Because of injuries and Alicia's virus, we've been forced to play Houston more than we expected. I thought we'd be going with our older, experienced players, but she has accelerated her growth over the weekend. She's a terminator and, for the moment, the (starting) job is hers.

I recruited a bunch of his players, and we were always on the same wavelength as far as technique and tactics. When I had a chance to hire him, I jumped at it.

I just want to be comfortable with our 'physical' level. I want to know we are physical enough to compete at the highest level.

They beat us in every phase of the game. It was not a match. We were just not ready to play at that level.

It just wasn't pretty for a long time and that's disturbing. It felt like our team just wasn't prepared, and that's the fault of the coach.

It's not going to be an overnight situation with UOP. When you're down a little bit, it's going to take longer nowadays because the competition for kids is so much greater than when UOP won the championships.

It's not the same. We're going to have tough situations in the WAC but not like Washington where the talent on the other side is better than us and we're having to battle.

There's a lot of interest from very qualified coaches, coaches who have had success at their programs. I was very surprised that it would create that kind of interest, and that quickly.

We didn't have a scholarship for Tamari. She's a good volleyball player. I don't know what our plans for her would have been. We would have evaluated her if she had been here.

You don't coach to win necessarily. You'd like to win, but you need to see most of your players, especially the ones competing for starting positions. This is the start of evaluation for next fall. We'll establish a depth chart starting now.