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Post by radioactiveman on Sept 8, 2019 7:25:43 GMT -5
This match showed why Callie is still starting ahead of Zuhn. Zuhn definitely hits a heavier ball but is consistently out of position when it comes to blocking. She needs to work on her reads and moving her feet quicker. While offense from the middle is great, the first priority of the middle blocker should be, you know, blocking.
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Post by vbkahuna on Sept 8, 2019 7:30:31 GMT -5
This has been the week from hell for the B1G. Nebraska has at least managed to keep winning despite some un-Nebraska-like play. Be grateful. By contrast, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois all looked like someone stole their uniforms and had impersonators playing for them.
The assumption that all these teams that had such a great, dominating season last year would just automatically keep dominating, even with multiple freshmen coming in and some great, once-in-a-generation type players gone (Foecke and Maloney in your case, SSS at Minny, and Poulter and Bastianelli at Illinois) is obviously mistaken. Everyone, including Nebraska, has to re-earn their reputation and ranking every year.
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Post by jwvolley on Sept 8, 2019 7:46:38 GMT -5
This match showed why Callie is still starting ahead of Zuhn. Zuhn definitely hits a heavier ball but is consistently out of position when it comes to blocking. She needs to work on her reads and moving her feet quicker. While offense from the middle is great, the first priority of the middle blocker should be, you know, blocking. That comparison is not fair. We've seen an entire year + 4 matches of Callie's offense. We've seen one match of Zuhn blocking. And not for nothing but Callie makes plenty of mistakes in the blocking department as well. Our pins were often having to block one on one last night during her rotations. I see a lot more upside in Zuhn. But I'm happy Callie took some initiative and put the ball down late in the match for that important kill in the 5th.
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Post by HuskerPower1 on Sept 8, 2019 7:47:06 GMT -5
This match showed why Callie is still starting ahead of Zuhn. Zuhn definitely hits a heavier ball but is consistently out of position when it comes to blocking. She needs to work on her reads and moving her feet quicker. While offense from the middle is great, the first priority of the middle blocker should be, you know, blocking. Zuhn will improve a lot more than Schwarzenbach will since she just joined the team 3 months ago. Zuhn is not used to the speed of college volleyball yet
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Post by radioactiveman on Sept 8, 2019 7:53:05 GMT -5
Not saying Zuhn won’t improve. I’m saying the calls for Zuhn to take Callie’s place are premature. Right now no way Zuhn should be taking Callie’s place despite Callie’s offensive limitations. Callie’s defense is far ahead of Zuhns at the moment. SD went straight at Zuhn multiple times and she was nowhere near the block.
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Post by jwvolley on Sept 8, 2019 7:57:38 GMT -5
Not saying Zuhn won’t improve. I’m saying the calls for Zuhn to take Callie’s place are premature. Right now no way Zuhn should be taking Callie’s place despite Callie’s offensive limitations. Callie’s defense is far ahead of Zuhns at the moment. SD went straight at Zuhn multiple times and she was nowhere near the block. Their block also went straight at our pins because M2 was nowhere to be found, making their job more difficult. Works both ways. Zuhn needs time and reps to adjust as a blocker. Time and reps haven't done much for Callie's hitting. That being said, Hames aint helping.
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Post by radioactiveman on Sept 8, 2019 8:04:23 GMT -5
Callie just doesn't seem strong at all. She's rail thin and carries herself that way. It's not just her build. For example, Lexi is slight, but I don't ever get the feeling of her being weak like I do when I see Callie. I'm not sure what it is. That being said, it took Stivrens 2 years in the program before she became the force that she is. Everything about her became stronger after that 2nd year. Hoping that Callie can make a similar leap.
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Post by des on Sept 8, 2019 8:08:00 GMT -5
Not saying Zuhn won’t improve. I’m saying the calls for Zuhn to take Callie’s place are premature. Right now no way Zuhn should be taking Callie’s place despite Callie’s offensive limitations. Callie’s defense is far ahead of Zuhns at the moment. SD went straight at Zuhn multiple times and she was nowhere near the block. Their block also went straight at our pins because M2 was nowhere to be found, making their job more difficult. Works both ways. Zuhn needs time and reps to adjust as a blocker. Time and reps haven't done much for Callie's hitting. That being said, Hames aint helping. The problem is I think they’re switching Zuhn to middle and pin during practice, it would take a much longer time for her to get used to blocking in the middle if she’s not practicing it constantly, and also, it was said here before that Zuhn is really good at the pins too.
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Post by huskervolleyball on Sept 8, 2019 8:09:29 GMT -5
Stivrins is better offensively during her RS-Freshman year than Callie. We can't have our M2 averaging under 2 kills per set. I'm hoping Callie can turn it around because her block is huge for us.
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Post by bball on Sept 8, 2019 8:25:37 GMT -5
This match definitely solidified a few things for us.
Cap>kubik
Knuckles tip cover and defensive line coverage needs work
Miller, serve receive targeting hurts us.
Callie (a.k.a sleeping beauty) needs steroids
Nebraska doesnt have enough terminal pins to win matches, unless we win the serve pass game.... We dont have texas pins. If we lose serve pass, like we did last night, our pins get exposed, hames gets exposed, middle offense disappears and the break down occurs.
This is how Wisconsin and Minn lost their matches. Serve pass is absolutely everything to win matches. When we lost serve pass last season we had foecke. Not anymore.
I think that was one of the toughest serve pass nights I've seen Nebraska have in awhile.
But, sun looks great. She plays much looser in practice like she did this match, she needs to overcome performance nerves in big matches.
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Post by des on Sept 8, 2019 9:25:52 GMT -5
This match definitely solidified a few things for us. Cap>kubik Knuckles tip cover and defensive line coverage needs work Miller, serve receive targeting hurts us. Callie (a.k.a sleeping beauty) needs steroids Nebraska doesnt have enough terminal pins to win matches, unless we win the serve pass game.... We dont have texas pins. If we lose serve pass, like we did last night, our pins get exposed, hames gets exposed, middle offense disappears and the break down occurs. This is how Wisconsin and Minn lost their matches. Serve pass is absolutely everything to win matches. When we lost serve pass last season we had foecke. Not anymore. I think that was one of the toughest serve pass nights I've seen Nebraska have in awhile. But, sun looks great. She plays much looser in practice like she did this match, she needs to overcome performance nerves in big matches. That last hit of Sun from match point is money, she’s getting her groove and it’s fun to watch. I hope she, along with the team, continues to improve. And Hames needs to improve a lot, since there’s no Foecke to bail out Nebraska even on an iffy set.
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Post by huskerjen on Sept 8, 2019 10:18:43 GMT -5
This match definitely solidified a few things for us. Cap>kubik Knuckles tip cover and defensive line coverage needs work Miller, serve receive targeting hurts us. Callie (a.k.a sleeping beauty) needs steroids Nebraska doesnt have enough terminal pins to win matches, unless we win the serve pass game.... We dont have texas pins. If we lose serve pass, like we did last night, our pins get exposed, hames gets exposed, middle offense disappears and the break down occurs. This is how Wisconsin and Minn lost their matches. Serve pass is absolutely everything to win matches. When we lost serve pass last season we had foecke. Not anymore. I think that was one of the toughest serve pass nights I've seen Nebraska have in awhile. But, sun looks great. She plays much looser in practice like she did this match, she needs to overcome performance nerves in big matches. That last hit of Sun from match point is money, she’s getting her groove and it’s fun to watch. I hope she, along with the team, continues to improve. And Hames needs to improve a lot, since there’s no Foecke to bail out Nebraska even on an iffy set. Not sure how you can assess Hames' play last night since she was running a marathon with the atrocious passing. I actually give her credit for not openly calling out the passers. They were horrendous. The fact they still won the match is a credit to their fortitude, but it was still a mess.
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Post by plm on Sept 8, 2019 10:42:39 GMT -5
That last hit of Sun from match point is money, she’s getting her groove and it’s fun to watch. I hope she, along with the team, continues to improve. And Hames needs to improve a lot, since there’s no Foecke to bail out Nebraska even on an iffy set. Not sure how you can assess Hames' play last night since she was running a marathon with the atrocious passing. I actually give her credit for not openly calling out the passers. They were horrendous. The fact they still won the match is a credit to their fortitude, but it was still a mess. Agreewith you 100%!
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Post by radioactiveman on Sept 8, 2019 11:03:36 GMT -5
Not sure how you can assess Hames' play last night since she was running a marathon with the atrocious passing. I actually give her credit for not openly calling out the passers. They were horrendous. The fact they still won the match is a credit to their fortitude, but it was still a mess. Agreewith you 100%! Completely agree. That was some of the worst serve receive/passing I’ve seen from the Huskers in a long time. It was strange to watch because it didn’t look like SD was serve particularly tough. Hames was on the run a lot.
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Post by ilikecorn on Sept 8, 2019 11:31:27 GMT -5
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