[Softball Fan]

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It's not a surprise considering her young and growing family .   A potential problem is some of the players including 2021 incoming setter Miner could identify with Glass and that was a real plus for the WVB program.

I have no idea who the new coach will be.   My guess is it will be a female but other than that no idea.   Someone good at recruiting would help.  IMO 80% of success in WVB is recruiting top players. 

There will be a ton of applicants.  Most coaches know Stanford has the potential to get back to the top very quickly.

[Softball Fan]

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It's not a surprise considering her young and growing family .   A potential problem is some of the players including 2021 incoming setter Miner could identify with Glass and that was a real plus for the WVB program.

I have no idea who the new coach will be.   My guess is it will be a female but other than that no idea.   Someone good at recruiting would help.  IMO 80% of success in WVB is recruiting top players. 

There will be a ton of applicants.  Most coaches know Stanford has the potential to get back to the top very quickly.

[FarmBoy]

I hope my fears about Kevin Hambly are unfounded. I know it's been an unpopular idea to express that his success at Stanford was based on inheriting a team that was already national championship caliber. I'm aware of his success at other programs, program building at Stanford can require a very different skillset. I was always going to reserve my judgement on how good a fit with Stanford he would be on how well he performs in a post Plummer/Gray/Hentz program. Hopefully he turns it around.

[FarmBoy]

I hope my fears about Kevin Hambly are unfounded. I know it's been an unpopular idea to express that his success at Stanford was based on inheriting a team that was already national championship caliber. I'm aware of his success at other programs, program building at Stanford can require a very different skillset. I was always going to reserve my judgement on how good a fit with Stanford he would be on how well he performs in a post Plummer/Gray/Hentz program. Hopefully he turns it around.

[BobK]

Wow they are very unfounded. Or winning a national champ is so very easy

[BobK]

Wow they are very unfounded. Or winning a national champ is so very easy

[FarmBoy]

Wow they are very unfounded.  Or winning a national champ is so very easy

I hope you're right. Winning players when you inherit Plummer, Gray, Hentz, etc is surely a lot easier than starting from scratch, and probably a different skill set.

[FarmBoy]

Wow they are very unfounded.  Or winning a national champ is so very easy

I hope you're right. Winning players when you inherit Plummer, Gray, Hentz, etc is surely a lot easier than starting from scratch, and probably a different skill set.

[Spiny_Norman]

What is yet to be determined is the impact of the retirement of Denise Corlett. You don't easily replace someone with 31 years of experience who had been with the program through all 9 NC teams. No head coach wins (even one as accomplished as Kevin Hambly) without a strong staff.

[Spiny_Norman]

What is yet to be determined is the impact of the retirement of Denise Corlett. You don't easily replace someone with 31 years of experience who had been with the program through all 9 NC teams. No head coach wins (even one as accomplished as Kevin Hambly) without a strong staff.

[BobK]

We will start the season with 6 top 5 recruits and 3 more who were 6-10. Someone beleives he can coach them.

[BobK]

We will start the season with 6 top 5 recruits and 3 more who were 6-10. Someone beleives he can coach them.

[Softball Fan]

We will start the season with 6 top 5 recruits and 3 more who were 6-10.  Someone beleives he can coach them.

That's what makes all college WVB fans have such high expectations for Stanford in the fall.  When it comes to senior ace ranking Stanford is in a different universe than the rest of the PAC-12.

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I hope my fears about Kevin Hambly are unfounded. I know it's been an unpopular idea to express that his success at Stanford was based on inheriting a team that was already national championship caliber. I'm aware of his success at other programs, program building at Stanford can require a very different skillset. I was always going to reserve my judgement on how good a fit with Stanford he would be on how well he performs in a post Plummer/Gray/Hentz program. Hopefully he turns it around.

I can understand your reservations about Hambly.    Even with the practice obstacles and the injuries this spring the players available to play seemed to underperform.  Although I do feel WVB is distinctly different from WBB in that you can't constantly rearrange players and keep the team flow at a constant level on the court  

IMO the issue was not Hambly.  Maybe I'm overly optimistic.  I expect to read stories in December about Stanford going from two wins in the spring to the Final Four in the fall.

[Softball Fan]

We will start the season with 6 top 5 recruits and 3 more who were 6-10.  Someone beleives he can coach them.

That's what makes all college WVB fans have such high expectations for Stanford in the fall.  When it comes to senior ace ranking Stanford is in a different universe than the rest of the PAC-12.

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I hope my fears about Kevin Hambly are unfounded. I know it's been an unpopular idea to express that his success at Stanford was based on inheriting a team that was already national championship caliber. I'm aware of his success at other programs, program building at Stanford can require a very different skillset. I was always going to reserve my judgement on how good a fit with Stanford he would be on how well he performs in a post Plummer/Gray/Hentz program. Hopefully he turns it around.

I can understand your reservations about Hambly.    Even with the practice obstacles and the injuries this spring the players available to play seemed to underperform.  Although I do feel WVB is distinctly different from WBB in that you can't constantly rearrange players and keep the team flow at a constant level on the court  

IMO the issue was not Hambly.  Maybe I'm overly optimistic.  I expect to read stories in December about Stanford going from two wins in the spring to the Final Four in the fall.

[BostonCard]

Congrats to Meghan McClure, Pac-12 scholar athlete of the year.

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BC

[BostonCard]

Congrats to Meghan McClure, Pac-12 scholar athlete of the year.

[tweet]https://twitter.com/pac12/status/1386741913823289348?s=20[/tweet]

BC

[Softball Fan]

It's possible to get a 4.04 GPA at Stanford.  You can get an A+ in a class which is worth slightly more than a 4.0 for the class.

[Softball Fan]

It's possible to get a 4.04 GPA at Stanford.  You can get an A+ in a class which is worth slightly more than a 4.0 for the class.