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Post by 405LAX on Jul 29, 2020 23:32:55 GMT -5
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Post by JB Southpaw on Jul 30, 2020 6:19:23 GMT -5
All the semis should be pretty good except who ever Slick/Allen play.
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Post by guest2 on Jul 30, 2020 6:28:41 GMT -5
I think both Priddy/Lee and Bomgren/Field will make some noise this week and I expect, although im betting against, Tim/Troy to finally get in.
If Priddy/Lee cant get by Loomis/Partain they should split up. Lee's biggest issue is passing but a close second is how predictable his swing is, which is much more of an issue against quality blockers, which neither of that team are.
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Post by txbvb on Jul 30, 2020 8:45:34 GMT -5
Tough draw for Beranek/Benesh if Drost and Doherty decide to finally show up. I know it's a big if...
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Post by guest2 on Jul 30, 2020 9:14:49 GMT -5
Tough draw for Beranek/Benesh if Drost and Doherty decide to finally show up. I know it's a big if... I wonder. Ryan has shown he cant deal with sets that move the hitter around (I watched Adrian disembowel him with same in Australia). Benesh/Beranek seem really committed to moving Eric around so I think that would counter the biggest advantage Ryan/Avery have. Killer Bs a very odd team because they could be 0-2 right now if 3-4 plays went a different way, or they could have made two main draws. (They have scored exactly as many points as their opponents total over the two events) Curious to see more of this team. Are they the guys roughly as good as Ed and Doherty/Drost or the team equal to Bomgren/Field and Santos/Evans
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Post by JB Southpaw on Jul 30, 2020 9:30:32 GMT -5
Tough draw for Beranek/Benesh if Drost and Doherty decide to finally show up. I know it's a big if... I wonder. Ryan has shown he cant deal with sets that move the hitter around (I watched Adrian disembowel him with same in Australia). Benesh/Beranek seem really committed to moving Eric around so I think that would counter the biggest advantage Ryan/Avery have. Killer Bs a very odd team because they could be 0-2 right now if 3-4 plays went a different way, or they could have made two main draws. (They have scored exactly as many points as their opponents total over the two events) Curious to see more of this team. Are they the guys roughly as good as Ed and Doherty/Drost or the team equal to Bomgren/Field and Santos/Evans After watching Theo do really well on the "option" pass from Casey, I'd like to see Eric and Andy use that significantly.
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Post by southbay11 on Jul 30, 2020 9:38:25 GMT -5
I think both Priddy/Lee and Bomgren/Field will make some noise this week and I expect, although im betting against, Tim/Troy to finally get in. If Priddy/Lee cant get by Loomis/Partain they should split up. Lee's biggest issue is passing but a close second is how predictable his swing is, which is much more of an issue against quality blockers, which neither of that team are. I watched Tim and Troy practice against Loomis and Partain and seriously; Troy is more concerned about his twitch and his videos than the actual competition they were having. It’s like he was the teenager not Partain.
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Post by JB Southpaw on Jul 30, 2020 9:41:51 GMT -5
I think both Priddy/Lee and Bomgren/Field will make some noise this week and I expect, although im betting against, Tim/Troy to finally get in. If Priddy/Lee cant get by Loomis/Partain they should split up. Lee's biggest issue is passing but a close second is how predictable his swing is, which is much more of an issue against quality blockers, which neither of that team are. I watched Tim and Troy practice against Loomis and Partain and seriously; Troy is more concerned about his twitch and his videos than the actual competition they were having. It’s like he was the teenager not Partain. He's kind of been McKibbon-ized.
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Post by COVAlove on Jul 30, 2020 12:44:59 GMT -5
I think both Priddy/Lee and Bomgren/Field will make some noise this week and I expect, although im betting against, Tim/Troy to finally get in. If Priddy/Lee cant get by Loomis/Partain they should split up. Lee's biggest issue is passing but a close second is how predictable his swing is, which is much more of an issue against quality blockers, which neither of that team are. I watched Tim and Troy practice against Loomis and Partain and seriously; Troy is more concerned about his twitch and his videos than the actual competition they were having. It’s like he was the teenager not Partain. Not surprised at all by this. Even though I think Troy is genuinely a nice guy. He has shown more commitment to his brand building than to developing the necessary skills to become an elite player.
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Post by yupyupyup on Jul 30, 2020 13:01:59 GMT -5
I watched Tim and Troy practice against Loomis and Partain and seriously; Troy is more concerned about his twitch and his videos than the actual competition they were having. It’s like he was the teenager not Partain. Not surprised at all by this. Even though I think Troy is genuinely a nice guy. He has shown more commitment to his brand building than to developing the necessary skills to become an elite player. How do you know what his level of commitment is? It’s funny we often want beach volleyball to have more mainstream exposure, but we criticize players when they try to expose the game more.
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Post by txbvb on Jul 30, 2020 13:09:50 GMT -5
Not surprised at all by this. Even though I think Troy is genuinely a nice guy. He has shown more commitment to his brand building than to developing the necessary skills to become an elite player. How do you know what his level of commitment is? It’s funny we often want beach volleyball to have more mainstream exposure, but we criticize players when they try to expose the game more. I agree with this. I am surprised more younger players are not trying to build their brand. Given the well noted lack of compensation in beach volleyball, it seems like a no-brainer. I can't speak on his commitment to the game itself, but I think what he's doing otherwise is benefiting the sport.
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Post by JB Southpaw on Jul 30, 2020 13:20:41 GMT -5
Not surprised at all by this. Even though I think Troy is genuinely a nice guy. He has shown more commitment to his brand building than to developing the necessary skills to become an elite player. How do you know what his level of commitment is? It’s funny we often want beach volleyball to have more mainstream exposure, but we criticize players when they try to expose the game more. getting out of the qualifier will help is brand more. Amazon Prime t.v. time should be his focus. I actually am surprised they haven't had him in the booth at all, where he did pretty good in the past.
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Post by southbay11 on Jul 30, 2020 14:10:44 GMT -5
How do you know what his level of commitment is? It’s funny we often want beach volleyball to have more mainstream exposure, but we criticize players when they try to expose the game more. I agree with this. I am surprised more younger players are not trying to build their brand. Given the well noted lack of compensation in beach volleyball, it seems like a no-brainer. I can't speak on his commitment to the game itself, but I think what he's doing otherwise is benefiting the sport. It’s highly important to build your brand. But, during your 90 min of actual practice? You have 22 other hours for that
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Post by haze on Jul 30, 2020 14:20:33 GMT -5
Not surprised at all by this. Even though I think Troy is genuinely a nice guy. He has shown more commitment to his brand building than to developing the necessary skills to become an elite player. How do you know what his level of commitment is? It’s funny we often want beach volleyball to have more mainstream exposure, but we criticize players when they try to expose the game more. People shouldn't be questioning his commitment. They should be concerend with his lack of improvement though. Field isn't any better off now than he was at the end of 2 summers ago.
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Post by guest2 on Jul 30, 2020 16:08:30 GMT -5
How do you know what his level of commitment is? It’s funny we often want beach volleyball to have more mainstream exposure, but we criticize players when they try to expose the game more. People shouldn't be questioning his commitment. They should be concerend with his lack of improvement though. Field isn't any better off now than he was at the end of 2 summers ago. I think those two things are the same though. If he were committed, then, absent injuries, there is no way he should still be doing the same dumb stuff. If he is practicing hard with a decent coach, it is virtually impossible for a player that talented, starting at such a low technical level, to not have improved a ton. I wouldnt go as far as you did, because I think he did show some improvement last year, but he should be doing much better. Maybe Casey dumped him to get MD points or whatever, but if they had been practicing together and Casey was happy with his play, do you think he would have dumped him?
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