Everything posted by TexasDPT
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2024 Volleyball: SEC, here comes Daddy
If FL setter Alexis Stucky hits the portal, I hope Texas goes after her. She would excel with the ball control and passing we now have.
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2024 Volleyball: SEC, here comes Daddy
Dan Meske was my first choice for the Associate Coach position right after Sullivan was announced as the USWNT coach. Getting Meske from Louisville and OH Stafford from Pitt would be a major coup by JE.
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2024 Volleyball: SEC, here comes Daddy
Yeah, I know Sullivan was in charge of scouting opposing offenses and setting up schemes for the block and backrow defense. So whoever is hired will have similar responsibilities. Just would be an added bonus if that person also had actual experience in improving setting and ball control techniques.
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2024 Volleyball: SEC, here comes Daddy
Need a coach that can continue the MBU legacy (especially in blocking) and improve backrow defense/ball control. If s/he can also coach up setting technique, I'd be ecstatic.
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2024 Volleyball: SEC, here comes Daddy
Honestly even if we don't get Stafford, I think we'll still be pretty strong at the pins with Whitney, Devin, Cari, and AVW. The ball control was really the issue with the pins, but getting Gary has definitely alleviated some of the concerns. The biggest issue next season IMO is improving Ella's setting to all the hitters, especially to the MBs.
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2024 Volleyball: SEC, here comes Daddy
We need the best backrow players on the court. Emerick will have a year of collegiate experience over incoming freshman Krueger...so if she is good enough, she will see the court since we'll be utilizing the 3 defensive "littles" again.
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2024 Volleyball: SEC, here comes Daddy
Yeah, it would be stupid for any program not to go after Stafford, regardless of what they currently have on their roster or what incoming recruits they are bringing in. I still think it's imperative to get an experienced DS/L from the portal as well. With how the Carlson transfer went down, I doubt there will be a setter wanting to compete with Ella for the starting position.
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2024 Volleyball: SEC, here comes Daddy
Another fun fact. Louisville’s setter is the little sister Naomi Cabello who was a setter at Texas for 2 years (Jhenna Gabriel beat her out) before transferring to NC State.
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2024 Volleyball: SEC, here comes Daddy
Fun fact. Penn State’s NFOY setter Izzy Stark, her mom played volleyball at Texas. I doubt there was any interest since we had Ella coming in the year before, but was just really impressed with her setting and overall play last night.
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2024 Volleyball: SEC, here comes Daddy
Rumor on VT is that Nebraska's volleyball NIL collective landed Eva Hudson from Purdue...gonna be interesting to see the fall out that occurs with his Cook's current roster and incoming recruits
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2024 Volleyball: SEC, here comes Daddy
Really impressed with PSU's Jess Mzurik's overall play. And Harper really cursed her team saying they were gonna win the next 3...
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2024 Volleyball: SEC, here comes Daddy
I just hope Swindle does whatever is necessary in the off-season to improve her setting. Really miss seeing Ella’s presence at the net and just shows that you need a setter that can block the further you go in the tournament. And 3 elite littles in the backrow…
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2024 Volleyball: SEC, here comes Daddy
Add OH Sydney Helmers and RS Auburn Tomkinson to the list.
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2024 Volleyball: SEC, here comes Daddy
OH Jordyn Byrd and DS/L Brennan Ramirez are in the portal. That gets the roster down to the NCAA limit of 18.
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2024 Volleyball: SEC, here comes Daddy
Not having a 3rd elite DS in the backrow really hurt this team. Because Ella having to set while chasing errant passes is a disaster and takes her out of the offense when she is in the front row. That's one reason Carlson took over at setter...she's able to locate the ball on the run better, but the trade-off with that is her block is going to get abused. But even with good passes, Ellas struggled with her location. The only difference between this season and last year's tournament run was that she wasn't jump-setting. So that's on the coaching staff. Combine that with new middle blockers who struggled closing the block all season, Wenaas being Wenaas (such a streaky player), and Madi going through her mid-season funk really just foreshadowed how the season was going to end.
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2024 Volleyball: SEC, here comes Daddy
Great ball control from both teams
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2024 Volleyball: SEC, here comes Daddy
Yeah, coaches need to have a serious conversation with Swindle and train her to set flat-footed if it's going to improve her overall location and tempo... we definitely miss her blocking and attacking from the front row.
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2024 Volleyball: SEC, here comes Daddy
for real...and players just taking good rips at OOS swings...Wenaas could never
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2024 Volleyball: SEC, here comes Daddy
Ella needs to set clean, consistent balls where the hitters don't have to significantly make adjustments in their approach...
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2024 Volleyball: SEC, here comes Daddy
Sorry not sorry…glad Jenna is gone
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2024 Volleyball: SEC, here comes Daddy
You can live with Skinner in the back row just for her attack
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2024 Volleyball: SEC, here comes Daddy
Or the front row…
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2024 Volleyball: SEC, here comes Daddy
Jenna has no business being playing in the back row.
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2024 Volleyball: SEC, here comes Daddy
He really dropped the ball with that one this season
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2024 Volleyball: SEC, here comes Daddy
Agree but the ball control isn’t helping