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Post by sunsuphornsup on Aug 31, 2014 9:21:50 GMT -5
If Texas continues to run a 6-2, I could potentially see them moving Eckerman to the other Opp position.
It might work better to have Amy and Pilar on the Outside to stabilizing serve receive and overall ball control, especially if they continue to sub Eckerman out of the back row after her serve.
Both Amy and Pilar have been putting up good numbers and a move like this could provide for even better distribution of the offense and hopefully engage the middles more for better hitting efficiency.
You would however lose senior leadership and her serve.
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Post by texasex01 on Aug 31, 2014 9:42:31 GMT -5
If Texas continues to run a 6-2, I could potentially see them moving Eckerman to the other Opp position. It might work better to have Amy and Pilar on the Outside to stabilizing serve receive and overall ball control, especially if they continue to sub Eckerman out of the back row after her serve. Both Amy and Pilar have been putting up good numbers and a move like this could provide for even better distribution of the offense and hopefully engage the middles more for better hitting efficiency. You would however lose senior leadership and her serve. You're gonna bench Khat or Paulina to put Amy on the floor??? No thanks. Better teams would have a field day hitting over a 5'9 Neal. Amy has proven she can play against sub par teams...that's expected. She's not going to have the same production she had against UTEP and Seattle University against elite teams.
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Post by sunsuphornsup on Aug 31, 2014 10:21:30 GMT -5
If Texas continues to run a 6-2, I could potentially see them moving Eckerman to the other Opp position. It might work better to have Amy and Pilar on the Outside to stabilizing serve receive and overall ball control, especially if they continue to sub Eckerman out of the back row after her serve. Both Amy and Pilar have been putting up good numbers and a move like this could provide for even better distribution of the offense and hopefully engage the middles more for better hitting efficiency. You would however lose senior leadership and her serve. You're gonna bench Khat or Paulina to put Amy on the floor??? No thanks. Better teams would have a field day hitting over a 5'9 Neal. Amy has proven she can play against sub par teams...that's expected. She's not going to have the same production she had against UTEP and Seattle University against elite teams. I would bench Paulina. She hasn't shown to be consistent enough against the same sub par teams you're talking about. I'm basing my observation solely on their production so far.
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Post by sunsuphornsup on Aug 31, 2014 10:32:16 GMT -5
If Texas continues to run a 6-2, I could potentially see them moving Eckerman to the other Opp position. It might work better to have Amy and Pilar on the Outside to stabilizing serve receive and overall ball control, especially if they continue to sub Eckerman out of the back row after her serve. Both Amy and Pilar have been putting up good numbers and a move like this could provide for even better distribution of the offense and hopefully engage the middles more for better hitting efficiency. You would however lose senior leadership and her serve. You're gonna bench Khat or Paulina to put Amy on the floor??? No thanks. Better teams would have a field day hitting over a 5'9 Neal. Amy has proven she can play against sub par teams...that's expected. She's not going to have the same production she had against UTEP and Seattle University against elite teams. This weekend Amy had a 0.500 hitting percentage with a total of 30 attempts and Paulina had 28 swings at a 0.178 efficiency.
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Post by OptimusPrime on Aug 31, 2014 10:41:28 GMT -5
Give Collins a chance. Nerves may have had alot to do with the performance. She is also used to setting a fast offense so the moon balls don't come naturally to her. Dalton did good. That is a positive. I think 6-2 will prevail. I'm lost regarding your reply; in no fashion did I analyze either setter's performance; strictly talking about the future when they depart. I was trying to re-emphasize your comments and reply to others regarding Collins. Clearly, I didn't do a good job of that! Notice how I "like"ed your comments.
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Post by elevationvb on Aug 31, 2014 10:56:31 GMT -5
If Texas continues to run a 6-2, I could potentially see them moving Eckerman to the other Opp position. It might work better to have Amy and Pilar on the Outside to stabilizing serve receive and overall ball control, especially if they continue to sub Eckerman out of the back row after her serve. Both Amy and Pilar have been putting up good numbers and a move like this could provide for even better distribution of the offense and hopefully engage the middles more for better hitting efficiency. You would however lose senior leadership and her serve. I like Amy Neal, but her playing as an outside hitter against quality competition last season was a failure. No matter how hard she works; no matter how smart she is on the court, she cannot get past her height. Let's not forget our OH needs to block also. Elliot showed this weekend his lineup is based on who the competition is. I believe the lineup against New Mexico will be the primary lineup with substitutes when necessary.
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Post by elevationvb on Aug 31, 2014 11:07:35 GMT -5
Very logical, but I sure hope that would not be the mindset of Elliott now that the season has begun.
But I also noticed Dalton putting the pads on her legs during the NM match. Hope it doesn't mean anything, because we need her on the court whether in a 6-2 or the 5-1. If Prieto plays to her potential on the RS, a 6-2 with Collins is fine.
Are we recruiting a setter for 2015 or 2016?
No setter recruit on the horizon for 2015 or 2016. We have 3 verbal commitments for each of those classes, and all are MBs or pin hitters. So, sure seems like we are not going to sign a setter until 2017, which basically means a freshman will start that season as Collins and Dalton would exhaust their eligibility after the 2016 season. We probably have to sign 2 setters in the 2017 class. How we will even conduct Spring practice in 2017 is beyond me unless the setter(s) enroll early. Maybe we get an experienced setter to transfer in 2017 . . . Big gamble by Elliott.
He needs to recruit a top setter for '15 so we can get back to a junior / freshman setter combo. And if Collins or Dalton transfers, so be it.
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Post by austex2010 on Aug 31, 2014 12:33:50 GMT -5
You're gonna bench Khat or Paulina to put Amy on the floor??? No thanks. Better teams would have a field day hitting over a 5'9 Neal. Amy has proven she can play against sub par teams...that's expected. She's not going to have the same production she had against UTEP and Seattle University against elite teams. I would bench Paulina. She hasn't shown to be consistent enough against the same sub par teams you're talking about. I'm basing my observation solely on their production so far. The faster offense suits pilar and Amy well, it plays up to their strengths. You can see Haley still struggles with it, Paulina as well. In time, things will get smoother. Paulina also just showed up two weeks ago so i would expect her to take some time adjusting to the speed and setters.
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Post by texasex01 on Aug 31, 2014 21:02:34 GMT -5
No setter recruit on the horizon for 2015 or 2016. We have 3 verbal commitments for each of those classes, and all are MBs or pin hitters. So, sure seems like we are not going to sign a setter until 2017, which basically means a freshman will start that season as Collins and Dalton would exhaust their eligibility after the 2016 season. We probably have to sign 2 setters in the 2017 class. How we will even conduct Spring practice in 2017 is beyond me unless the setter(s) enroll early. Maybe we get an experienced setter to transfer in 2017 . . . I'm still crossing my fingers for Jenna Gray in the 2016 class! Even though she is already committed to ASU for 2015, I'm hoping Kylie Pickrell transfers in for 2017...she's a 6'1, left-handed setter who won a state title with Chiaka at Coppel HS and recently won the 17 Open National title with club teammates and future Horns, Caya White and Morgan Johnson...what could be more perfect than that?
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Post by texasnewbie on Sept 2, 2014 11:37:50 GMT -5
I would bench Paulina. She hasn't shown to be consistent enough against the same sub par teams you're talking about. I'm basing my observation solely on their production so far. The faster offense suits pilar and Amy well, it plays up to their strengths. You can see Haley still struggles with it, Paulina as well. In time, things will get smoother. Paulina also just showed up two weeks ago so i would expect her to take some time adjusting to the speed and setters. Completely agree! Amy has no business as an OH on this Texas team, and to be honest her defense against Wisconsin last season in Seattle was lower than sub par! Pilar has improved immensely! Eckerman stays in and on the outside, Paulina and Bell stay at OPP and McCage and Chi as our MB's. McCoy is crazy good and Dalton stays as well. Haley will hit her stride with this faster offense believe me and so will Paulina. Amy only had numbers the way she did because it was like high school for her hitting against UTEP and Seattle. I like her better in the burnt orange jacket than the jersey!
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Post by Boof1224 on Sept 2, 2014 11:48:38 GMT -5
Love watching Paulina swing from the right side; she just needs to cut down on the unforced errors. Agreed, she needs to cut down on errors. I think there are times where she needs to take smarter, rather than harder shots. That was knock on her at penn state and why she couldn't keep starter spot. To inconsistent. Maybe the coaches there can change that
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Post by Boof1224 on Sept 2, 2014 11:52:37 GMT -5
I would bench Paulina. She hasn't shown to be consistent enough against the same sub par teams you're talking about. I'm basing my observation solely on their production so far. The faster offense suits pilar and Amy well, it plays up to their strengths. You can see Haley still struggles with it, Paulina as well. In time, things will get smoother. Paulina also just showed up two weeks ago so i would expect her to take some time adjusting to the speed and setters. Setter is not the problem. Her skill level isn't is high as I believe she thinks it is. Like I said before it's same reason she didn't start for psu. To many errors. She has her great moments but far more she would rather not remember
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Post by texasnewbie on Sept 2, 2014 11:56:13 GMT -5
The faster offense suits pilar and Amy well, it plays up to their strengths. You can see Haley still struggles with it, Paulina as well. In time, things will get smoother. Paulina also just showed up two weeks ago so i would expect her to take some time adjusting to the speed and setters. Setter is not the problem. Her skill level isn't is high as I believe she thinks it is. Like I said before it's same reason she didn't start for psu. To many errors. She has her great moments but far more she would rather not remember I can see that also with Paulina, even in the Orange and White, I hope the staff can get her to her full potential and a nice consistency!
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Post by Boof1224 on Sept 2, 2014 11:59:12 GMT -5
Setter is not the problem. Her skill level isn't is high as I believe she thinks it is. Like I said before it's same reason she didn't start for psu. To many errors. She has her great moments but far more she would rather not remember I can see that also with Paulina, even in the Orange and White, I hope the staff can get her to her full potential and a nice consistency! Yeah everyone is hoping the new scenery will do her well. Hopefully that's case for Texas sake. I didn't watch the Texas matches but from what I'm hearing on board it sounds very familiar to her problems at psu. Best word for her is "inconsistant".
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Post by Boof1224 on Sept 2, 2014 12:00:13 GMT -5
As a psu fan I watched her. She had great moments but not as often as the bad ones
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