|
Post by guest2 on Aug 9, 2017 12:15:32 GMT -5
If you look at who they loss to, its been a tough road this year. And if you are looking internationally, USA has not been performing to well across the board. I feel like he is playing as well as he always has, just now you have better players in the top spots keeping him from wins. Side note, he sees far less serves playing with Theo... that should be a problem since he can dime up a set US teams have been doing better this year than for the last 2-3. Phil/Nick are maybe the top team an Hyden/Doherty have a better record than the number 2 team last year. Casey's trouble is his game is entirely predicated on siding out at an elite level and putting the ball away in transition. He is a comparatively poor defender with limited mobility and its very important he terminate a much higher percentage of his opportunities if he wants to compete with elite defenders like Nick and Bruno (who will get a lot more chances because they dig more balls). Now that Casey's offense isn't what it was, due to both age and the drop off in setting from Jake to Theo, he can't keep up. It was the same last year. He and Jake had both fallen off a ton. They still did sort of ok because they were so consistent and on their game in pool play, but the writin has been on the wall for a while.
|
|
|
Post by JB Southpaw on Aug 9, 2017 12:30:39 GMT -5
If you look at who they loss to, its been a tough road this year. And if you are looking internationally, USA has not been performing to well across the board. I feel like he is playing as well as he always has, just now you have better players in the top spots keeping him from wins. Side note, he sees far less serves playing with Theo... that should be a problem since he can dime up a set US teams have been doing better this year than for the last 2-3. Phil/Nick are maybe the top team an Hyden/Doherty have a better record than the number 2 team last year. Casey's trouble is his game is entirely predicated on siding out at an elite level and putting the ball away in transition. He is a comparatively poor defender with limited mobility and its very important he terminate a much higher percentage of his opportunities if he wants to compete with elite defenders like Nick and Bruno (who will get a lot more chances because they dig more balls). Now that Casey's offense isn't what it was, due to both age and the drop off in setting from Jake to Theo, he can't keep up. It was the same last year. He and Jake had both fallen off a ton. They still did sort of ok because they were so consistent and on their game in pool play, but the writin has been on the wall for a while. I think Casey is still siding out well, I agree that he isn't getting to as many balls as before. The trade off for Jake. Taylor doesn't side out as well, but gets more transition opportunities.
|
|
|
Post by ardatak on Aug 9, 2017 13:57:07 GMT -5
From what I've seen he makes a lot of unforced errors, typically in bunches. Spends a lot of time cheering for himself and fixing his hair. Barely gets out of the sand.
As a top tier blocker, there's a great market of young athletic defenders with much more upside for Theo to pick from next year. Just my opinion.
|
|
|
Post by 405LAX on Aug 9, 2017 14:01:27 GMT -5
Spends a lot of time cheering for himself and fixing his hair. Barely gets out of the sand. Keen scouting for a fantasy beach volleyball publication.
|
|
|
Post by ardatak on Aug 9, 2017 14:50:25 GMT -5
Spends a lot of time cheering for himself and fixing his hair. Barely gets out of the sand. Keen scouting for a fantasy beach volleyball publication. LOL! You got me there.
|
|
|
Post by crunch on Aug 9, 2017 15:19:02 GMT -5
No, but focus and energy certainly is. Wives and newborns need a ton of support. And don't forget the other youngsters need parenting at the same time while mom's immobile or unavailable entirely. And for a dad who can't be there while mom's struggling, it's a constant worry and anxiety. You wonder what the hell you're doing away from home. I can't believe an explanation is even necessary, its so obvious. Seems to me Lucena suffered some distraction a couple months back for the same reason. That all being said, it does seem casey is injured, like a hurting back or something. It's been too sudden a decline in quickness and vertical for it to be just age. Lucena's kid was his 1st. Fourth kid is a whole lot different. Besides if Casey couldnt deal with it, he should have timed it better, its not like BVB players dont get plenty of time off That's so ignorant i can't even believe it. The next ones are all tougher because you have more to take care of simultaneously. In Casey's case, 3 others under 10 years old I believe. I have four, trust me the work load increases and so does the anxiety depending on how the wife's doing and the other kids while you're away.
|
|
|
Post by 405LAX on Aug 9, 2017 15:33:05 GMT -5
Again, anxiety is not the issue so let's put that part of the argument to bed, deal in actual physical facts not create psychological sideshows.
|
|
|
Post by haze on Aug 9, 2017 19:22:20 GMT -5
Casey and Theo just aren't good matches together. Neither player does anything to better the ball for their partner. You get those 2 playing sloppy and out of system it turns in top an absolute %*$#show. They both have to be on their game to have success as a team.
|
|
|
Post by chicory on Aug 9, 2017 19:27:29 GMT -5
I feel like the biggest taking point is that Casey made Theo switch to right side.
|
|
|
Post by swift on Aug 10, 2017 4:16:13 GMT -5
I think I only saw two of their matches at the worlds but they played pretty well in both. Casey did a good job and didn't get served a lot because he was able to side out well and dig some balls too. It's true that he probably makes more unforced errors than other players but the reason for the lack of this team's success is probably the fact that other teams are simply better. I'm really not sure either of them would do much better with a different partner. There can't be just winners on the tour. Someone has to loose too - if you know what I mean!? And at the moment I think only Phil could win all the time with the right partner, all other US players have their limitations.
|
|
|
Post by guest2 on Aug 10, 2017 6:42:05 GMT -5
I think I only saw two of their matches at the worlds but they played pretty well in both. Casey did a good job and didn't get served a lot because he was able to side out well and dig some balls too. It's true that he probably makes more unforced errors than other players but the reason for the lack of this team's success is probably the fact that other teams are simply better. I'm really not sure either of them would do much better with a different partner. There can't be just winners on the tour. Someone has to loose too - if you know what I mean!? And at the moment I think only Phil could win all the time with the right partner, all other US players have their limitations. Because the US scene hasn't changed much in a while we forget that Casey as an international player, or a top US player even, has basically had a five year career. His first FIVB season was in 2013. To say the other teams have gotten much better since then is not borne out by the evidence. For example Phil/Sean was the best team and they won 1 out of every 3 events they played. This year a 37 year old Phil with an inferior partner is doing the same. There are a few great young players like Loyola who weren't playing yet in 2013, and the Russians and Poles have improved a lot but in 2013 players like Emmanuel, Reinder, Sean, and Jake were still threats to win and the US and Brazil were stronger than they are now.
|
|