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Post by B1Gminnesotafan on Dec 15, 2018 14:30:58 GMT -5
I think it's great if Miller is indeed coming in (and it sounds like she is). I actually do have faith that Nielsen can get the job done also. My concern would have been if something would happen to Nielsen (injury, sick, whatever) and McMenimen would have to step in. Nothing against McM, but I can't see her role being anything more than maybe a serving specialist as far as playing time goes. This is a good thing! My concern with Nielsen is both her defense and her ability to turn less than stellar passes into scoring opportunities (setting on the run). In very limited time, I saw that those seemed to be some issues. That being said it's a small enough sample size so I can't say this with confidence. I'd be willing to wager that if Miller is coming in though that she'll be taking the reigns, which would put the ball in Nielsen's court to figure out what she wants to do with the rest of her career. And I didn't see any problem here, except that the passing was bad on her subs in the first half of the season so she could only set the outside, same thing Sam would have done with those passes. Just not enough information on either setter, Miller or Nielsen, to draw any conclusions. At any rate, NO setter will be setting on the run the way Seliger-Swenson did.
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Post by zero-rotation outside hitter on Dec 15, 2018 14:33:15 GMT -5
Don’t look at Miller’s stats. She played on a bad team this year which lowers her assists, poor serve receive, bad coaching. She was the highest recruited setter of her class and puts the ball and great locations. They lost one hitter, Beuchler. I think Beuchler was underappreciated by UCLA fans, but wasn't as terminal as some would have liked and was not named to any all american team. Everyone else came back, including 2nd team all american MB Gates, who fell off the map with the setting this year and didn't even make HM. If it was a coaching or team issue, I would have expected Miller to leave before this year. Maybe it made a difference that both of her assistant coaches left after this year. I don't know what her issues have been (has she been hurt?) but she has been penciled in as the starter for 3 years in a row, and been beaten out each year. As a freshman she was beaten out by a transfer who came out of a 1 year retirement after leaving Pepperdine. That setter decided not to return for her redshirt senior season, leaving UCLA with only 1 setter on the roster last season, Miller. She still got beat out for the job, by Sponcil, a transfer OH/L. Sponcil only had 1 year of eligibility, so the job again this year was Miller's to lose. Chang was signed as a late decommit from Cal. Chang is a solid setter not nearly as highly ranked as Miller was and looked like at least a 2 year backup, except that she beat out junior Miller as a freshman. All valid concerns, and it may sound like a cop out or cliche, but it really is situational. Given a certain style of play per coach, the coaching itself, the hitters, the player in question's engagement and physical readiness...it can be a very different scenario after a transfer. Now I'm just waiting for Miller to announce that sh'es transferring somewhere other than MN to make all of this a moot point.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2018 15:45:19 GMT -5
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Post by B1Gminnesotafan on Dec 15, 2018 15:56:14 GMT -5
I find it interesting that JT said the Rubright is a MB/RS in his article about the Under Armour All-America Match. So she is a right side hitter as well as a middle. First I knew of this. This makes sense to me now. I wondered about having so many middles. link
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Post by JT on Dec 15, 2018 16:36:34 GMT -5
Also from the article... There are multiple reasons the B1G/ACC challenge at Target Center didn't sell out, but the attendance compared to the Pav's was, frankly, pathetic. And sorry, but while it is true that there are lots of crappy seats at the Pav, I think that Williams is worse for VB. The seats are cramped; they're too far away from the VB court space; it's too big a venue (even if you close off the upper deck) for the demand.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2018 16:42:54 GMT -5
JT, you have not sat on a bench seat in the Pav. Talk about cramped. I also find it unlikely the chairbacks are bigger than WA's. Unless you're referring to leg room. But once you leave the chairback section, leg room is non-existent in the Pav too.
And hard to believe BB fans would put up with seats that are too small.
Anyhow, the problem with the Pav isn't the size -- 5600 is OK, if not ideal -- it's that 2000 of those seats are terrible. I was embarrassed to see Nebraska fans up behind the air ducts. Embarrassed and amused. Seriously, this program deserves better than the Pav.
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Post by gophervbfan on Dec 15, 2018 16:58:47 GMT -5
JT, you have not sat on a bench seat in the Pav. Talk about cramped. I also find it unlikely the chairbacks are bigger than WA's. Unless you're referring to leg room. But once you leave the chairback section, leg room is non-existent in the Pav too. And hard to believe BB fans would put up with seats that are too small. Anyhow, the problem with the Pav isn't the size -- 5600 is OK, if not ideal -- it's that 2000 of those seats are terrible. I was embarrassed to see Nebraska fans up behind the air ducts. Embarrassed and amused. Seriously, this program deserves better than the Pav. Considering how the Gophers give up most of the prime seats to visiting schools for the regionals, I wish I would have seen the visiting fans behind the air ducts. It would have made me feel better.
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Post by B1Gminnesotafan on Dec 15, 2018 17:12:08 GMT -5
"Outside hitter Sarah Wilhite Parsons (Eden Prairie, Minnesota) was tabbed as the 2018 USA Volleyball Female Indoor Most Improved Player of the Year." link
I wonder if this means that Sarah might actually get to play next summer:)
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Post by Wiswell on Dec 15, 2018 17:27:03 GMT -5
I think the problem with these facilities, in which I would include Huff and the UW fieldhouse, is that they are just not quite the right size and not quite modern enough. It wouldn't make sense for any of those teams to move into the bb arena-it's just too big. I would hate it.
Mr2I would never want to leave the fieldhouse, but I sure would like seatbacks all around. To meet the current demand though would mean opening more of the upper deck because seatbacks take up more space.
Huff like the Pav has 1/4 of the seats bad or obstructed. Fieldhouse is probably 1/8th, but the reserved bench seats are too tight to put plump Midwesterners in, especially when manspreading. Plus the lesser able can't sit on bench seats that long. Heck, I barely can. However, all the seats are close to the action. Helps that fieldhouse was built for boxing.
If you could somehow build from scratch for these three programs, a facility designed like Sokol or AL Maguire, but with a capacity for 8k would be perfect. And make sure there is endline seating that doesn't involve folding chairs.
It is, however, a good problem to have.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2018 17:30:04 GMT -5
Fieldhouse is probably 1/8th, but the reserved bench seats are too tight to put plump Midwesterners in ... I think we may be focusing on the wrong problem. It's not the facility, it's us.
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Post by gophervbfan on Dec 15, 2018 17:35:46 GMT -5
Interesting that Indiana recently completed its brand new facility for volleyball and wrestling, Wilkinson Hall, at a capacity of 3,000. They must not think that there will be demand for much more than that or you would think they would have built a bigger arena.
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Post by JT on Dec 15, 2018 18:13:10 GMT -5
JT, you have not sat on a bench seat in the Pav. Talk about cramped. I also find it unlikely the chairbacks are bigger than WA's. Unless you're referring to leg room. But once you leave the chairback section, leg room is non-existent in the Pav too. And hard to believe BB fans would put up with seats that are too small. Anyhow, the problem with the Pav isn't the size -- 5600 is OK, if not ideal -- it's that 2000 of those seats are terrible. I was embarrassed to see Nebraska fans up behind the air ducts. Embarrassed and amused. Seriously, this program deserves better than the Pav. The first year we had premium seating, we still had WBB tickets. The premium seats for the first weekend were... cramped (it was bad enough that they threw away those seats and got new chairs). I measured. The bad premium seats had slightly more width than the WA chair-backs, but drastically less than the Pav's. They WA seats also have NO legroom. Bench seating in WA is no better. (Since we wouldnt fill WA that migt be made moot, as people might be able to spill over to adjacent seats, I agree that there are lots of crap seats at the Pav. I agree that the program deserves better. I was and am bummed that the planned upgrades to the Pav (excluding AC) are 99.995% (approx) upgrades to the athletes' areas. I only argue that WA would not improve the situation. It would suck.
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Post by dc on Dec 15, 2018 21:29:41 GMT -5
This is a bizarre post here, my goodness. The coach is extremely selfish because he wants to play his home matches on his home court instead of other team’s home court. And the fans going to the games are a cult. Wowza!!!
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Post by courtwatchers on Dec 15, 2018 21:40:01 GMT -5
I think it would be a fare statement to say that most of the upcoming improvements at The Pav are being done in the areas to improve on the recruiting aspect of the sport.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2018 21:55:58 GMT -5
This is a bizarre post here, my goodness. The coach is extremely selfish because he wants to play his home matches on his home court instead of other team’s home court. And the fans going to the games are a cult. Wowza!!! More bizzare that you’re purposefully misframing and lying about what I actually said. That’s on you
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