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Post by vbfan4ever on Jan 12, 2024 21:36:34 GMT -5
Baird will graduate in June with her Masters. She didn’t want to leave until she finished it. She has the ability to take a 6th year, but plan is to forego it & go pro
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Post by stanfordvb on Jan 12, 2024 22:19:22 GMT -5
I bet Sheffield would give his right arm for baird rn loll I guess I am missing the context for this comment. Why Sheffield? long history of transfer OHs and he wanted landfair but didnt get her. It was just me poking fun at him lol
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Post by hammer on Jan 12, 2024 23:09:06 GMT -5
Yes, possible for someone relatively short to be a very good blocker but timing and reads have to be consistently excellent. Logan Tom for example probably had the best blocking technique of any Stanford left side hitter. Right now we don't know much about Harvey, Yu, and Parks versus good collegiate left side hitters. Honestly i rather have a shorter more athletic opp…its not all abkut height…its about timing speed and quickness and pure athleticism…plus if they csn be set in the back as well as pass, serve/recieve even better…ohh and Logan Tom was a great blocker for her height…on top of just being great at everything else lol Well, I'd like tall and very athletic like Destinee Hooker, but that's really rare. About 12 years ago we had a 6'6" left handed Oppo named Haley Superman who should have been a better blocker considering her height. And her hitting wasn't that great either, although she occasionally had matches where she recorded good kill and percentage numbers. A shorter Opposite whose very athletic like Harvey should at least be able to better adjust to weaker sets and do more with them than a slow taller Oppo.
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Post by backsideattack on Jan 12, 2024 23:16:11 GMT -5
Honestly i rather have a shorter more athletic opp…its not all abkut height…its about timing speed and quickness and pure athleticism…plus if they csn be set in the back as well as pass, serve/recieve even better…ohh and Logan Tom was a great blocker for her height…on top of just being great at everything else lol Well, I'd like tall and very athletic like Destinee Hooker, but that's really rare. About 12 years ago we had a 6'6" left handed Oppo named Haley Superman who should have been a better blocker considering her height. And her hitting wasn't that great either, although she occasionally had matches where she recorded good kill and percentage numbers. A shorter Opposite whose very athletic like Harvey should at least be able to better adjust to weaker sets and do more with them than a slow taller Oppo. Hayley Spelman underperformed her potential while at Stanford (only made pac-12 HM one year and that was it) but ended up having a 10 year pro volleyball career, just retiring last year. Maybe just needed more time to mature into her frame.
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Post by Sbilo on Jan 14, 2024 0:18:01 GMT -5
Anyone hearing any rumors for 2026 recruits? Ayanna Watson, a 6'3 OH out of Nevada (Bishop Gorman) has been mentioned in another thread. Her dream school is Stanford, apparently. She follows a lot of things related to Stanford on instagram. Took home Nevada's GPOY this year as a Sophomore - what an achievement. Lastly, maintains a 3.71 GPA in the classroom. And she looks crazy athletic on videos - jumps 10'5.
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Post by cbrown1709 on Jan 14, 2024 20:41:23 GMT -5
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Post by Fe Gaslay on Jan 15, 2024 0:40:39 GMT -5
I’m so proud of her she went out there and gave Bergamo the business!!
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Post by breadunnie on Jan 16, 2024 0:41:37 GMT -5
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Post by liberosetter101 on Jan 17, 2024 19:33:29 GMT -5
Anyone know if A. Harvey is Stanford bound? Is she the OH everyone is saying might convert to libero? Haven’t seen much video on her I’m just surprised she still hasn’t announced her decision this late and she’s a top 10 recruit Kiana Greer is the libero convert that everyone is talking about. I’d pick Lucy Chertock over Asia Harvey to be honest. Chertock is a utility type of player - plays both OH and MB in prep and is 6’2. Harvey, while probably has a higher ceiling in the eyes of prep Gods, is slightly undersized at 6’0. We weren’t lucky with both Harvey and Mullen but I think Chertock, if she comes to Stanford, will fill those needs nicely either as an OH/Opp and MB. However, let’s not forget we are potentially getting Kaci Demaria, who arguably is a top 3 OH in this talented class - maybe just behind Vanderwal and Spears who are both committed to Texas. And by the time Demaria comes to Stanford, Harvey, Blyashov and Kurt will still be juniors so that is going to be interesting. By the time Demaria comes to Stanford Blyashov and Harvey will be juniors, Kurt a sophomore (she red shirted), and Rubin will be a senior.
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Post by liberosetter101 on Jan 20, 2024 2:00:40 GMT -5
Unfortunate that L. Smith never recovered from injures. We could have had Francis, Smith and Andrew this coming fall. Smith is class of 2020 and could’ve used her covid year
I wonder if Hambly truly believed she would recover and that’s why he never recruited another middle? Didn’t help that A. Smith also suffered injuries and was never able to contribute to her potential.
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Post by liberosetter101 on Jan 20, 2024 2:05:34 GMT -5
Unfortunate that L. Smith never recovered from injures. We could have had Francis, Smith and Andrew this coming fall. Smith is class of 2020 and could’ve used her covid year I wonder if Hambly truly believed she would recover and that’s why he never recruited another middle? Didn’t help that A. Smith also suffered injuries and was never able to contribute to her potential. To add to our middle blocking unfortunate events While Vicini did improve from her freshman to senior year, she simply did not live up to her #10 class ranking. (2019) The same could be said for Francis at #5. (2021) Sigh Staying hopeful that we can go back to being a middle blocker power house
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Post by SakiBomb25 on Jan 20, 2024 3:59:45 GMT -5
Unfortunate that L. Smith never recovered from injures. We could have had Francis, Smith and Andrew this coming fall. Smith is class of 2020 and could’ve used her covid year I wonder if Hambly truly believed she would recover and that’s why he never recruited another middle? Didn’t help that A. Smith also suffered injuries and was never able to contribute to her potential. To add to our middle blocking unfortunate events While Vicini did improve from her freshman to senior year, she simply did not live up to her #10 class ranking. (2019) The same could be said for Francis at #5. (2021) Sigh Staying hopeful that we can go back to being a middle blocker power house To be fair to Francis, I think that ranking was based off her potential as an outside hitter. I think the last two years of prep, she had been training on the pins and not as a middle. Even her freshman year, she was hitting on the outside and getting DS’d out. I think if we had been fully healthy in the middle, she would have stayed on the pins and transitioned to right side.
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Post by babybacksets on Jan 20, 2024 6:14:00 GMT -5
To add to our middle blocking unfortunate events While Vicini did improve from her freshman to senior year, she simply did not live up to her #10 class ranking. (2019) The same could be said for Francis at #5. (2021) Sigh Staying hopeful that we can go back to being a middle blocker power house To be fair to Francis, I think that ranking was based off her potential as an outside hitter. I think the last two years of prep, she had been training on the pins and not as a middle. Even her freshman year, she was hitting on the outside and getting DS’d out. I think if we had been fully healthy in the middle, she would have stayed on the pins and transitioned to right side. I feel like I recall seeing the opposite from her club film, which is usually a better indicator of where a player’s best fit will be collegiately…
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Post by stanfordvb on Jan 20, 2024 14:27:08 GMT -5
To add to our middle blocking unfortunate events While Vicini did improve from her freshman to senior year, she simply did not live up to her #10 class ranking. (2019) The same could be said for Francis at #5. (2021) Sigh Staying hopeful that we can go back to being a middle blocker power house To be fair to Francis, I think that ranking was based off her potential as an outside hitter. I think the last two years of prep, she had been training on the pins and not as a middle. Even her freshman year, she was hitting on the outside and getting DS’d out. I think if we had been fully healthy in the middle, she would have stayed on the pins and transitioned to right side. Francis wouldn't have been a better OH than rubin and baird these last two years, imo the move to the middle would've happened regardless of the need they had there at the time. L smith was a huge loss and stanford can't portal their way out of an unfortunate situation like that the way all of the other top schools can
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Post by liberosetter101 on Jan 20, 2024 14:29:33 GMT -5
To be fair to Francis, I think that ranking was based off her potential as an outside hitter. I think the last two years of prep, she had been training on the pins and not as a middle. Even her freshman year, she was hitting on the outside and getting DS’d out. I think if we had been fully healthy in the middle, she would have stayed on the pins and transitioned to right side. Francis wouldn't have been a better OH than rubin and baird these last two years, imo the move to the middle would've happened regardless of the need they had there at the time. L smith was a huge loss and stanford can't portal their way out of an unfortunate situation like that the way all of the other top schools can Agreed No way Francis passes well enough to play OH
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