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Post by moondog4444 on Dec 13, 2023 11:03:05 GMT -5
Recovering from a Ruptured Achilles ? her freshman year. she played some last season and then played more this season. Same height as Chiaka Ogbogu - if she can get up in the air like Chiaka can, guess that will work
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Post by hornfanaustin on Dec 13, 2023 11:13:47 GMT -5
I was thinking this was all sorta a "shotgun" approach to following. But she is the new recruiting coordinator. And she's been told by JE what we need to be on the lookout for. So this is the standard "hey, how's it going" introduction to each other.
In football, all these transfers were "for sure" going to end up at Texas. Now the story coming out is "Texas has cooled on them....."
It's just that previous years, under previous recruiting coordinators, once we said "Howdy" on social media that was a sign it was "in the bag".
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Post by USC✌🏼 on Dec 13, 2023 11:27:27 GMT -5
I see Launstein following product account
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Post by hookem1 on Dec 13, 2023 11:30:54 GMT -5
Agree. It’s best to make some initial contact and show some level of interest early on, even if its just in case you want to make a push later. What if one of our out of state players decided to transfer unexpectedly to be closer to home? It would be much easier to push harder for a recruit you’ve already contacted than to suddenly try to jump in late and begin reaching out after players have already built relationships with other schools. Covering your bases is the way to go.
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Post by eyeroll2021 on Dec 13, 2023 12:03:11 GMT -5
I was thinking this was all sorta a "shotgun" approach to following. But she is the new recruiting coordinator. And she's been told by JE what we need to be on the lookout for. So this is the standard "hey, how's it going" introduction to each other.
In football, all these transfers were "for sure" going to end up at Texas. Now the story coming out is "Texas has cooled on them....."
It's just that previous years, under previous recruiting coordinators, once we said "Howdy" on social media that was a sign it was "in the bag".
I think it just means she's more active on social media. Totally possible that Dave and Erik before him made just as many contacts, but it wasn't via Insta
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Post by hornfanaustin on Dec 13, 2023 12:15:07 GMT -5
I was thinking this was all sorta a "shotgun" approach to following. But she is the new recruiting coordinator. And she's been told by JE what we need to be on the lookout for. So this is the standard "hey, how's it going" introduction to each other.
In football, all these transfers were "for sure" going to end up at Texas. Now the story coming out is "Texas has cooled on them....." It's just that previous years, under previous recruiting coordinators, once we said "Howdy" on social media that was a sign it was "in the bag".
I think it just means she's more active on social media. Totally possible that Dave and Erik before him made just as many contacts, but it wasn't via Insta
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Post by katn on Dec 13, 2023 12:18:40 GMT -5
her freshman year. she played some last season and then played more this season. Same height as Chiaka Ogbogu - if she can get up in the air like Chiaka can, guess that will work bye
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Post by basil on Dec 13, 2023 12:55:36 GMT -5
I see Launstein following product account which account?
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Post by USC✌🏼 on Dec 13, 2023 13:35:18 GMT -5
I see Launstein following product account which account? Sorry lol TIY account
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Post by asdf27 on Dec 13, 2023 14:45:48 GMT -5
Do we think Carlson is for sure coming to Texas? It was mentioned that she was following a TCU assistant and I could see her to TCU as a possibility because her and Bramschreiber are old teammates
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Post by hookem1 on Dec 13, 2023 15:08:46 GMT -5
Do we think Carlson is for sure coming to Texas? It was mentioned that she was following a TCU assistant and I could see her to TCU as a possibility because her and Bramschreiber are old teammates Definitely not for sure, there’s some level of interest but nothing close to a commitment! I think TCU would make a lot more sense than Texas frankly. Especially if she’s prioritizing the best path to the court, having a familiar coach, being closer to home and/or staying at a faith based institution.
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Post by saxetvolley on Dec 13, 2023 20:33:11 GMT -5
I doubt she’d end up at Texas, but I’d pick Carlson over Swindle any day! Swindle has the physicality but I think her weakness is she lacks natural athleticism setters have. She’s not as quick on her feet and her sets aren’t as quick, smooth, and clean that elite setters have. Swindle is still great, but there are ton of setters that can run a more fluid offense than her, and Carlson is one of them.
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Post by slxpress on Dec 13, 2023 20:54:56 GMT -5
I like Swindle. I think she’ll improve and do just fine. I’d choose her over Carlson.
I’d be dreading going against Stanford or Wisconsin with Carlson as the starting setter in ways I don’t with Swindle.
She’s connected with O’Neal and Skinner adequately. I realize they are otherworldly athletes but Texas is one of the places where that’s the expectation. Arguably the biggest place where that’s the expectation. I value her physicality more than others do, seemingly.
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Post by asdf27 on Dec 13, 2023 21:04:44 GMT -5
I doubt she’d end up at Texas, but I’d pick Carlson over Swindle any day! Swindle has the physicality but I think her weakness is she lacks natural athleticism setters have. She’s not as quick on her feet and her sets aren’t as quick, smooth, and clean that elite setters have. Swindle is still great, but there are ton of setters that can run a more fluid offense than her, and Carlson is one of them. IMO I don’t think Texas needs the “flashiest” setter bc of the hitters that we recruit. Our pins and middles more often that not are able to adjust to iffy sets and go OTT so I think that as long as swindle can be consistent and as we have seen this year already she’s improving a lot I think that she’ll get the respect she deserves in the future
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Post by saxetvolley on Dec 13, 2023 21:35:19 GMT -5
I doubt she’d end up at Texas, but I’d pick Carlson over Swindle any day! Swindle has the physicality but I think her weakness is she lacks natural athleticism setters have. She’s not as quick on her feet and her sets aren’t as quick, smooth, and clean that elite setters have. Swindle is still great, but there are ton of setters that can run a more fluid offense than her, and Carlson is one of them. IMO I don’t think Texas needs the “flashiest” setter bc of the hitters that we recruit. Our pins and middles more often that not are able to adjust to iffy sets and go OTT so I think that as long as swindle can be consistent and as we have seen this year already she’s improving a lot I think that she’ll get the respect she deserves in the future I think that’s one of the biggest issues we’ve had over the years that’s made it difficult for Texas to win the natty — we just don’t have a high caliber setter. Collins, Gabriel, Shook, and now Swindle just aren’t elite setters. I’d probably bucket SKT with them as well, but luckily SKT had Eggleston, Skinner, Fleck, O’Neal, and Caffey that helped us get that title. All great setters in their own way, but I think wouldn’t say they had the full package of a 1st team AA setter.
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