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Post by cindra on May 6, 2020 19:04:45 GMT -5
I didn't like what I saw of Nuneviller at OH last year. Seemed like a lot of her attempts to terminate were really slow and floaty.
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Post by trojansc on May 6, 2020 19:19:55 GMT -5
Sorry, I didn't realize that non-conference scheduling was so easy I have no inside knowledge on what the Wazzu Coaches were attempting with the schedule. However, I was suggesting that a 10+% drop in year to year Win % for a collection of 12 different teams is unusual. I would expect some teams to improve and others to get worse, but the average win % should be similar. The mathematicians on this forum could probably calculate what a typical range of win % should be expected. Wazzu typically plays one non-con weekend at home (which is what they did in 2019). I see that USC also only played one weekend at home. Are you suggesting that Wazzu Athletics has so much money that they should be paying more teams to come to the Palouse? I apologize for not realizing that teams like Dayton, VCU, and American are waiting for a call from Wazzu to schedule a match (sarcasm alert!). You seem to be suggesting that it is easy to pick and choose non-con opponents. That may be true for California teams like USC, but I don't think it's true for a team in a remote corner of Washington. Last summer, I seem to remember posters on this forum complaining about teams that had backed out of playing in their favorite teams tournament. Should coaches be criticized when a tournament host adds a low RPI team to their tournament?
I never said non-conference scheduling was easy. I think Cal is a great example of this (and what I was trying to say Washington State should have scheduled like). Cal got screwed! Their 2019 opponents really took a hit in Win% and thus it looked like a much weaker schedule than it actually was. They went to a perennial top mid major and won in the non-conference (at Colorado State) My post was in no way suggesting that Wazzu stay at home. It said if they were willing to travel 3 of 4 weeks, they could have made better choices. As in, it’s easier to get added to better tournaments when you’re willing to travel. Wazzu was a Top 16 RPi and seeded team in 2018. Plenty of Top 25-50-75 2019 teams would have welcomed them into their gyms. As for talking about criticizing coaches for adding low RPI teams, it shouldn’t really matter. As for when it comes to backing out, that’s political and debatable. I don’t really have answers for that. I’ve made my point that it was a poor schedule to give a team a chance at the postseason, very weak opponents. They deliberately chose to avoid a T50 team in the non-conference. I can’t see how say one or two losses in the non-con to good quality teams would be detrimental to their development even if the coaches expectations were very low for the season.
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Post by jengal on May 6, 2020 20:42:38 GMT -5
I didn't like what I saw of Nuneviller at OH last year. Seemed like a lot of her attempts to terminate were really slow and floaty. Some of that was inconsistent setting. The argument for keeping Brooke at OH is that you get her and Murphy passing in every rotation. That’s a really strong back row. She should play OH2 next year with Borup back.
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Post by c4ndlelight on May 6, 2020 21:26:52 GMT -5
I didn't like what I saw of Nuneviller at OH last year. Seemed like a lot of her attempts to terminate were really slow and floaty. Some of that was inconsistent setting. The argument for keeping Brooke at OH is that you get her and Murphy passing in every rotation. That’s a really strong back row. She should play OH2 next year with Borup back. Brooke's skills easily make her an elite L2. She had to take too much of the offensive load last year (while still passing half the court much of the time) and she never got into a rhythm with the setters, which made the offensive numbers not so nice last year. The ankle injury didn't help either. Not guaranteeing that will change (and Oregon's gotta do work and get healthy for that to happen) but she's a baller and very valuable at that position regardless of what's happening around her.
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Post by bigfan on May 6, 2020 21:40:59 GMT -5
I didn't like what I saw of Nuneviller at OH last year. She is a great player..........not her fault with injuries and Hawaii migration of players.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2020 22:17:59 GMT -5
I didn't like what I saw of Nuneviller at OH last year. She is a great player..........not her fault with injuries and Hawaii migration of players. Agree. If Brooke had an elite OH1 (May, Drews, Eggleston etc) she'd be one of the best at her position in the country. People faulting her because she doesn't have the ability to carry the offensive production of a top tier team are forgetting that it's her versatility which make her valuable. I don't think Borup is good enough offensively to significantly elevate that program but I hope I'm wrong. I'd love to see Brooke as Robin to a very terminal Batman.
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Post by Longhorn20 on May 7, 2020 0:12:05 GMT -5
She is a great player..........not her fault with injuries and Hawaii migration of players. Agree. If Brooke had an elite OH1 (May, Drews, Eggleston etc) she'd be one of the best at her position in the country. People faulting her because she doesn't have the ability to carry the offensive production of a top tier team are forgetting that it's her versatility which make her valuable. I don't think Borup is good enough offensively to significantly elevate that program but I hope I'm wrong. I'd love to see Brooke as Robin to a very terminal Batman. You know, she could just transfer and actually be with Eggleston. We’d love to have a gamer like Nuneviller on the 40 acres😎😏
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Post by Longhorn20 on May 7, 2020 0:12:05 GMT -5
She is a great player..........not her fault with injuries and Hawaii migration of players. Agree. If Brooke had an elite OH1 (May, Drews, Eggleston etc) she'd be one of the best at her position in the country. People faulting her because she doesn't have the ability to carry the offensive production of a top tier team are forgetting that it's her versatility which make her valuable. I don't think Borup is good enough offensively to significantly elevate that program but I hope I'm wrong. I'd love to see Brooke as Robin to a very terminal Batman. You know, she could just transfer and actually be with Eggleston. We’d love to have a gamer like Nuneviller on the 40 acres😎😏
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2020 0:31:19 GMT -5
Agree. If Brooke had an elite OH1 (May, Drews, Eggleston etc) she'd be one of the best at her position in the country. People faulting her because she doesn't have the ability to carry the offensive production of a top tier team are forgetting that it's her versatility which make her valuable. I don't think Borup is good enough offensively to significantly elevate that program but I hope I'm wrong. I'd love to see Brooke as Robin to a very terminal Batman. You know, she could just transfer and actually be with Eggleston. We’d love to have a gamer like Nuneviller on the 40 acres😎😏 I'm pretty sure you guys are gonna be set with Williams. She's a baller.
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Post by zuzu1227 on May 7, 2020 10:52:29 GMT -5
USC will be better this year even without Lanier. They return Botkin and Owes in the pins, a veteran setter, and an unknown but very good middle in Aleks Gryka, If Candice Denny returns to her old form, she could be a monster of MIDDLE OR OPPOSITE. Libero is still questionable..The upside is they dont have that stupid coach anymore..
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Post by cbrown1709 on May 7, 2020 16:07:54 GMT -5
You know, she could just transfer and actually be with Eggleston. We’d love to have a gamer like Nuneviller on the 40 acres😎😏 I'm pretty sure you guys are gonna be set with Williams. She's a baller. Williams is no where near the passer that Nuneviller is. Brooke was light years ahead of Williams even when comparing at similar ages.
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Post by blastingsand on May 7, 2020 18:14:09 GMT -5
Unpopular opinion: Nuneviller should move back as the libero
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Post by bruinsgold on May 7, 2020 18:26:06 GMT -5
Unpopular opinion: Nuneviller should move back as the libero Naaaaah that's actually been a fairly voiced opinion for a while. Whether in the Oregon Trail thread or match threads, someone says it at least once.
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Post by mikegarrison on May 7, 2020 18:33:22 GMT -5
Unpopular opinion: Nuneviller should move back as the libero Naaaaah that's actually been a fairly voiced opinion for a while. Whether in the Oregon Trail thread or match threads, someone says it at least once. Yes, it's a popular opinion here. It's apparently an unpopular opinion among those who matter, namely Nuneviller and her coaching staff.
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Post by cindra on May 7, 2020 19:12:10 GMT -5
I was certainly chirping that during the Pitt-Oregon match.
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