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Post by bbg95 on Mar 18, 2022 19:12:03 GMT -5
I agree. I think I’m most sad about losing Allen’s serve. Her drop float is incredible. Her passing was meh so I’m not sure it will necessarily get worse, but her defense was pretty good too. Praying that billeter ends up being a passing phenom lol 😩🙏🏼 Yea, it always surprises me when college coaches think they will do a better job than the prior coach. That was the discussion with my Coast buddies who told me that Allen was transferring. Apparently, she came there from another club. It's not like they were that surprised. That is the allure of the portal--grass is always greener. Can anyone remember Billeter when we played St. Mary's (they were not good--and I have had this out on prior thread) and I don't remember being impressed with anyone -- that being said ANYONE is better than Allen. The good news for anyone that plays libero is that our other passers are so suspect there is no reason to go after our libero (Allen or now Billeter). To be clear, my issue with Allen was not because of any skill set but because of her court demeanor. IMO she never had the body language of a libero and was low energy. That is what I am praying for--is someone with a libero mentality (ala Mary Lake or Parker). The last four points against Purdue was so telling in terms of mentality and attitude. Someone, probably Palegous had the passing stats of all the defensive players...the fact that she was comparable to Reinert and we didn't play Reinert as libero was so perplexing to me. IMO Reinert had much more leadership presence and energy. Okay, no more negativity. The good news is that we have a setter than can track down anything under the sun and an amazing all-world middle that is getting high level training. Moreover, I think Livingston will step up and be a positive leader along with Grimmer. And, I love the young kids we have coming in this year and next. The future is bright. Eh, I don't know. I don't think any of the current L/DS on the roster are better. If McComber or M. Bower was better, they would have been playing ahead of Allen. And there's zero reason to think Knudsen is the answer. Could a converted OH (e.g. Billeter) do better? Maybe. At any rate, it is what is. We just have to hope that some of the young players can pass already or be developed into good passers or that BYU can get someone in the portal. And I'm a bit skeptical of "demeanor." I'm not saying that doesn't matter, but I'd rather have a great passer who is low energy than a bad passer who is high energy.
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Post by Brutus Buckeye on Mar 18, 2022 19:12:12 GMT -5
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Post by Brutus Buckeye on Mar 20, 2022 11:43:07 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2022 10:38:21 GMT -5
Played with Billeter, Llarenes, Prior and McComber on Saturday. They are ballers! Billeter passed and defended very well. Same with McComber, her defense was insane. Llarenes and Prior were bouncing on a men's net haha so that was awesome. Their blocking was what impressed me most though.
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Post by Zazu on Mar 21, 2022 18:58:41 GMT -5
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Post by rrvbfan on Mar 23, 2022 16:51:37 GMT -5
Came looking for facts, as the tea thread is reporting Madi Allen is not on the spring roster? Hope she is well.
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Post by beba on Mar 23, 2022 17:27:27 GMT -5
She appears to be transferring.
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Post by bbg95 on Mar 24, 2022 10:49:28 GMT -5
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Post by azvb on Mar 24, 2022 11:04:17 GMT -5
I quit following any BYU sports after the way Elaine was dumped by BYU administration. I wrote Elaine a letter expressing my outrage. She responded with a kind, “It’s okay” type letter saying, “I just wish it have been handled differently”.
Her former players threw her a surprise party and honored her at a game, with no help from the administration. There were at least 75 of us there, on very short notice.
BYU tried to make it right by naming the court after her. However, I’m not aware any public apology was given. It’s a point I make every time BYU asks me for a donation 🙂.
She is the kindest, humblest, most genuine person I’ve ever met.
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Post by azvb on Mar 24, 2022 11:07:52 GMT -5
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Post by bbg95 on Mar 24, 2022 12:23:12 GMT -5
Wow, that was bad. This happened before I got to BYU, so I wasn't aware of the details, but yikes. All they had to do was let her retire and thank her for her many years of service to the university. They never would have done LaVell Edwards that way.
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Post by mintonetteman on Mar 24, 2022 15:17:55 GMT -5
Unfortunately, I can confirm that is true. A lot of the women's players I know from that era are not that connected to the program now (and I wonder if it was for that reason). Fortunately, on the men's side we don't have that carry over--although not saying we don't have our skeletons.
I think I will be in town for the last spring game against Utah--wonder if I can sneak in and watch.
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Post by azvb on Mar 24, 2022 16:01:30 GMT -5
Wow, that was bad. This happened before I got to BYU, so I wasn't aware of the details, but yikes. All they had to do was let her retire and thank her for her many years of service to the university. They never would have done LaVell Edwards that way. Exactly.
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Post by beba on Mar 25, 2022 15:17:15 GMT -5
Unfortunately, I can confirm that is true. A lot of the women's players I know from that era are not that connected to the program now (and I wonder if it was for that reason). Fortunately, on the men's side we don't have that carry over--although not saying we don't have our skeletons. I think I will be in town for the last spring game against Utah--wonder if I can sneak in and watch. Don't count on it...
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Post by stanfordcardinal18 on Apr 5, 2022 15:41:04 GMT -5
http://instagram.com/p/Cb-iHCWuz6m Got a 2023 libero from Club V, we now have 3 2023’s from the same team! I don’t think that happens often. She’s one of the best libs i’ve seen this season for sure
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