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Post by tenderpaw on Sept 4, 2021 8:01:32 GMT -5
I was watching the broadcast yesterday, and Kevin Wong said that Taylor Sander is not going to renew his contract to play indoor overseas, and will be playing on the beach with Taylor Crabb next year. Wong sounded pretty confident about this, but it is the first I've heard of it.
Thoughts?
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Post by wilbur on Sept 4, 2021 8:28:57 GMT -5
I was watching the broadcast yesterday, and Kevin Wong said that Taylor Sander is not going to renew his contract to play indoor overseas, and will be playing on the beach with Taylor Crabb next year. Wong sounded pretty confident about this, but it is the first I've heard of it.
Thoughts?
My thought is you don't read VT much... it was discussed a week or two ago. I am not sure how long they will last as a team... Sanders can really use the points so hopefully long enough to get some. I expect them to split up and find blockers that both their games need to compete on the FIVB.
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Post by tamz on Sept 4, 2021 8:38:09 GMT -5
I love how Wong and Marlowe are just spilling the beans on live broadcast before the players are lol.
I assume Taylor Sander also wants to spend more time with his family at home, especially since baby #2 is coming soon.
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Post by haze on Sept 4, 2021 9:28:38 GMT -5
I have no idea what can of success Sander will have, the dude is a good one though. Pure natural volleyball talent. He has played a lot more sand throughout his life than the casual fan here thinking about him making the transition. Dude would have been an absolute monster playing by old school rules.
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Post by tamz on Sept 4, 2021 9:32:20 GMT -5
At this rate, we can only hope for the best for Taylor Squared.
Unless they get a wildcard in the first event, if FIVB is still going by the start systems (nothing bad been announced officially of the rumors of them changing it to the three tiers), I just don’t see how they automatically make the Main Draw.
It’s quite sad to have to think that there will only be ONE (!!!) US team directly in the MD in a loaded field.
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Post by COVAlove on Sept 4, 2021 9:32:27 GMT -5
The only thing that stops me from loving this even more is that he’s going to be blocking. The guy would be an ideal defender.
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Post by haze on Sept 4, 2021 9:39:15 GMT -5
The only thing that stops me from loving this even more is that he’s going to be blocking. The guy would be an ideal defender. I think if you ask Sander he prefers blocking. Before people freak out about his height, consider he's the same height as Tri Bourne and an inch taller than Cherif. He's also every bit as athletic as both of them. Besides, the US has a big blockers who aren't great INternational players in the past. Theo, Dougherty, Chase, Slick, letsa get a really athletic great player in there and see what happens.
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Post by 23flavors on Sept 4, 2021 11:08:48 GMT -5
SandCrabb is the nickname for this squad!
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Post by tamz on Sept 4, 2021 13:26:53 GMT -5
I assume we should get an official announcement in late October or November.
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Post by guest2 on Sept 4, 2021 13:53:44 GMT -5
I assume we should get an official announcement in late October or November. On the nickname?
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Post by tamz on Sept 4, 2021 14:36:24 GMT -5
I assume we should get an official announcement in late October or November. On the nickname? On the partnership. The official announcement from Team SandCrabb themselves!
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Post by crawdaddy on Sept 4, 2021 16:00:42 GMT -5
SandCrabb is the nickname for this squad! If we added just two letters it could be Sander-Crabb and we’d put a stake in the ground for the international movement to stop cute team name mashups.
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Post by dunninla3 on Sept 4, 2021 18:13:03 GMT -5
I was standing next to Taylor Crabb’s mom in Manhattan whenever she told Kevin Wong it was going to be Taylor/Taylor next year. Whenever implies she told him often. Do you mean Whenand just having fun here... Irregardless, it's a mute point and I could care less.
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Post by dunninla3 on Sept 4, 2021 18:18:36 GMT -5
We, well I for sure, was wrong about Nuss when about two years ago I thought she would never make it on the women's Pro tour because of her underheightedness.
Maybe my initial reaction to Sander blocking is equally shortsighted. We'll see. But don't compare him to Cherif. Cherif's arms are a lot longer (not Ratledge-like, but longer).
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Post by itssteve on Sept 4, 2021 20:39:57 GMT -5
I was standing next to Taylor Crabb’s mom in Manhattan whenever she told Kevin Wong it was going to be Taylor/Taylor next year. Whenever implies she told him often. Do you mean Whenand just having fun here... Irregardless, it's a mute point and I could care less. Congrats your great at proofreading a volleyball chat room. Let me guess Ivy League education? I use talk to text on my phone so I can minimize my efforts and still get my point across. I don’t care if I miss spell or miss use words. If you revise my post in proper English and DM me I will happily copy and past your edits.
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