2017 Husker volleyball

[Bugeaters1]

 

[Bugeaters1]

Ok team lets do this.

 

[Bugeaters1]

Huskers win the second set 25-17 lead 2 sets to 0

[hskr4life]

National Champions!

[The Polish Rifle]

Could we get a John Cook statue outside of Devaney? Lets start that movement HHC.

[HuskerFever]

 

[HuskerFever]

So does this mean Moos will spare Cook his job next year?

[WestOHusker]

John Cook is the 2nd best coach to coach at this university. Only behind Dr. Tom


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[HuskerFever]

3 hours ago, WestOHusker said:

John Cook is the 2nd best coach to coach at this university. Only behind Dr. Tom

 

Not that my views are any different, but for the sake of being devil's advocate on this one, who's to say John Cook isn't the best coach at the university (not taking into account how influential Tom Osborne is)?

 

Cook got 4 national titles, 13 conference championships, 6th winningest coach in NCAA volleyball history, and won 88.5% of his matches over an 18 year span.

 

Osborne got 3 national titles, 13 conference championships, 7th winningest coach in NCAA football history, and won 83.6% of his games over a 24 year span.

 

Just some interesting fodder for mindless discussion. 

[HuskerActuary]

1 hour ago, HuskerFever said:

 

Not that my views are any different, but for the sake of being devil's advocate on this one, who's to say John Cook isn't the best coach at the university (not taking into account how influential Tom Osborne is)?

 

Cook got 4 national titles, 13 conference championships, 6th winningest coach in NCAA volleyball history, and won 88.5% of his matches over an 18 year span.

 

Osborne got 3 national titles, 13 conference championships, 7th winningest coach in NCAA football history, and won 83.6% of his games over a 24 year span.

 

Just some interesting fodder for mindless discussion. 

Osborne gets the nod in my opinion because of the competitiveness of football versus volleyball. There are only 15-20 schools that take volleyball very seriously and ensure that their volleyball team is as competitive as possible. Comparatively, every school does such in football.

[Silverbacked1]

" because of the competitiveness of football"

 

Are you sure about Kansas, Kansas State and Iowa State in football during the 70's and 80's?  

Edited December 17, 2017 by Silverbacked1

[HuskerFever]

In terms of competitiveness, I'm curious to see if any opinions change compared to Osborne if it were a basketball coach who had 4 national titles, 13 conference championships, 6th winningest coach in NCAA hoops history, and won 88.5% of his games over an 18 year span. One can dream, right?

[Bugeaters1]

1 hour ago, Silverbacked1 said:

" because of the competitiveness of football"

 

Are you sure about Kansas, Kansas State and Iowa State in football during the 70's and 80's?  

Have you looked at how the BIG 10 shakes out volleyball?  the BIG 10 had 8 teams in the tournment this year, and on any given night all but two of the teams can beat you.

[AuroranHusker]

I plan to just appreciate the natty for a while. Cook's a great coach. These players totally bought into the 'team' aspect of volleyball.

 

Whereas a team like PSU did not seem to be nearly as united on Thursday night. That's the difference between the two programs.

[atskooc]

I am on board saying Cook is the greatest coach this university has ever employed.

 

We've had some great ones, but his success is unparalleled (especially in his current conference, which is harder than any conference Osborne had to navigate).

[HuskerFever]

4 hours ago, atskooc said:

I am on board saying Cook is the greatest coach this university has ever employed.

 

We've had some great ones, but his success is unparalleled (especially in his current conference, which is harder than any conference Osborne had to navigate).

 

 

Loving the discussion.

[Huskerpapa]

I think Cook is amazing.  So was Dave van Horn, he turned around a pretty average baseball program.  That said, Tom Osborne built a program that dominated the sport for nearly a decade.  I still have to have T.O. at the top of any Nebraska list.  And oh yeah, it is hard not to have Bob Devaney at or very, very close to the top of the list.  That man built the foundation for all sports programs at UNL. 

[Huskerpapa]

And I almost forgot Bill Straub.  All he has done is:

Three NTCA Coach of the Year Awards (2005, 2013, 2017)

• Five NCAA Team Championships (2004, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2015)
• Five IBC Women's National Championships (1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001)
• Two IBC Men's National Championships (1990, 1996)
• Nine NTCA Collegiate Bowlers of the Year
• Four NTCA Collegiate Rookies of the Year
• 31 bowlers have made a combined 65 NTCA All-America teams
• 41 bowlers have made a combined 75 NTCA All-Academic teams
• 14 bowlers have been selected to national teams
• Nebraska Bowling Hall of Fame inductee
• Omaha Bowling Hall of Fame inductee
• Lincoln Bowling Hall of Fame inductee

[atskooc]

9 hours ago, huskercwg said:

I think Cook is amazing.  So was Dave van Horn, he turned around a pretty average baseball program.  That said, Tom Osborne built a program that dominated the sport for nearly a decade.  I still have to have T.O. at the top of any Nebraska list.  And oh yeah, it is hard not to have Bob Devaney at or very, very close to the top of the list.  That man built the foundation for all sports programs at UNL. 

That simply means Devaney was the most influential coach, which doesn't necessarily equate to best.