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Post by elevationvb on Sept 2, 2014 16:42:05 GMT -5
I have carefully considered what your opinion of Texas Volleyball means to me and, I don't expect you to reply with substance or anything pithy related to volleyball, but at least get a new gif. Substance? When you direct your opinion of Texas volleyball to me (Chiso also), my gif reply expresses my opinion 100%.
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Post by elevationvb on Sept 2, 2014 16:46:18 GMT -5
FYI, with capable middles, which Texas has, there is not a coach in the world who wouldn't choose to set them, but for a reason. You truly need to get a clue. Without MH offense, or the threat of it, your other hitters will always be at least double blocked. It was either the setter or the passers, because Bell and McCage are as good a MH tandem as exists in NCAA last year and right now. I'm curious, did you watch the game? Of course Bucky watched the match - - we all know Bell was lethal at middle this weekend.
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Post by elevationvb on Sept 2, 2014 17:04:20 GMT -5
As a psu fan I watched her. She had great moments but not as often as the bad ones She did her job, put it that way, she was no where near or even close the OPP Bell is, but Paulina is better already than what she was at our scrimmage. Her health has been inconsistent which I believe hindered her training and play as well, she has 3 more years, I hope her greatness that we all know she is able to provide will surface this season. On another note, NM was a hot mess, just saying! OMG, rude players, and complained about everything. I have never watched a match where the players were so rude. Screaming through the net. I'm glad most of our girls have class, but Bell is the wrong person to yell at through the net, next play, stuffed straight down to end the match and Khat Bell just looked at this OH through the net and laughed at her. boof1224 is consistently negative about Prieto. so I don't place much importance in his / her opinion of the player. How long has she been with the team - 3 weeks? She looked a lot better in New Mexico than she did during the scrimmage and has several more matches to earn significant playing time on the court. If Elliott sticks with the 6-2, she's going to play, imo.
In Florida, I expect the lineup to be similar to the match against New Mexico. In the Austin tournament, expect Elliott to play around with the lineup in the Saturday matches.
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Post by elbelle on Sept 2, 2014 19:13:08 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. 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! I agree with most of what you said…. except about Amy. Especially is the game against Wisconsin. She probably would've done better than Webster, who had an abysmal night if you recall. Maybe Amy isn't a good fit for the outside, but she's better then Brooks and at least she has versatility!
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Post by SportyBucky on Sept 2, 2014 21:01:34 GMT -5
I have carefully considered what your opinion of Texas Volleyball means to me and, FYI, with capable middles, which Texas has, there is not a coach in the world who wouldn't choose to set them, but for a reason. You truly need to get a clue. Without MH offense, or the threat of it, your other hitters will always be at least double blocked. It was either the setter or the passers, because Bell and McCage are as good a MH tandem as exists in NCAA last year and right now. Yes I have. I am speaking specifically to elevation's BS statement that it clearly wasn't the setter that caused the MHs not to be set. I think it's a combination of passing woes, setter connection issues and dominant OHs that cause a team to abandon even trying to go middle. But like I said, there is not a coach in their right mind that wouldn't want to use the MHs TX has. They're the best in the country. Whatever the reason elevation and others claim they're under-utilized, it is not a coach's desire to stay away from the middles.
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Post by Boof1224 on Sept 2, 2014 21:28:29 GMT -5
She did her job, put it that way, she was no where near or even close the OPP Bell is, but Paulina is better already than what she was at our scrimmage. Her health has been inconsistent which I believe hindered her training and play as well, she has 3 more years, I hope her greatness that we all know she is able to provide will surface this season. On another note, NM was a hot mess, just saying! OMG, rude players, and complained about everything. I have never watched a match where the players were so rude. Screaming through the net. I'm glad most of our girls have class, but Bell is the wrong person to yell at through the net, next play, stuffed straight down to end the match and Khat Bell just looked at this OH through the net and laughed at her. boof1224 is consistently negative about Prieto. so I don't place much importance in his / her opinion of the player. How long has she been with the team - 3 weeks? She looked a lot better in New Mexico than she did during the scrimmage and has several more matches to earn significant playing time on the court. If Elliott sticks with the 6-2, she's going to play, imo.
In Florida, I expect the lineup to be similar to the match against New Mexico. In the Austin tournament, expect Elliott to play around with the lineup in the Saturday matches.Time will tell who's right now, won't it? I based my opinion on what I've seen. And at psu was was inconsistent and made to many mistakes
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Post by PSUTEX12 on Sept 2, 2014 21:46:41 GMT -5
Whatever our reasoning for why the middles aren't being utilized I think we can all come to a common agreement that Texas middles have the potential to be 1st team AAs this year but may never get the opportunity if they are getting a combined 11 sets in a whole match.
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Post by austex2010 on Sept 2, 2014 23:38:19 GMT -5
Whatever our reasoning for why the middles aren't being utilized I think we can all come to a common agreement that Texas middles have the potential to be 1st team AAs this year but may never get the opportunity if they are getting a combined 11 sets in a whole match. I'm sure we will see the middles used more against the likes of Fl and Neb. One of the problems with a 6-2 is diversifying the offense with the middles so it's not always quick 1's on top the net. They have not started running plays, like an X etc, allowing the middle to run a slide esp Molly. The passing was actually pretty good against NM and defense picked up a lot of balls. Unfortunately, those balls were dug off the net or it was the setter taking the first ball so we saw lots of the transition balls going to the outside and righside.
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Post by elevationvb on Sept 2, 2014 23:50:11 GMT -5
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! I agree with most of what you said…. except about Amy. Especially is the game against Wisconsin. She probably would've done better than Webster, who had an abysmal night if you recall. Maybe Amy isn't a good fit for the outside, but she's better then Brooks and at least she has versatility! I recognize that you are a big Neal fan, but thinking she should have played against Wisconsin instead of Webster is ridiculous. She was not consistently good against quality competition last season.
I agree her focus at Texas should be as a DS, but she is still being played at OH which indicates to me she wants to be an OH. Not a good choice if I am correct.
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Post by elevationvb on Sept 2, 2014 23:52:31 GMT -5
FYI, with capable middles, which Texas has, there is not a coach in the world who wouldn't choose to set them, but for a reason. You truly need to get a clue. Without MH offense, or the threat of it, your other hitters will always be at least double blocked. It was either the setter or the passers, because Bell and McCage are as good a MH tandem as exists in NCAA last year and right now. Yes I have. I am speaking specifically to elevation's BS statement that it clearly wasn't the setter that caused the MHs not to be set. I think it's a combination of passing woes, setter connection issues and dominant OHs that cause a team to abandon even trying to go middle. But like I said, there is not a coach in their right mind that wouldn't want to use the MHs TX has. They're the best in the country. Whatever the reason elevation and others claim they're under-utilized, it is not a coach's desire to stay away from the middles. Bell really is excelling at middle this season.
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Post by elbelle on Sept 3, 2014 1:03:08 GMT -5
I agree with most of what you said…. except about Amy. Especially is the game against Wisconsin. She probably would've done better than Webster, who had an abysmal night if you recall. Maybe Amy isn't a good fit for the outside, but she's better then Brooks and at least she has versatility! I recognize that you are a big Neal fan, but thinking she should have played against Wisconsin instead of Webster is ridiculous. She was not consistently good against quality competition last season.
I agree her focus at Texas should be as a DS, but she is still being played at OH which indicates to me she wants to be an OH. Not a good choice if I am correct.
I don't think she should have played instead of Webster, I was just saying it couldn't have been much worse, but I will concede that you are right about her consistency. She should focus on being a DS, I completely agree, but if the 6-2 continues, she is the next option at OH, unless you want to count Baker, but I wouldn't she is below Neal in the depth chart it seems. I just feel bad that everyone is always ragging on her, especially in the game against Wisconsin. She was chasing down balls and keeping them in play.
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Post by texasnewbie on Sept 3, 2014 8:57:31 GMT -5
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! I agree with most of what you said…. except about Amy. Especially is the game against Wisconsin. She probably would've done better than Webster, who had an abysmal night if you recall. Maybe Amy isn't a good fit for the outside, but she's better then Brooks and at least she has versatility! I agree with all of what you said, I do believe she is better than brooks at times and is capable of swinging from the back row but hasn't shown that in 3 years. She's only shown she can hit at a high percentage in matches where we play smaller teams. Could she have been better than Webster against Wisconsin, I could see that because Webster didn't get her first kill until I believe the 2nd set. I will re word my opinion on Amy Neal, I don't think she fits the mold of an OH this season. Pilar beats her out by a long shot. Everyone is going to get blocked and have their nights, but when it counts I would place Pilar first in a 6:2 over Neal in a heartbeat and have Amy waiting in the wings until we need to change it up. I always say " I wish Neal was about 6ft 1 or 2 because her arm is an absolute cannon, her height kills her. You do have a great point about Webster though, I was just talking about that last night actually with a friend, how good Wisconsin's defense was on her, shut her down pretty much.
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Post by c4ndlelight on Sept 3, 2014 9:02:48 GMT -5
I agree with most of what you said…. except about Amy. Especially is the game against Wisconsin. She probably would've done better than Webster, who had an abysmal night if you recall. Maybe Amy isn't a good fit for the outside, but she's better then Brooks and at least she has versatility! I agree with all of what you said, I do believe she is better than brooks at times and is capable of swinging from the back row but hasn't shown that in 3 years. She's only shown she can hit at a high percentage in matches where we play smaller teams. Could she have been better than Webster against Wisconsin, I could see that because Webster didn't get her first kill until I believe the 2nd set. Webster didn't get a kill until the 2nd set, but she also didn't get an attempt until 19-22 in the first set (and that wasn't a good one). Not the greatest gameplan......
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Post by texasnewbie on Sept 3, 2014 9:07:57 GMT -5
She did her job, put it that way, she was no where near or even close the OPP Bell is, but Paulina is better already than what she was at our scrimmage. Her health has been inconsistent which I believe hindered her training and play as well, she has 3 more years, I hope her greatness that we all know she is able to provide will surface this season. On another note, NM was a hot mess, just saying! OMG, rude players, and complained about everything. I have never watched a match where the players were so rude. Screaming through the net. I'm glad most of our girls have class, but Bell is the wrong person to yell at through the net, next play, stuffed straight down to end the match and Khat Bell just looked at this OH through the net and laughed at her. boof1224 is consistently negative about Prieto. so I don't place much importance in his / her opinion of the player. How long has she been with the team - 3 weeks? She looked a lot better in New Mexico than she did during the scrimmage and has several more matches to earn significant playing time on the court. If Elliott sticks with the 6-2, she's going to play, imo.
In Florida, I expect the lineup to be similar to the match against New Mexico. In the Austin tournament, expect Elliott to play around with the lineup in the Saturday matches.I do see some inconsistency with Prieto but yes being here in our system for only 3 weeks, we need to expect it, I didn't see a lot of her at PSU, but I hope for great things from her at Texas. I can see a great player in her with fire, she does remind me a lot of Faucette as far as her arm swing goes. J's hair was prettier LMAO! I agree, in a 6:2 Elliott should stick with her if he's smart, let her make her errors and learn and grow from them, she needs the time on the court to prove her self. It will happen. I too see the exact line up in Florida as in NM, and in the Austin tourney a mix up at positions again...to give playing time and rests.
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Post by texasnewbie on Sept 3, 2014 9:12:26 GMT -5
I agree with all of what you said, I do believe she is better than brooks at times and is capable of swinging from the back row but hasn't shown that in 3 years. She's only shown she can hit at a high percentage in matches where we play smaller teams. Could she have been better than Webster against Wisconsin, I could see that because Webster didn't get her first kill until I believe the 2nd set. Webster didn't get a kill until the 2nd set, but she also didn't get an attempt until 19-22 in the first set (and that wasn't a good one). Not the greatest gameplan...... This is also correct, she honestly didn't! I thought the game plan was F'd from the get go. Webster is a well deserving 1st AA and I've seen this girl play some D in the back row and hit from the D and crush the ball, she still has a lot of playing under her spandex. I watch the semi's of last season and hate myself for it LOL because we are all critics and I do the same thing, "he should of done this or done that" but in the end, Wisconsin beat us (Texas) and it was well deserved. We can pick and choose out of that match what we may and I'm sure we can all find faults.
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