The Volleyball Network

Live Updates, 2/22/10

// February 22nd, 2010 // Uncategorized

Woot! We’ve got a HUGE show today. AVP Announcer Chris Geeter McGee is in-house and ready to rock. We’ve also got Kerri Walsh chatting it up at 10:25. After that we’ve got new UCLA women’s coach Mike Sealy talking with us.

Dan wants you all to know that he is without a microphone which, for some people, is a very good thing. Reid wants you all to see this photo album of his recent match. It’s in Russian. You’ll notice that Reid, at barely 6′4″ is complaining about playing against 7′1″ avatar hybrids.

Geeter AVP updates…Schedule is coming out any day…Got a Malibu event and 5 or 6 more California events. They’ve paired the events with other cool activities going on at the same time in the same area. AVP is close to a title sponsor, with the right people it will be a great step. No more AVP on NBC, bittersweet for Geeter. But they’re about to sign with ESPN and ABC! Pretty awesome because ESPN is the source for sports fans. AVP on SportsCenter??

Got a brand new Kinda Good song for the break…

KERRI WALSH INTERVIEW She’s pregnant with child #2, 6.5 months into it…She and husband Casey Jennings are loving being parents to almost-1 year old Joey. Even with 2 children, she hopes to come back and compete on the beach in August, if it all works out. She was proud of her comeback last year, especially playing with Holly. She says she wants to win a tournament with her (woah!). And playing with Misty again at the end of the year felt great and reaffirmed how great they can be. Now that Misty is playing with Nicole Branagh…Kerri hopes they do well but she still hopes to get back with Misty regardless of how May/Branagh do. She’ll be envious but proud She talked to Elaine Youngs about playing this year, but EY is set and playing with Rachel (Wacholder) Scott, so that probably won’t happen.

She is very dedicated to helping young players have all the opportunities she had growing up and increase the numbers. AVP vs USAV is a tricky situation but she is hopeful that the beach side will be represented better within the sport. She believes that her role is not to help herself but to help the future great players in the USA.

Lots of athletes get into businesses when they retire…Kerri is considering working with iVillage and model herself after Gabrielle Reece and Heidi Klum. She wants to be a great family and career woman.

She grew up a basketball player and Gatorade has allowed her to be a great fan of football (going to the Super Bowl) and baseball too. She’s a self-proclaimed sports buff!

MIKE SEALY INTERVIEW
Mike is the 2nd head coach EVER of the UCLA women’s volleyball team. His recent interviews felt like a Miss America process…nerve-racking. But UCLA’s felt right. His vision for the program is to be as good as you can possibly be, not necessarily “win a national title”. His goal is to win that national championship. He wants to recruit locally and get his kids to attend a top-25 college. He played 6 years overseas with a different coach in each league, so he learned a LOT of his philosophy from those coaches. He uses his playing experience, sometimes an arrogant older player or low-confidence setter afraid to set in hitting lines…And he now knows how to communicate better with his players.

His coaching staff was already in place when he interviewed, so he felt more comfortable interviewing with a staff already there. And Joy MacKenzie Fuerbringer will help out with the team.