Katie Schumacher-Cawley is hired - thoughts ?

She's actually pretty positive about the KSC hiring -- not that Salima being positive should be a surprise.  I do hope they substitute someone else for her going forward, because it's really weird, IMHO, to have a Power 5 coach with a weekly show not produced by their employer-university, but rather by an ostensibly non-partisan magazine covering all of volleyball.  I do realize that John Cook appears regularly on his daughter's show, but that's a Nebraska-centric show.   

That's what I get for skimming   

Salima at Notre Dame is tough to take.

Welcome Katie and let's go Lions!

I don't know enough about KSC to prefer one or the other, but I just don't like seeing Fawcett at tOSU and Salima at ND. I don't mind most other schools, but those 2 are hard to take. Thanks for the link to that interview. I've seen some concerns noted about Katie's recruiting, but I have loved Blossom, Hord, Parker, Hampton among others, so I don't really share those concerns. Excited for those coming in and will enjoy watching this team develop in the wake of Rose's departure. Following a legend is not easy, so I'm throwing all my support to Katie.

If Salima had been chosen (and again, I don't believe she was among Penn State's top candidates, and I believe KSC was among Penn State's top candidates), I probably would not have posted that I preferred KSC (other than, possibly, in response to a direct question).   But that's not the situation we're in.  KSC was chosen, and I'm voicing my opinion that the choice of KSC was the right choice.  I don't think it's too early to voice that opinion -- though I agree it's too early to know if I am correct in having that opinion.  I've been saying all along that time will tell.  I still hold that opinion as well. 

p.s. I don't mind at all that others disagree with my opinion, and  that some/many would have preferred Salima.  

I understand that Russ Rose has given alot of credit to assistant coaches who handled recruiting, but I don't think we really know who to credit for recruiting success.  I think when recruiting fails, the Head Coach gets blamed (e.g. "Russ Rose can't close the deal on elite OHs anymore" has been a frequent refrain in recent years).  I don't know how to allocate success.  I would assume that the final decision on who to pursue rested with Russ Rose.  The day-to-day execution of the recruiting was in the hands of assistants.  Closing the deal was, I assume, in the hands of Russ Rose.  I'm not saying Salima wasn't instrumental in recruiting success (and failure) -- I'm just saying I don't know how you apportion either of those metrics. 

OK. But mathematical impossibility for Coach K to have had A ROLE in identification of/recruitment of players who committed before she was hired at PSU. Can we agree to that? Only been with the team 4 seasons.