"Gretchen is a good person, she has a strong soul and is passionate about things she believes in. However, my experience with her as her player was foul. I have seen tough coaches who want to make their players stronger, but I have not seen tough coaches who degrade their players until I played for Gretchen. Motivation is the key to any sport, especially in college. Without motivation, each day and each practice becomes more of a chore than a pleasure. Gretchen does not have an ounce of motivational encouragement in her body and that nearly destroyed me as a player and nearly ended my career of volleyball after many years of playing. Another issue I found with her was her lack of organization. Being a college athlete means you have a lot going on a once and one thing that made my experience very difficult was not knowing our practice and lift schedule until the day of, and then getting yelled at if you “couldn’t make it work”. She preaches that academics comes first but then she says school work and academic activities are not an excuse to miss practice. The way I got through practice was by pretending she wasn’t there, and that was very difficult considering she likes to give dirty looks after a mistake and crap talk to our assistant coach right in front of us. The way she blatantly talked bad about us in front of us and behind our backs destroyed our morale as a team. She only cares about the wins and the success and her self image rather than her players well being. I enjoy hard work, I enjoy being pushed, because in the long run it makes me a stronger better player, but I need the motivation to do it and that became very difficult when I dreaded practice everyday. The attitude she gives when you talk to her about anything is degrading and unreal. I began to sympathize for her, maybe she had difficult things going on in her outside life and we’ve all be there, but we are told that when you step on the court you leave the negativity out and you play for your team, the same should be applied to her. She has her moments when she is enjoyable to be around and practice is fun, but those moments are rare and they shouldn’t be. Everybody’s experience is different, it all depends on the type of player you are. If you are the type of player who gets in your head and likes reassurance and motivation to play well, then I do not recommend playing for her. "

"Very disorganized. Makes you feel more replaceable than “family”. Talks about her players behind their backs. Overall she doesn’t care about her players personally and only sees them as what they can do for her."

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