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Post by hammer on Aug 6, 2021 16:53:34 GMT -5
Frankly, MBH's attacking scares me. I hope it is better against BRAzil. Tandara is and has been a great player for our rival so maybe it is a positive she will not be available. I haven't seen Roasmaria yet, but some are saying she's very good and likely she is very hungry and ready to prove herself. Crazy thought, MBH attack was awful vs DR and Serbia in medal round and we smoked both teams. This is a great “team” and MBH contributed in enough ways for us to be successful. I’d love for her to attack better but I’m not so sure she needs to for us to win. I'm praying you are right. I like where our defense and passing is at and if we can keep it up, we should be, at the least, very competitive.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2021 16:58:22 GMT -5
I just finished watching the replay of the match and Karch teared up, I wasn't expecting that. You sure have to love how great all of these players get along and support each other.
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Post by maplespear on Aug 6, 2021 16:58:24 GMT -5
Did anyone see the Karch interview after this match? The interviewer said, "what do you hope to see for your team at the gold medal match," and Karch's response was "to see them at the top of the podium." He started choking up and kinda walked off. I started crying too, whatta guy. Part of me says he was letting off some vented up emotional OG stress. KK you've done us well, even if you're not perfect.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2021 17:05:24 GMT -5
Did anyone see the Karch interview after this match? The interviewer said, "what do you hope to see for your team at the gold medal match," and Karch's response was "to see them at the top of the podium." He started choking up and kinda walked off. I started crying too, whatta guy. Part of me says he was letting off some vented up emotional stress. KK you've done us well, even if you're not perfect. I started to cry too, I know a lot of ppl down care for Karch but I like him and I love what he has done with this team!
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Post by brybast on Aug 6, 2021 17:13:20 GMT -5
Honestly refs should just always let that go and make the blocking team take the challenge, like it’s always a touch But that has always been called as 4 touches.. forever. I remember when I first started playing, I'd tell my teammates I touched it, and they were always like "no, it's just through the net.. doesn't count." I wonder how long till whistle behavior shifts. I'm feeling vindicated because back when I used to officiate, I often saw these as touches where most refs would automatically call 4 hits. Everyone expected these to be called almost like a reflex.
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Post by volleyball303 on Aug 6, 2021 18:02:33 GMT -5
Did anyone see the Karch interview after this match? The interviewer said, "what do you hope to see for your team at the gold medal match," and Karch's response was "to see them at the top of the podium." He started choking up and kinda walked off. I started crying too, whatta guy. Part of me says he was letting off some vented up emotional OG stress. KK you've done us well, even if you're not perfect. Seems like the players like and respect him. Just lots of people on here who think they could do better. I always wonder what is the average ability on here for a bunch of super, over critical people.
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Post by donut on Aug 6, 2021 19:21:46 GMT -5
The disrespect to Megan
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Post by dl3ww on Aug 6, 2021 21:57:36 GMT -5
Rettke? When there’s someone named Brionne Butler?😳 I don’t think Brionne Butler will make this team. Maybe she was just having a bad day but the few times I watched her she did not seem like the nicest teammate. The reaction after the Rice loss would not be tolerated on this team. This USA team does not have any of that. Plus if Lilley was able to shred her block image what would happen at this level. The head to head match up between Bri and Rettke showed who was better to me… but with Karch’s philosophies I wouldn’t be surprised if she was left off due to her “attitude”🥴
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Post by ToddyJ on Aug 6, 2021 22:47:24 GMT -5
You peeps that are new here just remember that the users keep receipts here they will bookmark something and bring it up 4 years later just to prove you wrong and honestly I love volleytalk for that so keep your behaviors consistent. I know....lol. These folks be thorough. Watch out! lol
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Post by vballstartedit on Aug 6, 2021 23:02:02 GMT -5
Did anyone see the Karch interview after this match? The interviewer said, "what do you hope to see for your team at the gold medal match," and Karch's response was "to see them at the top of the podium." He started choking up and kinda walked off. I started crying too, whatta guy. Part of me says he was letting off some vented up emotional OG stress. KK you've done us well, even if you're not perfect. Oh do you have a link? Please
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Post by maplespear on Aug 7, 2021 6:14:37 GMT -5
Did anyone see the Karch interview after this match? The interviewer said, "what do you hope to see for your team at the gold medal match," and Karch's response was "to see them at the top of the podium." He started choking up and kinda walked off. I started crying too, whatta guy. Part of me says he was letting off some vented up emotional OG stress. KK you've done us well, even if you're not perfect. Oh do you have a link? Please The match was on regular NBC yesterday and watched it there. I do not have a link, very sorry.
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Post by maplespear on Aug 7, 2021 6:40:00 GMT -5
Frankly, MBH's attacking scares me. I hope it is better against BRAzil. Tandara is and has been a great player for our rival so maybe it is a positive she will not be available. I haven't seen Roasmaria yet, but some are saying she's very good and likely she is very hungry and ready to prove herself. Crazy thought, MBH attack was awful vs DR and Serbia in medal round and we smoked both teams. This is a great “team” and MBH contributed in enough ways for us to be successful. I’d love for her to attack better but I’m not so sure she needs to for us to win.My thoughts exactly, gib. I was reading thru all these posts about how MBH needs to improve, needs to do this/that and thinking ok, well we won all of our games (sans ROC), MBH has had successful reception, how does her upping her game improve our performance? It really doesn't. Very good observation in which I agree 100 percent.
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Post by agean09 on Aug 7, 2021 6:46:36 GMT -5
Crazy thought, MBH attack was awful vs DR and Serbia in medal round and we smoked both teams. This is a great “team” and MBH contributed in enough ways for us to be successful. I’d love for her to attack better but I’m not so sure she needs to for us to win.My thoughts exactly, gib. I was reading thru all these posts about how MBH needs to improve, needs to do this/that and thinking ok, well we won all of our games (sans ROC), MBH has had successful reception, how does her upping her game improve our performance? It really doesn't. Very good observation in which I agree 100 percent. My only thought is that, at one point I think in set 2, Serbia had 11 points and 5 of them were on MBH hitting errors (including a block). So that was rough
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Post by maplespear on Aug 7, 2021 7:21:47 GMT -5
My thoughts exactly, gib. I was reading thru all these posts about how MBH needs to improve, needs to do this/that and thinking ok, well we won all of our games (sans ROC), MBH has had successful reception, how does her upping her game improve our performance? It really doesn't. Very good observation in which I agree 100 percent. My only thought is that, at one point I think in set 2, Serbia had 11 points and 5 of them were on MBH hitting errors (including a block). So that was rough Yes ... I get this. I also get that her attack % is low. How in the world are we being so successful then? If this was any other team and their OH was non existent, they'd be on the bus home. I'm not knowledgeable enough to know how this can happen. A poster talked about zones and how USA pushed something so Annie had a open net, but didn't understand the concept. Can anyone explain it in layman's terms?
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Post by basil on Aug 7, 2021 12:27:19 GMT -5
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