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Post by chipNdink on Aug 31, 2006 13:02:27 GMT -5
Courtney Thompson gets my vote. She has the best combination of athleticism, volleyball IQ, and leadership skills. Her teams win. As a freshman she led an unranked UW to the elite 8, followed by 2 Final Four appearances and National Championship. Has any other current setter had that success? Yes...As a Freshman, Kehoe set and Stanford won the National Championship. Don't get me wrong, I think Kehoe is a great setter; but Nnamani carried that team to the Championship that year, and anybody could've set her--all she needed was high and outside when she was in the front row, and high in the middle when she was in the back row.
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Post by 5100 on Aug 31, 2006 13:28:23 GMT -5
Setter who has played more matches at positions other than setter - Cayley Thurlby
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Post by dishdaball on Aug 31, 2006 13:36:50 GMT -5
Yes...As a Freshman, Kehoe set and Stanford won the National Championship. Don't get me wrong, I think Kehoe is a great setter; but Nnamani carried that team to the Championship that year, and anybody could've set her--all she needed was high and outside when she was in the front row, and high in the middle when she was in the back row. The offense was more than that - look at statistics but whatever....The same could be said about any of these setters....Courtney had quite an arsenal in Morrison, Hagerty, Tomasevic, and so forth. They are all good setters - I guess we'll see who is the best at the end of the season in Omaha if we judge strictly by success.
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Post by Mix Breed-TEXAS,HI,LBSU on Aug 31, 2006 13:43:49 GMT -5
Everybody else can shove it cause Kanoe Kamana'o is the best !!! 3x All American Setter and will make it 4x AA. Didn't think Courtney Thompson is a 3x AA maybe she is. But she does have gifted hands.
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Aug 31, 2006 13:44:39 GMT -5
I guess we'll see who is the best at the end of the season in Omaha if we judge strictly by success. Success is a team accomplisment, not an individual accomplishment. Few would disagree with Sam T being one of the best setters in the Country during her collegiate career and yet as good as she was, she never lead the Nittany Lions to the Final four.
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Post by chipNdink on Aug 31, 2006 13:45:15 GMT -5
Don't get me wrong, I think Kehoe is a great setter; but Nnamani carried that team to the Championship that year, and anybody could've set her--all she needed was high and outside when she was in the front row, and high in the middle when she was in the back row. The offense was more than that - look at statistics but whatever....The same could be said about any of these setters....Courtney had quite an arsenal in Morrison, Hagerty, Tomasevic, and so forth. They are all good setters - I guess we'll see who is the best at the end of the season in Omaha if we judge strictly by success. Precisely, one cannot judge strictly by success. Great hitters can make good setters look even better. Especially a hitter that only needs a very simple high set, and can still hit over, around, and through any triple blocks. Nnamani was that type of hitter, and it looks like Hooker may be capable of that as well.
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Post by dishdaball on Aug 31, 2006 14:53:06 GMT -5
I agree - but the question asked was "Has any other setter had that success?" The end of the year comment was meant to be sarcastic...boy did I blow that....... honestly, you could probably trade some of these setters around and have the same results in a match....they are all good.
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Post by ESTRELLA on Aug 31, 2006 15:16:15 GMT -5
Sorry folks but I think I will have to repeat myself. Kehoe is the best. Moves the ball around better, gets to balls out of zone and maintains the team in system, best blocker and defender and has excellent ball control. It is a Cardinal! ESTRELLA
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Post by standingroomonly1 on Aug 31, 2006 15:38:34 GMT -5
I guess we'll see who is the best at the end of the season in Omaha if we judge strictly by success. Success is a team accomplisment, not an individual accomplishment. Few would disagree with Sam T being one of the best setters in the Country during her collegiate career and yet as good as she was, she never lead the Nittany Lions to the Final four. You know how some things just continue to bug you--though they may not seem really that important in the grand scheme of things?? It really irks me everytime a see an American post on VT about "anyone" who couldn't "lead her team to a Final Four." With 6 players on the floor at a time and obviously at least 6 on the roster, no one person should be held accountable because the other 5 on the floor didn't, as a team, get to the Final Four. Hence, the term "team game." (Nothing personal BIK, you just struck a nerve and I had to get that out). You'll really find in Canada that it is really more openly discussed as a team game and a loss or shortcoming is the end result of the team's performance as opposed to the disappointing performance of the most popular player on that team--you know, like "they couldn't get to the FF" rather than "she couldn't take them there....."
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Post by IdahoBoy on Aug 31, 2006 15:46:16 GMT -5
standingroomonly1, I like you, but don't get me started on an American/Canadian war... I have too much dirt from nearly bein a Canuck myself... Mwah ha ha! Mwah ha ha!! Oh, yeah, I see BiK's point a little too, there have been a BUNCH of amazing players (at EVERY position) who have hit a wall when it comes to crunch time, it doesn't have to only be the setter.
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Post by standingroomonly1 on Aug 31, 2006 17:28:28 GMT -5
standingroomonly1, I like you, but don't get me started on an American/Canadian war... I have too much dirt from nearly bein a Canuck myself... Mwah ha ha! Mwah ha ha!! Oh, yeah, I see BiK's point a little too, there have been a BUNCH of amazing players (at EVERY position) who have hit a wall when it comes to crunch time, it doesn't have to only be the setter. Perhaps your life would be just that much better if you had been a Canadian!! I'm with you both--there have been plenty of good--even great players over the years at every position but I just want someone to say that the whole team hit a wall or a whole team couldn't get the job done, not ONE PLAYER let the whole team, school and fans down by not hitting 100%, getting 100 digs, serving 100 aces and blocking 100% every match so that "the team" would have gone on.. When someone says, "(insert name here) couldn't carry her team..." it just seems such a let down because she, alone, didn't do enough--no matter what she did. That's all., eh.
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Post by Gorf on Aug 31, 2006 17:33:53 GMT -5
One of my all time favorite setters (Dianne Ratnik) was a former Canadian National team player.
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Post by cinnamonopus on Aug 31, 2006 17:53:28 GMT -5
<thread hijack>
Just out of curiosity, how do you pronounce Kanoe Kamana'o? I hate mispronouncing people's names, and all I'm getting out if it is "canoe" which I bet is terribly wrong...
</thread hijack>
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Post by IdahoBoy on Aug 31, 2006 17:58:59 GMT -5
Kuh - NOY Kah - Mah - NAH - O
Kinda
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Post by Wolfgang on Aug 31, 2006 18:00:02 GMT -5
I've heard it pronounced many different ways:
Kah-NOY Kah-NOH-ee Kah-NOH-eh
Thanks, in advance. (my invented phrase, btw)
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