Good hire indeed
by Domer99 (2015-01-09 10:43:51)

In reply to: Jack's certainly not messing around with VB  posted by El Kabong

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Definite homerun hire.

He went after a big one in women's soccer and ended up with Romagnolo, who was pretty solid and helped advance the Irish to the 3rd round of the NCAAs (one round shy of the final four).

Halfpenny has produced good results in the regular season but has been below average in the NCAA tournament. Jury is still out.

I'd say his hiring choices haven't generally been homeruns but solid. This certainly qualifies. It might even temporarily subdue some of Melanzana's angst against Swarbrick.

Haha...beat me to it!
by Melanzana  (2015-01-09 12:35:07)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Yes, credit where credit is due. Jim is the absolute best person for the job, and I commend Swarbrick and Missy Conboy on getting it done. Very excited for the future of the program and for Jim and his family.

Uncle Jack must be lurking on the board. (link)
by G.K.Chesterton  (2015-01-09 13:51:52)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Wonder what Mr. Wednesday thinks of this *
by El Kabong  (2015-01-10 09:28:29)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Very happy to be proven wrong.
by Mr Wednesday  (2015-01-11 13:31:16)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

As I said, I thought it would be a great hire, it's just the sort of move that so often doesn't come to pass for whatever reason.

Probably how most on the board would feel
by ndsdsub  (2015-01-10 15:54:21)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

if ND hired Urban Meyer -- happy that the well-deserved skepticism was wrong.

There are plenty of folks in the volleyball community that are fairly shocked/puzzled over McLaughlin's move given his success at UW, the lack of volleyball success at ND recently, and his own West Coast ties (grew up in Southern California). Admittedly, it seems that most of those folks were also unaware of the ND/midwest connection through his wife.