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Post by BOOKUMDANOALOHA on Apr 6, 2003 16:01:30 GMT -5
With the Season coming to an end, let's pick your favorite MPSF's Top Performers - comments welcomed. Deadline April 9th. Results posted April 10th - just before playoffs.
Coach of the Year (pick one) - Coach Dunphy (Pep). Coach Speraw (UCI) faded second half of the season.
Player of the Year (pick one) - Costas Theoharidis (Hawaii). Keenan and Costas should be Co-Players of the Year, but, I have to pick one.
Freshman (true or redshirt) of the Year (pick one) - Tyler Hillderbrand (Beach)
Biggest Disappointment: UCLA Mens Volleyball Team - what happened to the Big Serve and Big Block?
Highlight of the Season: 11,000 plus fans at the Hawaii vs. BYU in Provo, Utah - The atmosphere was "electric".
Middles (pick 5): Keenan (Pep); Thomas (Hawaii); Rodgers (UOP); Gorney (BYU) and Lee (Beach).
Outside Hitters (pick 8): Theoharidis (Hawaii), Rooney (Pep); Pelzel (UCI); Nargi (CSUN); Pael (BYU); Winters (Pep); Ching (Hawaii) and Toppel (Stanford).
Setters (pick 3): Tamas (Pacific), Moreno (BYU) and Tuyay (Hawaii).
Libero (pick 1): Mansfield (UCSB)
BOOKUMDANOALOHA
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Post by BOOKUMDANOALOHA on Apr 6, 2003 16:10:39 GMT -5
CORRECTION: DEADLINE APRIL 16TH - RESULTS POSTED APRIL 17. JUST BEFORE PLAYOFFS.
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Post by VBCrusin on Apr 6, 2003 21:25:21 GMT -5
My picks: Coach of the Year (pick one) - Coach Dunphy (Pep). Player of the Year (pick one) - Keenan and Costas should be Co-Players of the Year...both are invaluable to their respective teams. Freshman (true or redshirt) of the Year (pick one) - Setter Tyler Hillderbrand (Beach) hands down. Biggest Disappointment: UCSD didn't beat Hawaii.  Maybe next year! Highlight of the Season: Any team who beats BYU in Provo in front of those crazy Mormons. Also, anytime any team beats Hawaii in front of their coconut-throwing UH fans.  Middles (pick 5): Keenan (Pep); Thomas (Hawaii); Rodgers (UOP); Gorney (BYU) and Chris Pena (UCLA) Outside Hitters (pick 8): Theoharidis (Hawaii), Rooney (Pep); Pelzel (UCI); Nargi (CSUN); Pael (BYU); Winters (Pep); Touzinsky (Beach) and Toppel (Stanford). Setters (pick 3): Tamas (Pacific), Moreno (BYU) and Mayer( Pep). Libero (pick 1): Coates (Pep). |
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Post by sweetieVBfan on Apr 6, 2003 21:57:12 GMT -5
My picks:
Coach of the Year (pick one) - coach wortmann (pacific)
Player of the Year (pick one) - costas theocharidis (hawaii)
Freshman (true or redshirt) of the Year (pick one) - tyler hildebrand (long beach) - who'd a thunk i'd pick him?
Biggest Disappointment: cameron mount and scott morrow (ucla) being unable to contribute much (or at all in mount's case)
Highlight of the Season: parity in the mpsf
Middles (pick 5):
Outside Hitters (pick 8):
Setters (pick 3):
Libero (pick 1):
i will pick the rest later.
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Post by FanOfStanford on Apr 6, 2003 22:22:28 GMT -5
Don't rule out Toppel. He was awesome at Longbeach this weekend, he went all out, 30 kills. I predict that he will pull Standford out of nowhere into the number 4 spot for the playoffs (if my math is right). Not bad for a guy who had to sit out the last 6 weeks or so with injuries. Really bad luck in his senior year. He deserves credit to come back this strong after the long break, that's pretty hard to do.
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Post by sweetieVBfan on Apr 7, 2003 0:42:01 GMT -5
i don't think toppel can get all-mpsf/all-america honors. he hasn't played in enough games. there was a thread about this about 3 weeks ago?
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Post by poster on Apr 7, 2003 1:51:49 GMT -5
Despite the fact that this is the best season in UOP's history, it doesn't have anything to do with Coach Wortmann's coaching skill. No offense to Mr. Wortmann because he is one of the nicest guys around and has a huge heart, but he isn't the best coach in the league for this season or any other season.
It's hard to choose a coach of the year because lots of times a team's success doesn't have anything to do with the coach. Especially when a team is usually mediocre and has an outstanding season one year. Guys like Dunphy are great coaches, and will always be good coaches, so if his team is at the top, he should unquestionably be the coach of the year.
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Post by tigfan on Apr 7, 2003 4:07:29 GMT -5
Coach Joe Wortmann of UOP os MORE THAN DESERVING of the coach of the year award. I'm not sure if you saw this or not...but Joe Wortmann fired up his team AND the 5,500 Hawaiian fans in attendance by dancing to the beat of his OWN drum... ...he left the hawaiian warrior speechless, and almost JOBLESS! volleybows.tripod.com/2003/photos/wortdance.htmHe's a classy coach that has brought the UOP tigers up to a #4 ranking and the most wins in school history with 3 games to go. The "Man of Wort" is one of a kind... tigfan |
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Post by Observer on Apr 7, 2003 9:37:49 GMT -5
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My picks:
Coach of the Year (pick one) - Coach John Speraw.
Player of the Year (pick one) - Keenan
Freshman (true or redshirt) of the Year (pick one) - Middle Nic Vislay. LB might not even make it to the MPSF playoffs
Middles (pick 5): Keenan (Pep); Thomas (Hawaii); Vislay (UCI); Gorney (BYU)
Outside Hitters (pick 8): Theoharidis (Hawaii), Rooney (Pep); Pelzel (UCI); Nargi (CSUN); Pael (BYU); Winters (Pep); Touzinsky (Beach) and Toppel (Stanford).
Setters (pick 3): Tamas (Pacific), Moreno (BYU) and Mayer( Pep).
Libero (pick 1): Coates (Pep).
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Post by KnowingVB on Apr 7, 2003 10:55:00 GMT -5
I respect the fact that everyone is entitled to thier own opinion, so now I am going to share mine. Despite what some people think, Coach of the Year, IMO, is the Coach that gets the best out of their team for that one specific year. For Coach Wortmann to take a team that just a couple of years ago was starting freshman and getting hammered by EVERYONE to the #4 ranking this year and possibly hosting a first round match in the playoffs is more than deserving of this award. If your theory was true, then why doesn't Phil Jackson win the Coach of the Year award every year in the NBA, his team certainly wins the title. Maybe it is because he has the best players in league, with that kind of talent my mom could go in their and at least not screw it up.
Player of the Year: Costas, is their any question?
Setters: Tamas, Moreno, and Hansen.
Freshman: I'm going with Ahzena, yeah right, Hein from Pepperdine.
Middles: Keenan, Rodgers, Bocage, Pena, Gorny
OH's: Costas, Alleman, Rooney, Nargi, Pelzel, Paal, Zemit, Strickland
Libero: Gawlik (Pacific)
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Post by sweetieVBfan on Apr 7, 2003 14:29:13 GMT -5
It's hard to choose a coach of the year because lots of times a team's success doesn't have anything to do with the coach. Especially when a team is usually mediocre and has an outstanding season one year. Guys like Dunphy are great coaches, and will always be good coaches, so if his team is at the top, he should unquestionably be the coach of the year. poster- i thought this was a "u pick em" type of deal. everyone's entitled to their own opinions and there was obviously a reason why i picked pacific's wortmann over the likes of wilton and dunphy. pacific is usually a bottom feeder. have you read about them lately? they've beat their record of matches won this season and swept #1 pepperdine. he's coach of the year in my book. if, like you say, a team is mediocre and has an outstanding season, why doesn't it have ANYTHING to do with the coach? how can you say that, with any confidence, that a team's success has nothing to do with the coach? why would we even need coaches then? coaches like dunphy are awesome. but wortmann did a phenomenol job with pacific this year. we're picking the coach of the YEAR, not coach of all-time. |
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Post by vbplayer on Apr 7, 2003 15:11:16 GMT -5
Is it just me or is everyone blind?
Brad Keenan player of the year? Granted his last few matches have been pretty good, but I'd say his overall play all year long has not even been close to POY status. Ronney caries Pepperdines team, so if you were going to pick someone from the Pepperdine squad to be POY there is no contest, Rooney all the way. The kid does everything, he passes nails for being 6'9 and he is hitting close to .400 on the season, and leading the team in k/g. Keenan doesn't play well when it counts, and thats all thats all that should count when it comes to POY.
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Post by vbplayer on Apr 7, 2003 15:12:57 GMT -5
I spelled Rooney wrong the first time, my bad.
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Post by statistics guru on Apr 7, 2003 17:33:57 GMT -5
Hey vbplayer,
As of April 5, Rooney's hitting % was .365 and Keenan's was .420. They are both awesome players! ;D
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Post by vbplayer on Apr 7, 2003 17:38:47 GMT -5
you cant compare an outsides hitting % and a middles hitting %, keenans should be much higher than rooneys, and look at how many more sets rooney gets than keenan, if keenan got that many his hitting % would be lower than rooneys. Yes, they are both great players, but I am standing by what I said before.
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Maybe next year!
