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Post by geddyleeridesagain on Jul 26, 2015 14:03:01 GMT -5
The window has closed on Hooker switching federations in time for Rio. It's a two year process at the minimum. Plus, the prior federation (USAV in this case) has to approve the move - and it would be interesting to see what they would decide if it actually came up.
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Post by ShaneM2005 on Jul 26, 2015 16:04:48 GMT -5
I'll be curious to see if anything happens with Hooker in the coming months with USAV & Karch. There's no way she didn't pay attention to the sudden rise of Lowe this week and if Karsta keeps it up, the window is basically shut IMO.
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Post by BeiBei on Jul 26, 2015 20:55:44 GMT -5
She was born in Germany so maybe Deutschland Uber Alles.....or she could take a knee and make up with Karch...Pride goeth before not going to Rio16.. Dont see either happening. Germany is not a medal contender even with her on the roster. She and Karch are too similar. Both are competitive, headstrong, stubborn and do not have an appetite for a dessert called humble pie.
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Post by WahineFan44 on Jul 27, 2015 16:25:31 GMT -5
I was a huge supporter of Hooker coming back for RIO, but with the way Lowe has been playing, IMO we don't need her. Would it be great to have her and Lowe on the roster? Yes. But do we need her to win Gold? No.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2015 16:29:59 GMT -5
I was a huge supporter of Hooker coming back for RIO, but with the way Lowe has been playing, IMO we don't need her. Would it be great to have her and Lowe on the roster? Yes. But do we need her to win Gold? No. As good as Lowe is, Hooker is still better. But we should want both on the team, both are game changers. It's really no comparison between them an Murphy. We need the best roster to win the Olympics, so IMO, we do need Hooker. China and Brazil will be incredibly hard competition.
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Post by WahineFan44 on Jul 27, 2015 16:32:52 GMT -5
I was a huge supporter of Hooker coming back for RIO, but with the way Lowe has been playing, IMO we don't need her. Would it be great to have her and Lowe on the roster? Yes. But do we need her to win Gold? No. As good as Lowe is, Hooker is still better. But we should want both on the team, both are game changers. It's really no comparison between them an Murphy. We need the best roster to win the Olympics, so IMO, we do need Hooker. China and Brazil will be incredibly hard competition. Would I love hooker on the team? Yes. Is she better than Lowe? Yes. But is lowe a huge drop off where now we need to worry about the position? No. Hooker and Lowe would be a deadly team of Opp in rio. But I think we will be fine with Lowe and Fawcett or lowe and Murphy. But I do agree Hooker and Lowe is our best bet.
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Post by pittsburgh7717 on Jul 27, 2015 23:42:52 GMT -5
I was a huge supporter of Hooker coming back for RIO, but with the way Lowe has been playing, IMO we don't need her. Would it be great to have her and Lowe on the roster? Yes. But do we need her to win Gold? No. I don't know about going as far as "not needing her". Karsta Lowe is amazing but still not quite at the level of Hooker. They just have completely different styles of play IMO
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Post by kokyu on Jul 28, 2015 0:38:42 GMT -5
USA will probably win Rio Gold but they don't deserve it without Hooker, Tom, and Plum.
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Post by panda on Jul 28, 2015 1:24:48 GMT -5
USA will probably win Rio Gold but they don't deserve it without Hooker, Tom, and Plum. probably.but i think the chinese squad led by lang ping is pretty solid.2016 olympic vball would be very very loud.. tom deserves that gold though.
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Post by kokyu on Jul 28, 2015 2:03:48 GMT -5
I just found out 39 year old Tetyukhin's back on Russia's NT since Alekno's the coach again. Voronkov lost his position which obviously had a lot to do with Grankin not wanting to play for him. If only the women's game were currently as competitive as the men's then Karch wouldn't have the 'luxury' of excluding the best A team players.
How many signatures needed to petition Beal to reinstate McCutcheon as HC?
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Post by WahineFan44 on Jul 28, 2015 2:39:57 GMT -5
I honestly want plum to be given a shot, JUST SO KOKYU can get his satisfaction of seeing her on the national team and we can get our satisfaction of seeing him not like her once she messes up.
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Post by s0uthie on Jul 28, 2015 12:04:26 GMT -5
I just found out 39 year old Tetyukhin's back on Russia's NT since Alekno's the coach again. Voronkov lost his position which obviously had a lot to do with Grankin not wanting to play for him. If only the women's game were currently as competitive as the men's then Karch wouldn't have the 'luxury' of excluding the best A team players. How many signatures needed to petition Beal to reinstate McCutcheon as HC? At this point? Infinity.
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Post by kokyu on Jul 28, 2015 14:13:44 GMT -5
I honestly want plum to be given a shot, JUST SO KOKYU can get his satisfaction of seeing her on the national team and we can get our satisfaction of seeing him not like her once she messes up. Well if Karch imposes a drone offense again on her then there's no point and she should just follow suit of Grankin and wait till there's a new coach.
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Post by pepperbrooks on Jul 28, 2015 14:26:26 GMT -5
USA will probably win Rio Gold but they don't deserve it without Hooker, Tom, and Plum. Why wouldn't they deserve it? That's a ludicrous statement.
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Post by kokyu on Jul 28, 2015 14:28:32 GMT -5
USA will probably win Rio Gold but they don't deserve it without Hooker, Tom, and Plum. Why wouldn't they deserve it? That's a ludicrous statement. Because this isn't Team USA, it's Team KARCH.
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