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Post by liberosetter101 on Sept 18, 2023 18:32:18 GMT -5
So, how many scholarships does Stanford have for 2025? If we are indeed recruiting Demaria, Mullen, Harvey and Sayer - is there any room for Logan Parks? She’s from the same hometown as Fitzmorris. I've heard from a reliable source that parks to Stanford is almost set in stone at this point doesn't mean it's forsure, but I can say that I would completely shocked if she goes anywhere else Good. I’m not too sold on Yu I’ve been manifesting Parks 🙏🏼
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Post by skyspy on Sept 18, 2023 20:06:40 GMT -5
I've heard from a reliable source that parks to Stanford is almost set in stone at this point doesn't mean it's forsure, but I can say that I would completely shocked if she goes anywhere else Good. I’m not too sold on Yu I’ve been manifesting Parks 🙏🏼 Logan Parks is a very good player. Interesting to see where she selects.
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Post by SakiBomb25 on Sept 18, 2023 21:10:07 GMT -5
We still need a libero though… priorities would be Harvery, Parks, a libero, Mullen and Demaria. We likely have a libero commit, but we believe this person primarily plays OH in club and HS, just like Oglivie did in Hawaii. Keep in mind with any of our recruits they need to past muster with Admissions. Recruits are always academically prescreened and chances are very good they will make the cut, but it's not a 100% lock. Stanford doesn't announce until those Spring transcripts have been submitted to Admissions and they give the go-ahead. In other words, recruits that have made a verbal commitment to attend need to keep up their grades. I knew that - just no name has been attached yet. I wish I knew the name of the player, haha.
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Post by midnightblue on Sept 18, 2023 21:16:33 GMT -5
We still need a libero though… priorities would be Harvery, Parks, a libero, Mullen and Demaria. We likely have a libero commit, but we believe this person primarily plays OH in club and HS, just like Oglivie did in Hawaii. Keep in mind with any of our recruits they need to past muster with Admissions. Recruits are always academically prescreened and chances are very good they will make the cut, but it's not a 100% lock. Stanford doesn't announce until those Spring transcripts have been submitted to Admissions and they give the go-ahead. In other words, recruits that have made a verbal commitment to attend need to keep up their grades. I've always wondered how Hambly has done / navigated that after Denise left. But he did have a few years with her so I'm sure she imparted a ton on him.
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Post by bigjohn043 on Sept 19, 2023 10:06:42 GMT -5
So then who is going to pass when Rubin is out? She is still counted on to pass when she is in the front row. Agree Rubin passes well. But against Nebraska she should have been taken out, even though she passed 2.7. Passing that well is beneficial when you have an offense that runs an offense including the middles. We run an offense that goes to the pins 95% of the time. So, her passing isn’t going to contribute to a better ran system. If she is hitting poorly, somebody should be brought in; because it’s going to the pins with a good pass or bad pass, so put in somebody who is playing well offensively. Ideally that can be Rubin, as she is so great defensively. But if she’s off offensively like against Nebraska, she should be pulled Hard to describe how much I disagree with this. Passing always matters. While I agree we don't run a middle heavy offense, our middles do hit. Francis leads the team in hitting percentage and Vincini is 3rd. Getting them the ball matters. And in passing the big issue is not passing a 3, but in avoiding 1s and 0s. That matters a lot even if you aren't setting the middles. And FWIW, Rubin is having an awesome passing season: Single match hitting percentages don't tell you a lot. Imagine a hitter who takes 20 swings with 8 kills and 2 errors hitting 300. If just a single ball hits the blockers hand a bit different going down for an error rather than a kill all of a sudden that hitter is at 200. There is a lot of just random stuff in hitting. I saw Rubin continue to swing away. She wasn't hitting out. She was just getting blocked in some tough situations. The coaches would tell her to keep swinging. FWIW, the next match against Louisville she hit >450.
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Post by saywho on Sept 19, 2023 12:26:45 GMT -5
Agree Rubin passes well. But against Nebraska she should have been taken out, even though she passed 2.7. Passing that well is beneficial when you have an offense that runs an offense including the middles. We run an offense that goes to the pins 95% of the time. So, her passing isn’t going to contribute to a better ran system. If she is hitting poorly, somebody should be brought in; because it’s going to the pins with a good pass or bad pass, so put in somebody who is playing well offensively. Ideally that can be Rubin, as she is so great defensively. But if she’s off offensively like against Nebraska, she should be pulled Hard to describe how much I disagree with this. Passing always matters. While I agree we don't run a middle heavy offense, our middles do hit. Francis leads the team in hitting percentage and Vincini is 3rd. Getting them the ball matters. And in passing the big issue is not passing a 3, but in avoiding 1s and 0s. That matters a lot even if you aren't setting the middles. And FWIW, Rubin is having an awesome passing season: Single match hitting percentages don't tell you a lot. Imagine a hitter who takes 20 swings with 8 kills and 2 errors hitting 300. If just a single ball hits the blockers hand a bit different going down for an error rather than a kill all of a sudden that hitter is at 200. There is a lot of just random stuff in hitting. I saw Rubin continue to swing away. She wasn't hitting out. She was just getting blocked in some tough situations. The coaches would tell her to keep swinging. FWIW, the next match against Louisville she hit >450. I certainly don't have any argument against Rubin in general. I need no convincing that she is a great passer -- she is! I also think she is generally a great hitter; so no need for convincing there either. I think she is an amazing player! My comment was based purely on the Nebraska match. It was not meant for moving forward or about her play in general. Rubin hit -.148, yes negative. That means she was costing us more points offensively than gaining us points offensively. It has nothing to do with her passing or defense (which I always find spectacular). This match was not typical of her offensive play. Hopefully, it's a one off. However, in that moment, I do believe she should have been subbed out. She was set 27 times and had 4 more errors than kills, meaning a net loss of 4 points offensively for us. When looking at Harvey hitting .424 on the season (yes, I know probably not sustainable) and Blyashov at .189. Obviously who knows how they would hit if put in, but that's what their stats are. Based on 27 attempts (which may have been more if somebody was hitting well), thats around a plus 11 points offensively for Harvey (based on her hitting %) and plus 5 points for Blyashov offensively. With Rubin being a net of -4, thats like a potential swing of 15 points when comparing to Harvey. While I think that Harvey is not a great passer, if there was a swing of a 15 point gain because of her offensively, I would gladly substitute her in for Rubin in the front row. Rubin could still play backrow. That leaves Harvey passing 3 rotations, and I really don't think she is that horrid that she is going to cost us 15 points in 4 sets while playing 3 rotations based on her passing and defensive play compared to Rubin. Game 1 was won by 2 points by Nebraska. Game 4 by 4. 15 points or anywhere even near that could have made a huge difference and potentially a different result. I totally understand why you would disagree, and that's cool, as generally speaking I am of the mindset that passing is critical; and I think Rubin is the right person to be starting in her position every match this year. She is great, and I love her as a player. However, against Nebraska, offensively, she had a WTF kind of night; and I think we would have been better off if she had been subbed out of the front row (still playing the three backrow rotations). Neither of us knows how it would have resulted, but I do feel strongly that it could have been a better decision to yank her from the front row in that specific match based on how she was performing offensively at the time.
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Post by Riviera Minestrone on Sept 19, 2023 13:38:34 GMT -5
Agree Rubin passes well. But against Nebraska she should have been taken out, even though she passed 2.7. Passing that well is beneficial when you have an offense that runs an offense including the middles. We run an offense that goes to the pins 95% of the time. So, her passing isn’t going to contribute to a better ran system. If she is hitting poorly, somebody should be brought in; because it’s going to the pins with a good pass or bad pass, so put in somebody who is playing well offensively. Ideally that can be Rubin, as she is so great defensively. But if she’s off offensively like against Nebraska, she should be pulled Hard to describe how much I disagree with this. Passing always matters. While I agree we don't run a middle heavy offense, our middles do hit. Francis leads the team in hitting percentage and Vincini is 3rd. Getting them the ball matters. And in passing the big issue is not passing a 3, but in avoiding 1s and 0s. That matters a lot even if you aren't setting the middles. And FWIW, Rubin is having an awesome passing season: Single match hitting percentages don't tell you a lot. Imagine a hitter who takes 20 swings with 8 kills and 2 errors hitting 300. If just a single ball hits the blockers hand a bit different going down for an error rather than a kill all of a sudden that hitter is at 200. There is a lot of just random stuff in hitting. I saw Rubin continue to swing away. She wasn't hitting out. She was just getting blocked in some tough situations. The coaches would tell her to keep swinging.FWIW, the next match against Louisville she hit >450.Knowing how much of a Rubin stan you have always been (not a bad thing at all, btw), I came back to VT to post exactly what you stated in the highlighted part of your post I quoted. Elia and the coaches would absolutely want her to keep on swinging away! She is such a rising star...and just a Sophomore. Combined with the responsibilities of new parenthood (though I've been a dad before)...and the insanity surrounding the NU match on the board here re: a non-con match in mid-September....I left VT just before said contest. I recently read the post-NU matchup comments, along with the pre-/post-Louisville match postings, and all I say to y'all is: "Relax, it is mid-September. The FF is a few months away in mid-December"! This team just finished what was arguably the hardest OOC schedule in the NCAA at 7-2, with one of the defeats occurring without Baird. They now start the final Pac-12 schedule ever: 20 matches for the conference championship. I am SO PROUD of this squad! As in their comeback against Louisville...reverse sweeping on the road in a hostile environment...this team just does not quit: they had a # of close/deuce set scores in the two losses as well. They are fighters, I love them. Go Card! Also, about recruiting, my SID guy says y'all are hot on two 2025's, warm on the others, off on one.
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Post by bigjohn043 on Sept 19, 2023 13:57:18 GMT -5
Hard to describe how much I disagree with this. Passing always matters. While I agree we don't run a middle heavy offense, our middles do hit. Francis leads the team in hitting percentage and Vincini is 3rd. Getting them the ball matters. And in passing the big issue is not passing a 3, but in avoiding 1s and 0s. That matters a lot even if you aren't setting the middles. And FWIW, Rubin is having an awesome passing season: Single match hitting percentages don't tell you a lot. Imagine a hitter who takes 20 swings with 8 kills and 2 errors hitting 300. If just a single ball hits the blockers hand a bit different going down for an error rather than a kill all of a sudden that hitter is at 200. There is a lot of just random stuff in hitting. I saw Rubin continue to swing away. She wasn't hitting out. She was just getting blocked in some tough situations. The coaches would tell her to keep swinging. FWIW, the next match against Louisville she hit >450. I certainly don't have any argument against Rubin in general. I need no convincing that she is a great passer -- she is! I also think she is generally a great hitter; so no need for convincing there either. I think she is an amazing player! My comment was based purely on the Nebraska match. It was not meant for moving forward or about her play in general. Rubin hit -.148, yes negative. That means she was costing us more points offensively than gaining us points offensively. It has nothing to do with her passing or defense (which I always find spectacular). This match was not typical of her offensive play. Hopefully, it's a one off. However, in that moment, I do believe she should have been subbed out. She was set 27 times and had 4 more errors than kills, meaning a net loss of 4 points offensively for us. When looking at Harvey hitting .424 on the season (yes, I know probably not sustainable) and Blyashov at .189. Obviously who knows how they would hit if put in, but that's what their stats are. Based on 27 attempts (which may have been more if somebody was hitting well), thats around a plus 11 points offensively for Harvey (based on her hitting %) and plus 5 points for Blyashov offensively. With Rubin being a net of -4, thats like a potential swing of 15 points when comparing to Harvey. While I think that Harvey is not a great passer, if there was a swing of a 15 point gain because of her offensively, I would gladly substitute her in for Rubin in the front row. Rubin could still play backrow. That leaves Harvey passing 3 rotations, and I really don't think she is that horrid that she is going to cost us 15 points in 4 sets while playing 3 rotations based on her passing and defensive play compared to Rubin. Game 1 was won by 2 points by Nebraska. Game 4 by 4. 15 points or anywhere even near that could have made a huge difference and potentially a different result. I totally understand why you would disagree, and that's cool, as generally speaking I am of the mindset that passing is critical; and I think Rubin is the right person to be starting in her position every match this year. She is great, and I love her as a player. However, against Nebraska, offensively, she had a WTF kind of night; and I think we would have been better off if she had been subbed out of the front row (still playing the three backrow rotations). Neither of us knows how it would have resulted, but I do feel strongly that it could have been a better decision to yank her from the front row in that specific match based on how she was performing offensively at the time. I think you are missing the point. The question is at the end of the 2nd (or 3rd) set who is going to hit better going forward. The fact that Elia didn't hit well to that point doesn't mean she won't for the rest of the match. Happens all of the time. As a coach what you are looking for is a player that stops swinging or is blasting balls out. That could be a player that has lost confidence and needs to sit. That wasnt' happening here. Elia was just getting some very tough OOS sets that were in some cases pretty tight. She did what her coaches want her to and blasted away. It didn't happen to work but that is the strategy. Your analysis is way too results oriented. Coaches are always telling their players to swing away. Sometimes the ball comes back in your face in embarrassing fashion. But often the ball glances off the block for a kill. The best way to get in a players head is to pull them. Does Elia hit 450 against Louisville if you pull her against Nebraska? Blyashov or Harvey arent' going to get you a national championship. Rubin has a decent chance to.....
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Post by saywho on Sept 19, 2023 14:19:07 GMT -5
I certainly don't have any argument against Rubin in general. I need no convincing that she is a great passer -- she is! I also think she is generally a great hitter; so no need for convincing there either. I think she is an amazing player! My comment was based purely on the Nebraska match. It was not meant for moving forward or about her play in general. Rubin hit -.148, yes negative. That means she was costing us more points offensively than gaining us points offensively. It has nothing to do with her passing or defense (which I always find spectacular). This match was not typical of her offensive play. Hopefully, it's a one off. However, in that moment, I do believe she should have been subbed out. She was set 27 times and had 4 more errors than kills, meaning a net loss of 4 points offensively for us. When looking at Harvey hitting .424 on the season (yes, I know probably not sustainable) and Blyashov at .189. Obviously who knows how they would hit if put in, but that's what their stats are. Based on 27 attempts (which may have been more if somebody was hitting well), thats around a plus 11 points offensively for Harvey (based on her hitting %) and plus 5 points for Blyashov offensively. With Rubin being a net of -4, thats like a potential swing of 15 points when comparing to Harvey. While I think that Harvey is not a great passer, if there was a swing of a 15 point gain because of her offensively, I would gladly substitute her in for Rubin in the front row. Rubin could still play backrow. That leaves Harvey passing 3 rotations, and I really don't think she is that horrid that she is going to cost us 15 points in 4 sets while playing 3 rotations based on her passing and defensive play compared to Rubin. Game 1 was won by 2 points by Nebraska. Game 4 by 4. 15 points or anywhere even near that could have made a huge difference and potentially a different result. I totally understand why you would disagree, and that's cool, as generally speaking I am of the mindset that passing is critical; and I think Rubin is the right person to be starting in her position every match this year. She is great, and I love her as a player. However, against Nebraska, offensively, she had a WTF kind of night; and I think we would have been better off if she had been subbed out of the front row (still playing the three backrow rotations). Neither of us knows how it would have resulted, but I do feel strongly that it could have been a better decision to yank her from the front row in that specific match based on how she was performing offensively at the time. I think you are missing the point. The question is at the end of the 2nd (or 3rd) set who is going to hit better going forward. The fact that Elia didn't hit well to that point doesn't mean she won't for the rest of the match. Happens all of the time. As a coach what you are looking for is a player that stops swinging or is blasting balls out. That could be a player that has lost confidence and needs to sit. That wasnt' happening here. Elia was just getting some very tough OOS sets that were in some cases pretty tight. She did what her coaches want her to and blasted away. It didn't happen to work but that is the strategy. Your analysis is way too results oriented. Coaches are always telling their players to swing away. Sometimes the ball comes back in your face in embarrassing fashion. But often the ball glances off the block for a kill. The best way to get in a players head is to pull them. Does Elia hit 450 against Louisville if you pull her against Nebraska? Blyashov or Harvey arent' going to get you a national championship. Rubin has a decent chance to..... I also think you’re missing the point. I agree that Rubin will get us a NC before Harvey or Blyashov. All day long. But she didn’t play that way against Nebraska. And it even showed on her own face. Rewatch it. She was so discouraged with herself. Seriously. But I even further disagree about pulling her would have affected her negatively moving forward. If it happened evey match after one error or two, yes. This wasn’t that. This was a horrid match from beginning to end. By not pulling her, Hambly showed her that it’s ok to play like crap. Any played she have some feeling that they need to play well to be on the court. When that goes, there’s no longer the need to put forth you’re all. It was a mistake in my opinion. You obviously disagree though, and like I said earlier, that’s cool. We don’t need to agree. It’s a college volleyball match and doesn’t affect either of our lives personally 😃
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Post by Cruz'n on Sept 19, 2023 14:28:16 GMT -5
I agree with you bigjohn043 100% regarding Rubin against Nebraska. I was at the match, front row. I never felt that Rubin should be taken out. Like you said, she was not giving up: she continued to swing hard. She wasn't tipping or spraying balls out, which is when you often would take a hitter out. If there is someone on the bench comparable to Rubin, then sure, sub her out, give her a break. I hope Blyashov develops into that player. But at the moment, neither her nor Harvey (who is an OPP) would have fared better against Nebraska. Further, we would have lost a lot as a team in many areas, especially ball control. For sure Rubin learned from this match, especially regarding what not do to when hitting into a fell-formed double block. Rubin is extremely important to this team's success, and needs to be on the court. These same people who want to blame Rubin for the loss, and are upset she wasn't subbed out, are the same people who blame so many losses on missed serves. If we wanted to, we could get 99% of our serves in. But then our opponents would be in system all match, and we'd be losing many more matches. Serving tougher comes with missing serves. I realize it is pointless explaining this year after year, because so many have made their minds up that missing serves is bad, period, black and white. I apologize for getting off topic from Rubin. But in essence these are two examples of people not understanding the bigger picture or all of the ramifications. We missed 12 serves and lost by 7 points: serving was the reason we lost. Wrong. We lost a close match, and one of our OH's had poor hitting numbers: Hambly should have subbed her out. Sorry, not so simple as that. If only.
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Post by Riviera Minestrone on Sept 19, 2023 14:30:33 GMT -5
Blyashov or Harvey arent' going to get you a national championship. Rubin has a decent chance to..... I would like to see more of Jordyn sometime; perhaps tonight in Berkeley if it's a blowout at the end?
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Post by SakiBomb25 on Sept 19, 2023 14:35:30 GMT -5
I think you are missing the point. The question is at the end of the 2nd (or 3rd) set who is going to hit better going forward. The fact that Elia didn't hit well to that point doesn't mean she won't for the rest of the match. Happens all of the time. As a coach what you are looking for is a player that stops swinging or is blasting balls out. That could be a player that has lost confidence and needs to sit. That wasnt' happening here. Elia was just getting some very tough OOS sets that were in some cases pretty tight. She did what her coaches want her to and blasted away. It didn't happen to work but that is the strategy. Your analysis is way too results oriented. Coaches are always telling their players to swing away. Sometimes the ball comes back in your face in embarrassing fashion. But often the ball glances off the block for a kill. The best way to get in a players head is to pull them. Does Elia hit 450 against Louisville if you pull her against Nebraska? Blyashov or Harvey arent' going to get you a national championship. Rubin has a decent chance to..... I also think you’re missing the point. I agree that Rubin will get us a NC before Harvey or Blyashov. All day long. But she didn’t play that way against Nebraska. And it even showed on her own face. Rewatch it. She was so discouraged with herself. Seriously. But I even further disagree about pulling her would have affected her negatively moving forward. If it happened evey match after one error or two, yes. This wasn’t that. This was a horrid match from beginning to end. By not pulling her, Hambly showed her that it’s ok to play like crap. Any played she have some feeling that they need to play well to be on the court. When that goes, there’s no longer the need to put forth you’re all. It was a mistake in my opinion. You obviously disagree though, and like I said earlier, that’s cool. We don’t need to agree. It’s a college volleyball match and doesn’t affect either of our lives personally 😃 So here is the thing. If you take Rubin out, the passing goes down. Great. My question then - out of the three, who is the best out-of-system hitter - Rubin, Blyashov or Harvey? I would venture at this point, it would be Rubin (hopefully the two freshmen can turn into an OOS-scoring machine). If Blyashov or Harvey aren’t comfortable getting kills OOS, then they will lollipop it over and Nebraska will get a kill anyway. So at that point, what value is Blyashov or Harvey actually bringing? I will concede that Rubin COULD have been taken out in the second set to give her a breather or mental break to settle herself… but that would be the only time I would consider it.
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Post by saywho on Sept 19, 2023 14:39:18 GMT -5
I agree with you bigjohn043 100% regarding Rubin against Nebraska. I was at the match, front row. I never felt that Rubin should be taken out. Like you said, she was not giving up: she continued to swing hard. She wasn't tipping or spraying balls out, which is when you often would take a hitter out. If there is someone on the bench comparable to Rubin, then sure, sub her out, give her a break. I hope Blyashov develops into that player. But at the moment, neither her nor Harvey (who is an OPP) would have fared better against Nebraska. Further, we would have lost a lot as a team in many areas, especially ball control. For sure Rubin learned from this match, especially regarding what not do to when hitting into a fell-formed double block. Rubin is extremely important to this team's success, and needs to be on the court. These same people who want to blame Rubin for the loss, and are upset she wasn't subbed out, are the same people who blame so many losses on missed serves. If we wanted to, we could get 99% of our serves in. But then our opponents would be in system all match, and we'd be losing many more matches. Serving tougher comes with missing serves. I realize it is pointless explaining this year after year, because so many have made their minds up that missing serves is bad, period, black and white. I apologize for getting off topic from Rubin. But in essence these are two examples of people not understanding the bigger picture or all of the ramifications. We missed 12 serves and lost by 7 points: serving was the reason we lost. Wrong. We lost a close match, and one of our OH's had poor hitting numbers: Hambly should have subbed her out. Sorry, not so simple as that. If only. I understand your points but what I think you’re missing though is that the majority of all sporting matches have ebbs and flows. And sometimes you have to figure out how to ride the moments that are working and sometimes make changes when something isn’t. It doesn’t mean that you need to make a permanent change, but there are times changes are needed. I’m in favor of tough serving, even if it means more errors. In general the benefits outweigh the free points given, as you pointed out. But as you also pointed out, it’s just not as simple as that. There are micro moments in matches where making a decision to serve slightly more safely to continue a run or to heighten momentum instead of plummeting gained momentum can make a difference. Matches are games of ups and downs and a good coach is able to read a team as to when slight changes are needed to keep the team going in a positive direction. That is not always serving full force 100% of the time. Maybe 90 or 95% of the time, sure. Just throwing out random numbers for the sake of pointing out that no, it’s not always so easy. Decisions need to be made to make changes sometimes. Same goes for Rubin. Pretty much 9 out of 10 times she should be on the court. There is going to be a moment making a change could benefit the team. That could be said for any player really this year. With maybe the exception of Kami (bc we don’t really have other options) or Oglivie (for the same reason). Also, Harvey is labeled an opposite this year with us but her whole prep career was at outside. So while she may be transitioning due to Kipp leaving, I still would never label her an opposite. It’s new for her.
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Post by saywho on Sept 19, 2023 14:42:22 GMT -5
I also think you’re missing the point. I agree that Rubin will get us a NC before Harvey or Blyashov. All day long. But she didn’t play that way against Nebraska. And it even showed on her own face. Rewatch it. She was so discouraged with herself. Seriously. But I even further disagree about pulling her would have affected her negatively moving forward. If it happened evey match after one error or two, yes. This wasn’t that. This was a horrid match from beginning to end. By not pulling her, Hambly showed her that it’s ok to play like crap. Any played she have some feeling that they need to play well to be on the court. When that goes, there’s no longer the need to put forth you’re all. It was a mistake in my opinion. You obviously disagree though, and like I said earlier, that’s cool. We don’t need to agree. It’s a college volleyball match and doesn’t affect either of our lives personally 😃 So here is the thing. If you take Rubin out, the passing goes down. Great. My question then - out of the three, who is the best out-of-system hitter - Rubin, Blyashov or Harvey? I would venture at this point, it would be Rubin (hopefully the two freshmen can turn into an OOS-scoring machine). If Blyashov or Harvey aren’t comfortable getting kills OOS, then they will lollipop it over and Nebraska will get a kill anyway. So at that point, what value is Blyashov or Harvey actually bringing? I will concede that Rubin COULD have been taken out in the second set to give her a breather or mental break to settle herself… but that would be the only time I would consider it. Normally I would say Rubin as well and would pretty much on most occasions I imagine (until one of the others makes me believe differently). But against Nebraska most of Rubins hit were oos and she was not excelling, and yes it was uncharacteristic. But it is what it was … she wasn’t playing at her normal level. So, yeah…at some point you call a spade a spade … it was an off night and let somebody else try; they certainly weren’t going to hit any worse offensively than she did on that particular night. And she still could’ve played back row.
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Post by JJVb on Sept 19, 2023 14:42:55 GMT -5
All good points about keeping Rubin in when struggling, however she could have been kept in the backrow but still given Harvey a shot in the front to try to get some kills for a couple rotations. Sometimes you have to try something different. I dont think Hambly likes to vary things much though even when they are struggling, from watching his coaching.
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