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Post by cougvb on Oct 24, 2006 22:56:49 GMT -5
Man oh man. I would think people would have their daughters play for a coach that yelled at the refs (set a 'bad' example) instead of demeaning the players in a heartbeat. "Us" against "them" instead of "let's see who we can blame on our own team". No contest. Be nice if a parent didn't have to choose one or the other. A combo would be nice.
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Post by BearClause on Oct 24, 2006 23:17:41 GMT -5
Gosh Bearclause-a coach who treats his parents and the refs with respect. What a novel idea. BTW-Wouldn't want my kid to play for Bobby Knight, either. That's funny. I remember I once mentioned that I thought a VB coach I knew reminded me of Bobby Knight (he had salt and pepper hair). He looked at me (like I just shot him) thinking that I was accusing him of being an angry man. I mentioned it was just the hair, and everything was right with the world. I've actually seen Bobby Knight coach Indiana in person, and he seemed to keep his temper in check. I guess you'd say I was disappointed. Now the angiest coach I've ever seen at any level was William "Speedy" Morris, who was the head men's basketball coach at La Salle for 15 years. Someone in a crowd referred to him as "a poor man's Bobby Knight". I've seen him coach twice (both times at Cal). Once was for the first part of a doubleheader, where I had a great seat in the third row near halfcourt. The crowd was minimal for the first game, and I could pretty much hear every word from the benches and the floor. Man he would just rip into his players with the foulest language imaginable. He kicked folding chairs at least twice, but managed to stay in the game. The second time I saw him, he went apoplectic when a borderline goaltend wasn't called. He was ready to attack the refs, got two technical fouls called on him instantly, was ejected, and was held back by several people including a priest in La Salle's travelling party.
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Post by cardfan15 on Oct 24, 2006 23:31:31 GMT -5
Restrepo deserves a lot of credit...he has gotten this OU team to believe in his system, they have, and they are winning. You can criticize all you want, but if you are from Oklahoma and are a vball fan, these are really exciting times.
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Oct 25, 2006 0:55:51 GMT -5
I wonder what Aunt Eller and Curly think bout them Sooners.
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Post by OverAndUnder on Oct 25, 2006 8:16:44 GMT -5
Sung to the tune of Oklahoma: OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-K-LA-HOMA Where the coaches scream and kick their chairs Santiago cries As the refs cards fly And the veins are bulging in his neck! Next verse, anyone? Um, "chairs" and "neck" do not rhyme. Pls fx kthnks.
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Post by OverAndUnder on Oct 26, 2006 13:31:20 GMT -5
Wow, I just received a tape of this game and Texas played like CRAP
Yes, Oklahoma has some good teamwork, but this should have been a Texas cakewalk. The only reason it went to 5 games was terrible positioning and incomprehensible set location.
Despite the box score, the blocking was terrible. For every roof, they get tooled ten times. When OK is out of system and sets the ball to the ceiling -- giving Texas three or four seconds to easily read/commit to the block -- Texas looked like they were trying to swing block, waiting until the last second and leaving gaps in what should be a "gimme" stuff.
The Texas defense and the block clearly aren't playing the same system. In multiple rotations if the blockers go to the antenna and leave the middle of the court open, the middle back digger is in place for a hard angle. If the blockers are taking the angle away, the middle back digger is eight inches to the right of the middle blocker's left shoulder.
The passing was the usual, decent overall but a real problem moving to short serves and correctly calling the deep serves in-out.
But even with the passing, the setting looked terrible. If the stats folks had a column for "unnecessary bump-sets" Moriarty would have had a triple double for sure.
NOTE TO ALL TEAMS WHO PLAY AGAINST TEXAS: When Moriarty is front row and Engle is playing defense behind her, you can score eight to ten points per game hitting to that line/deep corner.
This was not one of those five game epics with strong rallies every point. This was one of those ugly train wrecks that you can't stop watching even while roll your eyes at every other play.
Shame on Oklahoma for not winning this match that Texas so desperately tried to give away.
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Post by UTFan on Oct 26, 2006 16:22:50 GMT -5
Love critics that catch the game on internet replay. That really tells all there is to know.
Overandunder you are the expert, all knowing, all seeing without even being there.
Criticsim is easy and overstatement even easier.
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Post by utvballfan on Oct 26, 2006 16:37:09 GMT -5
Agree. If only Elliott could hack into the "overandunder" mainframe and learn how volleyball is played.
Meanwhile Texas took Nebraska to five games - no one else has done that. They out-hit Nebraska - no one else has.
They had a couple match points on Penn State, that could have gone either way.
They beat #3-at-the-time Washington and beat #4 Santa Clara and #9 Wisconsin.
Must have been luck!
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Post by BearClause on Oct 26, 2006 16:38:06 GMT -5
Love critics that catch the game on internet replay. That really tells all there is to know. Overandunder you are the expert, all knowing, all seeing without even being there. Criticsim is easy and overstatement even easier. He actually sounds like a lot of coaches who have reviewed game video. I'm not that quick to dismiss his observations, because I know of several HS/club/college coaches who could dissect game footage and come up with a very effective game plan. I've sat near some coaches either talking to friends or mumbling to themselves at a live match. One started saying something about running a particular play and darned if the team didn't do just that for an easy kill.
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Post by OverAndUnder on Oct 26, 2006 17:31:01 GMT -5
Man, I hope neither of those two had their legs under a computer desk when they logged into VolleyTalk; the resulting bruises from the jerking of the knees would probably have been extremely painful.
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