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UCLA
Oct 30, 2019 14:49:31 GMT -5
Post by Word on Oct 30, 2019 14:49:31 GMT -5
If Chang could do it, why did they bring in Cali? My guess is they are losing a setter without any setter recruits in site, they will try to bring in another. I wonder how the decommit from Cal is feeling about now? Great question. I know Chang grew up a huge UCLA fan and it was always her dream school, which is why she changed when Sealy came calling. But clearly hasn't worked out the way she likely thought. But she is still at and playing for her dream school so who knows.
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UCLA
Oct 30, 2019 15:12:44 GMT -5
Post by hammer on Oct 30, 2019 15:12:44 GMT -5
Because Sealy has no idea what he wants / sees / in a setter. But look at what a great job he did with Van Orden. In 2011 I thought he was one of the best coaches for setters in the country. The last few year not so much. Maybe it just takes the right fit. Sealy has got to be a pretty good setter coach. Maybe the rest of the stuff isn't that good, but you'd think the one thing he could coach is setting.
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Post by geddyleeridesagain on Oct 30, 2019 15:40:12 GMT -5
But look at what a great job he did with Van Orden. In 2011 I thought he was one of the best coaches for setters in the country. The last few year not so much. Maybe it just takes the right fit. Sealy has got to be a pretty good setter coach. Maybe the rest of the stuff isn't that good, but you'd think the one thing he could coach is setting. You’d be surprised.
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UCLA
Oct 30, 2019 16:06:22 GMT -5
Post by dunninla3 on Oct 30, 2019 16:06:22 GMT -5
But look at what a great job he did with Van Orden. In 2011 I thought he was one of the best coaches for setters in the country. The last few year not so much. Maybe it just takes the right fit. Sealy has got to be a pretty good setter coach. Why? Just because he was a male setter 30 years ago doesn't mean he can teach setting in the modern game to women. And every evidence is that he ruins the confidence of the setters he gets in as freshmen. He did fine with upperclassmen Van Orden, and Sponcil, and now Thompson. Interestingly each of those setters had STRONG hands. He didn't have a chance to screw any of them up during that critical, vulnerable freshman year. He screwed up Strehlow so bad she left. He screwed up Miller so much she couldn't stand playing for him anymore and left... and got B1G setter of the week 8 weeks ago at MN. The LAST thing Sealy should be doing is getting within 100 feet of a freshman setter. The AD should put a restraining order on him. If UCLA is to win consistently going forward, either he removes himself from recruiting HS setters, or he offloads that responsibility to an assistant coach.
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UCLA
Oct 30, 2019 16:11:59 GMT -5
Post by dunninla3 on Oct 30, 2019 16:11:59 GMT -5
PS. I WANT to really like Chang cuz she will be the primary setter next year. The problem is when I really look at her sets, they are rarely in the right place, and usually trappy. Against Stanford she kept setting Simo way inside and close to the tape.
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UCLA
Oct 30, 2019 16:18:44 GMT -5
Post by hammer on Oct 30, 2019 16:18:44 GMT -5
Sealy has got to be a pretty good setter coach. Maybe the rest of the stuff isn't that good, but you'd think the one thing he could coach is setting. You’d be surprised. It's that bad ... wow? dunninla ripped his coaching skills also, so you've got backup.
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UCLA
Oct 30, 2019 16:43:59 GMT -5
Post by Word on Oct 30, 2019 16:43:59 GMT -5
I don't think Sealy is bad at "coaching" setting, I think he doesn't know how to build a setter to gain confidence and how to speak to setter to encourage that growth. You need both to develop a kid properly. Playing setter roulette doesn't work, which is what he has done with every setter. I remember the year Russ brought in Alicia Glass and Jess Yanz, and both were highly touted setters. He let them battle all double days then picked Glass to start the season. He NEVER even gave Yanz a shot the rest of the year and rode Glass through the highs and lows and look what he ended up with, a future Olympian. Had Russ played setter roulette and pulled Glass if she had a couple bad sets and switched them constantly, who knows what would have happened. Sealy doesn't know how to do that.
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UCLA
Oct 30, 2019 18:23:38 GMT -5
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Post by fetchin on Oct 30, 2019 18:23:38 GMT -5
PS. I WANT to really like Chang cuz she will be the primary setter next year. The problem is when I really look at her sets, they are rarely in the right place, and usually trappy. Against Stanford she kept setting Simo way inside and close to the tape. For some reason highly regarded setter recruits just don’t live up to it under Sealy.
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UCLA
Oct 30, 2019 18:30:16 GMT -5
Post by pepperbrooks on Oct 30, 2019 18:30:16 GMT -5
Because Sealy has no idea what he wants / sees / in a setter. But look at what a great job he did with Van Orden. In 2011 I thought he was one of the best coaches for setters in the country. The last few year not so much. Maybe it just takes the right fit. ...which means he’s not good at recognizing what that fit is when recruiting.
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UCLA
Oct 30, 2019 18:38:24 GMT -5
Post by hammer on Oct 30, 2019 18:38:24 GMT -5
But look at what a great job he did with Van Orden. In 2011 I thought he was one of the best coaches for setters in the country. The last few year not so much. Maybe it just takes the right fit. ...which means he’s not good at recognizing what that fit is when recruiting. Man, you guys are piling on, but maybe it's justified.
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UCLA
Oct 30, 2019 18:45:57 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Oct 30, 2019 18:45:57 GMT -5
Man, I remember when he was the Golden Boy at Hawaii as an Associate Head Coach and then his initial years at UCLA. He could almost do no wrong.
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UCLA
Oct 30, 2019 20:37:55 GMT -5
Post by hammer on Oct 30, 2019 20:37:55 GMT -5
Sealy played under Al Scates and coached under Dave Shoji ... I mean, how much better could it get?
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UCLA
Oct 30, 2019 21:44:40 GMT -5
Post by pepperbrooks on Oct 30, 2019 21:44:40 GMT -5
...which means he’s not good at recognizing what that fit is when recruiting. Man, you guys are piling on, but maybe it's justified. Not my intention. Look at the track record with setters.
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UCLA
Nov 8, 2019 2:42:25 GMT -5
Post by thelat on Nov 8, 2019 2:42:25 GMT -5
So after Colorado it looks like UCLA has gone back to their beginning of the season ways!
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Post by GoUCLA on Nov 8, 2019 8:39:41 GMT -5
So after Colorado it looks like UCLA has gone back to their beginning of the season ways! Their passing and defense has not been good the past few matches. There were so many balls that the defense let drop. Also, the sets to the middles need to improve. They're being set too low. Mosser is still also Mosser.
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