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Post by gopherhim on Dec 6, 2021 17:48:28 GMT -5
Here’s the roster for next year. I don’t think I missed anyone. You’d think there wouldn’t be scholarships left to offer, no? I don’t even want to think about anyone transferring and freeing up a scholarship. Stay! With Booth coming in and Wolf still not having had a chance to prove herself, is a MB transfer realistic?
Super senior: McGraw Wucherer
Senior: Husemann Kilkelly Rubright
Junior: Landfair Shaffmaster Wenaas
Sophomore: Crowl Glenn Gray Wolf
Freshman: Booth Hanson Ng Wucherer
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Post by B1Gminnesotafan on Dec 6, 2021 17:53:31 GMT -5
Here’s the roster for next year. I don’t think I missed anyone. You’d think there wouldn’t be scholarships left to offer, no? I don’t even want to think about anyone transferring and freeing up a scholarship. Stay! With Booth coming in and Wolf still not having had a chance to prove herself, is a MB transfer realistic? Super senior: McGraw Wucherer Senior: Husemann Kilkelly Rubright Junior: Landfair Shaffmaster Wenaas Sophomore: Crowl Glenn Gray Wolf Freshman: Booth Hanson Ng Wucherer Your right that we probably don't have a scholarship left with 5 people coming in. In fact one of those probably has to walk on. I think people are just talking, when there isn't much to talk about.
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Post by courtwatchers on Dec 6, 2021 17:56:35 GMT -5
Glenn showed a lot of potential at the scrimmage and so many of us were very happy to see that. Lately, when the camera goes to the Gopher bench she appears looking down and not so much enthused about the present time.
Most of us are agreeing that we really want to see her play more and hope she decides to remain a Gopher next season. So, if Hugh went to the portal for an experienced DS/L that surely diminishes her and Gray's possible playing time even more.
Could this 5'10" lefty replace and/or add to that back row power we see from Samedy this season?
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Post by B1Gminnesotafan on Dec 6, 2021 18:16:52 GMT -5
Glenn showed a lot of potential at the scrimmage and so many of us were very happy to see that. Lately, when the camera goes to the Gopher bench she appears looking down and not so much enthused about the present time. Most of us are agreeing that we really want to see her play more and hope she decides to remain a Gopher next season. So, if Hugh went to the portal for an experienced DS/L that surely diminishes her and Gray's possible playing time even more. Could this 5'10" lefty replace and/or add to that back row power we see from Samedy this season? This is a good point. Also, if either on of those 5'9" setters has good defense they can be used as DS when needed. Bayley trained with the DS/Liberos all the time. So, we don't really need anyone.
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Post by BigDigEnergy on Dec 6, 2021 18:22:27 GMT -5
Here’s the roster for next year. I don’t think I missed anyone. You’d think there wouldn’t be scholarships left to offer, no? I don’t even want to think about anyone transferring and freeing up a scholarship. Stay! With Booth coming in and Wolf still not having had a chance to prove herself, is a MB transfer realistic? Super senior: McGraw Wucherer Senior: Husemann Kilkelly Rubright Junior: Landfair Shaffmaster Wenaas Sophomore: Crowl Glenn Gray Wolf Freshman: Booth Hanson Ng Wucherer Your right that we probably don't have a scholarship left with 5 people coming in. In fact one of those probably has to walk on. I think people are just talking, when there isn't much to talk about. If I have to guess, I would imagine it’s the senior Wucherer as the walk-on for the 2022 coming class.
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Post by mcmike on Dec 7, 2021 0:19:47 GMT -5
Does no one in the we-need-different-middles chorus understand that the Gophers use the back-row attack instead of middles because Samedy is such a force there (and, sometimes, Wenaas)? The Gophers capitalize on a huge strength that not a lot of teams have and I suspect if you were to add the number of middle attacks to how often the Gophers set the back row, you'd get a number way higher than pretty much anyone else. "Set the middles more" means "set the should-be national player of the year less" and it does not make sense. Is 6'7" Carter Booth not projected to start immediately? I can't/won't speak to adding the % of pipes & biqs to MB attacks. Has that threat kept opponent MBs from camping down on the left pin? NO! the offside blocker, unconcerned about a weak back slide attack comes to the middle and Miyabe & Wenaas face a wall. What HAS been working is Shaff's tempo increase AND, believe it or not, South Dakota and to a lesser extent, Stanford honoring the potential of middle quicks and gap sets. B1G opponents didn't and our hit% at the left pin over the season reflects this. I saw more block seams and 1 on 1s last weekend than in any B1G match I can recall. MN's better passing certainly helps. We'll find out in about 60 hours if Van der Mark & McGhee throttle the pins or honor the pipe/biq.
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Post by gophervbfan on Dec 7, 2021 0:37:31 GMT -5
Does no one in the we-need-different-middles chorus understand that the Gophers use the back-row attack instead of middles because Samedy is such a force there (and, sometimes, Wenaas)? The Gophers capitalize on a huge strength that not a lot of teams have and I suspect if you were to add the number of middle attacks to how often the Gophers set the back row, you'd get a number way higher than pretty much anyone else. "Set the middles more" means "set the should-be national player of the year less" and it does not make sense. Is 6'7" Carter Booth not projected to start immediately? I can't/won't speak to adding the % of pipes & biqs to MB attacks. Has that threat kept opponent MBs from camping down on the left pin? NO! the offside blocker, unconcerned about a weak back slide attack comes to the middle and Miyabe & Wenaas face a wall. What HAS been working is Shaff's tempo increase AND, believe it or not, South Dakota and to a lesser extent, Stanford honoring the potential of middle quicks and gap sets. B1G opponents didn't and our hit% at the left pin over the season reflects this. I saw more block seams and 1 on 1s last weekend than in any B1G match I can recall. MN's better passing certainly helps. We'll find out in about 60 hours if Van der Mark & McGhee throttle the pins or honor the pipe/biq. Carter Booth is a bit raw but reportedly has an extremely high "volleyball IQ". She will definitely be in the mix for a starting spot.
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Post by JT on Dec 7, 2021 0:54:34 GMT -5
I’d also rather see another DS to help fill the hole left by Appiani. I’d feel a lot better having 4 DSs and 3 setters (thank goodness we grabbed two more setters!). How big a roster do you expect us to have? You've got seven players, still have five positions (2 OH, 2 MB, 1 Opp) to fill, and presumably, you'll want some backups there as well. And... since you'll only have 8-9 of these players seeing the court, do you expect to have them stay as Gophers?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2021 4:12:40 GMT -5
Whatever happened to Appiani? Her IG bio now says “Wisco”. If we lost another libero to wisconsin I might pass away.
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Post by B1Gminnesotafan on Dec 7, 2021 8:21:31 GMT -5
Whatever happened to Appiani? Her IG bio now says “Wisco”. If we lost another libero to wisconsin I might pass away. Appiani decommitted shortly after Laney Choboy committed. Coincidence? I think not.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2021 8:38:57 GMT -5
Whatever happened to Appiani? Her IG bio now says “Wisco”. If we lost another libero to wisconsin I might pass away. Appiani decommitted shortly after Laney Choboy committed. Coincidence? I think not. I get kind of seeing the writing on the wall, but you’re gonna have to compete for a starting spot on any team at this level. Maybe it just wasn’t as good a fit as she initially thought
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Post by B1Gminnesotafan on Dec 7, 2021 8:42:24 GMT -5
Appiani decommitted shortly after Laney Choboy committed. Coincidence? I think not. I get kind of seeing the writing on the wall, but you’re gonna have to compete for a starting spot on any team at this level. Maybe it just wasn’t as good a fit as she initially thought Ok, ok, ok, we'll go with that.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2021 8:50:40 GMT -5
I get kind of seeing the writing on the wall, but you’re gonna have to compete for a starting spot on any team at this level. Maybe it just wasn’t as good a fit as she initially thought Ok, ok, ok, we'll go with that. Appiani was a 2020 commit, Choboy committed on 6/27/2021. Pretty sure she attended MN for at least one semester, just didn’t play volleyball (she had MN in her IG bio through fall 2020).
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Post by BigDigEnergy on Dec 7, 2021 9:00:11 GMT -5
Whatever happened to Appiani? Her IG bio now says “Wisco”. If we lost another libero to wisconsin I might pass away. Appiani decommitted shortly after Laney Choboy committed. Coincidence? I think not. I think you meant Mandi Morioka? She decommitted from the Gophers right after Choboy committed and just signed with Penn State recently. But I agree with the Wisconsin's libero transfer thing. Cannot Wisco recruit a freshman libero? It seems odd.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2021 9:35:54 GMT -5
Gophers use the back-row attack instead of middles because Samedy is such a force there (and, sometimes, Wenaas)? So this holds the opposing middle blockers honest, instead of allowing them to cheat to the pins, the same way? Nope.
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