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Post by avid 2.0 on Dec 5, 2022 21:31:29 GMT -5
This is such a massive what-if, but I’m just curious. If Akana would’ve stayed, do you think Cook would’ve made a 5-1 with one of the setters work? Or do you think she would’ve ended up riding the bench this year? I'd imagine she'd at the minimum be a serving sub (for Allick) I'd imagine whether or not she'd see the court would be is her defense enough of an offset for a smaller block and one less attacking option. Idk if there's an answer to that. |
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Post by haterade on Dec 5, 2022 21:38:15 GMT -5
This is such a massive what-if, but I’m just curious. If Akana would’ve stayed, do you think Cook would’ve made a 5-1 with one of the setters work? Or do you think she would’ve ended up riding the bench this year? She’s far too good to not have played. I imagine they would have started with Nicklin getting work at DS then pivot Nicklin back to setter. Then her role would have been similar to last year. |
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Post by uofaGRAD on Dec 5, 2022 21:38:20 GMT -5
This is such a massive what-if, but I’m just curious. If Akana would’ve stayed, do you think Cook would’ve made a 5-1 with one of the setters work? Or do you think she would’ve ended up riding the bench this year? I'd imagine she'd at the minimum be a serving sub (for Allick) I'd imagine whether or not she'd see the court would be is her defense enough of an offset for a smaller block and one less attacking option. Idk if there's an answer to that. the lingering back(?) injury to Hames was obviously a big one. much lesser vertical now than before. sucks for sure:/ even if Akana doesn’t ever get the libero jersey at texas, I guess it was a worthwhile transfer? just glad it worked out for everybody in the end. hate that knuckles doesn’t get to see her senior season through. I still hope she takes her fifth year somewhere, even if that doesn’t seem to be the consensus. |
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Post by jwvolley on Dec 5, 2022 21:42:42 GMT -5
I'd imagine she'd at the minimum be a serving sub (for Allick) I'd imagine whether or not she'd see the court would be is her defense enough of an offset for a smaller block and one less attacking option. Idk if there's an answer to that. the lingering back(?) injury to Hames was obviously a big one. much lesser vertical now than before. sucks for sure:/ even if Akana doesn’t ever get the libero jersey at texas, I guess it was a worthwhile transfer? just glad it worked out for everybody in the end. hate that knuckles doesn’t get to see her senior season through. I still hope she takes her fifth year somewhere, even if that doesn’t seem to be the consensus. I'm definitely sad that in just a matter of two seasons I'm losing 4 of last year's 5-headed defense (Hames-Knuckles-Akana-Rodriguez-Kubik)...god that was wild. Glad we have Lexi another two years and four of Choboy to keep us on track, maybe another player from the portal to help too with Mauch coming in 2024 |
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Post by uofaGRAD on Dec 5, 2022 21:47:15 GMT -5
the lingering back(?) injury to Hames was obviously a big one. much lesser vertical now than before. sucks for sure:/ even if Akana doesn’t ever get the libero jersey at texas, I guess it was a worthwhile transfer? just glad it worked out for everybody in the end. hate that knuckles doesn’t get to see her senior season through. I still hope she takes her fifth year somewhere, even if that doesn’t seem to be the consensus. I'm definitely sad that in just a matter of two seasons I'm losing 4 of last year's 5-headed defense (Hames-Knuckles-Akana-Rodriguez-Kubik)...god that was wild. Glad we have Lexi another two years and four of Choboy to keep us on track, maybe another player from the portal to help too with Mauch coming in 2024 I could’ve shed a tear for just Logan leaving, I can’t imagine y’all’s emotions on senior night! granted, everyone on this board knows how high I am on Choboy, and I know y’all are too. I’m so excited to see her in the NCAAs, even if it’s for the team I hate most lmao (actually, maybe third most. Arizona State and Houston are pretty high up there for me) |
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Post by juancook on Dec 5, 2022 22:11:14 GMT -5
I'd imagine she'd at the minimum be a serving sub (for Allick) I'd imagine whether or not she'd see the court would be is her defense enough of an offset for a smaller block and one less attacking option. Idk if there's an answer to that. the lingering back(?) injury to Hames was obviously a big one. much lesser vertical now than before. sucks for sure:/ even if Akana doesn’t ever get the libero jersey at texas, I guess it was a worthwhile transfer? just glad it worked out for everybody in the end. hate that knuckles doesn’t get to see her senior season through. I still hope she takes her fifth year somewhere, even if that doesn’t seem to be the consensus. Akana transferring to Texas for the libero jersey: was that the sole reason? Or was it just more playing time in general than Nebraska? With that being said, is Akana getting more playing time this season at Texas vs her playing time last year at Nebraska? I've wondered that for a while now. |
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Post by uofaGRAD on Dec 5, 2022 22:12:31 GMT -5
the lingering back(?) injury to Hames was obviously a big one. much lesser vertical now than before. sucks for sure:/ even if Akana doesn’t ever get the libero jersey at texas, I guess it was a worthwhile transfer? just glad it worked out for everybody in the end. hate that knuckles doesn’t get to see her senior season through. I still hope she takes her fifth year somewhere, even if that doesn’t seem to be the consensus. Akana transferring to Texas for the libero jersey: was that the sole reason? Or was it just more playing time in general than Nebraska? With that being said, is Akana getting more playing time this season at Texas vs her playing time last year at Nebraska? I've wondered that for a while now. it’s the exact same as last year. three rotations for the opposite. I don’t think it was the sole reason. There were probably talks about Hames switching to DS before she left. Also, she wasn’t gonna be on scholarship right? |
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Post by juancook on Dec 5, 2022 22:16:12 GMT -5
Akana transferring to Texas for the libero jersey: was that the sole reason? Or was it just more playing time in general than Nebraska? With that being said, is Akana getting more playing time this season at Texas vs her playing time last year at Nebraska? I've wondered that for a while now. it’s the exact same as last year. three rotations for the opposite. I don’t think it was the sole reason. There were probably talks about Hames switching to DS before she left. Also, she wasn’t gonna be on scholarship right? I don't think she was going to be on scholarship, but she had some sweet NIL deals set up though |
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Post by viqueen10s on Dec 6, 2022 5:54:02 GMT -5
She’s gotta get those eyelashes reinstalled No, she has to get rid of that black hair!! She has been Ill since before the Wisconsin match, which isn’t 6 matches but certainly didn’t help. Sounded like she had only practiced once since. |
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Post by haterade on Dec 6, 2022 11:37:25 GMT -5
Akana transferring to Texas for the libero jersey: was that the sole reason? Or was it just more playing time in general than Nebraska? With that being said, is Akana getting more playing time this season at Texas vs her playing time last year at Nebraska? I've wondered that for a while now. it’s the exact same as last year. three rotations for the opposite. I don’t think it was the sole reason. There were probably talks about Hames switching to DS before she left. Also, she wasn’t gonna be on scholarship right? She came on a 2 for 4 after decommitting from USC. With the Covid year, she had a third unpaid year of eligibility. She only had one year promised remaining. She wanted to compete for Libero, Nicklin was moving to DS and they were already messing with a 6-2 in the spring. All that gave her pause about staying in a limited role that she’d clearly outperformed. So she enters the portal, gets what she’s looking for from Texas and that’s where we sit today. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2022 12:12:15 GMT -5
Super bummed that I won’t be able to watch the game this Thursday  anybody else going to be working ? |
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Post by mrshusker on Dec 6, 2022 12:23:36 GMT -5
Super bummed that I won’t be able to watch the game this Thursday anybody else going to be working ? I'm going to be "Working", won't stop me from watching. My coworkers are all aware and said they will be stopping in my office for updates. |
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Post by kurtndiego on Dec 6, 2022 12:23:52 GMT -5
Akana's serve alone would have kept her on the floor for the Huskers. She just had 7 aces in a sweep the other night!
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Post by basil on Dec 6, 2022 12:25:25 GMT -5
Akana's serve alone would have kept her on the floor for the Huskers. She just had 7 aces in a sweep the other night! *while I agree the Huskers could use/probably miss Akana's serve the caveat to this stat is that it was against like the #250 team in the country |
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Post by robtearle on Dec 6, 2022 12:29:06 GMT -5
Akana's serve alone would have kept her on the floor for the Huskers. She just had 7 aces in a sweep the other night! You can't run a 6-2 AND sub in Knuckles AND sub in Akana. Something would have had to give. I don't know which it would have been, but something would have had to be excluded. |
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anybody else going to be working ?
