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Post by timduckforlife on Dec 19, 2014 17:20:01 GMT -5
I think they were definitely able to abuse Lutz on the block. Running a fast outside and esp being in system and able to run the middle, kept her 2 steps behind. Leaving Courtney wide open.
Don't get me wrong here, I think Lutz will learn and get better, but she's got a long ways to go, but when she figures it out on the mental side, reading the setter side, and the physical side. She just hasn't had the time to learn yet. I think not playing in HS definitely hurt her.
She has the potential, but if she wants to take herself to the next level, she's going to have to work on getting a lot quicker and jumping higher. Otherwise, this will be where it ends. The era of big slow middles is passing if it hasn't already, and the shorter quicker, faster jumping middles like the Haley Washingtons, and even like the Whitney Youngs are the future. Same thing on the mens side of it too.
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Post by SakiBomb25 on Dec 20, 2014 15:01:22 GMT -5
I think they were definitely able to abuse Lutz on the block. Running a fast outside and esp being in system and able to run the middle, kept her 2 steps behind. Leaving Courtney wide open. Don't get me wrong here, I think Lutz will learn and get better, but she's got a long ways to go, but when she figures it out on the mental side, reading the setter side, and the physical side. She just hasn't had the time to learn yet. I think not playing in HS definitely hurt her. She has the potential, but if she wants to take herself to the next level, she's going to have to work on getting a lot quicker and jumping higher. Otherwise, this will be where it ends. The era of big slow middles is passing if it hasn't already, and the shorter quicker, faster jumping middles like the Haley Washingtons, and even like the Whitney Youngs are the future. Same thing on the mens side of it too. Washington herself is 6-3... That's not short. There is a reason why she was the No. 1 recruit - she's tall AND quick. Lutz is an anomaly in terms of height. Most 'tall' middles are in the 6-3 to 6-5 range.
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Post by beaaaaast on Dec 20, 2014 16:05:57 GMT -5
First of all, congrats to Penn State. They played better than Stanford at crucial times and deserved to win. Still disappointed as a Stanford fan, but life moves on. From my eyes, the left-sides won it for Penn State. Courtney and Frantti played extremely well. Karch kept on saying they were hitting over the right-side blockers (Bugg and Boukather). My question is was there nothing Stanford could do (i.e., Courtney and Frantti were just too physical) or was it a failure on the coaching staff to make the necessary adjustments to stop them? I realize Stanford had other problems, but I am just curious about the game plan to stop the Nittany Lions outsides. Coaching is the issue. Rose is a killer and so is his team. Dunning is a kitty kat and it shows in his teams mental toughness. They played scared and afraid to lose yesterday. Stanford hasn't had a Nnamani or Walsh or Tom who could take over a match and dominate. They've had amazing teams with some of the best talent with this timid, low error style of volleyball that isn't getting them past a team with equal talent who has a, "let's do this" mentality. Talent keeps Stan at the top but they are being out coached by a team they should have beat last night. Congrats PSU! I agree. But whenever I start to question Stanford's coaching staff, I get attacked. I mean, it's not as if Stanford hasn't had the talent to take home a NC within the last decade. They lack the mental toughness (and sometimes it even seems the passion) to win a NC. They played scared when they lost to Washington and they played scared when they lost to PSU. These two matches could've gone differently if they just had a little more heart or had the eye of the tiger. They were not a young team. They were a team of veterans. Until there is change in the coaching it will be the same story for Stanford year after year after year. And soon enough, recruits will see the pattern, and you will have a Long Beach sort of program.
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Post by hammer on Dec 20, 2014 16:51:54 GMT -5
Coaching is the issue. Rose is a killer and so is his team. Dunning is a kitty kat and it shows in his teams mental toughness. They played scared and afraid to lose yesterday. Stanford hasn't had a Nnamani or Walsh or Tom who could take over a match and dominate. They've had amazing teams with some of the best talent with this timid, low error style of volleyball that isn't getting them past a team with equal talent who has a, "let's do this" mentality. Talent keeps Stan at the top but they are being out coached by a team they should have beat last night. Congrats PSU! I agree. But whenever I start to question Stanford's coaching staff, I get attacked. I mean, it's not as if Stanford hasn't had the talent to take home a NC within the last decade. They lack the mental toughness (and sometimes it even seems the passion) to win a NC. They played scared when they lost to Washington and they played scared when they lost to PSU. These two matches could've gone differently if they just had a little more heart or had the eye of the tiger. They were not a young team. They were a team of veterans. Until there is change in the coaching it will be the same story for Stanford year after year after year. And soon enough, recruits will see the pattern, and you will have a Long Beach sort of program. IMO 2004 Stanford's talent was greater. 2007 maybe Stanford's overall talent was equal or very, very, close to PSU's. 2013 I would say the same thing. 2014 I would say no, but pretty close. I firmly believe Dunning is one of the better coaches, but is he equal or better than Rose, probably not. Shaw IMO was a better coach than Dunning as he installed a tougher mentality. But still, college athletics is mostly about recruiting, and there are probably five or ten coaches (but not a lot) who could take PSU's talent a long way year after year. Without naming names there are some coaches who recruit great talent year after year but they tend to subtract from their talent, although perhaps that subtraction is due to a talent hole at one or two positions (like the L or DS positions).
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Post by Paulj on Dec 26, 2014 7:46:24 GMT -5
Coaching is the issue. Rose is a killer and so is his team. Dunning is a kitty kat and it shows in his teams mental toughness. They played scared and afraid to lose yesterday. Stanford hasn't had a Nnamani or Walsh or Tom who could take over a match and dominate. They've had amazing teams with some of the best talent with this timid, low error style of volleyball that isn't getting them past a team with equal talent who has a, "let's do this" mentality. Talent keeps Stan at the top but they are being out coached by a team they should have beat last night. Congrats PSU!NOBODY questions whether PSU will do anything to win....including harboring criminal behavior. it is a very sad testimony of the University's priorities.
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Post by jsn112 on Dec 26, 2014 11:35:01 GMT -5
Coaching is the issue. Rose is a killer and so is his team. Dunning is a kitty kat and it shows in his teams mental toughness. They played scared and afraid to lose yesterday. Stanford hasn't had a Nnamani or Walsh or Tom who could take over a match and dominate. They've had amazing teams with some of the best talent with this timid, low error style of volleyball that isn't getting them past a team with equal talent who has a, "let's do this" mentality. Talent keeps Stan at the top but they are being out coached by a team they should have beat last night. Congrats PSU!NOBODY questions whether PSU will do anything to win....including harboring criminal behavior. it is a very sad testimony of the University's priorities. Good one, Paul. That's a new joke like we never heard of before. Can't wait for your next one.
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