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Post by vbnerd on Feb 7, 2022 16:41:24 GMT -5
You realize they changed like half their staff since last year, right? Different people, different sources, means different rankings. Whoever and however, I'm saying it's hard to rank a team that hasn't played anybody and that nobody saw. This is not a valid excuse for PrepVB. Their coverage had already declined significantly. A few weeks ago they published their picks for club and high school players, and these were just lists. There were no metrics, just names of players. They did the same with their recent top 30 club articles. They listed 30 clubs. Literally, just listed the clubs. #1 Club X. #2 Club Y. Etc. There was no explanation given, no rationale like Club X is #1 because they have two high school All Americans. Just a list. So what does a struggling site with high turnover and thin coverage do to recover from this deficiency? They EXPAND to cover boys volleyball too, so spread a thin group of new staff even thinner to capture that much smaller niche of boys volleyball at the expense of girls volleyball coverage. Cater to the minority and lose the majority, that's business 101 for failure. I don't know the history or politics of that site, all I know is I am retiring soon and may try to start my own site. I think I could do better gathering info from Volleytalk, the club sites, and Maxpreps. Heck the only real info I've learned this club season has come from Volleytalk, not from my paid subscription to PrepVB. The two recent articles by John Tawa are far more enlightening then anything I've read on PrepVB 8n the past year. You replied to my post so I thought you wanted to discuss that post. Turns out you just want to throw a childish tantrum about something you admit you don't know the history of. That's fine, I just wish you hadn't involved me in it. |
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Post by VB48 on Feb 7, 2022 16:52:10 GMT -5
Who knows anymore, only 15 teams in the tourney in final standings, 12-15 for 2 bids in the manual, 16 registered. This time High Voltage did not show This seems to be a common issue especially with covid/weather issues. Bids seem to be magically appearing and disappearing. After being vetted,most issues seem to have logical explanations. The bid number is not by how many teams played, but by how many were registered. |
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Post by BuckysHeat on Feb 7, 2022 17:17:07 GMT -5
This seems to be a common issue especially with covid/weather issues. Bids seem to be magically appearing and disappearing. After being vetted,most issues seem to have logical explanations. The bid number is not by how many teams played, but by how many were registered. yeah, this was already covered earlier after kansas city where only 11 teams actually played but 2 bids came out |
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Post by clob on Feb 7, 2022 20:52:28 GMT -5
Big props to SayonaraTachikara and others for describing what they saw at tournaments.
Really fun to read.
Hope there's more of that in this thread.
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Post by SayonaraTachikara on Feb 8, 2022 8:59:14 GMT -5
Big props to SayonaraTachikara and others for describing what they saw at tournaments. Really fun to read. Hope there's more of that in this thread. Careful... I might have to put my content behind a paywall. Or, maybe I will just go the "sustaining member" route.   |
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Post by outlaw on Feb 8, 2022 12:48:08 GMT -5
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Post by winesalot on Feb 8, 2022 14:02:27 GMT -5
She's really fun to watch! The first time I saw her play I wasn't paying close attention until I heard the thunk of the ball on the floor. I looked to see who hit the ball and was like "Waiitttt, isn't that their setter?". |
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Post by clob on Feb 8, 2022 19:54:39 GMT -5
Big props to SayonaraTachikara and others for describing what they saw at tournaments. Really fun to read. Hope there's more of that in this thread. Careful... I might have to put my content behind a paywall. Or, maybe I will just go the "sustaining member" route.  
Umm, maybe a few more recaps before doing the paywall thing? (insert some emoticon here).
I just think it's fun to read other takes on teams which really impress them. Especially if that team has no relationship to them.
Really hope that in the future, more people do it. Doesn't need to be a couple of paragraphs, just comment on what you saw. It's interesting to see other people's perspectives.
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Post by lotstodo2023 on Feb 9, 2022 10:30:27 GMT -5
Careful... I might have to put my content behind a paywall. Or, maybe I will just go the "sustaining member" route.
Umm, maybe a few more recaps before doing the paywall thing? (insert some emoticon here).
I just think it's fun to read other takes on teams which really impress them. Especially if that team has no relationship to them.
Really hope that in the future, more people do it. Doesn't need to be a couple of paragraphs, just comment on what you saw. It's interesting to see other people's perspectives.
I was going to do a couple recaps from NIT/Kansas City. My eyes will mostly be on 17's but I do catch some 16's and 18's also. |
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Post by pacfan123 on Feb 9, 2022 10:38:48 GMT -5
My DD is playing in 18s, and 14s. I won’t be getting there until the first day as flights from CA are expensive the day before.
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Post by Anonymousnow on Feb 9, 2022 10:55:56 GMT -5
Umm, maybe a few more recaps before doing the paywall thing? (insert some emoticon here).
I just think it's fun to read other takes on teams which really impress them. Especially if that team has no relationship to them.
Really hope that in the future, more people do it. Doesn't need to be a couple of paragraphs, just comment on what you saw. It's interesting to see other people's perspectives. I was going to do a couple recaps from NIT/Kansas City. My eyes will mostly be on 17's but I do catch some 16's and 18's also. Same |
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Post by westie13 on Feb 9, 2022 11:13:18 GMT -5
NIT power pools announced in 45 minutes.
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Post by outlaw on Feb 9, 2022 11:26:55 GMT -5
NIT power pools announced in 45 minutes. I’m so excited!!! |
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Post by silverchloride on Feb 9, 2022 11:35:26 GMT -5
Here is the live link, for anyone interested in watching live;
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Post by BuckysHeat on Feb 9, 2022 13:05:48 GMT -5
I was going to do a couple recaps from NIT/Kansas City. My eyes will mostly be on 17's but I do catch some 16's and 18's also. Same two (three) of many I am sure after it is over |
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