Zazu
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Singin' once again in the rain, snow, hail, fog, smog, mist, haze, sun, wind, etc.
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Post by Zazu on Nov 10, 2022 19:12:35 GMT -5
Thanks, bbg95 , for posting the instagram pics with full heads! |
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Post by bbg95 on Nov 10, 2022 19:53:03 GMT -5
Also, I'm not sure if this was posted earlier, but a local Virginia newspaper wrote a great profile about Brielle Kemavor back in August that covers her volleyball career, recruiting process and other interests. Apparently, her five finalists were BYU, UCLA, Louisville, Maryland and Utah State. |
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Post by dizzydean on Nov 10, 2022 21:45:10 GMT -5
Unless you were in Rachel Richardson's brain, you don't know what she heard. Audio hallucinations are indeed possible, I suppose. Like tourette syndrome, in reverse. Lol. As inviting as it sounds to argue with a brick wall on the internet, I'm content to be the guy on the side of common sense instead of gullible idiocy. Cheers, I like to think of it as the side not driven by smug assumptions. |
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Post by Kangaroo on Nov 10, 2022 22:22:14 GMT -5
Just amazed at the confidence you stated something you have no way of knowing. Well it's pretty obvious, to those of us with an IQ over room temperature. anyone who brings up their IQ 🚩🚩 |
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BYU 2022
Nov 10, 2022 23:51:57 GMT -5
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Post by karma on Nov 10, 2022 23:51:57 GMT -5
Not sure about other sports, but as far as men’s VB goes, BYU fans do not have a great reputation there. That is putting it very very kindly. Proving the point made by the Hawaii boys that the volleyball community is so soft. I wanna be clear there is no place for racism in any form. But rowdy fans who get in your head is literally the name of most college sports. So finally there is a venue that creates a similar atmosphere for volleyball and y’all start crying. Go play in an enclosed Junior high gym so there’s no chance your feelings get hurt 🫶 |
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Post by brybast on Nov 11, 2022 0:11:02 GMT -5
After the apocryphal allegation that the cancel-culturists predicted would kill BYU's recruiting, I'm cheering on this excellent group of 2023 recruits who were able to see right through the nonsense.
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Post by kk1971 on Nov 11, 2022 14:14:07 GMT -5
Since BYU actually announced their signings this year right after the early signing period, and since I will be gone for the next week, I wanted to give a quick summary of my thoughts, followed with the more in depth look at each athlete later.
I like this class a lot. It brings in depth and good prospects at lots of different positions, which depth BYU will need more than ever going into the Big12. The headliner, of course, and someone I have been posting about for a long time is Claire Little. I believe she is one of the best OH prospect BYU has ever brought in out of high school. Don't misunderstand--that doesn't necessarily mean that she will be better than Hamson or Gray or RJP, to name only a few of the more recent great outsides at BYU. Where she goes from here is obviously totally up to her, but Claire Little comes in having accomplished an awful lot, including being named earlier this week as a First Team AVCA All-American, having won the California state championship and being named MVP as a freshman, etc., etc., etc. She jumps well, is a very good athlete, has a very high point of contact, and hits remarkably few errors for a high volume hitter.
That said, I also am very excited about Brielle Kemavor. She has the perfect frame, long arms, great reach, and outstanding athleticism you want out of a MB. She is not anywhere near as polished as Little, and she may not even start right away, but she will be an impact middle for BYU sooner rather than later, IMO. She is a terrific get, far better than her ranking on national websites IMO.
I think Damuni gives us great athleticism at setter. As was pointed out previously, she actually leads her team in blocks according to Maxpreps. She is a winner. She will be good.
I don't have a feel for how good Brielle Miller is, truly. I have seen a little film but not enough to know how good she is or isn't. Would welcome input from those who have followed her more closely.
And similar to my comments last year about Moravec, I like adding adding Addison Benson and Mia Lee. Benson has good size and I believe her to be a solid outside that will provide important depth. And I discussed Mia Lee in a previous post. I love her athleticism and believe that if she works hard she could be a real sleeper from this class. As is true with all things related to recruiting, an athlete's will and drive can make some of the least heralded prospects the best ones in the end--think RJP. And that may well be true here as well with these two. Time will tell.
By way of aside, I wish this board talked recruiting the way some of the other programs do. Look at this site on the Texas recruiting thread as just one example. I know people who dismiss recruiting until they actually see what people can do on the court. I respectfully disagree and believe that attention to recruiting is a sign of a healthy fan base and can give the more than casual fan an inside track to knowing how the future is shaping up. I don't truly believe I am "hyping" Claire Little, for example. I just think its cool as a fan to know that she beat Aliso Niguel again last night, for example, with 18 kills hitting .500. Its hard to beat a good team twice in just over a week. Its easy for other teams to game plan against Little since they know she will take a large percentage of the swings. The fact that they know this and have trouble stopping her anyway tells me something about Little. It fires me up for our future. I don't think that's hype.
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Post by mintonetteman on Nov 11, 2022 14:29:56 GMT -5
Makes back to back to back years we have had a first team AVCA All-American -- Elyse Stowell, Eden Bower, and now Clare Little. Regardless of how they turn out, that is a good sign.
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Post by azvb on Nov 12, 2022 20:28:10 GMT -5
Wonder which of these recruits are on scholarship? They only lose Heather Gneiting, right?
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Post by marnvbc2 on Nov 13, 2022 2:29:26 GMT -5
Damuni and Miller should start immediately. Lee has work to do. She was pretty much shut down in the championship match vs Timpview. She has a couple flashy kills but had a really hard time scoring consistently. If the staff really invests in Damuni she will be better than Bower. She already puts up a bigger block (and actually leads her team in blocks), she is just as quick and has amazing defense. Above all she is a COMPETITOR. Feisty is a good word to describe her play haha. I really hope she gets a shot. Karma, I just looked over some video of this Timpview HS team in the Utah state tourney the last couple of years and at a few of the matches they lost against heavy competition the last 2 years. They have a coach who might have a daughter on the team at OH? She has a lively arm and appears very strong. Not sure that she is in great shape as it appears that she wears down in approach and contact point as the match moves into 3-5 sets. She doesn't have hops. But that issue really appears more in her club video against top competition. Your statement that Damuni will start immediately could prove true IF W Bower doesn't come back. If she does, I can't see Heather allowing that to happen when Meyer wasn't allowed to play at all behind Bower last year. Meyer is/was better than Damuni. I think Damuni could start, but I don't think she will unless Bower isn't able to for some reason. Miller will start for sure. She will have to. BYU won't have any other decent options. The question will be her effectiveness. Timpview had a big match this year against the Harvey sisters and beat them and in 5. That was impressive. It looks like the teams that Timpview had problems with over the last 2 years was Mountain View, Bountiful and Lone P. My perception is that Mia Lee doesn't have a legit setter to help her at Mountainview. Damuni makes her OH (coaches daughter?) look better than she really is and Bountiful has a coach who simply isn't that good but has a lot of talent on her roster. Damuni will make others around her on the court look better. Don't count out Mia Lee with a good setter. Lee and Damuni played with each other at club/nationals and were lethal in combo with the Harvey sisters. |
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Post by marnvbc2 on Nov 13, 2022 2:32:43 GMT -5
Did Mountain View ever win a state title with that group? It is the brother of the assistant coach John Neeley that coaches Mountain View, correct? When I was looking up video of the Timpview squad I didn't see any list of state champions in Utah that included Mountain View. Yes, it appears that the Neeley's might be related and that the MV coach might be a fairly recent arrival in the Utah HS scene over the last 2 years. |
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Post by marnvbc2 on Nov 13, 2022 3:04:33 GMT -5
Makes back to back to back years we have had a first team AVCA All-American -- Elyse Stowell, Eden Bower, and now Clare Little. Regardless of how they turn out, that is a good sign. Watching any recruit against top competition is the only way to see what they are made of. Recruiting rankings are notoriously unreliable. Unless it is a rare HS team, it is hard to determine just how good a player is. Many great HS players appear to be sure fire D-1 top prospects. I prefer watching the open division of club to see what an athlete can actually do. That avenue showed me that Eden Bower will not be a 6 rotation player on a top 25 team, nor will she be a great hitter/blocker. But, her build is proto-type D-1. Looks were deceiving. Stowell might end up a serviceable OH but that is a "might" and not all that certain. Little has a much higher upside than those mentioned but it will be up to her work ethic and ability to settle on proper passing technique to excel and carry the title of the next great BYU OH. Her potential is high. |
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Post by marnvbc2 on Nov 13, 2022 16:52:35 GMT -5
Audio hallucinations are indeed possible, I suppose. Like tourette syndrome, in reverse. Lol. As inviting as it sounds to argue with a brick wall on the internet, I'm content to be the guy on the side of common sense instead of gullible idiocy. Cheers, I like to think of it as the side not driven by smug assumptions. If you are going to claim racist remarks were yelled at you throughout an entire volleyball set and then tell the school officials at the end of the game that a particular "voice" was responsible for the yelling after you heard the "voice" from a young man on the court after the match was concluded ...... you need to have some evidence other than that just the accuser hearing anything at all. There would never be a conviction in a court of law with just one witness and audio and video evidence that didn't collaborate any of the story. No Duke administrators, no coaches, no other players, no trainers, no video, no audio, no nothing! Richardson got pulled from the match at the conclusion of the 2nd set and before the 3rd set started ..... because of on court performance issues and then she made the allegation. There is no evidence that anyone other than Richardson heard or saw anything. This type of issue does more to set back racial issues than pointing out actual racist remarks or racism itself. The only evidence that was 100% accurate was the video of Rachel serving on the side of the court where she said the racial remarks happened and the video included the young man who she identified after the match as yelling racial remarks "on every serve she made" all of the video evidence at that crucial point in time shows that her story isn't accurate at all. Duke won't comment on the situation because they don't want to be put in the very uncomfortable spot of one of their student athletes probably putting out a false narrative and embarrassing a school who has a history of not allowing investigations to be completed before jumping onto false stories which has cost them tens of millions in legal settlements. Duke vb will be hurt by this incident over the next 5 years in their recruiting and scheduling. Let time do the story telling and lets leave it alone. |
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Post by marnvbc2 on Nov 13, 2022 17:01:32 GMT -5
Wonder which of these recruits are on scholarship? They only lose Heather Gneiting, right? I do know that A Bower will be on full scholarship and Damuni is a walk on. Course correction is needed in a number of areas in the program and that is one of them. Probably not worth mentioning the other players who are on scholly's and the ones who aren't. Suffice it to say that just like talent evaluation there is a disconnect on some issues in the program. There are only 12 total scholarships for the entire program. That shows that there are a decent number of girls who aren't receiving help or just partial scholly's. |
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Post by marnvbc2 on Nov 13, 2022 17:30:49 GMT -5
Thought I'd post this, as it is the BYU thread. They released their official announcement of 2023 recruits today. Unfortuantely, it cuts off their heads on the twitter posts. I'm not that savvy with this sort of stuff, so I don't know if it's fixable or not. They're all half a head!
PROVO, Utah — BYU women’s volleyball head coach Heather Olmstead has announced the signing of six student-athletes to join the program for the 2023 season.
The Cougars’ 2023 recruiting class includes outside hitter Addison Benson, setter Silina Damuni, middle blocker Brielle Kemavor, middle blocker/opposite hitter Mia Lee, outside hitter Claire Little and libero Brielle Miller.
“We are excited to announce our 2023 recruiting class,” Olmstead said. “This class is special because they love the challenge of being a part of our first Big 12 class as our program ushers in new teams, places and experiences. They each have a love for BYU and a desire to be great not only on the court as a volleyball player, but off the court as they look to excel in the classroom, community and in their personal lives. This class brings athleticism, competitiveness, energy and a commitment to continue to work to be the very best they can be. We have high hopes for this class to make immediate impacts on our team.”
I like Kemavor, Lee, Little and Damuni.
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