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Post by internationalball on Jan 18, 2020 23:55:15 GMT -5
Hope UH wins. How can u grow the game if u restrict streaming only to a certain group? Very disappointed! SMH High quality stream on ESPN that I’m sure got way more viewers than Lewis’ free stream last night. And you complain because you don’t have any cable provider login. Pretty selfish of you. It was ESPN3 Colombo. I can see if it was ESPNU, or ESPN2 here a lot more people can watch the match.
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Post by internationalball on Jan 18, 2020 23:57:20 GMT -5
As the #1 team, everyone’s gunning for you.There can be no letdown. When the backup setter needs to be brought in to provide a spark to ignite the offense time and time again. Guess what? it’s time to change the spark plug, the old one isn’t working. We should see a much more efficient offense going forward. Humler needs to be the terminator he was brought in to be, with Brett installed as setter (hopefully), maybe now it’s possible. I agree. They should come out firing on all cylinders...no matter the opponent. At times I think Hawaii forget that. You cannot Hal-step your way through the season thinking you're going to blow every team you play!
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Post by noblesol on Jan 18, 2020 23:58:51 GMT -5
Sheward hasn't had to set his team in the first set yet, against a pumped up team gunning for them, or against a team prepped for him. Now there is some video on him. If he gets the start it will be on him to get them off to a fast start. Given this team's penchant for slow starts, he'll need to find the spark plug that gets them going early. He's earned the chance, but I suspect the setter battle isn't over.
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Post by volleyman808 on Jan 19, 2020 0:43:44 GMT -5
On the matter of Humler, I feel as though he would benefit from a faster offense a la Brett Sheward. On many of his attacks with Thelle's high ball sets, Humler, who doesn't have a particularly high vertical, has to use pure physicality to use the block. I can see him being more explosive and efficient with faster tempo sets, as witnessed in the 4th set against Lewis last night.
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Post by 5100 on Jan 19, 2020 1:41:49 GMT -5
Van Eekeren will probably replace Anastassiades as a DS. Thelle could backup at setter and opposite. I don't think he's that good at backrow play. But, he's not really in there much even as a serving sub. His set location is better than Thelle. If I'm not mistaken, Van Eekeren's mom is a volleyball coach. Just thought that would be a possibility, since Wade has been using him as a serving sub in addition to Anastassiades. Yeah, I think technically, Van Eekeren and Sheward are ahead of Thelle. I'm not counting out Thelle yet, though. Pretty sure Sheward's insertion has lit a fire.
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Post by WahineFan44 on Jan 19, 2020 1:48:00 GMT -5
Y’all, thelle isn’t bad. He sets a moon ball offense, that’s all.
He has the physicallity and the attacking prowess of an elite setter, he just has to work on getting the balls to our hitters faster and setting the middle.
He has insane potential, and I hope he can get there
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Post by holakula on Jan 19, 2020 1:48:22 GMT -5
Just watched the replay. I need to hire that dude behind the commentators as my hype man.
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Post by raian13 on Jan 19, 2020 1:49:17 GMT -5
They are probably used to Joe’s setting that they have not adjusted to slower offense yet.
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Post by goblin on Jan 19, 2020 2:44:51 GMT -5
Just thinking out loud about the 3 setters on our roster: 1 freshman, 1 sophomore, and Jackson who is a junior. If Wade was confident about their abilities, why would he recruit 2 additional setters? 4 of the 5 will be on partial scholarship and the one walk on is looking like this year’s starter. And he’s only a freshman. I find it ironic is all.
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Post by roy on Jan 19, 2020 3:13:43 GMT -5
Great weekend for Hawaii. The Lewis/Loyola weekend is a tough one for any team and 2 wins for Hawaii is a great result. Regarding the overall play, I think the Hawaii fans have been spoiled. The last 6 years with Franciskovic and Worsley were special. Both won multiple AA honors including first team when they were seniors. Thelle and Sheward are just not there yet. I like the play of both and I want to see more from each as we move through the season before I give my opinion. For the rest of the road trip, I would be fine with either starting, since Hawaii is heavily favored Lincoln Memorial and King and I would think Wade would use his bench to test different combinations and
Torn on the second outside position. Humler seems like a stronger OH2 with better passing and defense. Galloway seems like he is more offensive. Would like to see how both perform with each setter and as stated, this rest of the road trip would be a good place to try it out. Hawaii has the options, I think it's just getting the pieces put together for the most effective line up.
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Post by whoooaneli on Jan 19, 2020 4:31:53 GMT -5
Hawaii really regrouped in the last 3 sets. The impact that Sheward and Galloway had on the last two games really showed their maturity and their ability to rally the team together. Theyʻre gonna be a great pair to watch alongside Voss and Dimi!
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Post by berry808 on Jan 19, 2020 4:36:16 GMT -5
I like Thelle because he's more aggressive at the net. He was backup setter to Joe last year, and the main setter for the B Squad while Sheward was the B Squad libero during practices. We'll see who will be the better fit going into conference play.
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Post by hwnstunner on Jan 19, 2020 5:22:48 GMT -5
Sheward and Galloway over Thelle and Humler (with all due respect). Sheward is a less physically at the net but sets a quick and nectar ball to all our hitters. Also a playmaker in the back row with volleyball savvy and IQ - much liker Worsley, and just a freshman. It took time before Joe became an all-star his junior year.
Galloway, we lose some passing and ball control, but he's not that bad at all for a freshman that came in with much less accolades - kinna like an Igiede. What he and Cowell bring as our pins is exciting and absolute electric. My gosh.
Love Sheward's connection with our middles too. Gasman and Vos are hitting much better with him than Thelle. Appreciate both Thelle and Humler of course, but Hawaii plays better with the quicker sets and Parapunov makes less errors when he's in system versus high ball. And his achilles heal has always been unnecessary errors.
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Post by babybacksets on Jan 19, 2020 5:48:10 GMT -5
Sheward and Galloway over Thelle and Humler (with all due respect). Sheward is a less physically at the net but sets a quick and nectar ball to all our hitters. Also a playmaker in the back row Sith volleyball savvy and IQ - much liker Worsley, and just a freshman. It took time before Joe became an all-star his junior year. Galloway, we lose some passing and ball control, but he's not that bad at all for a freshman that came in with much less accolades - kinna like an Igiede. What he and Cowell bring as our pins is exciting and absolute electric. My gosh. Love Sheward's connection with our middles too. Gasman and Vos are hitting much better with him than Thelle. Appreciate both Thelle and Humler of course, but Hawaii plays better with the quicker sets and Parapunov makes less errors when he's in system versus high ball. And his achilles heal has always been unnecessary errors. Agree with this 1000% My bigger issue with Thelle is that he probably doesn't even have the foundation of running the middle fast and often. If I'm correct, the majority of European setting is more high ball to the pin and I would assume that's what the tempo was the majority of Thelle's youth club experience. That's just me speculating but if he just does not have it wired in that this team NEEDS a decent amount of middle connection to be successful, then he needs to put the work back into to his craft. Maybe it's just me but I'm just not in the camp of hitters having to adjust to a setter vs setters adjusting their ball to the tempo that fits the 5 point scorers you are giving it to. When Thelle can speed up his offense and set middle more than x1 every 10+ team swings then it's a competition. Right now Sheward is proving he should run the ship.
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Post by aaronic on Jan 19, 2020 8:12:03 GMT -5
Just watched the match.
This was a really good test for Hawaii, as with last night vs. Lewis. Loyola really came at Hawaii with all they had and served Hawaii tough. Credit to Loyola, they played hard and gave Hawaii a tougher battle than others on this board expected. This coupled with passing woes on the part of Hawaii made for a tight match. In the end Loyola just couldn’t convert and close out sets two and four, which they probably should have won- given the momentum swings. But credit Hawaii for grinding it out and the getting critical points when it mattered.
Being ranked number one, this is the kind of challenge that the Warriors will be getting from every team.
In terms of the substitutions, I think Sheward was able to get the middles and bic more involved, but aside from that there wasn’t much else that was so far more superior to Thelle. Interestingly, thought Sheward’s sets to Rado were too low, which ended up in Rado being roofed during the latter sets. But, giving Thelle the benefit of the doubt, the passing was pretty horrid in the first set to begin with. The energy and rhythm changed once Sheward came in. And although he came in to relieve Thelle and led Hawaii to the win, like I mentioned there wasn’t anything that really made that much of a huge difference technically over Thelle. Hawaii really had their backs against the wall during the latter half of the last set; don’t know how they pulled that one out. They also were really pushed in set two.
That being said, I’m curious to see how Wade handles this debacle moving forward. From watching the past two matches, Sheward provided a big lift for Hawaii coming in relief, but then again I’m sure both Lewis and Loyola did not think to scout Sheward coming into the weekend in the first place, so that was a huge benefit to begin with for him.
Anyway, I don’t see Humler losing his starting position. He had an off night, and Galloway brings a lot of energy, but a liability on SR. One thing he has over Humler right now though is his ability to hit the bic.
This was a nice weekend for Hawaii. They were tested and although in nail biting fashion came through, a win is a win. Though lucky most of the time IMHO, they showed grit when their backs were against the wall, which will pay dividends down the road. Honestly, their play during the real tight and critical stages of the set were pretty inspiring.
But it’s still so early. Hope they stay complacent and take care of the last two matches on the road trip. Good luck to Wade and Co. in figuring out what to do with the Setter debacle.
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