|
|
Post by Riviera Minestrone on Dec 19, 2021 19:05:04 GMT -5
Stanford, Udub, WSU + Oregon.
12/22: just aced Utah from above list after Weatherington entered transfer portal!
|
|
|
|
Post by azvolleydad on Dec 19, 2021 19:10:22 GMT -5
Why are so many so optimistic about Stanford? Are there incoming freshmen expected to make a big difference? Or do people think the existing players will improve and/or the Cardinal will just be healthier next year?
|
|
|
|
Post by basil on Dec 19, 2021 19:13:04 GMT -5
Stanford, Udub, Utah, WSU + Oregon. Utah? do they have some insane recruits coming in? I think USC has some nice talent, probably wont win the conference but could be a dangerous team. |
|
|
|
Post by uncommitted on Dec 19, 2021 19:15:00 GMT -5
Too soon to call til transfer market shakes out
|
|
|
|
Post by cbrown1709 on Dec 19, 2021 19:17:08 GMT -5
Why are so many so optimistic about Stanford? Are there incoming freshmen expected to make a big difference? Or do people think the existing players will improve and/or the Cardinal will just be healthier next year? Optimistic about the healthy L Smith in the middle. A spring training for Francis some added depth in the passing department with Rubin and Pringle |
|
|
|
Post by azvolleydad on Dec 19, 2021 19:17:46 GMT -5
Too soon to call til transfer market shakes out This! 100% |
|
|
|
Post by mikegarrison on Dec 19, 2021 19:35:22 GMT -5
Agree with the second part (not biased). ASU is returning nearly all of their starters (barring any transfers). As far as the favorite, I'm going to go with Oregon, with Stanford right behind. Adding Pukis is a game-changer for the Ducks. Not knocking ASU. I'd like nothing better than for Tomasevic to get to the top of the PAC. But why is returning all their starters such a big deal? They finished the conference 7-13. Are they going to all improve dramatically during the off-season? Are there new recruits that are going to make the difference? Normally I agree with this. Returning all the starters on a team that was mediocre generally indicates only that you will have another mediocre team. But the starters ASU is returning were almost all young. Lots of upside. And the one that wasn't young? The team's workhorse, Isanovic. A player pretty much any team would want to have playing for them. |
|
ze202
Sophomore
Posts: 102
|
Post by ze202 on Dec 19, 2021 20:08:42 GMT -5
Agree with the second part (not biased). ASU is returning nearly all of their starters (barring any transfers). As far as the favorite, I'm going to go with Oregon, with Stanford right behind. Adding Pukis is a game-changer for the Ducks. Not knocking ASU. I'd like nothing better than for Tomasevic to get to the top of the PAC. But why is returning all their starters such a big deal? They finished the conference 7-13. Are they going to all improve dramatically during the off-season? Are there new recruits that are going to make the difference? Oh yeah, that was for team on the rise. As much as I love my Devils, they're not winning the Pac. |
|
|
|
Post by tomclen on Dec 19, 2021 20:24:08 GMT -5
Wasn't really questioning anyone's judgements. Just trying to better understand the optimism. The mystery to me about ASU is how they had that incredible win streak in the middle of the season, I remember thinking they could go deep in the tournament.
They had consecutive wins over UCLA, Utah, Colorado, California and Stanford. After going 5-0, they lost 7 of the next 8.
But it seemed like there were a lot of weird anomalies in the PAC this season.
|
|
|
|
Post by hammer on Dec 19, 2021 23:18:30 GMT -5
Why are so many so optimistic about Stanford? Are there incoming freshmen expected to make a big difference? Or do people think the existing players will improve and/or the Cardinal will just be healthier next year? I think it's more about who is leaving from other teams versus what Stanford is adding. Stanford brings every starter back except Campbell, but there is a replacement for her (A. Smith) who should play at about the same level. The transfer portal could change things pretty dramatically though, so it is wait and see IMO. |
|
|
|
Post by stanfankev on Dec 20, 2021 0:50:28 GMT -5
Why are so many so optimistic about Stanford? Are there incoming freshmen expected to make a big difference? Or do people think the existing players will improve and/or the Cardinal will just be healthier next year? Yes |
|
|
|
Post by c4ndlelight on Dec 20, 2021 1:11:31 GMT -5
Too soon to call til transfer market shakes out This. |
|
|
|
Post by baytree on Dec 20, 2021 1:12:58 GMT -5
Why are so many so optimistic about Stanford? Are there incoming freshmen expected to make a big difference? Or do people think the existing players will improve and/or the Cardinal will just be healthier next year? I think it's more about who is leaving from other teams versus what Stanford is adding. Stanford brings every starter back except Campbell, but there is a replacement for her (A. Smith) who should play at about the same level. The transfer portal could change things pretty dramatically though, so it is wait and see IMO. This. Plus our floor defense was probably our biggest weakness and Rubin (and maybe Pringle or Belardi) should help with that. Stanford had a lot of injuries in 2020 and 2021 so if they return to mean, it will be a major improvement. I think everyone hopes that both Leilah and Annabelle Smith will be available at middle so there shouldn't be a drop off there. Scoring may improve with L. Smith (who seems more offensively oriented than Vincini or A Smith, though she hasn't really played in college yet) and bc Miner will have more time to connect with the middles this spring. Francis missed some of preseason and didn't really get much chance to get used to playing OH before the regular season. She'd been a middle. So we hope that a spring and summer to work on OH skills will help. But I 100% agree with hammer and others that it's too early to make an educated guess until we find out who transfers in and out of all the teams. |
|
|
|
Post by surfvolleypolojock77 on Dec 21, 2021 21:26:14 GMT -5
Do you think that Stanford can find another Graduate Student Athlete like Madeline Gates?
|
|
|
|
Post by geddyleeridesagain on Dec 21, 2021 21:58:01 GMT -5
Do you think that Stanford can find another Graduate Student Athlete like Madeline Gates? Gates was a unicorn. An All-American level volleyball player-slash-uber nerd who was accepted into Stanford’s grad Statistics program…and who happened to have one more season of eligibility left. That was a bit of serendipity that will not be easy to duplicate. |
|
