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Post by BearClause on May 3, 2007 18:36:15 GMT -5
You forgot to mention Hall. Wasn't she just a DS that was around the same time as Schultz? She played libero several times and there was a debate over who should be playing the position, with Schultz as the better passer and Hall with more lateral quickness. There was also a time when Schultz was injured.
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Post by brybry on May 3, 2007 19:34:07 GMT -5
Wasn't she just a DS that was around the same time as Schultz? She played libero several times and there was a debate over who should be playing the position, with Schultz as the better passer and Hall with more lateral quickness. There was also a time when Schultz was injured. Okay. Then add her to the list. Stanford will need big things out of Ailes if they are going to keep up with Nebraska this season. I think it's possible Nebraska will not be as strong as last season. All depending on how they replace Busboom. That girl was passing nails.
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Post by cbrown1709 on May 3, 2007 22:28:12 GMT -5
Well, Ailes is not a true Libero either. She also is an OH turned libero in college.
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Post by BearClause on May 3, 2007 23:18:53 GMT -5
Well, Ailes is not a true Libero either. She also is an OH turned libero in college. Then by what standard are there many "true Liberos"? Almost every top player at the libero position hit in HS/club. In the Pac-10, there's been Zartman, Davis, Davis, Donahue, Lee (I know I'm missing lots of names). There are plenty of effective 5'6"-5'9" hitters in HS - even at some of the most competitive schools in Southern California. Laguna Beach HS had this tiny kid hitting from the left. Even with the libero position in HS/club now, I still see most of the top college libero candidates as all-around players before they play in college.
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Post by SakiBomb25 on May 4, 2007 0:17:44 GMT -5
I've been told that Ailes is better than her sister Tatum at Missouri and she was absolutely fantastic against Stanford in the second round. I trust my sources and I think Ailes will do just fine. She's a defensive whiz and can pass nails. She's being recruited to be a libero and she knows it.
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Post by cbrown1709 on May 4, 2007 3:08:01 GMT -5
My comment was more towards Dish's comment that Stanford was yet to recruit a true libero.
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Post by dishdaball on May 4, 2007 7:41:38 GMT -5
My comment was more towards Dish's comment that Stanford was yet to recruit a true libero. Good God -play with my words/comment any way you want cbrown...the bottom line is that this kid is a libero and quite a good one...something Stanford has never had and I'm betting that she has a huge impact in the future for Stanford.
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Post by BearClause on May 4, 2007 9:57:13 GMT -5
My comment was more towards Dish's comment that Stanford was yet to recruit a true libero. Good God -play with my words/comment any way you want cbrown...the bottom line is that this kid is a libero and quite a good one...something Stanford has never had and I'm betting that she has a huge impact in the future for Stanford. I think I get it. Hall was brought in before there was any sure thing that NCAA women's VB was going to adopt the libero position. Schultz was a middle. I believe Fishburn was brought in as a hitter. Contrast that with Candace Lee, Deborah Seilhamer, or Jillian Davis - all who were deliberately recruited to play the libero position.
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Post by farmwatcher on May 4, 2007 10:07:26 GMT -5
Fishburn was brought in with a solid understanding that she would be a back row player. Ailes has been an OH in high school and is coming in specifically as a libero. No doubt that there is plenty to learn about being a libero for any player who has been an OH, but everything points to Ailes being a take-charge defensive specialist. There are now starting to be more players who play only libero in high school and club, but a lot will still be converted OH's.
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Post by romeo on May 4, 2007 10:10:59 GMT -5
I think it takes a full season of on court play to learn how to be a good libero at the college level, even if the kid played libero in club. Most especially in the passing area.
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Post by jgrout on May 4, 2007 11:07:59 GMT -5
My comment was more towards Dish's comment that Stanford was yet to recruit a true libero. Good God -play with my words/comment any way you want cbrown...the bottom line is that this kid is a libero and quite a good one...something Stanford has never had and I'm betting that she has a huge impact in the future for Stanford. If the rules had been changed back then, Jaimi Gregory would have been a great libero... but, admittedly, she was recruited as a hitter, competed for playing time as a hitter with Sarah Clark, and did not focus entirely on defense until later in her career at Stanford. Her season-ending injury just before the Long Beach regional in 1998 helped derail a potential Walsh-vs-May confrontation, as Stanford lost in the regional semis to Texas.
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Post by brybry on May 4, 2007 15:09:55 GMT -5
Good God -play with my words/comment any way you want cbrown...the bottom line is that this kid is a libero and quite a good one...something Stanford has never had and I'm betting that she has a huge impact in the future for Stanford. If the rules had been changed back then, Jaimi Gregory would have been a great libero... but, admittedly, she was recruited as a hitter, competed for playing time as a hitter with Sarah Clark, and did not focus entirely on defense until later in her career at Stanford. Her season-ending injury just before the Long Beach regional in 1998 helped derail a potential Walsh-vs-May confrontation, as Stanford lost in the regional semis to Texas. Gregory was an amazing defender. Not the best passer. She would have been a decent libero.
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