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Post by chisovnik on Jun 17, 2012 0:02:15 GMT -5
Okay, people, for the 100th time: HOWARD IS NOT GOING TO START AS A FRESHMAN!
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Post by baywatcher on Jun 17, 2012 1:52:55 GMT -5
Okay, people, for the 100th time: HOWARD IS NOT GOING TO START AS A FRESHMAN! Have to believe it will be Williams and Burgess at OH, but stranger things have happened. |
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Post by paloalto on Jun 17, 2012 9:28:26 GMT -5
Okay, people, for the 100th time: HOWARD IS NOT GOING TO START AS A FRESHMAN! People can have an opinion different than yours. If you have to repeat something 100 times, it is probably because no one is giving any credence to your comment. It is foolish to speak in ABSOLUTES about any lineup before you have seen any Stanford practices. |
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Post by southie on Jun 17, 2012 9:50:05 GMT -5
Speaking in absolutes isn't very smart. There's always a chance that something other than the expected might actually occur . . .
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Post by baywatcher on Jun 17, 2012 10:01:33 GMT -5
We tell kids Never take a multiple choice answer that has "always" or "never" or another absolute, (unless you're sure!!!).
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Post by southie on Jun 17, 2012 10:25:30 GMT -5
We tell kids Never take a multiple choice answer that has "always" or "never" or another absolute, (unless you're sure!!!). Perhaps I shouldn't have used the word "always" in my second sentence . . . . ;D |
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Post by Tiruray2004 on Jun 17, 2012 15:02:26 GMT -5
Okay, people, for the 100th time: HOWARD IS NOT GOING TO START AS A FRESHMAN! i agree 100% |
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Post by jgrout on Jun 18, 2012 19:04:21 GMT -5
I don't think a freshman can learn a new position with three weeks of practice. She will be a freshman starter or bench warmer based on her performance in the middle. Well, there is one prominent exception: Kerri Walsh. She didn't want to play middle blocker... her club and prep position... and Coach Shaw landed her in large part because he planned to convert her to opposite hitter (and he redid his whole offense in the off-season, converting from a true 6-2 offense to a traditional 5-1 offense run by his returning setter, Lisa Sharpley). I remember Kerri briefly filling in at MB in a home pre-conference season match when Stanford was desperately short of healthy middles... it could have been 1998, but I think it was 1999. It was the only time I recall her playing the position at Stanford. Knowing that she'd be an opposite, not a middle blocker, helped Kerri prepare for fall camp. If the staff recruited McGehee as a right-side hitter, she could do the same thing... enough to be able to play, anyway. Don't think I am trying to directly compare McGehee to Walsh: I'm not sure anyone else has been as good a freshman as Walsh was (e.g., she was the 1996 Final Four MOP). Bev Oden might have been. |
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Post by midas on Jun 18, 2012 21:33:49 GMT -5
Lauren Paolini spent time starting at both pins her freshman year at Texas, and did quite well. When someone is a superior athlete she can pick things up quickly. It's not like McGehee would be asked to learn gymnastics in 3 weeks. Shed be doing things she's already very familiar with. I'm not saying she is absolutely the best option at right side, I just don't see it as that far from the realms of possibility.
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Post by chisovnik on Jun 18, 2012 22:18:05 GMT -5
Okay, people, for the 100th time: HOWARD IS NOT GOING TO START AS A FRESHMAN! People can have an opinion different than yours. If you have to repeat something 100 times, it is probably because no one is giving any credence to your comment. It is foolish to speak in ABSOLUTES about any lineup before you have seen any Stanford practices. Well then they should give credence to my comment because it's not happening. |
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Post by paloalto on Jun 18, 2012 23:17:36 GMT -5
People can have an opinion different than yours. If you have to repeat something 100 times, it is probably because no one is giving any credence to your comment. It is foolish to speak in ABSOLUTES about any lineup before you have seen any Stanford practices. Well then they should give credence to my comment because it's not happening. You should notify coach Dunning of your decision so he doesn't waste time evaluating Howard for a starting position. |
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Post by bobbk on Jun 20, 2012 12:30:40 GMT -5
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Post by USAVolley on Jun 20, 2012 12:47:38 GMT -5
Stanford has a Chinese team coming to play at Maples after the Nike Big 4 tourney?
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Post by paloalto on Jun 20, 2012 14:56:20 GMT -5
That TV schedule looks exciting. Count me in. I haven't checked yet what my cable provider will offer. I am OK with paying a premium. If these telecasts are live and high quality HD programming this will be the best thing to come along in some time.
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Post by chisovnik on Jun 20, 2012 20:32:01 GMT -5
Well then they should give credence to my comment because it's not happening. You should notify coach Dunning of your decision so he doesn't waste time evaluating Howard for a starting position. I don't have to. He already knows. The only person that doesn't is you. |
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