Jim Moore, head coach of the UO volleyball program, is a big-picture thinker with big goals.
When the Ducks were mired near .500 in the middle of the 2015 season, others were pressing him to consider moving from a conventional rotation to the 6-2, which employs two setters. The possibility of moving to a 6-2 prompted several concerns for Moore, not the least of which was one big-picture fact.
“Nobody,” Moore said, “has won a national championship doing it.”
When Moore accepted the advice of his staff and moved to the 6-2, in late October, a national championship was the least of the Ducks’ concerns.