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Post by Boof1224 on Dec 11, 2023 18:30:47 GMT -5
I feel penn state has never had an issue recruiting decent to elite liberos. They stack them more than any team I’ve ever seen. Setter has never been the issue either. Psu as of recent had had issues recruiting those super elite pin hitters in my opinion. Weiskercher wasn’t a bad setter and I thought blossom was very talented. We saw what she did at San Diego last year. Podraza an all American. Penn state needs to be able to lure some of these elite pins. They use to be able to. Don’t know what happened. You have hodge/easy now there coaching who was one of the best. Outside of hooker I can see her maybe just below. Hopefully she can help get some elite there in near future Weiskircher was awful. Blossom was pretty good during her Penn State years, but excellent during her San Diego season. Not sure how she got so much better so quickly after leaving Penn State. Podraza isn't bad, but she never really had a consistently good connection to anyone other than Mruzik, and she wasn't very good defensively. So you don’t consider any elite since what Hancock. I thought blossom was very skilled she just didn’t have the right weapons. I do hope starck lives up to that top ranking at college level. Sometimes I have a hard time even judging the skill level of Hancock and glass. I mean obviously they were elite especially glass. Both setters for team USA. But those two has ridiculous amount of talent around them. I mean glass had a all American at pretty much every position and some future ones sitting on bench. Glass could have pretty much been setting a all star team.
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Post by HappyVolley on Dec 11, 2023 19:32:53 GMT -5
I think it's pretty clear that no setter at Penn State has risen to the level of Hancock since Hancock graduated. Gabby was a good setter whose best collegiate season was at San Diego, not Penn State. I'm not sure the surrounding talent on that San Diego team was better than the surrounding talent at Penn State.
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Post by Boof1224 on Dec 11, 2023 20:03:06 GMT -5
My most exciting thing from this last year was hodge/ easy joint staff. Hopefully that in itself helps recruiting. Fawcett at Ohio state still bothers me. lol. At same time she might have been what helped podrza to penn state. I always saw maybe glass or harmatto as penn state coach but glass I know took break from volleyball and I believe her and her husband run their own company on west coast and as far as harmatto , their was no indication she wanted to coach. I like the possible future of maybe hodge down the line but I’m Keeping an eye on Megan Courtney and what she does. Even as a player I was saying she is someone with that ridiculous volmeyball IQ that may make a great coach someday
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Post by jagdpanther on Dec 11, 2023 20:29:21 GMT -5
I feel penn state has never had an issue recruiting decent to elite liberos. They stack them more than any team I’ve ever seen. Setter has never been the issue either. Psu as of recent had had issues recruiting those super elite pin hitters in my opinion. Weiskercher wasn’t a bad setter and I thought blossom was very talented. We saw what she did at San Diego last year. Podraza an all American. Penn state needs to be able to lure some of these elite pins. They use to be able to. Don’t know what happened. You have hodge/easy now there coaching who was one of the best. Outside of hooker I can see her maybe just below. Hopefully she can help get some elite there in near future Lack of elite pin hitters has been a problem since like the mid-2010s And it's not an easy problem to solve. This is where the recruiting fall off in the latter years of the Rose era really hurts. We're heading into another off-season with having to go hard at the portal to make up for yawning gaps in the roster. That is not a recipe for success. Top needs have to be middles and a backup setter; can't have Starck be it for the season for multiple reasons.
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Post by Boof1224 on Dec 11, 2023 20:30:35 GMT -5
Yeah I see they have two 6’4 outsides and a middle in 2025 but next year will be interesting. Isn’t starck the number 1 overall player in 2024 class. She will def be starter but yeah they need a decent backup. Her flow with her sister should be interesting.
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Post by sluggo on Dec 11, 2023 23:01:02 GMT -5
I feel penn state has never had an issue recruiting decent to elite liberos. They stack them more than any team I’ve ever seen. Setter has never been the issue either. Psu as of recent had had issues recruiting those super elite pin hitters in my opinion. Weiskercher wasn’t a bad setter and I thought blossom was very talented. We saw what she did at San Diego last year. Podraza an all American. Penn state needs to be able to lure some of these elite pins. They use to be able to. Don’t know what happened. You have hodge/easy now there coaching who was one of the best. Outside of hooker I can see her maybe just below. Hopefully she can help get some elite there in near future Weiskircher was awful. Blossom was pretty good during her Penn State years, but excellent during her San Diego season. Not sure how she got so much better so quickly after leaving Penn State. Podraza isn't bad, but she never really had a consistently good connection to anyone other than Mruzik, and she wasn't very good defensively. That’s harsh. Weiskircher was one of two setters, playing a 6-2, that made a Final Four appearance and were ranked #1 for most of the year. The next year she led a very young team and served as a good mentor for Blossom.
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Post by jagdpanther on Dec 12, 2023 20:38:05 GMT -5
That’s harsh. Weiskircher was one of two setters, playing a 6-2, that made a Final Four appearance and were ranked #1 for most of the year. The next year she led a very young team and served as a good mentor for Blossom. And now I'm mad thinking about the lost opportunity that season was...
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Post by volley4ever on Dec 12, 2023 21:05:51 GMT -5
Yeah I see they have two 6’4 outsides and a middle in 2025 but next year will be interesting. Isn’t starck the number 1 overall player in 2024 class. She will def be starter but yeah they need a decent backup. Her flow with her sister should be interesting. That middle is not very good. She will struggle to see the floor at any point before her junior season.
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Post by nittanye on Dec 12, 2023 21:18:53 GMT -5
Yeah I see they have two 6’4 outsides and a middle in 2025 but next year will be interesting. Isn’t starck the number 1 overall player in 2024 class. She will def be starter but yeah they need a decent backup. Her flow with her sister should be interesting. That middle is not very good. She will struggle to see the floor at any point before her junior season. You’re talking about a junior in HS. WTF?!?
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Post by rtael on Dec 12, 2023 22:03:30 GMT -5
I feel penn state has never had an issue recruiting decent to elite liberos. They stack them more than any team I’ve ever seen. Setter has never been the issue either. Psu as of recent had had issues recruiting those super elite pin hitters in my opinion. Weiskercher wasn’t a bad setter and I thought blossom was very talented. We saw what she did at San Diego last year. Podraza an all American. Penn state needs to be able to lure some of these elite pins. They use to be able to. Don’t know what happened. You have hodge/easy now there coaching who was one of the best. Outside of hooker I can see her maybe just below. Hopefully she can help get some elite there in near future I thought Podraza took a huge step down from her time at OSU.
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Post by Boof1224 on Dec 12, 2023 23:23:18 GMT -5
I feel penn state has never had an issue recruiting decent to elite liberos. They stack them more than any team I’ve ever seen. Setter has never been the issue either. Psu as of recent had had issues recruiting those super elite pin hitters in my opinion. Weiskercher wasn’t a bad setter and I thought blossom was very talented. We saw what she did at San Diego last year. Podraza an all American. Penn state needs to be able to lure some of these elite pins. They use to be able to. Don’t know what happened. You have hodge/easy now there coaching who was one of the best. Outside of hooker I can see her maybe just below. Hopefully she can help get some elite there in near future I thought Podraza took a huge step down from her time at OSU. . Well here’s to hoping Izzy is the real deal.
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Post by ManapuaSurprise on Dec 13, 2023 1:37:20 GMT -5
Keep up the momentum! Yalls are almost back to 2015- 2019 attendance numbers!! Attachments:
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Post by jagdpanther on Dec 13, 2023 21:25:22 GMT -5
I thought Podraza took a huge step down from her time at OSU. Was that her or the passing? The most perplexing thing was the large stretches of virtually no involvement of the middles.
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Post by photos1 on Dec 13, 2023 22:44:22 GMT -5
I had no idea that Mruzik and Hannah have eligibility remaining! That is major for the Nittany Lions. Plus they are getting the top or at worst #2 setter and top libero in their freshman class. I really think a top OH and MB in the portal and this team can be very dangerous next year. Starck the #2 setter? She got beat out for a spot on the U19 team last summer by a sophomore. Fadaldo top Libero? She got beat out for the starting position on the U19 tam last summer by a sophomore. The are both good players, but they are not the top of the 24’ position rankings for their positions. 🏐
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Post by HappyVolley on Dec 14, 2023 2:01:21 GMT -5
Plus they are getting the top or at worst #2 setter and top libero in their freshman class. I really think a top OH and MB in the portal and this team can be very dangerous next year. Starck the #2 setter? She got beat out for a spot on the U19 team last summer by a sophomore. Fadaldo top Libero? She got beat out for the starting position on the U19 tam last summer by a sophomore. The are both good players, but they are not the top of the 24’ position rankings for their positions. 🏐 They are. They weren't beaten out by others in their class. I suppose you can argue that the soph class is stronger than their class, if you wish. And it's Falduto.
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