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Post by greatlakesvballer on Jun 24, 2022 22:56:36 GMT -5
I will go with OH Orzol OH Franklin S Hammill MB Hart MB Smrek OPP Robinson L Bramschreiber DS Güçtekin Serving Specialists Izzy and Boyer It will be hard to keep Demps off the floor and I can see her and Crawford getting considerable playing time. Crawford getting spot starts throughout the year (especially early in the year) as she is too talented to ride the sideline and Demps as defensive specialist as others as stated for Smrek and maybe even starts at OH in early season matches against inferior opponents. Barring injury I think Wrobel should redshirt if she'd be ammendable to that. Robinson was All-American as an OPP and I think that this her best suited position leaving Smrek to fill Danas shoes a tall order indeed. I have been an avid follower since 2013 and a casual follower since Cook's years here and this years team I feel 1 through 12 is the deepest and overall most talented in that time. Fun times in Madison. So Smrek has enough speed to cover the net? Hmmmm. I think you’re right about the level of talent. So it’s Good to be the Badgers right now.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2022 23:06:07 GMT -5
I will go with OH Orzol OH Franklin S Hammill MB Hart MB Smrek OPP Robinson L Bramschreiber DS Güçtekin Serving Specialists Izzy and Boyer It will be hard to keep Demps off the floor and I can see her and Crawford getting considerable playing time. Crawford getting spot starts throughout the year (especially early in the year) as she is too talented to ride the sideline and Demps as defensive specialist as others as stated for Smrek and maybe even starts at OH in early season matches against inferior opponents. Barring injury I think Wrobel should redshirt if she'd be ammendable to that. Robinson was All-American as an OPP and I think that this her best suited position leaving Smrek to fill Danas shoes a tall order indeed. I have been an avid follower since 2013 and a casual follower since Cook's years here and this years team I feel 1 through 12 is the deepest and overall most talented in that time. Fun times in Madison. So Smrek has enough speed to cover the net? Hmmmm. I think you’re right about the level of talent. So it’s Good to be the Badgers right now. She is definitely athletic though. Despite being only an inch taller than Dana I think Anna reached what like 4-5 inches higher on the hitting 10' list.. Correct me if I'm off on that. I guess that is my 'dream' lineup but being whether it's practical or not we'll see. As you alluded to if Smrek isn't quick enough laterally then yeh it'll won't happen.
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Post by robtearle on Jun 24, 2022 23:19:13 GMT -5
So Smrek has enough speed to cover the net? Hmmmm. I think you’re right about the level of talent. So it’s Good to be the Badgers right now. She is definitely athletic though. Despite being only an inch taller than Dana I think Anna reached what like 4-5 inches higher. on the hitting 10' list.. Correct me if I'm off on that. IIRC, you are. They posted a graphic on the team twitter account last year, and as best I remember, Dana touched maybe 10' 6". Smrek touches 11'2 " or better (I think the basketball dunk might show her higher). More 8 inches higher for Smrek.
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Post by badgerbreath on Jun 25, 2022 0:23:08 GMT -5
I considered putting Smrek in the middle. What Smrek doesn't have in foot speed on the block, she can make up for in reach, although the hand work gets a but tougher. But main thing is that I'm not sure about her slide. Not that I think it isn't good, I just can't remember seeing much of it. Usually Sheff wants his middles to at least have the option of running a slide.
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Post by robtearle on Jun 25, 2022 8:46:44 GMT -5
I considered putting Smrek in the middle. What Smrek doesn't have in foot speed on the block, she can make up for in reach, although the hand work gets a but tougher. But main thing is that I'm not sure about her slide. Not that I think it isn't good, I just can't remember seeing much of it. Usually Sheff wants his middles to at least have the option of running a slide. I remember hearing/reading Sheffield talking about options for who would play in the middle (before spring 2021?) and the suggestion that such-and-such could play middle, because she'd play middle in high school. He was maybe more diplomatic than this, but his answer was essentially "The Big Ten ain't high school". He went on to talk about how the angles are different and everybody is faster and hits higher and harder, and you have to learn to play middle in the Big Ten. I have no idea whether they're trying to teach Smrek what she needs to know, if if they've decided she's better on the right doing the sort-of offense/defense switch-on-the-fly with Robinson etc. But it sure is nice to have all the options.
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Post by savannahbadger on Jun 25, 2022 11:47:16 GMT -5
I would be shocked if GG wasn’t the starter on day 1. My guess is that Sheffield knows that another title is there for the taking this year. But he doesn’t want to get blindsided by a game changing injury that could derail that outcome - ala Hart last season. I felt that Sheffield and the team really had to battle tooth and nail after that, in spite of the remaining talent pool. Makes sense to load up as much as possible. I had a rather uninformed take earlier in this thread about GG redshirting, but taking SB as a grad transfer definitely paves the way for easing in GG in case the move to America and being in school in a new country ends up being a steeper learning curve than what Orzoł experienced. Will she redshirt? Probably not. Will she have a lot less pressure to be the starter on day 1? Definitely. Whatever happens, the depth at L/DS could be critical.
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Post by badgerbreath on Jun 25, 2022 11:55:25 GMT -5
I would be shocked if GG wasn’t the starter on day 1. My guess is that Sheffield knows that another title is there for the taking this year. But he doesn’t want to get blindsided by a game changing injury that could derail that outcome - ala Hart last season. I felt that Sheffield and the team really had to battle tooth and nail after that, in spite of the remaining talent pool. Makes sense to load up as much as possible. I had a rather uninformed take earlier in this thread about GG redshirting, but taking SB as a grad transfer definitely paves the way for easing in GG in case the move to America and being in school in a new country ends up being a steeper learning curve than what Orzoł experienced. Will she redshirt? Probably not. Will she have a lot less pressure to be the starter on day 1? Definitely. Whatever happens, the depth at L/DS could be critical. People are overworried about the transition, IMO. Istanbul is a cosmopolitan city. GG has been traveling with the national youth teams. Functional English proficiency isn't that unusual, especially among young Turks, because Turkish is not widely spoken in Europe outside Turkey. We have had several Turkish students, and you would be amazed at how quickly they adapted. Their work is their comfort zone. Volleyball will be her comfort zone during the transition.
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Post by Logan Tom Fan on Jun 25, 2022 14:45:37 GMT -5
I will go with OH Orzol OH Franklin S Hammill MB Hart MB Smrek OPP Robinson L Bramschreiber DS Güçtekin Serving Specialists Izzy and Boyer It will be hard to keep Demps off the floor and I can see her and Crawford getting considerable playing time. Crawford getting spot starts throughout the year (especially early in the year) as she is too talented to ride the sideline and Demps as defensive specialist as others have stated for Smrek and maybe even starts at OH in early season matches against inferior opponents. Barring injury I think Wrobel should redshirt if she'd be ammendable to that. Robinson was All-American as an OPP and I think that this her best suited position leaving Smrek to fill Danas shoes a tall order indeed. I have been an avid follower since 2013 and a casual follower since Cook's years here and this years team I feel 1 through 12 is the deepest and overall most talented in that time. Fun times in Madison. I like that Smrek and Robinson are both interchangeable on the right and in the middle. Depending on the type of team they play, both could be put in either position that gives them the advantage.
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Post by SportyBucky on Jun 25, 2022 17:59:12 GMT -5
I had a rather uninformed take earlier in this thread about GG redshirting, but taking SB as a grad transfer definitely paves the way for easing in GG in case the move to America and being in school in a new country ends up being a steeper learning curve than what Orzoł experienced. Will she redshirt? Probably not. Will she have a lot less pressure to be the starter on day 1? Definitely. Whatever happens, the depth at L/DS could be critical. People are overworried about the transition, IMO. Istanbul is a cosmopolitan city. GG has been traveling with the national youth teams. Functional English proficiency isn't that unusual, especially among young Turks, because Turkish is not widely spoken in Europe outside Turkey. We have had several Turkish students, and you would be amazed at how quickly they adapted. Their work is their comfort zone. Volleyball will be her comfort zone during the transition. GG has been playing at the highest level in the world. I predict she'll be able to transition right away.
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Post by Wiswell on Jun 25, 2022 18:45:55 GMT -5
I had a rather uninformed take earlier in this thread about GG redshirting, but taking SB as a grad transfer definitely paves the way for easing in GG in case the move to America and being in school in a new country ends up being a steeper learning curve than what Orzoł experienced. Will she redshirt? Probably not. Will she have a lot less pressure to be the starter on day 1? Definitely. Whatever happens, the depth at L/DS could be critical. People are overworried about the transition, IMO. Istanbul is a cosmopolitan city. GG has been traveling with the national youth teams. Functional English proficiency isn't that unusual, especially among young Turks, because Turkish is not widely spoken in Europe outside Turkey. We have had several Turkish students, and you would be amazed at how quickly they adapted. Their work is their comfort zone. Volleyball will be her comfort zone during the transition. Different school, but there are also two Turkish players coming to Michigan State. I "think" they would have a passing knowledge of each other. That has to help some. Orzol will be the European mama. It will be fine!
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Post by skinny on Jun 25, 2022 20:48:54 GMT -5
Looks like Wrobel is in Madison. She was out on Lake Mendota with Reed, Hammy and Crawford today. Beautiful day for it.
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Post by robtearle on Jun 25, 2022 20:58:20 GMT -5
Looks like Wrobel is in Madison. She was out on Lake Mendota with Reed, Hammy and Crawford today. Beautiful day for it. LOL Yesterday was. Today, not so much.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2022 12:57:55 GMT -5
Looks like Wrobel is in Madison. She was out on Lake Mendota with Reed, Hammy and Crawford today. Beautiful day for it. I hope she finds Madison and its beautiful lakes to her liking. Gonna be a great year I can feel it. Defending champions balling out and hopefully extending the winning streak against tree planting cornhuskers. Can't wait for the season to begin.
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Post by badgerbreath on Jun 26, 2022 13:04:29 GMT -5
Looks like Wrobel is in Madison. She was out on Lake Mendota with Reed, Hammy and Crawford today. Beautiful day for it. I hope she finds Madison and its beautiful lakes to her liking. Gonna be a great year I can feel it. Defending champions balling out and hopefully extending the winning streak against tree planting cornhuskers. Can't wait for the season to begin. "Tree-planting"? Did I miss something?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2022 13:09:56 GMT -5
Feeling both bored and nostalgic this morning thus I rewatched the title game from December and was once again struck at Coach Sheffields reaction as he watched the team celebrate their achievement on court. This upcoming season will be Coach Sheffields 10th season with our Badgers. We are fortunate to have him and his entire staff. Found, watched, and thought I would share his introduction to Wisconsin.
Feeling blessed. Go Badgers!
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