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Post by basil on Apr 26, 2021 0:23:44 GMT -5
Honestly, with having Fields, Eggleston, Phillips, and Parra (along with Malual), are we sure a 6-2 is out of the question? It would take away the liability of Gabriel in the front row and allow our four best pins to all be hitting. Plus with Parra and Eggleston, our passing would be strong. I don't like 6-2s...I just think it throws off the whole rhythm of the team and just isn't very conducive to the flow of the game. Plus your team will be OOS that much more and can't feed middles in transition as often. I think our best shot is Logan and Melanie playing six-rotations and moving Skylar back to the right. If she gets capable enough at defense to play six rotations (which she'll have to because she has Olympic aspirations) then that'll be awesome, if not, sub in Nalani. I think our biggest key next season will be improvement from Naomi. I love Jhenna and her intangibles are really strong, but if Naomi can improve her hands and her location to our pins, she can be what we need to almost guarantee a national championship because our passing should in theory be stronger next season with Morgan, Syd, Nalani, Logan, and Melanie all coming back. (sorry for the essay).
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Post by texastothehouse15 on Apr 26, 2021 3:04:20 GMT -5
If I was a texas volleyball player, I would probably transfer out. I mean to be fair it is an amazing program, but most of these girls won't get lots of playing time next year. Especially the young ones because these older more mature girls like Logan and Brionne have enough experience to take them back to the championship and win. Like almost all of the bench could be like a huge leader anywhere else. Not at all. Just because you don't play your freshman year does not mean quit or give up. You continue to put in the work and compete in the practice gym and when your number is called you will be ready. It's part of the college experience and every player on that roster is needed to better the team.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2021 3:46:33 GMT -5
If I was a texas volleyball player, I would probably transfer out. I mean to be fair it is an amazing program, but most of these girls won't get lots of playing time next year. Especially the young ones because these older more mature girls like Logan and Brionne have enough experience to take them back to the championship and win. Like almost all of the bench could be like a huge leader anywhere else. Not at all. Just because you don't play your freshman year does not mean quit or give up. You continue to put in the work and compete in the practice gym and when your number is called you will be ready. It's part of the college experience and every player on that roster is needed to better the team. I do agree with what your saying, but what I meant was most of these under class-men would be huge contributors to other teams. They have so much talent on their roster and even if some girls left the school / transferred.. Texas will always be stacked.
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Post by texastothehouse15 on Apr 26, 2021 4:51:12 GMT -5
Not at all. Just because you don't play your freshman year does not mean quit or give up. You continue to put in the work and compete in the practice gym and when your number is called you will be ready. It's part of the college experience and every player on that roster is needed to better the team. I do agree with what your saying, but what I meant was most of these under class-men would be huge contributors to other teams. They have so much talent on their roster and even if some girls left the school / transferred.. Texas will always be stacked. Okay I get what you're saying. They definitely would be starters for many top schools but Texas needs the depth. All it takes is one injury and Texas has a player come off the bench with little to no drop-off in play.
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Post by longhorn9214 on Apr 26, 2021 7:04:00 GMT -5
I haven't been this excited for the future of Texas Volleyball. I have a feeling we will have transfer ins due to COVID. After a deep run in the tournament, they will definitely have some interests. The girls understand their role if they need to sit out.
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Post by hornfanaustin on Apr 26, 2021 7:12:22 GMT -5
I do agree with what your saying, but what I meant was most of these under class-men would be huge contributors to other teams. They have so much talent on their roster and even if some girls left the school / transferred.. Texas will always be stacked. Okay I get what you're saying. They definitely will be starters for many top schools but Texas needs the depth. One injury and Texas has a player come off the bench with little to no drop-off in play. I too worry that some players look at the quality covid-related depth ahead of them and decide they don't want to wait 2 years to get meaningful playing time.
Texas does have a history of having 2nd team players stay their entire 4 years on the squad with getting only meager playing time and seeing some transfers in or better players recruited over them.
I can only think of two OH that transferred out that blossomed at their new schools. Two other MB's left and we really never heard of them as players afterwards.
When they started announcing covid years for almost all sports, I saw the bubble this was going to create in all sports. Selfishly, I was happy for it in order to see some players play longer for Texas. But overall for the longer term stability or team happiness, not so sure.
But as everyone correctly points out, this is an issue for everyone [except for Wisconsin whose AD wouldn't fund the covid seniors for an extra year - they were told thanks for your play, good luck in your life]
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Post by blackiechan1999 on Apr 26, 2021 8:14:42 GMT -5
Not at all. Just because you don't play your freshman year does not mean quit or give up. You continue to put in the work and compete in the practice gym and when your number is called you will be ready. It's part of the college experience and every player on that roster is needed to better the team. I do agree with what your saying, but what I meant was most of these under class-men would be huge contributors to other teams. They have so much talent on their roster and even if some girls left the school / transferred.. Texas will always be stacked. Well a lot schools have so much talent on their roster, but it doesn’t me the players should transfer....
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2021 8:22:17 GMT -5
I do agree with what your saying, but what I meant was most of these under class-men would be huge contributors to other teams. They have so much talent on their roster and even if some girls left the school / transferred.. Texas will always be stacked. Well a lot schools have so much talent on their roster, but it doesn’t me the players should transfer.... tru.
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Post by Sooners1822 on Apr 26, 2021 9:17:50 GMT -5
Could be wrong here, but I could see Madison Williams getting nudged out to create another slot for them.
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Post by longhorn9214 on Apr 26, 2021 9:52:14 GMT -5
What is everybody's predicted line up? Obviously our Fall 2020 line up was able to get us to the Natl Championship but I could see a little bit changes. Well, at least, that's my hope for Elliot. We have to be able to have this second guessing always what's next on our line up?
MB1 - ONeal MB2 - Butler OH1 - Parra (replacing Skylar) OH2 - Eggleston (stays where she is) S - Jhenna/Cabello; This one is a toss up. These next 4 months. Jhenna will need to find more growth in her game. Naomi also need to find that confidence plus her form is a little off but with reps, she can there easily. OPP - Skylar needs to be developed her. I believe she can even be a better Opp than OH this past tourney run. We all know her potential. I also want her to serve. Lib - Morgan/Syd DS - Iosia/DS - Iosia was critical to the OOS sets but Syd could also work with that.
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Post by basil on Apr 26, 2021 10:18:31 GMT -5
MB1 - ONeal MB2 - Butler OH1 - Parra (replacing Skylar) OH2 - Eggleston (stays where she is) S - Jhenna/Cabello; This one is a toss up. These next 4 months. Jhenna will need to find more growth in her game. Naomi also need to find that confidence plus her form is a little off but with reps, she can there easily. OPP - Skylar needs to be developed her. I believe she can even be a better Opp than OH this past tourney run. We all know her potential. I also want her to serve. Lib - Morgan/Syd DS - Iosia/DS - Iosia was critical to the OOS sets but Syd could also work with that. I would like to see this too. I know Iosia played setter at times in HS so she is certainly capable of right-back defense if we have two six-rotation OHs. Plus, not using subs for Logan/Parra and O'Neal when serving allows us breathing room to use blocking subs for Jhenna (if she starts) or even Parra if necessary.
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Post by eotexas5 on Apr 26, 2021 11:21:02 GMT -5
I think this season showed a great shift for Texas Volleyball. You can tell that JE has been putting in the work regarding our serve/pass and back row defensive game.
The old days of Texas VB are gone. I'm f'in excited.
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Post by jengal on Apr 26, 2021 11:41:51 GMT -5
I don’t normally like the 6-2, but Texas has the arms to do it.
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Post by texasex01 on Apr 26, 2021 12:34:17 GMT -5
What is everybody's predicted line up? Obviously our Fall 2020 line up was able to get us to the Natl Championship but I could see a little bit changes. Well, at least, that's my hope for Elliot. We have to be able to have this second guessing always what's next on our line up? MB1 - ONeal MB2 - Butler OH1 - Parra (replacing Skylar) OH2 - Eggleston (stays where she is) S - Jhenna/Cabello; This one is a toss up. These next 4 months. Jhenna will need to find more growth in her game. Naomi also need to find that confidence plus her form is a little off but with reps, she can there easily. OPP - Skylar needs to be developed her. I believe she can even be a better Opp than OH this past tourney run. We all know her potential. I also want her to serve. Lib - Morgan/Syd DS - Iosia/DS - Iosia was critical to the OOS sets but Syd could also work with that. My line-up is similar to yours but I'm thinking they run a 5-2 (Jhenna setting backrow and Naomi substituting for her in the front row...similar to what Florida ran in 2017 when they played in the NC match). Iosia would DS for Skylar in right back and also be the secondary setter on the floor when Cabello is front row. The biggest development would be for both Parra and Skylar to become better OOS hitters and blockers at their respective pins.
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Post by huskersrule95 on Apr 26, 2021 14:05:05 GMT -5
Texas will be back in the 2021 Fall FINAL FOUR. "I CALLED IT" Obviously things can change but I would consider Texas the preseason favorite next year with returning everyone and being so good this year
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