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Post by vbkahuna on Apr 1, 2021 8:23:49 GMT -5
Congrats to tOSU for your outstanding year. Definitely the surprise team not just in the B1G but in the country IMHO. Well, if you don't count Stanford as the biggest surprise...for other reasons. Also confirms the belief that if you want an outstanding team, find or develop an outstanding setter (which also accounts for the emerging transformation of Rutgers this year).
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Post by b1ghusker on Apr 3, 2021 2:10:24 GMT -5
I think Jen has done a really phenomenal job this year especially given how COVID has impacted everything, but isn’t the roster mainly Carlston’s recruits? Could he have coached the team to the same record?
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Post by ay2013 on Apr 3, 2021 2:13:00 GMT -5
I think Jen has done a really phenomenal job this year especially given how COVID has impacted everything, but isn’t the roster mainly Carlston’s recruits? Could he have coached the team to the same record? Well, half the starting lineup are freshmen, so it’s not the same team, but OSU certainly had enough talent to not have losing records for 3 straight seasons. |
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Post by bucky415 on Apr 3, 2021 2:24:31 GMT -5
I think Jen has done a really phenomenal job this year especially given how COVID has impacted everything, but isn’t the roster mainly Carlston’s recruits? Could he have coached the team to the same record? Maybe, but give credit where it is due in this really weird season. Carlston had a mostly successful tenure at Quick Hook U, and I am glad they didn't advance further in 2014 and 2016. |
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Post by Brutus Buckeye on Apr 5, 2021 20:21:33 GMT -5
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Post by midwestbeachbum on Apr 5, 2021 20:49:16 GMT -5
I think Jen has done a really phenomenal job this year especially given how COVID has impacted everything, but isn’t the roster mainly Carlston’s recruits? Could he have coached the team to the same record? I think anybody who knows anything about OSU would agree to this... Would he coach the team to the same record... highly unlikely |
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Post by cbusvball on Apr 18, 2021 22:14:24 GMT -5
Pain. Should have at least played our usual 5-setter.
Questions for fall season, in order of importance
1. Who is MB2 for Witte, who is for sure moving on? Probably Reilly MacNeill but Adria Powell was a starting MB against Maryland and the 1st Michigan State match
2. Can we get 2 consistent (or even 1) OH? All 4 (Gonzales, Moore, Grunze, Bukilic) have had their moments in their career, but all have also struggled and been pulled multiple times by Geoff and Jen.
3. Who replaces Hannah at DS, assuming she moves on? Probably Morbitzer who played some matches as DS to give Londot a rest.
4. How many reps can Podraza get up to Londot so that set becomes automatic and a real weapon for next year?
5. Will people get their vaccine so I can watch in person? Please people!
Final four is in Columbus next year and with some improvement in consistency and someone stepping up on the outside, this team has a real chance to make it. Once again, please get your vaccines so I can watch volleyball in person.
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Post by huskervolleyball on Apr 18, 2021 22:16:41 GMT -5
Y'all had a wonderful season. Londot is so much fun to watch. Idk the seniors or if they're coming back but it's a pretty young team. Will be rooting for y'all except when y'all are playing us. Especially when y'all are in Lincoln. LOL.
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Post by mnsports255 on Apr 18, 2021 22:45:29 GMT -5
Pain. Should have at least played our usual 5-setter. Questions for fall season, in order of importance 3. Who replaces Hannah at DS, assuming she moves on? Probably Morbitzer who played some matches as DS to give Londot a rest. This answer is easy: Sydney Taylor. She's an absolute stud! |
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Post by Brutus Buckeye on Apr 18, 2021 22:48:37 GMT -5
Who are the incoming recruits?
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Post by mnsports255 on Apr 18, 2021 22:53:45 GMT -5
Who are the incoming recruits? I believe Taylor, Sarah White, and Arica Davis. All top 50 recruits. Davis is a middle/RS and Sarah is a really nice gritty setter. |
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Post by cbusvball on Apr 18, 2021 22:57:32 GMT -5
Who are the incoming recruits? I don't really follow recruiting, but I wouldn't expect any of them to play a significant role next season based on ranking and position. Seems more like the setter after Mac graduates, a 3rd option DS and a project at MB based on recruiting ratings. I would bet more on an unexpected transfer making an impact for OSU in the fall than any of these recruits, but I also said Vanja wouldn't really play this year after her sophomore year, so who knows. |
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Post by mnsports255 on Apr 18, 2021 23:24:43 GMT -5
Who are the incoming recruits? I don't really follow recruiting, but I wouldn't expect any of them to play a significant role next season based on ranking and position. Seems more like the setter after Mac graduates, a 3rd option DS and a project at MB based on recruiting ratings. I would bet more on an unexpected transfer making an impact for OSU in the fall than any of these recruits, but I also said Vanja wouldn't really play this year after her sophomore year, so who knows. You're kidding about Syd Taylor, right?? She's easily the first DS next year and would be the Libero from Day 1 if Murr wasn't already a stud with 2 years experience at the position. The floor defense is in GREAT hands. |
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Post by cbusvball on Apr 18, 2021 23:36:44 GMT -5
ohiostatebuckeyes.com/oldenburg-inks-trio-for-2021-season/I don't really follow recruiting, but I wouldn't expect any of them to play a significant role next season based on ranking and position. Seems more like the setter after Mac graduates, a 3rd option DS and a project at MB based on recruiting ratings. I would bet more on an unexpected transfer making an impact for OSU in the fall than any of these recruits, but I also said Vanja wouldn't really play this year after her sophomore year, so who knows. You're kidding about Syd Taylor, right?? She's easily the first DS next year and would be the Libero from Day 1 if Murr wasn't already a stud with 2 years experience at the position. The floor defense is in GREAT hands. I'll admit to ignorance about her. I remember seeing a bunch of hype around Murr and that she would replace Hannah as L, but haven't seen the same about Taylor. When I said 3rd DS I meant the 3rd of the defensive players, including the libero position, so she would be the equivalent of Morbitzer this year. Do you think she steps in immediately for Hannah and play a full rotation in the back for one of the OH? |
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Post by joplin on Apr 19, 2021 7:27:06 GMT -5
In a match like this every small thing matters.
I have been critical of OSU since the beginning of the season. I did not think they were a very disciplined offensive team, I believed they were a poor blocking team, and they have both setter and non-setter problems especially in transition.
Last night they committed 35 hitting errors and hit .123, were not well-prepared blocking or defending Florida’s backrow attack or overload playsets. I believed I heard one of the OSU coaches calling out downball?
They will have the exact same problems next year defensively if they do not improve their defensive speed. They play all six rotations with two slow edge blockers and 1 slower edge defender in the rightback. When teams figure out how to take advantage of this transition points will be hard to come by.
Their defense against Carlton made zero sense especially since she only hit two balls towards the right sideline. Who on staff said “hey she’s only hitting .160 and we can help Podraza who’s struggling with her accuracy get to the net faster to help her with her transition setting.”
Or, who on staff, said “hey they just scored five break points in a row when we were in rotation 1, let’s not start the third set in the same rotation.” Or who on staff said “let’s change the arrangement and have Bukulic hit and block on the right and Londot hit and play on the left?” It did not look (the whole year) like they had this rotation fully worked out in case they couldn’t score. They have run the same two playsets all year and Florida, and for that fact Purdue knew and took advantage.
The reason why it looks like Londot does not have any rhythm and cannot hit with full power running a slide in rotation 1 is because when the ball is served to Zone 5 she takes steps out of bounds to her left before she starts moving to her right. She’s moving the opposite direction adding more steps to the longest part of the court, why add more steps? Seems to me an important detail given she’s your most important scorer.
I would say that Podraza isn’t the most effortless mover, with that being said, more than a handful of times when Mckissock was serving against OSU’s rotation 2 towards zone 1 Podraza turned her back on the serve, for setters that have trouble tracking the pass from this area of the court, or do not have efficient footwork this is a disadvantage. It matters.
I’m also curious about who was calling serves? Monserez from the onset struggled with her accuracy especially to the left pin, but OSU served almost 70 balls into zone 5 and 6?
Did anyone on the staff recommend a serving and defensive substitution for Witte to defend the setter dump or tip or better coverage in rotation 3? Did they have one prepared? Maybe Moore? Or maybe Have Gruensfelder play leftback? Just spitballing.
I’m curious about how much discussion OSU had about their coverage system given Florida’s season blocking numbers? Simply running or crashing to cover a hitter likely means they were no preparations made for transition after a covered ball.
The announcers were correct, Oldenburg coaches exactly how she played, high emotion. If she used the “us against the world, or no one believes in us” card , to her credit, the team bought in, but the team needed a coach (coaches)to make strategic adjustments not emotional pleas. Overly emotional teams don’t generally fare well in high level competition, the 4th set was a good example of this.
I said I would reserve judgment on the teams quality after the stretch between Minnesota and Purdue. OSU finished with a 4-4 record against teams with a winning record including losing three of the last four.
They were never a top 10 team given their strength of schedule, but certainly a top 20-25 team.
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