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UCLA
Oct 25, 2014 15:59:22 GMT -5
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Post by Cruz'n on Oct 25, 2014 15:59:22 GMT -5
From my angle it looks like Sealy is doing a decent job coaching. Having a player "cleared to play" and actually ready to give %100 for 4 sets are two different things. A coach has to know how quickly to bring a player back to full speed. I think he brought Moenoa back at a good time.
As for Lowe/Strantzali: this one is easier. Lowe was clearly making some "tired" plays. I'm sure Sealy would prefer to never sub out Lowe, if her level would never dip. Subbing her out from the back row is the smart move, to give her some rest. He doesn't need to do it for a whole match, but he is seeing that he has to do it at least a little. It is tough to find the balance, but I thought he made good decisions in the Stanford match on when to rest her.
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UCLA
Oct 25, 2014 18:40:13 GMT -5
Post by kokyu on Oct 25, 2014 18:40:13 GMT -5
Playing #1 team in the country down 1-2 is never the time to take Lowe out. If Sealy wants to "save" Lowe for post-season then he can take her out at times playing the bottom half of the Pac when she's not as necessary to win.
I have a vision come the tourney Sealy will pull Lowe at some point in the sixteen or regionals and UCLA will lose without ever knowing if the best American hitter could've made a difference.
Looking forward to Lowe and Moenoa graduating so I can get back to being an Oregon fan. Moore right now's the best coach in the Pac, really can't handle either L.A. schools' coaches anymore.
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Post by Cruz'n on Oct 25, 2014 19:10:51 GMT -5
Playing #1 team in the country down 1-2 is never the time to take Lowe out. If Sealy wants to "save" Lowe for post-season then he can take her out at times playing the bottom half of the Pac when she's not as necessary to win. I have a vision come the tourney Sealy will pull Lowe at some point in the sixteen or regionals and UCLA will lose without ever knowing if the best American hitter could've made a difference. Looking forward to Lowe and Moenoa graduating so I can get back to being an Oregon fan. Moore right now's the best coach in the Pac, really can't handle either L.A. schools' coaches anymore. As many swings as Lowe is taking, it doesn't seem that Sealy is saving Lowe for the post season, unless you consider 50 swings per night as "saving" her. However, since you often disagree with everyone, maybe you do consider that "resting." Whereas you are talking about the season as a whole, Sealy also has to gage a player's gas tank within a single match. When he rests Lowe a couple of sequences in a 3rd set, it is because he wants her playing at her optimum level in this particular match especially in key points down the stretch, and to obtain this level, he realizes that she needs to rest. Obviously he will not take her out while in the front row. But while in the back row, he can at least gain on defense by subbing her out, even while losing her offense from behind the 10-foot line. Plus, once rested, she'll be fresher mentally and physically, and thus able to perform at a higher level once back in. He is doing what is best for UCLA to win. Obviously you disagree with his decisions. But that is why he is coach and you are not.
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UCLA
Oct 26, 2014 14:06:21 GMT -5
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Post by stull90210 on Oct 26, 2014 14:06:21 GMT -5
Looking forward to Lowe and Moenoa graduating so I can get back to being an Oregon fan. Moore right now's the best coach in the Pac, really can't handle either L.A. schools' coaches anymore. Just go back to Oregon then! quit complaining about UCLA's coach you bandwagon
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UCLA
Oct 26, 2014 14:30:51 GMT -5
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Post by WahineFan44 on Oct 26, 2014 14:30:51 GMT -5
Playing #1 team in the country down 1-2 is never the time to take Lowe out. If Sealy wants to "save" Lowe for post-season then he can take her out at times playing the bottom half of the Pac when she's not as necessary to win. I have a vision come the tourney Sealy will pull Lowe at some point in the sixteen or regionals and UCLA will lose without ever knowing if the best American hitter could've made a difference. Looking forward to Lowe and Moenoa graduating so I can get back to being an Oregon fan. Moore right now's the best coach in the Pac, really can't handle either L.A. schools' coaches anymore. I can't at any of this LOL. Moore is not the best coach in the PAC. He's amazing, but that title goes to jmac, imo. Dunning would be a close second. Jmac took a bottom of the PAC team and made them into a national powerhouse
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UCLA
Oct 27, 2014 15:42:03 GMT -5
Post by kokyu on Oct 27, 2014 15:42:03 GMT -5
In the Stanford match UCLA hit .053 in the first set with Consani, .250 in the second set with Consani till UCLA down 18-22 and Moenoa till 28-30 loss, and .382 in the third set with Moenoa. Pac 12 TV didn't give stats for fourth set but UCLA lost by only two points.
How can any coach decide to choose Consani for the next match against Cal?
First and third sets had a .329 differential between the setters. These numbers are beyond irreconcilable with any semblance of meritocracy, is there nepotism involved in Sealy's choice? Is he friends with Consani's parents or uncles?
Next match is at Washington on Friday, looking forward to Sealy's decisions and his fanboys defending him!
Don't think I've ever been more shocked on VT.
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UCLA
Oct 27, 2014 15:46:03 GMT -5
Post by kokyu on Oct 27, 2014 15:46:03 GMT -5
UCLA stats show .238 in the fourth set, passing was breaking down so doesn't mitigate the situation at all.
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UCLA
Oct 27, 2014 15:53:12 GMT -5
Post by Cruz'n on Oct 27, 2014 15:53:12 GMT -5
NCAA site lists Consani as leading the nation in assists per set.
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UCLA
Oct 27, 2014 15:56:57 GMT -5
Post by kokyu on Oct 27, 2014 15:56:57 GMT -5
NCAA site lists Consani as leading the nation in assists per set. Thank UCLA's poor blocking, exceptional back row defense, and Lowe for that stat. Lowe usually puts away about six or seven junk sets a match, ones very few hitters if any could terminate on.
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UCLA
Oct 27, 2014 15:59:51 GMT -5
Post by kokyu on Oct 27, 2014 15:59:51 GMT -5
And if you removed the junk sets from her assists per set she wouldn't even be ranked, much less first in the nation. Not to mention these junk sets are wearing Lowe out.
smh
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UCLA
Oct 27, 2014 16:04:12 GMT -5
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Post by WahineFan44 on Oct 27, 2014 16:04:12 GMT -5
And if you removed the junk sets from her assists per set she wouldn't even be ranked, much less first in the nation. Not to mention these junk sets are wearing Lowe out. smh Moenoa is obviously better than consani, but consani isn't chopped liver, like you're making her out to be. She lead ucla to many great wins.
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UCLA
Oct 27, 2014 16:07:11 GMT -5
Post by kokyu on Oct 27, 2014 16:07:11 GMT -5
And if you removed the junk sets from her assists per set she wouldn't even be ranked, much less first in the nation. Not to mention these junk sets are wearing Lowe out. smh Moenoa is obviously better than consani, but consani isn't chopped liver, like you're making her out to be. She lead ucla to many great wins. USC sucked at the beginning of the year, so the only great win has been against Oregon so far. Thanks for the laugh though.
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UCLA
Oct 27, 2014 16:14:20 GMT -5
Post by kokyu on Oct 27, 2014 16:14:20 GMT -5
To be frank here if I had to choose a top team from NCAA players, my two setters would be Carlini and Moenoa, no question about it.
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UCLA
Oct 27, 2014 16:40:48 GMT -5
Post by stull90210 on Oct 27, 2014 16:40:48 GMT -5
Moenoa is obviously better than consani, but consani isn't chopped liver, like you're making her out to be. She lead ucla to many great wins. USC sucked at the beginning of the year, so the only great win has been against Oregon so far. Thanks for the laugh though. I mean sweeping Illinois was a pretty good win.... All in all, as much as we'd like to see Moenoa play, I doubt it's gonna happen. McPeak said at the Cal game that Sealy has a lot of trust in Consani so I assume she'll still be getting the start this week against Washington. Consani isn't horrible, she just lacks the strength to push those sets that are far away (usually when she doubles, she's in those types of situations where the pass is so far off the net and she can't push it out far enough). However, you can't discredit her for all of her contributions she's made. I had really hoped Sealy would've let Moenoa use a medical redshirt, but I guess that would of had to have been her choice too. So kokyu you can start complaining about it now for the rest of the week
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UCLA
Oct 27, 2014 16:46:13 GMT -5
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Post by trojansc on Oct 27, 2014 16:46:13 GMT -5
To be frank here if I had to choose a top team from NCAA players, my two setters would be Carlini and Moenoa, no question about it. I'll take quite a few other setters over Moenoa...
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