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Post by aaronic on Oct 8, 2006 23:09:40 GMT -5
aaronic... when was the last time you had something nice to say about Hawaii? C'mon... life is too short to be so negative. I was at the match and thought it was fun. No, neither team was playing championship volleyball... first, it's mid-season. They both know Hawaii will win and there is no need to go all out on this one. It did show, there were plenty of funky errors throughout the match, but the key thing for Hawaii were that none of them were at critical points, like had been a plague in the past. Johnson had to hold back on the dumps towards the end because she had blockers up and they were getting dug. Houston is playing better defense every single game. She had a minor collapse in game 3. Oh well, she'll learn to fight through those. Sanders isn't playing all-world right now because she doesn't have to. When she's needed, she'll be ready. All-in-all, I thought it was a pretty-well-rounded performance by the 'bows against a Nevada team that was better than I anticipated, but not quite at the 'able-to-challenge-Hawaii' level. That is a bunch of bull and you know it. Okay i'm sorry i'm not living in fantasy volleyball land right now, but c'mon would any of the current Top 10 teams have let Nevada score as many points as they did. There were many times where the Wahine shoud have gotten points, but they didn't because of I don't know what too busy hitting out free balls, or letting slow tip shots fall. I don't want to live in fantasy land IB, and I try not to. I'm not expecting them to play all-world volleyball, just like a Top 10 team, but I guess that's just too much to ask for these days.
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Post by fan4life on Oct 8, 2006 23:10:39 GMT -5
I am just curious on why when some of the starters are struggling, Shoji does not throw Kaufman in earlier?
It will just help them in the future the more playing time she gets.
I just think she is fun to watch. Seems to wake up the team.
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Post by IdahoBoy on Oct 8, 2006 23:12:53 GMT -5
Aaronic is always pretty harsh on na Wahine, but I think he does mean well... oddly enough. I'm sure there are plenty who kind of appreciate his play-by-plays. I think he's a little too Tom Collete (Florida announcer) and gets into the game a little more than is necessary, but hey, to each his own. Forgot to mention, the ticket stubs were misprinted with the start time (they said 5, when we went at 4). Lots of empty seats until about 1/2 way through game 2. A few thousand people didn't get the word at all about the time change. I wouldn't have had I not been looking online today. Still, there were 7,100+ tickets issued and I'd guess about 5500 in the stands, not bad for a Sunday.
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Post by LowVBIQ on Oct 8, 2006 23:17:38 GMT -5
I personally appreciate aaronic's color commentary. Sometimes he says what we all might be thinking. And in the middle of the match, when I am a nervous fan, he makes me laugh. Let's hope the Wahine rest, eat, reload, and get ready for tomorrow. LET'S GO BOWS!!
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Post by IdahoBoy on Oct 8, 2006 23:19:24 GMT -5
That is a bunch of bull and you know it. Okay i'm sorry i'm not living in fantasy volleyball land right now, but c'mon would any of the current Top 10 teams have let Nevada score as many points as they did. There were many times where the Wahine shoud have gotten points, but they didn't because of I don't know what too busy hitting out free balls, or letting slow tip shots fall. I don't want to live in fantasy land IB, and I try not to. I'm not expecting them to play all-world volleyball, just like a Top 10 team, but I guess that's just too much to ask for these days. Look at the roster and tell me what you'd do differently. I'm very pleased with the progress made by Hawaii. Yes, they are not the same caliber as 2002-2003 teams. They are also without their top OH and MB from injuries. The team is VERY young on the court! A freshman libero, a sophomore newcomer to volleyball who is leading the team in kills, a hurting AA setter who is just trying to make it through the season, a sophomore RS who barely saw the court last season. There is a LOT of reasons why this team shouldn't be performing at Final Four level right now, but they are making strides every game towards that level of play, so they drop a few points here and there, they are learning and right now, they are fighting through those long stretches of giving away points without a timeout.
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Post by aaronic on Oct 8, 2006 23:24:18 GMT -5
I personally appreciate aaronic's color commentary. Sometimes he says what we all might be thinking. And in the middle of the match, when I am a nervous fan, he makes me laugh. Let's hope the Wahine rest, eat, reload, and get ready for tomorrow. LET'S GO BOWS!! Thank you for the compliment LowVBIQ, I appreciate it greatly.
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Post by IdahoBoy on Oct 8, 2006 23:36:59 GMT -5
Most of this game, I thought aaronic's comments were pretty boring and poorly typed. They are infrequently posted, which sucks for those hanging on his words for updates. I can't believe he doesn't spend a few extra seconds and hit the spell check, that would help us figure out what he's trying to say.
I don't know what he was thinking when he suggests that Hawaii deserves to lose. Someone else should've stepped in and covered the play-by-play at that point. I think aaronic was very very ineffective posting the flow of the game and the events that made it interesting. The details of WHY the team 'underperformed' are not omitted, probably because aaronic doesn't really know the specifics of volleyball.
It's really frustrating to come back from the match and see all this nasty gargling about a nice 3-game sweep of a relatively tough opponent. I just had to laugh.
Aaronic is lucky that I was at the game and not on the board replacing him and keeping him silent. Maybe when UH is on the road we'll all see how he can deal with it.
Aaronic, how do you feel?
I posted the above for your for a specific reason after going through your posts on this thread. I tried to get the gist of your posts critiquing the team and translate them towards YOUR POSTING. Imagine that you're a player checking in on the forum and just defeated a team. You contribute for a solid night and then you thought you'd like to see what people thought about it. Then, you read all these critiques and comments about how you should have beat them harder and played every point perfectly.
How would you feel?
Please keep posting, and don't take this seriously, just think about it a little next time, please, for our team's sake.
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Post by aaronic on Oct 8, 2006 23:42:25 GMT -5
That is a bunch of bull and you know it. Okay i'm sorry i'm not living in fantasy volleyball land right now, but c'mon would any of the current Top 10 teams have let Nevada score as many points as they did. There were many times where the Wahine shoud have gotten points, but they didn't because of I don't know what too busy hitting out free balls, or letting slow tip shots fall. I don't want to live in fantasy land IB, and I try not to. I'm not expecting them to play all-world volleyball, just like a Top 10 team, but I guess that's just too much to ask for these days. Look at the roster and tell me what you'd do differently. I'm very pleased with the progress made by Hawaii. Yes, they are not the same caliber as 2002-2003 teams. They are also without their top OH and MB from injuries. The team is VERY young on the court! A freshman libero, a sophomore newcomer to volleyball who is leading the team in kills, a hurting AA setter who is just trying to make it through the season, a sophomore RS who barely saw the court last season. There is a LOT of reasons why this team shouldn't be performing at Final Four level right now, but they are making strides every game towards that level of play, so they drop a few points here and there, they are learning and right now, they are fighting through those long stretches of giving away points without a timeout. You're very sympathetic IB I must admit. The Wahine have got a solid lineup with the exception of the RS. (Mason and Houston on the Left; Gregory and Sanders in the middle; KK at setter; Lee at Libero.) They are all great athletes, and on paper look like a very good team. (But the middles for example esp. Sanders has been sooo underachieving this year. ) That being said there should be no reason for missing as many free kills and points as they have tonight. Like I said, things could have been worse. If they did play well, and didn't make stupid errors, i'd probably be saying something different so it's not as if i'm purposely saying this. c'mon.
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Post by aaronic on Oct 8, 2006 23:45:57 GMT -5
Most of this game, I thought aaronic's comments were pretty boring and poorly typed. They are infrequently posted, which sucks for those hanging on his words for updates. I can't believe he doesn't spend a few extra seconds and hit the spell check, that would help us figure out what he's trying to say. I don't know what he was thinking when he suggests that Hawaii deserves to lose. Someone else should've stepped in and covered the play-by-play at that point. I think aaronic was very very ineffective posting the flow of the game and the events that made it interesting. The details of WHY the team 'underperformed' are not omitted, probably because aaronic doesn't really know the specifics of volleyball. It's really frustrating to come back from the match and see all this nasty gargling about a nice 3-game sweep of a relatively tough opponent. I just had to laugh. Aaronic is lucky that I was at the game and not on the board replacing him and keeping him silent. Maybe when UH is on the road we'll all see how he can deal with it. Aaronic, how do you feel? I posted the above for your for a specific reason after going through your posts on this thread. I tried to get the gist of your posts critiquing the team and translate them towards YOUR POSTING. Imagine that you're a player checking in on the forum and just defeated a team. You contribute for a solid night and then you thought you'd like to see what people thought about it. Then, you read all these critiques and comments about how you should have beat them harder and played every point perfectly. How would you feel? Please keep posting, and don't take this seriously, just think about it a little next time, please, for our team's sake. . Yup you definetely can't please everybody.
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Post by Aikea on Oct 8, 2006 23:50:24 GMT -5
Stats are up on gametracker:
Sanders 6 Kills, hit .333, 3 blocks. Kaufman, 2 kills, hit .500 Gregory 12 kills, hit .391, 4 blocks Houston 18 kills, hit .417, lead the way with digs at 10, 2 aces Keefe 3 kills, hit .333 Mason, 11 kills, hit .207, 4 aces
Sanders didn’t get as many kills as Gregory but she was only set 12 times in comparison to Gregory being set 23 times.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2006 23:56:05 GMT -5
The reason why Sanders is not as effective as last year is that she has a leg injury and is not 100% Shoji has basically said something like she's playing on a leg and a half. I think that's why she's only been playing two games the past few matches, the coaches want to rest her.
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Post by IdahoBoy on Oct 8, 2006 23:59:16 GMT -5
The reason why Sanders is not as effective as last year is that she has a leg injury and is not 100% Shoji has basically said something like she's playing on a leg and a half. I think that's why she's only been playing two games the past few matches, the coaches want to rest her. Bingo.
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Oct 9, 2006 0:10:24 GMT -5
ok, i'll be one of the cup-is-half-full guys... in fact, it was more than that this game. HI's seving has improved so much since the start of the season. they served Nevada tough (so much so that Johnson was running around lots, and it really limited her offensiveness at the net -- don't get me wrong though, she was still effective on the dump when the pass was there, which it wasn't all that much for Nevada).
HI, in turn, passed well enough and Kamanao did a nice job of spreading it around. The blocking looked good tonight too, not always straight down, but also a lot of touches. Houston, Gregory, and Mason led the way in kills. Houston had some kills that were just impossible to defend against. Gregory as an offensive threat in the middle -- i know a lot on this board never thought that'd be the case And Mason really does bring a lot of stability to the lineup.
All in all, this was a good test for the Wahine -- Nevada no doubt was riding on the confidence of their win over NMSU, but they looked kinda nervous and tentative out there at times.
Aaronic is right, there are still times when HI will give up easy points, but they also give up fewer points in bunches now -- and when they do they recover.
With the upcoming schedule, a sweep of Nevada was a great result. Boise St. and LaTech should be no problem. NMSU will be a big test on the road on Friday.
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Post by IdahoBoy on Oct 9, 2006 0:12:54 GMT -5
Aaronic is right, there are still times when HI will give up easy points, but they also give up fewer points in bunches now -- and when they do they recover. I don't think I was saying he wasn't right, just that it was a bit harsh. Not only will NMSU be a tough road test, UH returns home a day later to Notre Dame two-times.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2006 0:22:57 GMT -5
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