John Cook Retiring
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The definition of class. He will be sorely missed on so many different levels by Husker nation.
Major difference of experience on who is the replacement. Not difficult to understand
Are you sure of that? Or did she realize the chance to keep playing pro ball is what she wanted to focus on and knows that she can come back to coaching down the road when playing days are over. Extremely hard to pursue both.
The biggest difference is Frank didn’t go to another college and prove himself as both cook and Dani left Nebraska and became successful head coaches
AD Dannen did a good job keeping this under tight wraps for 6 days. I'm impressed.
My algorithm is dialed N. All Husker, Packer and Political. Some travel and nature. Some naked women sneak in once in awhile.
I don't get why she'd need to be encouraged to stay? Coach is retiring, not moving on to another program. Plus Dani just took Louisville to the NC game. I suppose anything is possible nowadays though.
DBK returning to NU had to be the worst kept secret. Virtually everybody knew it was just a matter of when and I’m not even a big volleyball fan.
Which is precisely why I clearly stated this wasn’t a buddy hire, but hiring one of the best head coaches in America. Proven.
Clear and huge difference between football and volleyball situations.
Not sure her players at Louisville are better… we beat them in 4 at their place earlier in the year. It could happen, but I don’t think you throw the baby out with the bath water by jettisoning current players for Louisville players, especially when their best player is out of eligibility now.
You are too quick. I deleted the post. No need to argue about what the new coach should or will do. She has a great program and so does Cook. But I wouldn’t be surprised if she wants a few players/recruits to come with her and that might affect some of the current NU roster.
I think she only brings her Louisville players if/when any current Nebraska players leave.
I see what you are saying but remember that this is 2025 and the players do have a transfer portal window now that there is a coaching change.
Anything is possible in the modern world of athletics.
She probably planned to stick around until Cook retired and just found out about the timing.
She has 50 plus minimum coaches more qualified to take Cooks place. Jordan was never considered for the job .
I would like to give Larson more credit than thinking she left not getting the head coach job. She has been pushing her responsibilities to the extreme and probably has a better fit to a coaching path on the pro or international scene than college. She is pretty unparalleled there. Larson was quite gracious lending her name to the Nebraska profile the past couple of seasons for a position that was not high on the list.
As for players leaving or staying, it would be remarkable if no changes happened but we can certainly hope they are minimal. I know Cook has been pretty zeroed in on the ladies playing for their relationships with each other more than wins or accolades and maybe he was planning for this a little bit with that.
Busboom can hopefully manage the level of success she achieved at UL at Nebraska. Final four appearances 2 out of 3 seasons sounds somewhat acceptable. I hope that the crowd can find a way to insert a BUS-BOOM chant into the atmosphere at the Bob next season.
As for players leaving or staying, it would be remarkable if no changes happened but we can certainly hope they are minimal. I know Cook has been pretty zeroed in on the ladies playing for their relationships with each other more than wins or accolades and maybe he was planning for this a little bit with that.
Busboom can hopefully manage the level of success she achieved at UL at Nebraska. Final four appearances 2 out of 3 seasons sounds somewhat acceptable. I hope that the crowd can find a way to insert a BUS-BOOM chant into the atmosphere at the Bob next season.