsessively since about 2000) been honest in his assessment of his players -- when he has chosen to give an assessment. I believe he says things like that because it's what he thinks, and he doesn't want the players to read something sugar-coated that differs from what he says to them in practice and in coach-player meetings. And yes, it takes a tough kid to be a Nittany Lion volleyball player, but it also takes a tough player to win an NCAA D1 volleyball championship. He and his players frequently talk about the "grind." That kind of honesty is part of the total package. |
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Post by elliotberton on Nov 14, 2018 18:47:19 GMT -5
Sometimes, when I read Coach Rose's public comments about his players, I wonder why anyone would want to play for him. It takes a thick-skinned individual to be a Nittany Lion volleyball player. Has he always been this publicly critical, or is he becoming a curmudgeon? He has always (for me, "always" means since about 1998, though only following obsessively since about 2000) been honest in his assessment of his players -- when he has chosen to give an assessment. I believe he says things like that because it's what he thinks, and he doesn't want the players to read something sugar-coated that differs from what he says to them in practice and in coach-player meetings. And yes, it takes a tough kid to be a Nittany Lion volleyball player, but it also takes a tough player to win an NCAA D1 volleyball championship. He and his players frequently talk about the "grind." That kind of honesty is part of the total package. Coach also criticized himself for some choices he made. |
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Post by jojonito on Nov 14, 2018 21:30:16 GMT -5
A while back, at an award dinner, Ariel Scott (at the time I believe she was a senior) was asked what she had learned at PSU. She said, 1) Always have your nails done (from Arielle Wilson ) and 2) Don't be a baby. Coach Rose told her that babies don't get far in the world.
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Post by Millennium on Nov 15, 2018 1:02:03 GMT -5
Oh man, this stinks:
Coach said, “Minnesota and Wisconsin are two of the top teams in the country. It’s unfortunate we’re playing them on Thanksgiving weekend when there are no students here, but that’s just how the schedule works."
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Post by jojonito on Nov 15, 2018 1:25:52 GMT -5
True
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Post by stillkicking on Nov 15, 2018 2:03:45 GMT -5
Sometimes, when I read Coach Rose's public comments about his players, I wonder why anyone would want to play for him. It takes a thick-skinned individual to be a Nittany Lion volleyball player. Has he always been this publicly critical, or is he becoming a curmudgeon? He has always (for me, "always" means since about 1998, though only following obsessively since about 2000) been honest in his assessment of his players -- when he has chosen to give an assessment. I believe he says things like that because it's what he thinks, and he doesn't want the players to read something sugar-coated that differs from what he says to them in practice and in coach-player meetings. And yes, it takes a tough kid to be a Nittany Lion volleyball player, but it also takes a tough player to win an NCAA D1 volleyball championship. He and his players frequently talk about the "grind." That kind of honesty is part of the total package. The point being, you cannot learn and improve from your mistakes unless they are brought to your attention, And sugar coating anything, is not how champions are made. |
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Post by jojonito on Nov 15, 2018 2:11:26 GMT -5
I get the impression from listening to Coach Rose's comments that he will talk to players in practice and if that doesn't work will use public comments to get thru to players. I've seen a lot of comments where he will say the team as a whole didn't play well or he'll say that some of our hitters weren't on, not calling out anyone. I think his comments are very calculated. He's been doing this so long that he will do what players need to get thru to them. I can't remember him ever saying negative comments about Lacy Fuller. She would always being going 100% in practice which he really liked and admired. Just my opinion.
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