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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2015 3:42:01 GMT -5
We're guaranteed a spot in the six-team final round, so I think we'll see lots of different faces through the intercontinental weekends. I don't know how much evaluation of young talent is necessary in the year before the Olympics, but what do I know. More like we need to save the legs of our vets, who've had long seasons and need to be well-rested for both the WGP finals at home and the World Cup in August. Why didn't we "save the legs" of our starters in 2010 at the WGP? Or 2011? Our starters have always had long seasons and have always needed to be well-rested for big tournaments in past quads. I don't think this particular schedule warrants any particularly different course of action regarding roster selections when you consider our depth at almost every position. And, I was posing the idea that I think we'll be seeing different/young faces during the intercontinental weekends because the staff feels freedom to evaluate talent having a spot in Omaha guaranteed, and maybe feels a need to, rather than seeing different/young faces during the intercontinental weekends because the staff wants to rest the "vets," which seems silly to me, mostly because I'm not under the impression their legs, as opposed to their other body parts, need to be saved or need to be saved for so long. A number of the "vets" got quite a bit of rest during the USA Cup, and had several weeks off before reporting to Anaheim to train for that event. If "saving the legs" is the goal, I'm not sure how two-a-days in Anaheim, which will most certainly be occurring while the travel rosters are competing, accomplishes that. If performing well in Omaha and at the World Cup is important for Team USA, which it obviously is, one would think that taking advantage of opportunities to develop on-court chemistry between members most likely to contribute in Rio in real match situations as often as possible would seem most prudent considering the question marks surrounding our world-class setter, the fact that the Olympics are a mere thirteen months away, and the emergence of one, possibly two, exceptional talents in place to disrupt the starting core. |
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Post by superfan1 on Jul 1, 2015 5:16:11 GMT -5
This may be the deepest USA team we've ever had. I think now more than ever we're able to rest our starters without a SIGNIFICANT drop off in talent/results.
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Post by nativevolley on Jul 1, 2015 5:32:22 GMT -5
This may be the deepest USA team we've ever had. I think now more than ever we're able to rest our starters without a SIGNIFICANT drop off in talent/results. Maybe in certain positions but not all... I would say. Although I do agree. |
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Post by deacondive on Jul 1, 2015 6:18:04 GMT -5
This may be the deepest USA team we've ever had. I think now more than ever we're able to rest our starters without a SIGNIFICANT drop off in talent/results. Maybe in certain positions but not all... I would say. Although I do agree. Not setter and libero |
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Post by WahineFan44 on Jul 1, 2015 6:41:50 GMT -5
Maybe in certain positions but not all... I would say. Although I do agree. Not setter and libero Glass, Thompson, Kreklow and lloyd? I say thats pretty deep. I do miss Berg though. Libero for sure. OH we aren't as deep as I like. Besides Hill and Larson, no one is really Olympic caliber starter. Robinson sometimes struggles on offense, but plays good defense, and Hodge struggles on defense, If both can get up to form, which a lot of people who are more knowledgable than me think they can, we should be good. We re definitely deep in the middle with Adams, Dixon, Foluke and Dietzen all being great, and Opp is pretty good too with Murphy, Lowe, Fawcett. |
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Post by c4ndlelight on Jul 1, 2015 7:47:28 GMT -5
More like we need to save the legs of our vets, who've had long seasons and need to be well-rested for both the WGP finals at home and the World Cup in August. Why didn't we "save the legs" of our starters in 2010 at the WGP? Or 2011? Our starters have always had long seasons and have always needed to be well-rested for big tournaments in past quads. I don't think this particular schedule warrants any particularly different course of action regarding roster selections when you consider our depth at almost every position. And, I was posing the idea that I think we'll be seeing different/young faces during the intercontinental weekends because the staff feels freedom to evaluate talent having a spot in Omaha guaranteed, and maybe feels a need to, rather than seeing different/young faces during the intercontinental weekends because the staff wants to rest the "vets," which seems silly to me, mostly because I'm not under the impression their legs, as opposed to their other body parts, need to be saved or need to be saved for so long. A number of the "vets" got quite a bit of rest during the USA Cup, and had several weeks off before reporting to Anaheim to train for that event. If "saving the legs" is the goal, I'm not sure how two-a-days in Anaheim, which will most certainly be occurring while the travel rosters are competing, accomplishes that. If performing well in Omaha and at the World Cup is important for Team USA, which it obviously is, one would think that taking advantage of opportunities to develop on-court chemistry between members most likely to contribute in Rio in real match situations as often as possible would seem most prudent considering the question marks surrounding our world-class setter, the fact that the Olympics are a mere thirteen months away, and the emergence of one, possibly two, exceptional talents in place to disrupt the starting core. Because (1) we weren't hosting and therefore didn't need to win to qualify for the finals and (2) because the World Cup was in October in 2011, not just a couple weeks after the WGP |
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Post by deacondive on Jul 1, 2015 8:37:28 GMT -5
Glass, Thompson, Kreklow and lloyd? I say thats pretty deep. I do miss Berg though. Libero for sure. OH we aren't as deep as I like. Besides Hill and Larson, no one is really Olympic caliber starter. Robinson sometimes struggles on offense, but plays good defense, and Hodge struggles on defense, If both can get up to form, which a lot of people who are more knowledgable than me think they can, we should be good. We re definitely deep in the middle with Adams, Dixon, Foluke and Dietzen all being great, and Opp is pretty good too with Murphy, Lowe, Fawcett. Glass is hurt... And I believe there are only three setters on the WGP roster...Thompson, Kreklow, and Glass. Even if Lloyd was on it she has been far from impressive. The US is significantly deeper at outside, opposite, and in the middle. |
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Post by Upfrontvb on Jul 1, 2015 10:01:04 GMT -5
I would put Gibby on the list for middles and it's a toss up between her and Dixon.
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Post by superfan1 on Jul 1, 2015 12:25:30 GMT -5
Whatever happened to J. Haggulund? Is she playing professionally, but not with the NT?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2015 12:40:42 GMT -5
Whatever happened to J. Haggulund? Is she playing professionally, but not with the NT? She was with the group in Peru, but behind Lloyd. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2015 13:35:38 GMT -5
Why didn't we "save the legs" of our starters in 2010 at the WGP? Or 2011? Our starters have always had long seasons and have always needed to be well-rested for big tournaments in past quads. I don't think this particular schedule warrants any particularly different course of action regarding roster selections when you consider our depth at almost every position. And, I was posing the idea that I think we'll be seeing different/young faces during the intercontinental weekends because the staff feels freedom to evaluate talent having a spot in Omaha guaranteed, and maybe feels a need to, rather than seeing different/young faces during the intercontinental weekends because the staff wants to rest the "vets," which seems silly to me, mostly because I'm not under the impression their legs, as opposed to their other body parts, need to be saved or need to be saved for so long. A number of the "vets" got quite a bit of rest during the USA Cup, and had several weeks off before reporting to Anaheim to train for that event. If "saving the legs" is the goal, I'm not sure how two-a-days in Anaheim, which will most certainly be occurring while the travel rosters are competing, accomplishes that. If performing well in Omaha and at the World Cup is important for Team USA, which it obviously is, one would think that taking advantage of opportunities to develop on-court chemistry between members most likely to contribute in Rio in real match situations as often as possible would seem most prudent considering the question marks surrounding our world-class setter, the fact that the Olympics are a mere thirteen months away, and the emergence of one, possibly two, exceptional talents in place to disrupt the starting core. Because (1) we weren't hosting and therefore didn't need to win to qualify for the finals and (2) because the World Cup was in October in 2011, not just a couple weeks after the WGP I'm saying I disagree. I don't think they're saving legs. I think they're taking looks because they can. Again, if saving legs is a priority, I'm not sure how two-a-days in Anaheim accomplishes that. |
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Post by kc8413 on Jul 1, 2015 14:31:50 GMT -5
Our first leg is in Turkey against Turkey, Belgium and Italy. I haven't watched Italy or Belgium play in a while, but the Turkish team should be pretty good. They had just won the Montreux Volley Tournament and also the first European Baku games. They might not be as talented as team USA, but they've played more competitions thus far. www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/competitions/WorldGrandPrix/2015/schedule_prelim.asp |
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Post by bownlovingfreak on Jul 1, 2015 15:57:01 GMT -5
What's the story with Australia? Why did I envision them being a much better team?
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Post by tclenpsu1 on Jul 2, 2015 18:34:40 GMT -5
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Post by tclenpsu1 on Jul 2, 2015 18:36:21 GMT -5
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