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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2021 11:36:28 GMT -5
what? none of those are/were secrets. okay, that's my opinion. Maybe to you it's not. But teams have their target just like egonu/italy, zhu and bosko. USA now with mbh. Among the 4 who is easiest to stop? That's mbh. That's not a secret either lol. MBH has been USA's terminal outside for a few years now.
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Post by Wichsen on Jun 27, 2021 11:47:37 GMT -5
okay, that's my opinion. Maybe to you it's not. But teams have their target just like egonu/italy, zhu and bosko. USA now with mbh. Among the 4 who is easiest to stop? That's mbh. That's not a secret either lol. MBH has been USA's terminal outside for a few years now. i thought it was krob? 😅
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Post by CAI BIN MUST GO on Jun 27, 2021 12:10:48 GMT -5
That's not a secret either lol. MBH has been USA's terminal outside for a few years now. i thought it was krob? 😅 it has never been krob lol
Hill in 2014, lowe in 2016, bartsch from 2018-now.
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Post by jjss on Jun 27, 2021 12:46:51 GMT -5
For those interested in the DJ at the VNL, here is his instagram. Hope he will make to Tokyo. He is confirmed to be in Tokyo for indoor volleyball.
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Post by Pipe Attack on Jun 27, 2021 14:11:34 GMT -5
what? none of those are/were secrets. okay, that's my opinion. Maybe to you it's not. But teams have their target just like egonu/italy, zhu and bosko. USA now with mbh. Among the 4 who is easiest to stop? That's mbh. Hmmm, but you can think of Egonu, Zhu, Bosko aside from being world class terminators, they're also the best at scoring out of system. That's their role in their clubs and on their national teams. In a way, their national teams are centered around them. That is not MBH role, so I don't think she's comparable (Haak has that role in Vakifbank). USA is very system based. We have a good set of 4 very good outside hitters who are all world class and highly sought after. I always thought it was Hill/MBH and Larson/Robinson pairing in terms of skill set and who would sub each other. But it seems like each can hold their own now (and are not necessarily OH1 and OH2). Middle blocker and opposite could be very valuable come Olympic time. Strategy wise, seems like USA coaching staff wanted the setters to do different things in each match. We will see. Aside from China, we may have the strongest team/unit.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2021 13:54:18 GMT -5
Here’s the DJs playlist
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Post by Disc808 on Jun 29, 2021 9:17:20 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2021 2:41:35 GMT -5
Before I change the spreadsheet for the Olympic rosters, thought I'd post this for posterity
VNL 2021 - all Team USA match day rosters.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2021 8:55:30 GMT -5
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Post by newbeach on Aug 13, 2021 12:06:52 GMT -5
I like the format from this year’s VNL, but I can understand why it may not be popular with some of the stakeholders. This year’s format gave non-top 10 teams a great opportunity to play top-ranked teams and a lot of exposure for the players. With the new format, the “bottom” teams will play less games and won’t get to play some of the better competition (which would help with their ranking if they took sets off a good team). The rich get richer, and the poor stay poor - so to speak…(the best teams get better and the lower-ranked teams don’t have as much opportunity to improve).
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2021 12:14:36 GMT -5
I like the format from this year’s VNL, but I can understand why it may not be popular with some of the stakeholders. This year’s format gave non-top 10 teams a great opportunity to play top-ranked teams and a lot of exposure for the players. With the new format, the “bottom” teams will play less games and won’t get to play some of the better competition (which would help with their ranking if they took sets off a good team). The rich get richer, and the poor stay poor - so to speak…(the best teams get better and the lower-ranked teams don’t have as much opportunity to improve). "bottom" teams will play 12 vs 15. In the end, won't amount to too much in terms of ranking points. A lot of it had to do with teams/players wanting less games. Like Argentina lost points during the Olympics. Canada finished with less points than they started the VNL with. If anything, these teams should prefer the Grand Prix style tiers. The Challenger Cup just isn't big enough for this. It would be nice for teams like Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico to get involved with the CEV Golden/Silver leagues... but that's probably too costly (and CEV would say no)
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Post by CAI BIN MUST GO on Aug 13, 2021 12:16:15 GMT -5
I like the format from this year’s VNL, but I can understand why it may not be popular with some of the stakeholders. This year’s format gave non-top 10 teams a great opportunity to play top-ranked teams and a lot of exposure for the players. With the new format, the “bottom” teams will play less games and won’t get to play some of the better competition (which would help with their ranking if they took sets off a good team). The rich get richer, and the poor stay poor - so to speak…(the best teams get better and the lower-ranked teams don’t have as much opportunity to improve). I have to say I preferred the old ranking system now.
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Post by midnightblue on Aug 13, 2021 12:29:50 GMT -5
I love that we're getting a knock-out round style Finals with QF > SF > F rather than just having the top 4 teams in a SF.
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Post by ToddyJ on Aug 13, 2021 15:52:12 GMT -5
I like the format from this year’s VNL, but I can understand why it may not be popular with some of the stakeholders. This year’s format gave non-top 10 teams a great opportunity to play top-ranked teams and a lot of exposure for the players. With the new format, the “bottom” teams will play less games and won’t get to play some of the better competition (which would help with their ranking if they took sets off a good team). The rich get richer, and the poor stay poor - so to speak…(the best teams get better and the lower-ranked teams don’t have as much opportunity to improve). I have to say I preferred the old ranking system now. I like the new one but I think teams should be awarded bonus points for placing in the top 4 in the majors (WCH and OG) I don't count the WCup anymore since it's format isn't the same and there is no Olympic qualification on the line. Why the FIVB is moving away from the World Cup is beyond me. I honestly didn't like the IOQT. USA would have gotten their noses bloodied if they would have had to have played Serbia or Italy in their 2019 form. USA wasn't ready in 2019. I still think it should be the World Cup which certifies 2-3 teams to the Olympics and THEN the IOQT and lastly the COQT. In 2019, the World Cup should have occurred BEFORE the IOQT. Anyways, I'm ranting. Moving on.
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Post by ToddyJ on Aug 13, 2021 15:54:29 GMT -5
I love that we're getting a knock-out round style Finals with QF > SF > F rather than just having the top 4 teams in a SF. I'm honestly really excited about that part. I just don't like that the round robin phase is going to be lopsided. 5 out of 7 in your pool you fill face twice. Perhaps a chance to make adjustments?
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