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Post by elevationvb on Jun 10, 2015 21:22:10 GMT -5
You think she will play RS?
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Post by Disc808 on Jun 10, 2015 21:29:04 GMT -5
You think she will play RS? That's what she played at USC. She should play back row though so she can swing/be an option for all 6 rotations.
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Post by southie on Jun 10, 2015 21:29:40 GMT -5
You think she will play RS? Well, that release (with input from Jerritt, I assume) referred to her as an opposite (hitter); so, I have to believe that's where she is expected to play. I'll be curious to see the 2015 roster when it's posted. We rarely ever see "RS" or "Opposite", that I can recall. Even right now, Nicole Dalton is listed as "Utility". I could have sworn "Setter" was listed for her on the 2014 Fall roster. www.texassports.com/roster.aspx?path=wvball
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2015 21:42:44 GMT -5
You wouldn't want a bad* setter. Shorter setters are not bad setters or unathletic setters. I don't understand why so many people make this mischaracterization. There are a dozen things that impact the effectiveness of a setter more than her height. China won with a 5'1" setter for a decade! There are countless examples in our sport of shorter athletes reaching the highest level of competition in spite of their height. Give it up already. It's such a lame critique when you have nothing of value to add to a conversation about their actual skills, abilities, or potential. You took one part of my quote, and directly misquoted me. Not once did I say Collins was a bad setter, nor did I say her skills are bad enough to start in a 5-1. But if you had a 6'2 setter and a 5'7 setter, both with the same skill set and athleticism, which one would you take. SO yes, you WOULDNT want a shorter setter. This is an example of you changing the parameters of reality to support your statement. In reality, no two players have exactly the same skill set, leadership/communication skills, and athleticism, so your argument is moot. And, yet again, you're listing their heights as if their height has ANYTHING to do with their ability to effectively play the game, let alone effectively play the game as a setter. I'd understand your premise more if, instead of providing an example of a 6'2" setter and a 5'7" setter, you provided an example of a setter who blocked or jumped well and a setter who didn't. That makes sense. Saying you want a 6'2" setter instead of a 5'7" setter just because she's 6'2" makes zero sense. You're focusing on the wrong things. Size of the kid in the game vs. the size of the game in the kid.
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Post by elevationvb on Jun 10, 2015 21:48:12 GMT -5
You think she will play RS? Well, that release (with input from Jerritt, I assume) referred to her as an opposite (hitter); so, I have to believe that's where she is expected to play. I'll be curious to see the 2015 roster when it's posted. We rarely ever see "RS" or "Opposite", that I can recall. Even right now, Nicole Dalton is listed as "Utility". I could have sworn "Setter" was listed for her on the 2014 Fall roster. www.texassports.com/roster.aspx?path=wvball I saw the reference to "opposite" also. The write ups on Texassports.com are interesting sometimes. I know in the instance of some of the men's sports that the write ups are oftentimes written by interns who have been provided the info for the write up. Not saying that is the case here.
Dalton was listed as Utility for the fall '14 roster. It was briefly discussed here - - I may have been the one to bring it up.
I guess at this point I just want our new recruit to be healthy, although I was hoping for an experienced OH.
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Post by bigfan on Jun 10, 2015 21:48:18 GMT -5
Texas couldn't even win with Destinee Hooker. What a shame hey "bigfan" What a shock another poster who questions Texas volleyball.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2015 21:48:34 GMT -5
You took one part of my quote, and directly misquoted me. Not once did I say Collins was a bad setter, nor did I say her skills are bad enough to start in a 5-1. But if you had a 6'2 setter and a 5'7 setter, both with the same skill set and athleticism, which one would you take. SO yes, you WOULDNT want a shorter setter. I think Elliott has answered your question with the recruiting decision he's made for the setter position in the coming years.Why? Because Shook is 6'2"? Allison was 5'11" and a top ten recruit. Kocher, another SPVB kid, was 5'10". What revolutionarily new recruiting decisions is he making at the setter position?
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Post by southie on Jun 10, 2015 21:57:03 GMT -5
What a shock another poster who questions Texas volleyball. Isn't it great that Nwanebu has ended up at Jerritt's program in spite of Mick doing everything he could to ensure she transferred anywhere but Texas? #karma
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Post by bigfan on Jun 10, 2015 22:06:40 GMT -5
The rewards and benefits have been much greater than what your Stanford team has accomplished recently. Maybe they need your advice much more than Texas does when it comes to recruiting . . . Texas may get into the semis but their path to it is so much easier. And when they reach the semis they lose because they can't pass or set. I don't know if they will get to the semis next season.
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Post by southie on Jun 10, 2015 22:11:18 GMT -5
Life is good:
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Post by swiss on Jun 10, 2015 22:47:14 GMT -5
Life is good: Yes, it is!
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Post by jayvolleypro on Jun 10, 2015 23:03:12 GMT -5
Life is good: Yes, it is! [br +100
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Post by ballervolley on Jun 11, 2015 0:36:38 GMT -5
What a shock another poster who questions Texas volleyball. haha what a shock another worthless post let me save you the trouble here "texas can't pass". your whole existence on volleytalk is predicated on the fact that "texas can't pass", could you be any more worthless? what a complete DB. grow the hell up.
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Post by southie on Jun 11, 2015 7:19:19 GMT -5
Glad we're hosting a Regional this season. Lost a couple of invaluable seniors, so playing at home come December could be huge for this squad.
It occurred to me that since we lost at home in the Regional final to Stanford in 2006, we have not lost an NCAA tournament match at home since. So, that is wins in the first two rounds over the last 8 seasons, plus regional semi-final and final wins in 2008, 2010, and 2012. That is a streak of 22 wins in NCAA tourney play at Gregory Gym. If you include the 3 wins in 2006 prior to the loss to Stanford, that's 25 wins in 26 home matches over 9 seasons.
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Post by dorothymantooth on Jun 11, 2015 7:42:21 GMT -5
What a shock another poster who questions Texas volleyball. Isn't it great that Nwanebu has ended up at Jerritt's program in spite of Mick doing everything he could to ensure she transferred anywhere but Texas? #karma It would be if that were accurate. He attempted to block her transfer to any school they played in 2015, plus Texas and Notre Dame, not just Texas.
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