|
|
Post by thedudeabides21 on Jul 29, 2023 9:45:37 GMT -5
What a class that would be. Harvey, ZGM, Demaria, Mullen and Parks. That would be an amazing class but seems like libero should also be a top priority in 2025. Not sure Pringle, Kirsch, or Cawa are championship level liberos. Who are the top uncommitted liberos in the class that Stanford might have an eye on? Gillian Pitts? Not sure she has the grades but I’m surprised I haven’t heard her name thrown around in many threads. My understanding is that she’s one of the best 2025 liberos. |
|
|
|
Post by cheesequesadilla on Jul 29, 2023 11:54:05 GMT -5
That would be an amazing class but seems like libero should also be a top priority in 2025. Not sure Pringle, Kirsch, or Cawa are championship level liberos. Who are the top uncommitted liberos in the class that Stanford might have an eye on? Gillian Pitts? Not sure she has the grades but I’m surprised I haven’t heard her name thrown around in many threads. My understanding is that she’s one of the best 2025 liberos. From what I've heard, she likely has the grades. I'm also surprised she's not talked about more. |
|
|
|
Post by hammer on Jul 29, 2023 15:31:24 GMT -5
We need Parks and Harvey more than anything tbh. We have more than enough pins I don't know why we need Parks. We already have two setters. I also have this view that setters are not huge difference makers. For instance, Miner is probably the best setter in college volleyball. But how much better is she than the average top 20 setter? She is better but I am not sure it is a huge difference. Kipp OTOH is the best OPP in college volleyball. And she is a lot better than the average top 20 OPP. She is literally the type of player that can take you to a title. Setters can't really do that. Yu is one of the best setters in her class. Not sure we need another in the year behind her. OTOH, DeMaria and Mullen are dominant pin hitters. Could be huge difference makers for us. We would be crazy not to take both. I also wonder if at least part of our answer at backup MB isn't one of these pin hitters. It isn't like MB is that different from OPP or OH. I played all three in my time. For that matter, if Francis or Vincini goes down I would rather see Blyashov or Harvey in the MB than Smith. At least try it. We want Parks because she is so athletic touching 10'5" and she has a calming composure and I think has that "it" leadership factor. I always want two good setters just in case. Remember Xu was a top ten recruit but she was plagued by injuries and never reached her full potential. Mullen IDK. While Parks athleticism impresses me, Mullen's doesn't. Of the videos I've seen she looks better on the right. She does make good decisions and is a crafty hitter. How well her game translates to college is where I'm having issues. Demaria I like a little more than Mullen. As a SoCal product I trust the ball control, competition, and coaching better. ZGM and Harvey, YES and YES, they have speed and athleticism and can close a block. I love both of them. |
|
|
|
Post by liberosetter101 on Jul 29, 2023 15:45:01 GMT -5
We need Parks and Harvey more than anything tbh. We have more than enough pins I don't know why we need Parks. We already have two setters. I also have this view that setters are not huge difference makers. For instance, Miner is probably the best setter in college volleyball. But how much better is she than the average top 20 setter? She is better but I am not sure it is a huge difference. Kipp OTOH is the best OPP in college volleyball. And she is a lot better than the average top 20 OPP. She is literally the type of player that can take you to a title. Setters can't really do that. Yu is one of the best setters in her class. Not sure we need another in the year behind her. OTOH, DeMaria and Mullen are dominant pin hitters. Could be huge difference makers for us. We would be crazy not to take both. I also wonder if at least part of our answer at backup MB isn't one of these pin hitters. It isn't like MB is that different from OPP or OH. I played all three in my time. For that matter, if Francis or Vincini goes down I would rather see Blyashov or Harvey in the MB than Smith. At least try it. I’m sorry but this post is really ignorant and I’m not going to even bother explaining how having an impact setter is important |
|
|
|
Post by stanfordvb on Jul 29, 2023 16:21:20 GMT -5
I don't know why we need Parks. We already have two setters. I also have this view that setters are not huge difference makers. For instance, Miner is probably the best setter in college volleyball. But how much better is she than the average top 20 setter? She is better but I am not sure it is a huge difference. Kipp OTOH is the best OPP in college volleyball. And she is a lot better than the average top 20 OPP. She is literally the type of player that can take you to a title. Setters can't really do that. Yu is one of the best setters in her class. Not sure we need another in the year behind her. OTOH, DeMaria and Mullen are dominant pin hitters. Could be huge difference makers for us. We would be crazy not to take both. I also wonder if at least part of our answer at backup MB isn't one of these pin hitters. It isn't like MB is that different from OPP or OH. I played all three in my time. For that matter, if Francis or Vincini goes down I would rather see Blyashov or Harvey in the MB than Smith. At least try it. We want Parks because she is so athletic touching 10'5" and she has a calming composure and I think has that "it" leadership factor. I always want two good setters just in case. Remember Xu was a top ten recruit but she was plagued by injuries and never reached her full potential. Mullen IDK. While Parks athleticism impresses me, Mullen's doesn't. Of the videos I've seen she looks better on the right. She does make good decisions and is a crafty hitter. How well her game translates to college is where I'm having issues. Demaria I like a little more than Mullen. As a SoCal product I trust the ball control, competition, and coaching better. ZGM and Harvey, YES and YES, they have speed and athleticism and can close a block. I love both of them. mullen has been evaluated by many schools as the one to get in this class, I think you're underselling her a bit here. Nebraska, who is currently unmatched in their recruiting, had Mullen as their #1 player to get before offering Ryan hunter after she attended camp. Mullen is one of the few in this class who would be offered by any school in the country |
|
|
|
Post by jwvolley on Jul 29, 2023 16:54:05 GMT -5
We want Parks because she is so athletic touching 10'5" and she has a calming composure and I think has that "it" leadership factor. I always want two good setters just in case. Remember Xu was a top ten recruit but she was plagued by injuries and never reached her full potential. Mullen IDK. While Parks athleticism impresses me, Mullen's doesn't. Of the videos I've seen she looks better on the right. She does make good decisions and is a crafty hitter. How well her game translates to college is where I'm having issues. Demaria I like a little more than Mullen. As a SoCal product I trust the ball control, competition, and coaching better. ZGM and Harvey, YES and YES, they have speed and athleticism and can close a block. I love both of them. mullen has been evaluated by many schools as the one to get in this class, I think you're underselling her a bit here. Nebraska, who is currently unmatched in their recruiting, had Mullen as their #1 player to get before offering Ryan hunter after she attended camp. Mullen is one of the few in this class who would be offered by any school in the country In fairness, he’s just giving his opinion based on what he’s seen. I trust coaching staffs to evaluate better than me as well, but I also have been a bit underwhelmed by Mullen when watching. When I thought she was Nebraska bound I was struggling trying to convince myself that she was more impressive than what I was seeing in her Nationals matches. I did see a smart player though, which coincides with his observation that she’s crafty and makes good decisions. Certainly a great prospect and I’d imagine Stanford has a great shot at getting her. |
|
|
|
Post by stanfordvb on Jul 29, 2023 17:03:28 GMT -5
mullen has been evaluated by many schools as the one to get in this class, I think you're underselling her a bit here. Nebraska, who is currently unmatched in their recruiting, had Mullen as their #1 player to get before offering Ryan hunter after she attended camp. Mullen is one of the few in this class who would be offered by any school in the country In fairness, he’s just giving his opinion based on what he’s seen. I trust coaching staffs to evaluate better than me as well, but I also have been a bit underwhelmed by Mullen when watching. When I thought she was Nebraska bound I was struggling trying to convince myself that she was more impressive than what I was seeing in her Nationals matches. I did see a smart player though, which coincides with his observation that she’s crafty and makes good decisions. Certainly a great prospect and I’d imagine Stanford has a great shot at getting her. I don't fully disagree, there were players I saw at nationals who 'wowed' me more than mullen did... but if she's #1 on the top recruiting school's list, there's a reason lol. if Nebraska has shown anything in the last 3 classes its that they know who the big ones are. I think because she isn't bouncing balls in club she doesn't look as impressive as others, but her efficiency remains very high. I didn't see her make a single error either lol, at least that was my observation |
|
|
|
Post by bigjohn043 on Jul 29, 2023 17:24:27 GMT -5
I don't know why we need Parks. We already have two setters. I also have this view that setters are not huge difference makers. For instance, Miner is probably the best setter in college volleyball. But how much better is she than the average top 20 setter? She is better but I am not sure it is a huge difference. Kipp OTOH is the best OPP in college volleyball. And she is a lot better than the average top 20 OPP. She is literally the type of player that can take you to a title. Setters can't really do that. Yu is one of the best setters in her class. Not sure we need another in the year behind her. OTOH, DeMaria and Mullen are dominant pin hitters. Could be huge difference makers for us. We would be crazy not to take both. I also wonder if at least part of our answer at backup MB isn't one of these pin hitters. It isn't like MB is that different from OPP or OH. I played all three in my time. For that matter, if Francis or Vincini goes down I would rather see Blyashov or Harvey in the MB than Smith. At least try it. I’m sorry but this post is really ignorant and I’m not going to even bother explaining how having an impact setter is important Really? If Miner goes down and we have a walk on setter we are still a top 5 team right? If Kipp goes down and we replace her with any one of the three highly rated pin hitters we just brought in are we even top 10? And personal insults are always a lovely way to conduct yourself. |
|
|
|
Post by sleepy on Jul 29, 2023 18:23:29 GMT -5
I’m sorry but this post is really ignorant and I’m not going to even bother explaining how having an impact setter is important Really? If Miner goes down and we have a walk on setter we are still a top 5 team right? If Kipp goes down and we replace her with any one of the three highly rated pin hitters we just brought in are we even top 10? And personal insults are always a lovely way to conduct yourself. (respectfully) don’t think this is true. A, I think you might be underselling miner’s impact bc her impact gets folded into the hitter’s impact—her only job is to make the hitters look good. Nebraska had an elite pin recruiting class a couple years back and struggled with setting issues all year. Fifth set against oregon they bled points with their walk-on setter. Conversely, Blossom set SD to the Final Four. Without her they probably do not get there. And B, if this were true Hambly wouldn’t gun hard for scholarship top tier setters — he’d just recruit some random walkon setter and reserve the scholarship for another elite pin. The fact that Stanford (and many other college teams) go so hard for elite setter talent suggests that it does matter. Now whether or not Parks is that elite setter I don’t know. I saw her only a bit and think she is better on the pin. But certainly she is athletic. |
|
|
|
Post by katn on Jul 29, 2023 19:04:09 GMT -5
i'm curious of how many scholarships stanford has available for the 2025 class?
|
|
|
|
Post by bobbk on Jul 29, 2023 19:56:11 GMT -5
i'm curious of how many scholarships stanford has available for the 2025 class? Well unless we add more for 2024. 6. Lol |
|
|
|
Post by cbrown1709 on Jul 29, 2023 20:01:55 GMT -5
i'm curious of how many scholarships stanford has available for the 2025 class? Well unless we add more for 2024. 6. Lol That's what I was coming up with as well. After watching some footage, I'm starting to like Suli. Solid passing and defense. Jumps well. Plays smart ball. |
|
|
|
Post by SakiBomb25 on Jul 29, 2023 21:18:55 GMT -5
So if we have 6… this is who I would prioritize:
1) Harvey
2) Mullen
3) Gillen-Malveaux
4) Parks
5) Demaria
If we are recruiting Putts, I would put her at No. 3 for now.
|
|
|
|
Post by sleepy on Jul 29, 2023 21:37:59 GMT -5
Well unless we add more for 2024. 6. Lol That's what I was coming up with as well. After watching some footage, I'm starting to like Suli. Solid passing and defense. Jumps well. Plays smart ball. I have seen Davis play in person. She is extremely athletic, jumps high, solid 6ro OH. She does not have the heaviest arm but when she gets the right set she slams it. |
|
|
|
Post by digs on Jul 29, 2023 21:49:00 GMT -5
We want Parks because she is so athletic touching 10'5" and she has a calming composure and I think has that "it" leadership factor. I always want two good setters just in case. Remember Xu was a top ten recruit but she was plagued by injuries and never reached her full potential. Mullen IDK. While Parks athleticism impresses me, Mullen's doesn't. Of the videos I've seen she looks better on the right. She does make good decisions and is a crafty hitter. How well her game translates to college is where I'm having issues. Demaria I like a little more than Mullen. As a SoCal product I trust the ball control, competition, and coaching better. ZGM and Harvey, YES and YES, they have speed and athleticism and can close a block. I love both of them. mullen has been evaluated by many schools as the one to get in this class, I think you're underselling her a bit here. Nebraska, who is currently unmatched in their recruiting, had Mullen as their #1 player to get before offering Ryan hunter after she attended camp. Mullen is one of the few in this class who would be offered by any school in the country Abigail is the highest ceiling player in this class, IMO. She’s THE best blocker in 17U (playing up, by the way) and an absolute game wrecker. And she has the strongest arm I’ve seen in this age group. Hits absolute missiles. Plus, she’s still growing. Will likely be 6’4”+ by the time she steps on campus. She will be a starter and difference maker day one. She’s the prize, period. |
|
