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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2016 13:34:25 GMT -5
Heard from many people around volleyball the Hampton is the real deal. Heard mixed on white depending who u talk to White makes great reads from middle back. Not impressed with serve receive. Defense is awesome but some serve receive is needed. How can that be viewed. Read after her sophomore year opponents planned there offense away from her which is what made her numbers so impressive. Just what I read.
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Post by MTC on May 30, 2016 17:54:30 GMT -5
This could be complicated. Seems Emily Sciorra has been playing lights-out libero for Metro 18 travel club. Perhaps most of the present back row players will see precious little playing time this year. I've never seen so many starting positions for PSU up for serious competition at this time of year.
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Post by Phillytom on Jun 4, 2016 12:03:14 GMT -5
I'm on board here. I think Lee is better on the left, and just let her bomb away. Lee tends to make mistakes when she gets too fancy. Reed has a powerful arm, and has some potential. I'd really like to see her have a break-out season on the RS. If white isn't good enough they are gonna have problem because Holcomb has already proven she can't handle that spot efficiently. Actually just the opposite, Holcomb proved she can compete at a high level. You have to discount the subpar performances late in the season -- that happens to a lot of true freshman -- the first college season is an incredible grind for them. She did really well stepping in, and I would expect she will compete quite well with the talented frosh coming in. Backcourt could conceivably go from a problem to a strength for the team. The coaches will get a look in August and we'll get a look in September. I think backcourt, setter and serving have to sort themselves out, and if they do, the hitting may not be up to championship standards but it will be good enough to get PSU to the top half of the B1G and maybe the top 3-4 which is nothing to sneeze at. Washington is still one of the top 2-3 middles in the country. Frantti is absolutely going to bounce back and maybe play at an AA level again if she can stay healthy. And I'm sure Lee, Reed and Thelen -- the whole team -- will work crazy hard to try to get back to the standard of PSU VB. There's still a lot of the team that knows what it takes to win championships because they saw it happen just two seasons ago. Another top outside, if there's any truth to the rumor, would be nice. It would also be nice if Gorell, Powers, Demure or Novokovic can contribute some hitting this year. Anyway, the group has more potential than some people here think they do. It doesn't look like the typical PSU VB team of the last decade because it doesn't have dominant size. They don't have the room for error that they had in the past. But if they can learn to play great scrappy defense a la Wisconsin, and play with a lot of consistency, they might sneak up on people. Geez Russ Rose certainly knows how to put together great teams without 4 all-Americans in the front row -- he's done it before. A lot of work to be done I'm sure.
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Post by volleyl0ver on Jun 4, 2016 14:32:17 GMT -5
hope frantti has a comeback year, although i know she cant do it alone
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Post by whowasthat on Jun 4, 2016 16:07:10 GMT -5
If white isn't good enough they are gonna have problem because Holcomb has already proven she can't handle that spot efficiently. Actually just the opposite, Holcomb proved she can compete at a high level. You have to discount the subpar performances late in the season -- that happens to a lot of true freshman -- the first college season is an incredible grind for them. She did really well stepping in, and I would expect she will compete quite well with the talented frosh coming in. Backcourt could conceivably go from a problem to a strength for the team. The coaches will get a look in August and we'll get a look in September. I think backcourt, setter and serving have to sort themselves out, and if they do, the hitting may not be up to championship standards but it will be good enough to get PSU to the top half of the B1G and maybe the top 3-4 which is nothing to sneeze at. Washington is still one of the top 2-3 middles in the country. Frantti is absolutely going to bounce back and maybe play at an AA level again if she can stay healthy. And I'm sure Lee, Reed and Thelen -- the whole team -- will work crazy hard to try to get back to the standard of PSU VB. There's still a lot of the team that knows what it takes to win championships because they saw it happen just two seasons ago. Another top outside, if there's any truth to the rumor, would be nice. It would also be nice if Gorell, Powers, Demure or Novokovic can contribute some hitting this year. Anyway, the group has more potential than some people here think they do. It doesn't look like the typical PSU VB team of the last decade because it doesn't have dominant size. They don't have the room for error that they had in the past. But if they can learn to play great scrappy defense a la Wisconsin, and play with a lot of consistency, they might sneak up on people. Geez Russ Rose certainly knows how to put together great teams without 4 all-Americans in the front row -- he's done it before. A lot of work to be done I'm sure. Your outlook of the upcoming season for PSU seems to be quite reasonable!
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Post by MTC on Jun 4, 2016 17:24:51 GMT -5
You don't hear the word reasonable very often when talking about a sports team. I'm sure Russ Rose might see it a little different.
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Post by whowasthat on Jun 4, 2016 18:24:45 GMT -5
You don't hear the word reasonable very often when talking about a sports team. I'm sure Russ Rose might see it a little different. If he knew, I don't think Russ would appreciate your pessimism you've been expressing lately. I am sure you have some reasonable explanation for that.
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Post by jsn112 on Jun 5, 2016 2:46:16 GMT -5
You don't hear the word reasonable very often when talking about a sports team. I'm sure Russ Rose might see it a little different. If he knew, I don't think Russ would appreciate your pessimism you've been expressing lately. I am sure you have some reasonable explanation for that. He has none. He is a Nebraska fan that likes to b.s. and rile people, especially Penn State fans, up. A lot of his posts are jiberish and incoherent.
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Post by durtpile on Jun 5, 2016 6:40:51 GMT -5
If he knew, I don't think Russ would appreciate your pessimism you've been expressing lately. I am sure you have some reasonable explanation for that. He has none. He is a Nebraska fan that likes to b.s. and rile people, especially Penn State fans, up. A lot of his posts are jiberish and incoherent. Funny, Nebraska fans claim he is a PU homer, and that lots of his posts are PU jibberish.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2016 7:42:20 GMT -5
He has none. He is a Nebraska fan that likes to b.s. and rile people, especially Penn State fans, up. A lot of his posts are jiberish and incoherent. Funny, Nebraska fans claim he is a PU homer, and that lots of his posts are PU jibberish. Or just a jibberish fan?
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Post by MTC on Jun 5, 2016 8:38:44 GMT -5
If you want to insult me please use the right word, that is gibberish sir.
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Post by akbar on Jun 5, 2016 9:26:29 GMT -5
Nebraska will be playing Varsity and everyone else will be JV next year.
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Post by MTC on Jun 5, 2016 16:38:37 GMT -5
Nebraska will be playing Varsity and everyone else will be JV next year. If that is true I have to give credit to to Coach Cook for putting together one of the best coaching and RECRUITING staffs in the country. Their results in the past few years have been truly remarkable.
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Post by durtpile on Jun 5, 2016 20:01:10 GMT -5
If you want to insult me please use the right word, that is gibberish sir. Actually, it can be spelled either way, altho gibberish is more common. Perhaps PU fans prefer the more jocular spelling. They are of the Happy Valley habitude, after all.
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Post by MTC on Jun 6, 2016 0:02:36 GMT -5
You are the expert so I will take your word on it. My Daniel Webster dictionary is getting old.
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