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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2021 21:33:47 GMT -5
IMO, Wenaas coming off the bench in her third year? The #3 recruit in her class (someone who actually won gold in this 18U tournament being touted as significant)? She would be a bust.
It's. Not. Going. To. Happen. Wenaas is an elite player. Not saying Wucherer isn't. But she isn't beating out either Wenaas or Landfair imo. That's why Landfair to the right makes the most sense -- all three play.
And we continue to rag on an injured setter for reasons that escape me.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2021 21:49:58 GMT -5
Definitely think she’ll challenge for a starting spot, especially if Wenaas can’t maintain her confidence and consistency. We all know Wenaas is an elite player, no one ever said she wasn’t. We still haven’t seen how Wucherer will fair with D1 competition, but i’m betting she’ll be much better than Wenaas was as a freshman.
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Post by lovebugsm on Oct 6, 2021 21:54:20 GMT -5
Well Minnesota got a setter recruit. Chloe Ng from Canada. I know nothing. Anyone?
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Post by bucky415 on Oct 6, 2021 22:01:24 GMT -5
Well Minnesota got a setter recruit. Chloe Ng from Canada. I know nothing. Anyone? She will enjoy the warm weather in Minneapolis?
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Post by B1Gminnesotafan on Oct 6, 2021 22:01:44 GMT -5
Well Minnesota got a setter recruit. Chloe Ng from Canada. I know nothing. Anyone? Read one page back.
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Post by gophsstudent on Oct 6, 2021 22:01:52 GMT -5
Well Minnesota got a setter recruit. Chloe Ng from Canada. I know nothing. Anyone? If you back a page or two there’s a few posts, she’s a 5’9 setter from Vancouver. 2022 so she’ll be here soon. Don’t think she will challenge Mel much but it will be good to have a backup instead of having to use Kilkelly there. From what others have said, her best quality is her hands and set location. She struggles a bit with arching too soon, and needs to get stronger. Obviously not very tall. She will be great depth! And will compete for a starting role after Shaff is gone - assuming we don’t get Stella or a top 24 setter recruit.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2021 22:15:57 GMT -5
Well Minnesota got a setter recruit. Chloe Ng from Canada. I know nothing. Anyone? If you back a page or two there’s a few posts, she’s a 5’9 setter from Vancouver. 2022 so she’ll be here soon. Don’t think she will challenge Mel much but it will be good to have a backup instead of having to use Kilkelly there. From what others have said, her best quality is her hands and set location. She struggles a bit with arching too soon, and needs to get stronger. Obviously not very tall. She will be great depth! And will compete for a starting role after Shaff is gone - assuming we don’t get Stella or a top 24 setter recruit. I saw Stella play a couple weeks ago, I will be devastated if we don’t get her. I can’t imagine she’d go elsewhere, but I also know nothing about her personally. She’s the real deal.
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Post by lovebugsm on Oct 6, 2021 22:20:41 GMT -5
If you back a page or two there’s a few posts, she’s a 5’9 setter from Vancouver. 2022 so she’ll be here soon. Don’t think she will challenge Mel much but it will be good to have a backup instead of having to use Kilkelly there. From what others have said, her best quality is her hands and set location. She struggles a bit with arching too soon, and needs to get stronger. Obviously not very tall. She will be great depth! And will compete for a starting role after Shaff is gone - assuming we don’t get Stella or a top 24 setter recruit. I saw Stella play a couple weeks ago, I will be devastated if we don’t get her. I can’t imagine she’d go elsewhere, but I also know nothing about her personally. She’s the real deal. I just can’t see Stella coming to all the games and then not committing here. Especially when there is going to be a setter opening.
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Post by gophsstudent on Oct 6, 2021 22:25:15 GMT -5
I really need to get down to a Wayzata game… looks like that’s where she plays?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2021 22:55:28 GMT -5
I really need to get down to a Wayzata game… looks like that’s where she plays? Yep! They are pretty far and away the best HS team in MN this year.
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Post by lovebugsm on Oct 6, 2021 23:00:56 GMT -5
Any idea what the 22 class will be ranked. I sure like that it’s a well rounded class.
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Post by gophsstudent on Oct 6, 2021 23:04:45 GMT -5
I really need to get down to a Wayzata game… looks like that’s where she plays? Yep! They are pretty far and away the best HS team in MN this year. Dang didn’t realize HS season is already (almost) over. Might have to wait til club. That would probably be more interesting anyways!
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Post by zero-rotation outside hitter on Oct 7, 2021 7:52:17 GMT -5
Definitely think she’ll challenge for a starting spot, especially if Wenaas can’t maintain her confidence and consistency. We all know Wenaas is an elite player, no one ever said she wasn’t. We still haven’t seen how Wucherer will fair with D1 competition, but i’m betting she’ll be much better than Wenaas was as a freshman. See this is the kind of thing that just seems so shortsighted to me (and I can get pretty down on this team don't get me wrong). Wenaas has the entire rest of this grueling B1G season to develop, all of spring season (maybe Wucherer arrives early on campus who knows). We cannot underestimate the value in all those reps both physically and mentally. I expect that Wucherer will have to be absolutely lights out as a hitter to displace Wenaas from a starting position, who btw adds superb floor defense, blocking and good passing. The big question to me is going to be what Hugh finds works better on the right: 1. Landfair (with Wenaas and Wucherer on the outside) 2. Crowl (with Landfair and Wenaas on the outside)
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Post by spikerthemovie on Oct 7, 2021 10:40:10 GMT -5
The other thing that constantly gets overlooked -- for understandable reasons -- is that the vast majority of work a team does is not in the matches we get to see. Crowl, for instance, already is hitting against some of the top blockers in the conference and blocking against some of the top hitters. In practice. Presumably, she's learning a ton in this (I assume) redshirt season, a season that will allow her to separate herself from the Wenaas/Landfair class by two years (assuming they don't stay for a fifth), rather than just one. Maybe she's cool with a utility role and then hopefully stepping in as a starter her junior and senior years? Maybe she's getting in some reps in the middle? Who knows? But we do know she's an important part of the team right now, even though we don't get to see it.
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Post by courtwatchers on Oct 7, 2021 10:45:10 GMT -5
1 - Outside of an injury and/or health reasons, has Hugh ever started a NON-STARTER from season to season?
2 - Outside of Rosado and Miyabe, has any other player from another country seen significant playing time in this program?
Just saying, with the above in mind, the lineup would look like the following:
S - Shaffmaster MB's Husemann and Rubright OH's - Wenass and Landfair Opp - Crowl or Glenn? L - CC DS - Kilkelly
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