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Post by bbg95 on Apr 23, 2021 17:31:24 GMT -5
Hakes has also made her mission announcement on Instagram. She is indeed headed to Madrid. https://www.instagram.com/p/CN_PXHpHrqN She's not leaving until September 8, which is quite a long wait, so she should return around March of 2023. |
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Post by pelagius on Apr 24, 2021 11:48:24 GMT -5
An article by Darnell Dickson in the Daily Herald about the upcoming season. Mentions the transfers, Heather Gneiting, and some incoming recruits:
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Post by Zazu on Apr 24, 2021 13:06:43 GMT -5
An article by Darnell Dickson in the Daily Herald about the upcoming season. Mentions the transfers, Heather Gneiting, and some incoming recruits: Read the article earlier this morning and thought the most interesting part of it was in the paragraph about Heather Gneiting he said she would be back this spring. If that's accurate, it's earlier than had been speculated in recent days. |
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Post by bbg95 on Apr 24, 2021 13:27:01 GMT -5
An article by Darnell Dickson in the Daily Herald about the upcoming season. Mentions the transfers, Heather Gneiting, and some incoming recruits: Read the article earlier this morning and thought the most interesting part of it was in the paragraph about Heather Gneiting he said she would be back this spring. If that's accurate, it's earlier than had been speculated in recent days. Yeah, I saw that too. I mean, if she serves 18 months, then she'll be back by no earlier than mid-to-late-July (with the way the transfers work out). Now, at the beginning of the pandemic, the church did shorten the length of missions for some missionaries from 18 to 15 months, but I thought that was for missionaries who had already been out for a while, not those who were just starting. But I'm not totally sure about that, and it may have applied to other missionaries as well. If Gneiting's mission was shortened by three months, she could be back in the next few weeks. I guess we'll find out soon enough. |
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Post by pelagius on Apr 24, 2021 13:42:42 GMT -5
Read the article earlier this morning and thought the most interesting part of it was in the paragraph about Heather Gneiting he said she would be back this spring. If that's accurate, it's earlier than had been speculated in recent days. Totally missed the spring return thing. That is interesting. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2021 13:58:37 GMT -5
My Starting Lineup Fall 2021
OH: Taylen Ballard-Nixon
OH: Ellyse Stowell
MB: Kennedy Eschenburg
MB: Heather Gneiting
OPP: Kenzie Koerber
S: Whitney Bower
L: Madi Allen
DS: Gretchen Reinert
This would give us a BIG block and improve our passing a ton. Wouldn't be opposed to running a 6-2 with incoming setter Zayna Meyer and Kate Grimmer, I just feel like having a 6 rotation OPP in Kenzie Koerber is of greater value. Who knows though, if Whitney Bower becomes a liability on the front row with hitters constantly going down the line, it might be more beneficial to run the 6-2 to keep some height at the net in every rotation. I also had a really hard time deciding between Livingston and Stowell. I think I am just hoping that the hype surrounding Ellyse Stowell is true and that she becomes a 4 year star! The wonderful thing about the upcoming season is that we are pretty deep in each position!
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Post by volleyman808 on Apr 26, 2021 14:01:21 GMT -5
I sort of doubt that Olmstead would keep the WCC Player of Year from the floor. Bower brings the intangibles that this BYU team needs I think.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2021 14:08:29 GMT -5
I sort of doubt that Olmstead would keep the WCC Player of Year from the floor. Bower brings the intangibles that this BYU team needs I think. I agree with that analysis. Mostly just pointing out that the option to try something different is there if needed. |
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Post by pelagius on Apr 26, 2021 14:32:37 GMT -5
My Starting Lineup Fall 2021 OH: Taylen Ballard-Nixon OH: Ellyse Stowell MB: Kennedy Eschenburg MB: Heather Gneiting OPP: Kenzie Koerber S: Whitney Bower L: Madi Allen DS: Gretchen Reinert Obviously Stowell is a big recruit; she's the highest rated recruit since Gneiting. So it wouldn't be surprising at all for her to come in and make an immediate impact. That said, Olmstead doesn't need to rush her on the court given the pin hitter depth. So, we will see. I think your proposed lineup is more likely by the end of the season than the beginning of the season: (1) Gneiting is likely to be in better shape by the end of the season, and (2) I think it probably make sense to work Stowell into the lineup somewhat slowly so she can adjust to the competition level (assuming she is as good as advertised). Although if Stowell is a good as advertised, I would expect her to get some starts or at least sets against lower level teams early in the season.
If Stowell does come in and start for BYU right away, that's a super good signal for BYU's season because she has to beat out some solid to very good pins to do it.
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Post by azvb on Apr 26, 2021 17:28:37 GMT -5
I think I’d put Livingston in over Ballard-Nixon. She was impressive the last half of the season. Wonder how her passing is?
Hate to see Dodson and Grimmer on the bench. Maybe they redshirt?
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Post by pelagius on Apr 26, 2021 17:34:04 GMT -5
I think I’d put Livingston in over Ballard-Nixon. She was impressive the last half of the season. Wonder how her passing is? Hate to see Dodson and Grimmer on the bench. Maybe they redshirt?
I think BYU's going to need Dodson in the middle at least for the first part of the season. Assuming Gneiting gets back by June, it still seems unlikely that she is ready to play every match/rotation at the beginning of the season. Still, Covid 2020/spring 2021 does give Dodson and Grimmer extra years even without redshirts (although if they did they could obviously stick around even longer).
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Post by bbg95 on Apr 26, 2021 17:39:13 GMT -5
My Starting Lineup Fall 2021 OH: Taylen Ballard-Nixon OH: Ellyse Stowell MB: Kennedy Eschenburg MB: Heather Gneiting OPP: Kenzie Koerber S: Whitney Bower L: Madi Allen DS: Gretchen Reinert This would give us a BIG block and improve our passing a ton. Wouldn't be opposed to running a 6-2 with incoming setter Zayna Meyer and Kate Grimmer, I just feel like having a 6 rotation OPP in Kenzie Koerber is of greater value. Who knows though, if Whitney Bower becomes a liability on the front row with hitters constantly going down the line, it might be more beneficial to run the 6-2 to keep some height at the net in every rotation. I also had a really hard time deciding between Livingston and Stowell. I think I am just hoping that the hype surrounding Ellyse Stowell is true and that she becomes a 4 year star! The wonderful thing about the upcoming season is that we are pretty deep in each position! I think Grimmer is too good offensively to not play, so I'm not sold on Ballard-Nixon as the OH1. She played six rotations last year more out of necessity than anything else, but with Koerber, I don't think they necessarily need Ballard-Nixon playing six rotations again. She got aced a lot last year. Also, if Gneiting doesn't get back until right before the season starts (she may or may not be returning earlier), I'm not convinced she would be better than Dodson next year. As far as the back row goes, I think Olmstead will try a lot of people (Reinert, some of the incoming outside hitters) to find the best mix. At any rate, you are correct that the team has a lot of depth, and having more good players than starting spots on the team is a good problem to have. |
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Post by pelagius on Apr 26, 2021 18:43:23 GMT -5
I think I’d put Livingston in over Ballard-Nixon. I think one reason in particular to favor Livingston over Nixon (as hitters) is that Livingston did hit significantly more efficiently than Nixon against good teams. Unfortunately, Nixon's hitting really dropped of against higher quality opponents. Now one should be careful about the inferences drawn from an analysis like this (e.g., it's a small sample), but here are the hitting stats (unless I made a mistake) against the best teams BYU played in spring 2021: 2xPepp, 2xSan Diego, UCLA, and Wisconsin.
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Dodson 21 32 11 71 0.295775 1.52381
Eschenberg 21 49 12 114 0.324561 2.33333
Grimmer 21 56 23 146 0.226027 2.66667
Livingston 21 58 18 171 0.233918 2.7619
Nixon 21 63 36 212 0.127358 3
Certainly, Nixon may have gotten unlucky in these matches (small sample), faced the tougher blockers, or teams schemed against her more. Still, it may be the case the Livingston's hitting style/approach to hitting works better against top 25 quality teams. |
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Post by ltdks01 on Apr 26, 2021 18:46:29 GMT -5
I think I’d put Livingston in over Ballard-Nixon. I think one reason in particular to favor Livingston over Nixon (as hitters) is that Livingston did hit significantly more efficiently than Nixon against good teams. Unfortunately, Nixon's hitting really dropped of against higher quality opponents. Now one should be careful about the inferences drawn from an analysis like this (e.g., it's a small sample), but here are the hitting stats (unless I made a mistake) against the best teams BYU plays: 2xPepp, 2xSan Diego, UCLA, and Wisconsin.
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Dodson 21 32 11 71 0.295775 1.52381
Eschenberg 21 49 12 114 0.324561 2.33333
Grimmer 21 56 23 146 0.226027 2.66667
Livingston 21 58 18 171 0.233918 2.7619
Nixon 21 63 36 212 0.127358 3
Certainly, Nixon may have gotten unlucky in these matches (small sample), faced the tougher blockers, or teams schemed against her more. Still, it may be the case the Livingston's hitting style/approach to hitting works better against top 25 quality teams. Ballard-Nixon took substantially more swings. Additionally I would guess she took the lions share of all the out of system balls... |
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Post by pelagius on Apr 26, 2021 18:52:01 GMT -5
Ballard-Nixon took substantially more swings. Additionally I would guess she took the lions share of all the out of system balls... That's fair and potentially muddles inferences even more ... Livingston gets plenty of out of system swings too since she plays OH1. Nixon certainly took more total out of system swings and probably more as a proportion of total swings (although, I'm guessing that gap is smaller). Still, 0.234 versus is 0.127 is big. |
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