Post by sonofbarcelonabob on Aug 27, 2004 0:41:45 GMT -5
Ok, you board lemmings. Get your minds out of the gutter, I'm not talking about bathroom habits here.
Anyway, at 14-14 with Barnett serving, the Greek setter jumpset a very nice D (really low and fast) out to the right pin. The USA block got a decent read on it (Priddy at LF got a great read on it, Millar just a tad late) and took away seam/angle on the Greek opposite, #16 Kravarik (26 points in the match - muy grande huevos), who correctly threaded the ball down the line just outside Priddy. Barnett had perfect position on the dig, his left foot was right on the sideline, and popped up a perfectly controlled dig right at the top of the tape for a frontrow Suxho. The Greek libero, #7 Stefanou, had moved in to cover the attack and was lazy getting back to his defensive position in LB (court position 5). I don't know if Suxho knew that or not, but he executed a halfway decent backdump right into the zone between court positions 4 and 5. Stefanou actually had a decent play on the ball, the dump wasn't coming hard at all, but for some reason didn't even move on it. Ball went down right in front of the Greek coach who was standing just outside the sideline.
Conclusion - Suxho was exceptionally lucky. I think that play would go down maybe 1-2 times out of 10. But you know what? Sometimes you need a little bit of luck to get over the hump in big money matches.
The other positive thing is the very fact that Suxho has shown he will dump in situations totally changes the scouting on Team USA, for the simple fact that Ball NEVER dumps on 2, which is a crying shame for a setter that is 6'8".
Anyway, at 14-14 with Barnett serving, the Greek setter jumpset a very nice D (really low and fast) out to the right pin. The USA block got a decent read on it (Priddy at LF got a great read on it, Millar just a tad late) and took away seam/angle on the Greek opposite, #16 Kravarik (26 points in the match - muy grande huevos), who correctly threaded the ball down the line just outside Priddy. Barnett had perfect position on the dig, his left foot was right on the sideline, and popped up a perfectly controlled dig right at the top of the tape for a frontrow Suxho. The Greek libero, #7 Stefanou, had moved in to cover the attack and was lazy getting back to his defensive position in LB (court position 5). I don't know if Suxho knew that or not, but he executed a halfway decent backdump right into the zone between court positions 4 and 5. Stefanou actually had a decent play on the ball, the dump wasn't coming hard at all, but for some reason didn't even move on it. Ball went down right in front of the Greek coach who was standing just outside the sideline.
Conclusion - Suxho was exceptionally lucky. I think that play would go down maybe 1-2 times out of 10. But you know what? Sometimes you need a little bit of luck to get over the hump in big money matches.
The other positive thing is the very fact that Suxho has shown he will dump in situations totally changes the scouting on Team USA, for the simple fact that Ball NEVER dumps on 2, which is a crying shame for a setter that is 6'8".
