2004 Teams We'd Like to See

[georgia(pacific)girl]

Re: 2004 Teams We'd Like to See

Emphasize "Like to See"

a successful Pacific women's team again...

[cougarize]

Pacificgirl said:

Re: 2004 Teams We'd Like to See

Emphasize "Like to See"

a successful Pacific women's team again...

How likely is it to happen in '04?

[believer]

It is entirely based on how you define "successful" year!

I am afraid that without Joines, the team will look very different and will have to act like a real team and spread the ball around rather than setting Joines no matter where she was. (It did work) This year will be Jayne's biggest test to date as a coach.
My guess is, this will be the first year they do not make it to the dance.

[eastcoaster]

I'd like to see successful east coast volleyball, maybe a team like Carolina or Georgia Tech make the final four - I'd like to see some one different. I'd like to see a number one seed for in the first or second round. I don't expect that though.

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packitwithpurple said:

COMEOWN DOWN!! We will entertain anyone from "Big Red" country -- especially if you send your club players our way!! We will even give you a "pack it with purple" T-shirt if you come down for the "BIG Game."

We will even tell you the secret password to get past the border guards -- that we don't normally tell those from the "northern suburbs" of Kansas.

;D

Thanks Pack----hopefully my schedule will allow me to see more games next year!!

[USAFAN]

I'm hoping that Long Beach State, Pacific, and UCSB get back into the upper bracket of women's volleyball. The Big West has always been a premier league and the competition has been great. They have all slipped a little in recent years, and I am definitely hoping that they get better. Long Beach needs to start going to Hawaii every year. I love to hate their team as well:)

[foreignball]

roy said:

If I had to chose a position, I would say the right side is the least vital position.

Does that apply to the international game as well?

[roy]

foreignball said:

Does that apply to the international game as well?

For international volleyball, if you don't have a strong player at each position, you are not going very far. As a player moves up in competition from high school to college to the international level, you have to expect the players around her to be better and contribute more to the team. A player like Willoughby dominated her high school volleyball league because she was such a great player. Move her to the college ranks and she did well with a supporting cast, but did even better with another player like Kahumoku in the line up (hence, 2001 compared to 2002).

The reason I say you can sacrifice the right side for the side over the second middle is that the middle can also technically hit from the right with a step out. So the setter can still set pin to pin and throw off the offense. But defensively, if either the second middle or right side is a weak blocker, you will still have a lot of problems stopping a good left side attacker.

[sIsam]

In int'l volleyball, the one I'd not mind sacrificing would actually be the 2nd OH (what you guys call LS). Most of the opposites (RS) at this level are the big bangers of their teams and usually it is not the fact that they hit from right (but getting them out of receiving rotation) that has them lined up at Opp. The OH and Opp can (and will) switch sides to throw off the opponent block.

As long as the second OH is a good receiver and does her job defensively and can get the occasional kill, I would think that a team can do quite well with one good OH, good opp and two good MB. MB who can put up consistent numbers are good to have (and not many teams in europe have this IMO)