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Post by redbeard2008 on Jul 2, 2012 15:47:50 GMT -5
Never said that Luis isn't biased toward Hawaii girls. I'm not even a big fan of her reporting......grammatical errors everywhere. Even though its a blog, she can still write as if it was going to be in the paper. The difference is, she doesn't bash other players to raise the Hawaii girls. BIG difference. The concern is less with the word "bias" - everyone is biased to some degree - but the use of the word "shameless," which is a clear overshoot (and likely mask for your own unacknowledged bias).
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Post by OptimusPrime on Jul 2, 2012 15:48:42 GMT -5
We need the tall blocking setter as a backup so we can insert her on an as needed basis! But I still cannot see why we don't have Spicer or Thompson in. We will need them for the next olympics ;D
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Post by Huskyfan on Jul 2, 2012 15:53:57 GMT -5
We need the tall blocking setter as a backup so we can insert her on an as needed basis! But I still cannot see why we don't have Spicer or Thompson in. We will need them for the next olympics ;D So, it seems that Hugh has most often inserted a double sub: back row back up setter and front row back up opposite, rather than substituting a setter for another setter. If this is the plan, blocking capabilities of the backup setter is not as important.
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Post by bkedane on Jul 2, 2012 15:57:34 GMT -5
This blogger is shameless in his bias towards the Washington girls. The Washington blogger doesn't know much about volleyball. My favorite part is where he complains about Glass setting Hodge quite a bit when the pass takes the team out of system. Someone needs to explain to him that every setter sets the leftside attacker a high percentage of the time when out of system. Even the great Washington setters do this.
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Post by mikegarrison on Jul 2, 2012 16:02:21 GMT -5
This blogger is shameless in his bias towards the Washington girls. The Washington blogger doesn't know much about volleyball. My favorite part is where he complains about Glass setting Hodge quite a bit when the pass takes the team out of system. Someone needs to explain to him that every setter sets the leftside attacker a high percentage of the time when out of system. Even the great Washington setters do this. You misread this, apparently. It's pretty clear that he knows it is when the team is in system that the attack is usually distributed.
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Post by wang pu on Jul 2, 2012 16:06:44 GMT -5
Never said that Luis isn't biased toward Hawaii girls. I'm not even a big fan of her reporting......grammatical errors everywhere. Even though its a blog, she can still write as if it was going to be in the paper. The difference is, she doesn't bash other players to raise the Hawaii girls. BIG difference. The concern is less with the word "bias" - everyone is biased to some degree - but the use of the word "shameless," which is a clear overshoot (and likely mask for your own unacknowledged bias). Here are three examples of how I came to the "shameless" conclusion: -Against China, starter Alisha Glass continued her usual pattern of setting former Penn State teammate Megan Hodge, rarely getting the ball to the opposites or middles, even when the team is in system. -Although Glass is taller, her occasional blocks produce far fewer points than the rallies saved by Thompson’s superior defense. -Thompson, however, immediately raced into the arms of another veteran, Hawai’i’s Heather Bown. Bown had just made two picture-perfect serves at clutch moments. Thompson, as usual, understood that the keys to success are often in the smallest details. Just my opinion. And it is your opinion to disagree.
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Post by deacondive on Jul 2, 2012 16:19:36 GMT -5
Does anyone else find it interesting that Thompson and Haneef-Park played almost exclusively together and the same with Glass and Metcalf this weekend?
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Post by redbeard2008 on Jul 2, 2012 16:47:24 GMT -5
Does anyone else find it interesting that Thompson and Haneef-Park played almost exclusively together and the same with Glass and Metcalf this weekend? Not really. It was the established substitute pattern. I suspect that Haneef-Park will be on the team, regardless of which setter is chosen.
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Post by memorybankrupt on Jul 2, 2012 16:53:07 GMT -5
Does anyone else find it interesting that Thompson and Haneef-Park played almost exclusively together and the same with Glass and Metcalf this weekend? Yeah, I was wondering if that means anything because HP and Glass seem like the favorites, so why not have them work on their connection? I was getting annoyed by reading that blogger's biased take on the team but had to remind myself that it's just a blog. It's not a credible news source.
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Post by redbeard2008 on Jul 2, 2012 17:00:18 GMT -5
The concern is less with the word "bias" - everyone is biased to some degree - but the use of the word "shameless," which is a clear overshoot (and likely mask for your own unacknowledged bias). Here are three examples of how I came to the "shameless" conclusion: -Against China, starter Alisha Glass continued her usual pattern of setting former Penn State teammate Megan Hodge, rarely getting the ball to the opposites or middles, even when the team is in system. -Although Glass is taller, her occasional blocks produce far fewer points than the rallies saved by Thompson’s superior defense. -Thompson, however, immediately raced into the arms of another veteran, Hawai’i’s Heather Bown. Bown had just made two picture-perfect serves at clutch moments. Thompson, as usual, understood that the keys to success are often in the smallest details. Just my opinion. And it is your opinion to disagree. So, show why you think any of his statements you've quoted are manifestly wrong. You've done nothing of the sort. Note, he also wrote: "Thompson’s position is more tenuous" [than Miyashiro's]. He's made clear at other points that he, at best, thinks the decision is a toss-up. All he's trying to do, it seems to me, is present Thompson's performance in its best light for what is a readership composed of mostly Washington fans.
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Post by midnightblue on Jul 2, 2012 17:01:10 GMT -5
Here are three examples of how I came to the "shameless" conclusion: -Against China, starter Alisha Glass continued her usual pattern of setting former Penn State teammate Megan Hodge, rarely getting the ball to the opposites or middles, even when the team is in system. -Although Glass is taller, her occasional blocks produce far fewer points than the rallies saved by Thompson’s superior defense. -Thompson, however, immediately raced into the arms of another veteran, Hawai’i’s Heather Bown. Bown had just made two picture-perfect serves at clutch moments. Thompson, as usual, understood that the keys to success are often in the smallest details. Just my opinion. And it is your opinion to disagree. So, show why you think any of his statements you've quoted are manifestly wrong. You've done nothing of the sort. Note, he also wrote: "Thompson’s position is more tenuous" [than Miyashiro's]. He's made clear at other points that he, at best, thinks the decision is a toss-up. All he's trying to do, it seems to me, is present Thompson's performance in its best light for what is a readership composed of mostly Washington fans. So tell me why he has to diminish the performances of OTHERS to accomplish this??
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Post by mikegarrison on Jul 2, 2012 17:07:26 GMT -5
So tell me why he has to diminish the performances of OTHERS to accomplish this?? A 12-person roster is a zero-sum game. But you folks are talking about something called "volleyblogseattle" on the Seattle Times website. Have none of you ever read the sports section of your local paper?
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Post by ay2013 on Jul 2, 2012 17:08:36 GMT -5
Well usually when you are comparing two players in the same position some form of hard line analysis will come out. "diminish" is a strong word to use. Personally I take the stance that this is a husky blog so it's going to be bias towards our program. I'm sure Cindy luis and her blog or dignattany blog for PSU posts homer stuf that others could characterize as "diminishing" too. Its one persons take on what they see. I'd much rather read this than stuff like what all American says which had NOTHING to do with actual play, but rather wrote off players now simply because they weren't good enough a few years ago, as if it's inconcievable that players can grow . Anyways who cares? It's a blogger with strong opinions just like everyone else on volleytalk. He just gets a higher forum in which to express his opinions
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Post by redbeard2008 on Jul 2, 2012 17:09:55 GMT -5
So, show why you think any of his statements you've quoted are manifestly wrong. You've done nothing of the sort. Note, he also wrote: "Thompson’s position is more tenuous" [than Miyashiro's]. He's made clear at other points that he, at best, thinks the decision is a toss-up. All he's trying to do, it seems to me, is present Thompson's performance in its best light for what is a readership composed of mostly Washington fans. So tell me why he has to diminish the performances of OTHERS to accomplish this?? Once again, show me how any of the quoted statements are manifestly wrong.
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Post by wang pu on Jul 2, 2012 17:35:11 GMT -5
Here are three examples of how I came to the "shameless" conclusion: -Against China, starter Alisha Glass continued her usual pattern of setting former Penn State teammate Megan Hodge, rarely getting the ball to the opposites or middles, even when the team is in system. -Although Glass is taller, her occasional blocks produce far fewer points than the rallies saved by Thompson’s superior defense. -Thompson, however, immediately raced into the arms of another veteran, Hawai’i’s Heather Bown. Bown had just made two picture-perfect serves at clutch moments. Thompson, as usual, understood that the keys to success are often in the smallest details. Just my opinion. And it is your opinion to disagree. So, show why you think any of his statements you've quoted are manifestly wrong. You've done nothing of the sort. Note, he also wrote: "Thompson’s position is more tenuous" [than Miyashiro's]. He's made clear at other points that he, at best, thinks the decision is a toss-up. All he's trying to do, it seems to me, is present Thompson's performance in its best light for what is a readership composed of mostly Washington fans. From what I am reading into his statements (which could be wrong), he seems to be saying that: -Glass is a one trick pony who can only set her college teammate, someone she has set for many years, even with a in system pass. -Thompson's floor defense is tremendously better than Glass's blocking. It is hard to compare two different skills. How do you compare a wide receiver to a full back? As for saying Thompson's place on the team is more tenuous, he was comparing her to Miyashiro. Again, its all a matter of interpretation. Mine is different than yours. I'll leave it at that.
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