Salima Retiring from Collegiate Coaching

I am clearly witless.  Or have no soul.  A blank page as it were.

PSU will NOT bring on a person who has no prior experience. THIS IS THE BEST IF NOT ONE OF THE BEST PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY. WE DO NOT WISH TO EXPERIMENT.
Coaching obviously is not about being a good player or a pleasing personality. It is about knowing people and how to interact so that they grow and prosper, how to get them to do what they must do to provide the results expected.
It ain't about being a good guy. It is about commitment and determination and those qualities are paramount.
Look at the changes over the last few year and see that EXPERIENCE was held by each of those replacements.
The only one that I can recall that has had that is the current coach at PENN but I know there are two or three in the smaller college scene that have been doing it for some time

Wasn't so long ago Kaleena was his assistant. I could see him bringing back a former player who has now attained coaching experience elsewhere if it were the right person, right fit.

We have to assume, at this time, that Coach Rose intends to fulfill his 5 year contract.  Given where we are in 2017, he knows that he must have a woman as associate head coach or as an experienced assistant coach (i.e not a young inexperienced coach). That's because it's needed and because appearance counts, especially nowadays.  I'm sure that Coach will move quickly to name someone and get them onboard. This is a very desirable position.

In the time Russ has been here he has not always had a woman on his staff.
Blair is not seasoned enough to take this HUGE ROLE

Yes pointps tis the season and on that note, My family and I would like to wish everyone out there in Nittany Land a safe, healthy, and merry Xmas and a prosperous New Year. Who knows what may happen but it's fun to speculate.

I'm always impressed at how well Coach Rose and PSU's volleyball program maintain control over information. On Volleytalk, some of the posters claim that there were rumors of changes among PSU's coaching staff during Final Four week. But there was nothing definite and sometimes one can attribute comments like that to little more than "noise." In any event, Salima made her announcement on the 22nd and there's been nothing but speculation since. Those outside of Salima's family, the PSU program, or that are part of where she's headed who have a clue aren't talking. Those inside those circles who know aren't talking and... well at least it's something to talk about during the holidays.

But it all comes back to information control. I don't know how much other NCAA volleyball programs "talk," but I'm pretty sure between Nyline and all of our site participants we don't miss much of the information that the team and school puts out there. It's probably good that the team doesn't have leaks--while it might be neat to know some things, there are lots of reasons, personal privacy among them, that it's probably for the best that the only information we receive is that which is intended for public consumption.

So, will PSU hire a new Associate Head Coach? Why? PSU didn't have one before 2014 and seemed to do fine.