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Post by redbeard2008 on Nov 7, 2015 22:48:33 GMT -5
Agree Strickland's bringing a Hagglund type leadership quality (if not skills) after Vansant's graduation. I'm inclined to pair Condie in any discussion about improved D, and there's certainly no confusing Strickland's serve with Bricio or Hancock. It's a liability. Scates in the ASU broadcast said that Strickland was second on the team, behind Scambray, for points scored per serving rotation. Not really a liability, in other words.
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Post by zenyada on Nov 7, 2015 23:14:04 GMT -5
Agree Strickland's bringing a Hagglund type leadership quality (if not skills) after Vansant's graduation. I'm inclined to pair Condie in any discussion about improved D, and there's certainly no confusing Strickland's serve with Bricio or Hancock. It's a liability. Scates in the ASU broadcast said that Strickland was second on the team, behind Scambray, for points scored per serving rotation. Not really a liability, in other words. Fine love Scates even if he can't remember whether its Jordan Anderson and Jordan Larson on the court, so I'll go with his data. Still, I'm guessing if you subtract from the second place points the 45 service errors above aces points handed to the other team, that she moves to the bottom half of the server list. These are unforced errors and momentum killers. I'm hoping she gets hot come tournament time, and it doesn't come back to bite the dogs.
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Post by redbeard2008 on Nov 8, 2015 1:54:36 GMT -5
Scates in the ASU broadcast said that Strickland was second on the team, behind Scambray, for points scored per serving rotation. Not really a liability, in other words. Fine love Scates even if he can't remember whether its Jordan Anderson and Jordan Larson on the court, so I'll go with his data. Still, I'm guessing if you subtract from the second place points the 45 service errors above aces points handed to the other team, that she moves to the bottom half of the server list. These are unforced errors and momentum killers. I'm hoping she gets hot come tournament time, and it doesn't come back to bite the dogs. Well, if she has six service errors, but her team scores ten points off of her serves, she's +4, thus not a liability. If she didn't risk missing serves, then her team might not score any. You only have to win by two.
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Post by zenyada on Nov 8, 2015 2:57:12 GMT -5
Fine love Scates even if he can't remember whether its Jordan Anderson and Jordan Larson on the court, so I'll go with his data. Still, I'm guessing if you subtract from the second place points the 45 service errors above aces points handed to the other team, that she moves to the bottom half of the server list. These are unforced errors and momentum killers. I'm hoping she gets hot come tournament time, and it doesn't come back to bite the dogs. Well, if she has six service errors, but her team scores ten points off of her serves, she's +4, thus not a liability. If she didn't risk missing serves, then her team might not score any. You only have to win by two. Your's is a hypothetical match with a selected positive outcome. The only real data we have suggests that every time Cassie serves there is a 346% greater chance of a service error than an ace. If you want to include Scates' aggregate data on point scoring to determine her effectiveness, then it seems reasonable to subtract the aggregate number of service errors above a healthy ace-to-error ratio of 1. Here's the real test: UW is playing Nebraska in the Regional Final and they're down 23-24. Who do you want serving? If Cassie is serving, Husky fans are pulling their hat over their eyes. But be a fan and get behind her that's cool.
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Post by dawgnerd on Nov 8, 2015 13:52:32 GMT -5
One innovation that I give Cook huge credit for is the slow middle attack. It goes completely against the history of fast middles if you have the hitters and setters to make it work and the trend to speed up all parts of the offense. It originally looked like a throwback or something that only lower level teams would commonly use and I was certainly highly skeptical (and said it here). However, it has really allowed the setters to use Sybeldon (and also Wade) on more passes (taking maximum advantage of a team strength), allowed those middles to see the blocks and defenses better and given opposing defenses a problem that they are not accustomed to dealing with. It is a departure from the safe, or at least common, practice and has yielded huge benefits. (Is any other top 25 team doing this?) Keegan Cook borrowed the slow middle from his old program St. Mary's. They have done that for quite some time. Thanks, did not know that. So perhaps more a case of going back to a familiar system. Have not been seeing that in top level ball and have been shocked at how well it has worked. (I was expecting a lot of solid double blocks outside and big problems against big middles). Still a successful call on Cook`s part.
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