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Post by g4lvolley on Nov 7, 2023 12:42:39 GMT -5
Is Whitney visiting from a source or just speculation because of the Instagram follows? It’s from a poster on the thread who claims to know. The follows came after the post, which would seem to be a sort of verification. That’s interesting. She did like two comments on her Instagram about coming to Texas and ignored everyone else’s comments. So this is confirmation that Texas is definitely her top choice. And I know she’s close with Kayla Caffey so I’m sure Kayla and Akana are very convincing for her. |
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Post by katn on Nov 7, 2023 12:55:00 GMT -5
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Post by slxpress on Nov 7, 2023 12:57:33 GMT -5
That’s such a huge switch in all kinds of ways. |
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Post by katn on Nov 7, 2023 13:01:36 GMT -5
I will never understand the Kahahawai over Byrd/Lauenstein. I was rooting for her so bad but idk if it’s just the lack of match play with Swindle or the connection but everytime she comes in for Jenna, she gets subbed right back out. Her best match was against Ohio State when she had 6 kills in one set and then didn’t have anymore kills after that. She played 3 sets against LMU and had 6 kills hitting .125, she played in 4 sets against Washington State and hit .111 with 6 kills. 3 sets against Kansas with 6 kills hitting .278%. And 3 sets against TCU with 7 kills hitting .190. She’s hitting .153% for the year. I do like the hype she brings from the bench and the fire. I think she is our current YBG. If Lauenstein doesn’t come then I’d like to see Byrd on the floor. My belief in Devin is based on what I've seen of the various players discussed along this subject:
1. Molly - 4 years as starter, 1 year as backup 2. Devin - 2 years as backup 3. Jenna - 3/4 season as starter 4. [mythical] Whitney - a few YouTube highlight videos 5. [to be redshirted] Jordyn - just warmups
I can't judge [mythical] Whitney, so I can only compare Devin against Molly, Jenna, and Jordyn And really, should I compare her against Molly since she'll be gone next year?
So it's: Devin vs. Jenna vs. Jordyn (warmups) vs. YouTube
JE always harps on "if you could see what we see in practice" as the reason he plays or holds back a player.
As a true freshmen, he saw enough of Devin in practice to give her "closing time" in games. But that goes both ways and not enough to give her starting time.
I go with what I've seen in game time as a Longhorn player - Devin.
it's also interesting because coming into pre-season training je said devin & jenna had made the most improvement |
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Post by hookem24 on Nov 7, 2023 13:04:43 GMT -5
That’s such a huge switch in all kinds of ways. Where was she before on PrepDig’s list? |
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Post by slxpress on Nov 7, 2023 13:09:02 GMT -5
That’s such a huge switch in all kinds of ways. Where was she before on PrepDig’s list? I don’t know. I know she was the top middle blocker. katn might know. |
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Post by Longhorn20 on Nov 7, 2023 13:10:45 GMT -5
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Post by USC✌🏼 on Nov 7, 2023 13:11:17 GMT -5
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Post by BadgerAce42 on Nov 7, 2023 13:14:35 GMT -5
She was #2 before. I don’t think the top 5 has changed.
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Post by katn on Nov 7, 2023 13:25:48 GMT -5
That’s such a huge switch in all kinds of ways. Where was she before on PrepDig’s list? you have to subscribe to prepdig (i'm not subscribed) but here's the top 5 #1 izzy starck #2 ayden ames #3 skyler pierce #4 charlie fuerbringer #5 emerson sellman |
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Post by badgerbadgerbadger on Nov 7, 2023 13:29:36 GMT -5
Where was she before on PrepDig’s list? you have to subscribe to prepdig (i'm not subscribed) but here's the top 5 #1 izzy starck #2 ayden ames #3 skyler pierce #4 charlie fuerbringer #5 emerson sellman That's the "before" list that they still have listed in a little blurb on their front page. If you click into the 2024 rankings page, it is now: 1. Izzy Starck 2. Charlie Fuerbringer 3. Ayden Ames 4. Skylar Pierce 5. Emerson Sellman |
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Post by katn on Nov 7, 2023 13:32:03 GMT -5
you have to subscribe to prepdig (i'm not subscribed) but here's the top 5 #1 izzy starck #2 ayden ames #3 skyler pierce #4 charlie fuerbringer #5 emerson sellman That's the "before" list that they still have listed in a little blurb on their front page. If you click into the 2024 rankings page, it is now: 1. Izzy Starck 2. Charlie Fuerbringer 3. Ayden Ames 4. Skylar Pierce 5. Emerson Sellman thanks, i didn't know...ames has it on her ig story...do you have the entire list? |
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Post by badgerbadgerbadger on Nov 7, 2023 13:35:07 GMT -5
That's the "before" list that they still have listed in a little blurb on their front page. If you click into the 2024 rankings page, it is now: 1. Izzy Starck 2. Charlie Fuerbringer 3. Ayden Ames 4. Skylar Pierce 5. Emerson Sellman thanks, i didn't know...ames has it on her ig story...do you have the entire list? 6. Lizzy Andrew 7. Carlie Cisneros 8. Stella Swenson 9. Alexis Haury 10. Ava Falduto 11. Julia Hunt 12. Alex Bower 13. Avery Jackson 14. Alec Rothe 15. Taylor Yu 16. Kaia Caffee 17. Jaela Auguste 18. Babi Gubbins 19. Hannah Benjamin 20. Lauryn Lambert |
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Post by stanfordvb on Nov 7, 2023 13:35:24 GMT -5
My belief in Devin is based on what I've seen of the various players discussed along this subject:
1. Molly - 4 years as starter, 1 year as backup 2. Devin - 2 years as backup 3. Jenna - 3/4 season as starter 4. [mythical] Whitney - a few YouTube highlight videos 5. [to be redshirted] Jordyn - just warmups
I can't judge [mythical] Whitney, so I can only compare Devin against Molly, Jenna, and Jordyn And really, should I compare her against Molly since she'll be gone next year?
So it's: Devin vs. Jenna vs. Jordyn (warmups) vs. YouTube
JE always harps on "if you could see what we see in practice" as the reason he plays or holds back a player.
As a true freshmen, he saw enough of Devin in practice to give her "closing time" in games. But that goes both ways and not enough to give her starting time.
I go with what I've seen in game time as a Longhorn player - Devin.
it's also interesting because coming into pre-season training je said devin & jenna had made the most improvement sometimes coaches just talk to talk. wenaas has very slightly improved her offensive production and her passing has declined quite a bit since she was at Minnesota. honestly, id prefer her level of play at Minnesota than what she's doing at texas. Same way John cook was saying Orr made these massive strides and was neck and neck with bergen in the spring - that just wasn't true |
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Post by slxpress on Nov 7, 2023 13:45:46 GMT -5
it's also interesting because coming into pre-season training je said devin & jenna had made the most improvement sometimes coaches just talk to talk. wenaas has very slightly improved her offensive production and her passing has declined since she was at Minnesota. honestly, id prefer her play with Minnesota than what she's doing at texas. Same way cook was saying Orr made these massive strides and was neck and neck with bergen in the spring - that just wasn't true I never buy those kinds of comments as being meant literally. Elliott is constantly pushing public praise about players that’s meant to hype them up as much anything. It’s not a bad thing. Far from it. But it’s not the gospel truth, that’s for sure. While Wenaas’s passing has gone down, I do think at least some of it - in fact, IMO a large part of it - is due to how limited her playing time is compared to Minnesota. Most of the time she’s only playing 3 rotations - sometimes 4. She had a bigger role in serve receive than she does at Texas. It doesn’t make you wrong, but it’s also not an apples to apples comparison. I liked how she was used at Minnesota better, too, but I always had significant questions as to whether Texas was going to use her in a similar way, which always made me less of a fan of bringing her onboard in the first place. |
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