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Post by horns1 on Dec 13, 2022 9:04:27 GMT -5
So if we could throw someone in the back of a van and transfer portal them, who would we want? Inspired by Hambly saying he wouldn’t trade Miner or Oglevie for anyone. I certainly wouldn’t trade Fleck for anyone, but I’ve never been good at judging setter play since it’s the only position I never played. Who would we kidnap if we could? (No disrespect to SKT) Edit: Paul also said we had a big upgrade at setter this year. Would we say SKT is a better *setter* than Jhenna, or is her main advantage that she’s taller? Although I have noticed her getting our hitters 1-on-1s when the passes are good. Edit edit: also what setter would we grab if we could get a time machine? Honestly, if I had a van and immunity from kidnapping? I'd be taking Choboy. It's been an amazing season with Fleck and the littles scrapping back there. I do *not* want to go back to the dark days.As I've said before, since Morgan O'Brien's addition, I think Coach Elliott has re-prioritized his roster management regarding backrow players over that "extra" utility/MB player who will be like fourth on the depth chart and hardly ever play a meaningful point on the court. Actually, the emphasis might have started before O'Brien when we had two scholarship Liberos on the roster in Petersen and Iosia. For the future, we wouldn't have pursued Choboy last month if we weren't intent on improving our back row for next season. We likely won't get someone on the level of Zoe Fleck, but I'm confident we'll add an experienced player from the transfer portal. |
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Post by horns1 on Dec 13, 2022 9:05:38 GMT -5
People in the Minnesota thread seem to think Wenaas is going to transfer. I know we have a plethora of pins next year, but I really think she fills a need of defense/passing. I hope the staff at least gives her a look if the rumors turn out to be true. Aggie family. Was committed to A&M before Corbelli was fired. Not sure she ever had an interest in Texas, but heck, neither did Madi Skinner!  |
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Post by Longhorn20 on Dec 13, 2022 9:14:32 GMT -5
People in the Minnesota thread seem to think Wenaas is going to transfer. I know we have a plethora of pins next year, but I really think she fills a need of defense/passing. I hope the staff at least gives her a look if the rumors turn out to be true. Aggie family. Was committed to A&M before Corbelli was fired. Not sure she ever had an interest in Texas, but heck, neither did Madi Skinner! Well if she does end up transferring, here’s to hoping she looks at Texas. She would probably negate the need for that third DS. |
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Post by eyeroll2021 on Dec 13, 2022 9:51:31 GMT -5
People in the Minnesota thread seem to think Wenaas is going to transfer. I know we have a plethora of pins next year, but I really think she fills a need of defense/passing. I hope the staff at least gives her a look if the rumors turn out to be true. In Point Texas before the MN game this year, JE mentioned that Texas had tried to recruit Wenaas originally. I imagine they would reach out, but the lack of scholarships is going to be a limiting factor with a player of her caliber for sure. |
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Post by katn on Dec 13, 2022 10:18:50 GMT -5
People in the Minnesota thread seem to think Wenaas is going to transfer. I know we have a plethora of pins next year, but I really think she fills a need of defense/passing. I hope the staff at least gives her a look if the rumors turn out to be true. In Point Texas before the MN game this year, JE mentioned that Texas had tried to recruit Wenaas originally. I imagine they would reach out, but the lack of scholarships is going to be a limiting factor with a player of her caliber for sure. my belief is that o'neal or phillips or both will not be on scholarship next year (nil deals instead)...if wenaas goes in the portal texas will go after her...she is a total badass |
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Post by anOPINionATEDbeACH(hookemboo) on Dec 13, 2022 10:25:42 GMT -5
On the flip side, I enjoyed Emily a lot more when she wasn’t forced to kowtow to the B1G teams. I know it’s her job, but still… I’m afraid Paul is a lost cause. I’ve always thought she’s pretty good but the 24/7 B10 infomercial is what’s holding her back. Freed of that ball and chain she has good takes. 😂 I usually mute her when she’s talking about the big (just because of how exaggerating she is), yesterday I could actually listen to her for the first time. 🙏 |
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Post by eyeroll2021 on Dec 13, 2022 10:27:13 GMT -5
In Point Texas before the MN game this year, JE mentioned that Texas had tried to recruit Wenaas originally. I imagine they would reach out, but the lack of scholarships is going to be a limiting factor with a player of her caliber for sure. my belief is that o'neal or phillips or both will not be on scholarship next year (nil deals instead)...if wenaas goes in the portal texas will go after her...she is a total badass Yes that was assumed. But if you do the count without Molly or Asjia, we're still short of scholarships: 1 Swindle 2 Helmers 3 Byrd 4 Bunton 5 Kahahwai 6 Singletary 7 Akana 8 Halter 9 Skinner 10 Bergmark 11 Parra 12 Tomkinson |
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Post by hornfanaustin on Dec 13, 2022 10:34:33 GMT -5
my belief is that o'neal or phillips or both will not be on scholarship next year (nil deals instead)...if wenaas goes in the portal texas will go after her...she is a total badass Yes that was assumed. But if you do the count without Molly or Asjia, we're still short of scholarships A guess, not based on any confirmation: |
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Post by longhorn9214 on Dec 13, 2022 10:45:19 GMT -5
Yes that was assumed. But if you do the count without Molly or Asjia, we're still short of scholarships A guess, not based on any confirmation: Can we transfer this conversation on the recruiting conversation? I feel like we're gonna talk about this haha |
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Post by horns1 on Dec 13, 2022 10:59:53 GMT -5
my belief is that o'neal or phillips or both will not be on scholarship next year (nil deals instead)...if wenaas goes in the portal texas will go after her...she is a total badass Yes that was assumed. But if you do the count without Molly or Asjia, we're still short of scholarships: 1 Swindle 2 Helmers 3 Byrd 4 Bunton 5 Kahahwai 6 Singletary 7 Akana8 Halter 9 Skinner 10 Bergmark11 Parra 12 TomkinsonNot saying you are wrong as I have no way of knowing for sure. But, Texas never put out on official release that they "signed" Akana or Bergmark, or at a minimum that either was joining the program (which is odd). Does that prove they are not on scholarship? No. Simply that it's not the norm for Texas volleyball when they actually do sign players to athletic scholarships (like with Fleck and Skinner). As for Tomkinson, if any of the 2023 signees are not on scholarship their first year, my assumption would that she could be the one. Again, no confirmation, simply speculation. She was included in last month's official release regarding the 2023 signees (but that doesn't necessarily mean they were all awarded a scholarship). |
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Post by eyeroll2021 on Dec 13, 2022 11:11:50 GMT -5
Yes that was assumed. But if you do the count without Molly or Asjia, we're still short of scholarships: 1 Swindle 2 Helmers 3 Byrd 4 Bunton 5 Kahahwai 6 Singletary 7 Akana8 Halter 9 Skinner 10 Bergmark11 Parra 12 TomkinsonNot saying you are wrong as I have no way of knowing for sure. But, Texas never put out on official release that they "signed" Akana or Bergmark, or at a minimum that either was joining the program (which is odd). Does that prove they are not on scholarship? No. Simply that it's not the norm for Texas volleyball when they actually do sign players to athletic scholarships. As for Tomkinson, if any of the 2023 signees are not on scholarship their first year, my assumption would that she could be the one. Again, no confirmation, simply speculation. She was included in last month's official release regarding the 2023 signees (but that doesn't necessarily mean they were all awarded a scholarship). I assume Akana is on scholarship because the lack thereof is (reportedly) what made her leave Nebraska. If you're willing to pay, why leave? The others, I also assume to be taking scholarship slots because we couldn't offer a scholarship to Choboy. |
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Post by horns1 on Dec 13, 2022 11:21:30 GMT -5
Not saying you are wrong as I have no way of knowing for sure. But, Texas never put out on official release that they "signed" Akana or Bergmark, or at a minimum that either was joining the program (which is odd). Does that prove they are not on scholarship? No. Simply that it's not the norm for Texas volleyball when they actually do sign players to athletic scholarships. As for Tomkinson, if any of the 2023 signees are not on scholarship their first year, my assumption would that she could be the one. Again, no confirmation, simply speculation. She was included in last month's official release regarding the 2023 signees (but that doesn't necessarily mean they were all awarded a scholarship). I assume Akana is on scholarship because the lack thereof is (reportedly) what made her leave Nebraska. If you're willing to pay, why leave? The others, I also assume. Because otherwise why couldn't we offer a scholarship to Choboy? Well, Bergmark deciding to transfer to Texas happened before Akana made her decision, I believe. Akana may have left Nebraska not just because she wasn't going to be on 'ship, but because the promise/guarantee of her being on scholarship was revoked. I do agree with you that she is on 'ship as Iosia vacated hers, and then we pursued Akana. I do think Molly will be on scholarship as Jerritt has indicated for quite a while that she'd be returning to Texas for her fifth season. Asjia's recent change of heart to return would be more realistic that she might not be on 'ship as it wasn't the plan for many months. As to why we couldn't offer Choboy a 'ship, she plans to be an early January 2023 enrollee. So, Texas would have needed that open 'ship next month. Since normal attrition in the offseason isn't yet upon us, perhaps Texas just couldn't guarantee her a 'ship until the summer or next Fall. It might turn out over the next 2-3 weeks that a scholarship opens up for the Spring 2023 semester. |
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Post by stevehorn on Dec 13, 2022 12:03:07 GMT -5
I assume Akana is on scholarship because the lack thereof is (reportedly) what made her leave Nebraska. If you're willing to pay, why leave? The others, I also assume. Because otherwise why couldn't we offer a scholarship to Choboy? Well, Bergmark deciding to transfer to Texas happened before Akana made her decision, I believe. Akana may have left Nebraska not just because she wasn't going to be on 'ship, but because the promise/guarantee of her being on scholarship was revoked. I do agree with you that she is on 'ship as Iosia vacated hers, and then we pursued Akana. I do think Molly will be on scholarship as Jerritt has indicated for quite a while that she'd be returning to Texas for her fifth season. Asjia's recent change of heart to return would be more realistic that she might not be on 'ship as it wasn't the plan for many months. As to why we couldn't offer Choboy a 'ship, she plans to be an early January 2023 enrollee. So, Texas would have needed that open 'ship next month. Since normal attrition in the offseason isn't yet upon us, perhaps Texas just couldn't guarantee her a 'ship until the summer or next Fall. It might turn out over the next 2-3 weeks that a scholarship opens up for the Spring 2023 semester. I'm going to assume that Akana, Bergmark, and Ewert were not "announced" at the time of their decision because they were still students at their previous school (mid-semester). That might be by rule (don't know how it applies to transfers) or by custom. Not announcing them after the semester may have just been another instance of the lack of timely announcements (schedule, etc.) last summer that seemed to be common for the program. Having a ship or not shouldn't have been a factor in the lack of a summer announcement. At some point they officially became a student at Texas and nothing by rule or custom would have prevented an annoucement. Last year I think we all agree that Caffey wasn't on a ship. Based on the last minute availability where you would expect that all ships were awarded and not expecting a player anywhere near that caliber to be suddenly available. Plus inferences from John Cook that our NIL offer was what attracted her to Texas. Last year I'm thinking the other non-ship player was decided by the time the season ended. To me, the most logical player was Logan, but you could make a case for others. I'm basing this on the assumption that we were offering Hord a ship when we were recruiting her. To have one available for her, someone on the 2021 team had to be already planned for no ship for the 2022 season. So then I assume Bergmark was receiving the ship that would have gone to Hord if she had picked Texas. The ship for Ewert came from Gabriel leaving and the ship for Akana came from Iosia leaving. |
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Post by katn on Dec 13, 2022 12:07:07 GMT -5
sad pic of zfleck & eggleston on texas ig story with their locker name plates 🤘😥
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Post by horns1 on Dec 13, 2022 12:18:14 GMT -5
Well, Bergmark deciding to transfer to Texas happened before Akana made her decision, I believe. Akana may have left Nebraska not just because she wasn't going to be on 'ship, but because the promise/guarantee of her being on scholarship was revoked. I do agree with you that she is on 'ship as Iosia vacated hers, and then we pursued Akana. I do think Molly will be on scholarship as Jerritt has indicated for quite a while that she'd be returning to Texas for her fifth season. Asjia's recent change of heart to return would be more realistic that she might not be on 'ship as it wasn't the plan for many months. As to why we couldn't offer Choboy a 'ship, she plans to be an early January 2023 enrollee. So, Texas would have needed that open 'ship next month. Since normal attrition in the offseason isn't yet upon us, perhaps Texas just couldn't guarantee her a 'ship until the summer or next Fall. It might turn out over the next 2-3 weeks that a scholarship opens up for the Spring 2023 semester. Not announcing them after the semester may have just been another instance of the lack of timely announcements (schedule, etc.) last summer that seemed to be common for the program. Having a ship or not shouldn't have been a factor in the lack of a summer announcement. At some point they officially became a student at Texas and nothing by rule or custom would have prevented an annoucement. Last year I think we all agree that Caffey wasn't on a ship. Based on the last minute availability where you would expect that all ships were awarded and not expecting a player anywhere near that caliber to be suddenly available. Plus inferences from John Cook that our NIL offer was what attracted her to Texas. Last year I'm thinking the other non-ship player was decided by the time the season ended. To me, the most logical player was Logan, but you could make a case for others. I'm basing this on the assumption that we were offering Hord a ship when we were recruiting her. To have one available for her, someone on the 2021 team had to be already planned for no ship for the 2022 season. So then I assume Bergmark was receiving the ship that would have gone to Hord if she had picked Texas. The ship for Ewert came from Gabriel leaving and the ship for Akana came from Iosia leaving. You could be right. I do recall Texas officially announcing the signing of a women's basketball grad-transfer signee from Harvard (Katie Benzan) in November 2019 while she was still enrolled there, and wasn't going to attend Texas until the 2020-21 academic year. |
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