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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2014 7:03:14 GMT -5
It will be interesting to see how many pages one Illini poster can build one thread. NotPriddy rivaling RainbowBadger for outstanding promotion of their favorite team.
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Post by notpriddy (COIF) on Sept 10, 2014 5:05:44 GMT -5
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Post by notpriddy (COIF) on Sept 10, 2014 5:30:10 GMT -5
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Post by LovePennState on Sept 10, 2014 7:31:44 GMT -5
Can you elaborate on that just a little bit?
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Post by notpriddy (COIF) on Sept 10, 2014 9:51:54 GMT -5
Can you elaborate on that just a little bit? The point I was making is that college athletes should be in college to be good students (student-athletes) and get degrees to set them up for their future. It does not always work that way.
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Post by cathy4 on Sept 10, 2014 9:57:57 GMT -5
Thanks, notpriddy, for all your posts!
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Post by notpriddy (COIF) on Sept 11, 2014 5:46:52 GMT -5
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Post by notpriddy (COIF) on Sept 11, 2014 5:57:00 GMT -5
I keep getting this feeling that Coach Hambly knows this Illini team can be special. I win over Stanford this past weekend would have gone a long way to establishing that. Unfortunately, "close but no cigar".
Nothing real special can happen in this weekend's tournament vs. Middle Tennessee State, Virginia Tech, or Washington State at MTSU...UNLESS the Illini should lose to Washington State. It is about time the Illini defeated a PAC-12 team. In my estimation, another tough PAC-12 team, Colorado, awaits the weekend after next at Creighton's tournament.
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Post by oshkoshdadmjs on Sept 11, 2014 17:16:01 GMT -5
Sweet 16 at best. Prolly more like a 2nd round exit if you ask me.
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Post by volleylearner on Sept 12, 2014 0:16:08 GMT -5
“(We need to be) continuing to establish our arousal level, which is the energy we bring and emotional investment we have in it, because that’s what wins games when they’re tight,” McMahon said. Two things: (1) I don't know what exactly "emotional investment" is, but I'm skeptical that it has anything to do with winning close games. (2) If I were the reporter on this article I would have offered McMahon a do-over on that statement.
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Post by notpriddy (COIF) on Sept 12, 2014 5:03:09 GMT -5
Having watched and commented on the Illini for the entire time that McMahon has been playing at Illinois, I believe I understand what Liz is referring to. The top players in this group have been urged for several years to show more spirit and be more outwardly supportive of other team members. This is a team whose top players have not been vocal leaders, but rather leaders by example. The team character of the Illini could be described as 'laid back'.
It is interesting now that there was discussion on VT after the Stanford PAC-12/B1G Challenge about the Illini celebrating too much. The bench players the last couple of years have their own cheers they do in unison after good plays. The players on the court, so far this season, are displaying more emotion outwardly and appear to be more outwardly supportive of each other than in the past. I hope this continues.
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Post by oshkoshdadmjs on Sept 12, 2014 10:58:15 GMT -5
Sweet 16 at best. Prolly more like a 2nd round exit if you ask me. So negative, they've played 4,5 games ? Are you a fan of Illinois or just a critic in general. The team has some things to work on just like every other team,but I'm not giving up just yet. I went to Illinois back in the day so I watch them more than any other team and actually know who the players and coaches are so I feel more confident discussing Illinois than Penn St, Texas, etc. Having said that, I am quite skeptical of Hambly because I think he gets tons of praise nationwide and has earned none of it. What's he supposed to be good at? Passing. The passers consistently get worse over their time at Illinois (case and point, Beltran). The ideology that one must have to bring in top recruits and try to change the way they pass and the way they hit, fundamentally, is beyond me. As for defense, I can't say he's doing a terrible job there, but that's probably it. Teaching the setters to basically hold onto the ball longer and create backspin is laughable too. Especially because now he's expecting them to implement a faster offense for which you need a more consistent release and not a catch and throw palms to the target kind of motion (not exactly an easy thing for setters to do). Hitting is too long to type out, but I disagree there too. Having said all that, it really comes down to the lack of any offensive concepts being taught at Illinois. He seems complacent to transition slow, have no middle attack, and just keep putting balls into play without any real strategy. It's extremely frustrating to watch. Pps-- notpriddy, can you say ANYTHING that isn't about your perceptions of the emotional state of the girls or Kevin, or how "special" our program is?
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Post by vbwheatley on Sept 12, 2014 13:00:35 GMT -5
Michelle Bartsch and Colleen Ward say hello
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Post by hal1992 on Sept 12, 2014 14:52:21 GMT -5
I also went to Illinois in the day. First Illini Vball match was at Kenney Gym. Became a regular when Vball moved to Huff Hall. Moved on from Chambana some years ago and have since followed the team from a distance. It was disappointing to watch the Vball team descend into mediocrity in the post Hebert years. I think Hambly has done an admirable job since he arrived. He rebuilt the program starting during his time as an assistant coach and made it relevant again and fun to follow.
It also appears that he recruits good students and good citizens and has a healthy perspective on balancing college athletics and education. I like it when Illinois wins but I do not expect Illinois to be at the top of the conference every year. Because of the “years in the wilderness” so to speak before Hambly’s arrival, I appreciate that the team is competitive again and don’t take it for granted.
I have followed this board dating back to 2011 and over the years various posts bring to mind the excerpt below from a speech by Teddy Roosevelt. The most recent is the post by Oshkosh… So, I decided to post. Obviously, Roosevelt’s words would resonate better on this board if they were gender neutral but the thought still holds. Credit first goes to the men and women in the arena. I, like most all fans, disagree from time to time with what coaches do and sometimes who they play. That is part of the fun of following sports. When I do disagree though, it is done while being perfectly aware that I am the one most likely wrong.
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. "
Teddy Roosevelt, Excerpt from the speech "Citizenship In A Republic" delivered at the Sorbonne, in Paris, France on 23 April, 1910
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Post by oshkoshdadmjs on Sept 12, 2014 15:13:41 GMT -5
Teddy Roosevelt was a fervent racist and imperial murderer. But sure.
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