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Post by gigibear on Oct 5, 2015 16:25:37 GMT -5
This thread is absurd and the thread title is textbook passive-aggressive. The ND VB program was clearly under-performing and needed a major change. No one expected a "Great Notre Dame Renaissance" in first season of a new coaching staff. I freely admit that the title of this thread is fantastically passive-aggressive. But I get annoyed at the reverence some people have for J Mac, a GREAT coach who I'm sure will do good things eventually. I still maintain some people thought he would show up at ND and suddenly they'd challenge for the ACC title. It's a similar feeling for those that thought UNC was suddenly a perennial top 10 program. Wow...hate much....hope you don't apply for a job that expects near perfection day one. Every club, high school, college team I've seen with new coaches, and/or new teammates, inevitably has growing pains, and sometimes looks a hot mess even with talent. There's a synergy that must happen and sometimes it takes a season for it to gell. So relax, you stil have time to grind your ax.....
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Post by redbeard2008 on Oct 5, 2015 16:54:05 GMT -5
The walk-on-from-ND club-team-setter started and played the entire Syracuse match yesterday. Not nearly as gritty or experienced, but put up hittable sets. They came very close to beating Syracuse in 5. Not sure what is off with Dilfer, as she played much better than this in high school/club and is a real competitor. It can be frustrating for everyone when the setter is not performing. It can be especially hard psychologically for the setter when her sets are getting called. I was happy for her when I learned that J-Mac was heading to ND. This is her chance to become great. He obviously sees something special in her, making her a captain as a sophomore. My gut tells me that she will get through this and emerge a stronger person and a better setter. Time will tell. JMac was a setter at Santa Barbera. He's got definite ideas about how to play the position that might be different from the previous coach. Dilfer might be struggling making the adjustment.
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Post by Mocha on Oct 5, 2015 17:28:00 GMT -5
If you find the right video you'll see Maddie attending Jim's camp at UW just before her freshman year of high school.
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Post by redbeard2008 on Oct 5, 2015 17:51:52 GMT -5
If you find the right video you'll see Maddie attending Jim's camp at UW just before her freshman year of high school. And he mentions both her and her dad in the 1st video above.
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Post by Phaedrus on Oct 5, 2015 18:21:37 GMT -5
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Post by pepperbrooks on Oct 5, 2015 18:49:15 GMT -5
I freely admit that the title of this thread is fantastically passive-aggressive. But I get annoyed at the reverence some people have for J Mac, a GREAT coach who I'm sure will do good things eventually. I still maintain some people thought he would show up at ND and suddenly they'd challenge for the ACC title. It's a similar feeling for those that thought UNC was suddenly a perennial top 10 program. Wow...hate much....hope you don't apply for a job that expects near perfection day one. Every club, high school, college team I've seen with new coaches, and/or new teammates, inevitably has growing pains, and sometimes looks a hot mess even with talent. There's a synergy that must happen and sometimes it takes a season for it to gell. So relax, you stil have time to grind your ax..... Not hate. Like I said, J Mac is really good. More annoyance at his overzealous fans, just like Pats fans, Yankees fans, etc.
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Post by redbeard2008 on Oct 5, 2015 19:42:05 GMT -5
Not hate. Like I said, J Mac is really good. More annoyance at his overzealous fans, just like Pats fans, Yankees fans, etc. Which fans? Provide verbatim quotes. Name names... I don't doubt that ND volleyball fans are excited to have him there. ND football fans probably don't give a... But what do fans know anyway? What do I know? Fan is short for fanatic, after all.
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Post by Cruz'n on Oct 5, 2015 19:47:15 GMT -5
It can be frustrating for everyone when the setter is not performing. It can be especially hard psychologically for the setter when her sets are getting called. I was happy for her when I learned that J-Mac was heading to ND. This is her chance to become great. He obviously sees something special in her, making her a captain as a sophomore. My gut tells me that she will get through this and emerge a stronger person and a better setter. Time will tell. JMac was a setter at Santa Barbera. He's got definite ideas about how to play the position that might be different from the previous coach. Dilfer might be struggling making the adjustment. Thanks for sharing. I had no idea that J-Mac and the Dilfers even knew each other prior to this year at ND.
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Post by Mocha on Oct 9, 2015 20:36:32 GMT -5
J-Mac and Notre Dame win their first ACC match in five at Clemson tonight. ND blew a 2 set lead, and was up 13-6 in the fifth before winning it 15-13.
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Post by onfiya on Oct 15, 2015 11:39:47 GMT -5
The setting is brutal. There were 3 doubles in the first 7 points against Georgia Tech the other night...
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Post by junior1 on Oct 15, 2015 11:57:16 GMT -5
It takes time, introducing the idea of GM2 notion of safer passing, keeping the passed ball away from an overpass. Passing in a circumference dictated by a team's passing ability introduces the idea of having a setter stand away from the net. When Jim had Courtney this was easily accomplished. However, most setters have been trained to move in a 180 degree radius from the net's setter target on service reception rather than the 360 degree possibility of movement that this notion entails. It takes time to get used to it, but it happens. After Courtney graduated (for a season), Jim even went back to the notion of having a setter wait at the net, when his young setters had trouble adjusting to the new placement. The following year, it was back to the 4' off the net plan for the setter to wait for the ball. It takes time and then it works. This has led to the uprising in the use of the 6-2 over a 5-1. Ironically, in the video "court and spark," Courtney's pro team coach takes her off the court (subs her out) when she is unable to get to a tight pass, because she is waiting four feet off. It creates an angst moment that helps players understand that it happens and you have to have Courtney's attitude to move on and get back to going on.
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Post by redbeard2008 on Oct 15, 2015 12:25:21 GMT -5
I've also noticed that the position of the hands when setting is different, with the wrists further apart. More of a push or thrust, rather than a flick of the wrist. Thompson, Hagglund, Nogueras, Beals, and now Tanner all do it. Setters trained by other coaches don't.
At the ASU match, the difference between the UW setters and Bianca Arellano was patent.
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Post by bigfanofbigfan on Oct 19, 2015 13:19:39 GMT -5
Jmac will get his groove back...just like Stella. How? I don't know...
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