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Post by 2left on Sept 24, 2022 17:13:18 GMT -5
I think Tiff might be a better middle than OPP to the point of keeping Kennedi out of the lineup. If Kennedi beats her out at MB, that means she must be really good. And if Tiff beats out both Brae and Annika at OPP to stay in the lineup, then she must be looking pretty good at practice - it will be interesting to see.
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Post by kaipono on Sept 24, 2022 17:22:08 GMT -5
I think Tiff might be a better middle than OPP to the point of keeping Kennedi out of the lineup. If Kennedi beats her out at MB, that means she must be really good. And if Tiff beats out both Brae and Annika at OPP to stay in the lineup, then she must be looking pretty good at practice - it will be interesting to see. I would like to see us give more sets towards Akana to gauge how she would do against Big West competition. Against UC Davis, she only got set 7 times through 3 sets
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Post by overtheblock on Sept 24, 2022 17:51:14 GMT -5
Watching last nights match UH v UC Davis. UH looks like no top tier team right now.CP took care of business with LBS. And both LB and CP looks pretty polished up for their first match of the season. Not sure I’m pointing out the obvious or not, but Kate Lang really stinks up the court. Her setting is not sophisticated, with lots of poor choices or even consistent. Not a good look for someone who touches the ball more any any other player on the court. Looking at her setting reminds me of how amazing Kanoe Kamanoe was when it came to dishing the ball. I think we need a major upgrade at setter to excel.
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Post by babybacksets on Sept 24, 2022 18:26:48 GMT -5
Watching last nights match UH v UC Davis. UH looks like no top tier team right now.CP took care of business with LBS. And both LB and CP looks pretty polished up for their first match of the season. Not sure I’m pointing out the obvious or not, but Kate Lang really stinks up the court. Her setting is not sophisticated, with lots of poor choices or even consistent. Not a good look for someone who touches the ball more any any other player on the court. Looking at her setting reminds me of how amazing Kanoe Kamanoe was when it came to dishing the ball. I think we need a major upgrade at setter to excel. Blanket statements without solid examples and explanation is pretty stinky to me…
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Post by kaipono on Sept 24, 2022 18:49:33 GMT -5
Not sure I’m pointing out the obvious or not, but Kate Lang really stinks up the court. Her setting is not sophisticated, with lots of poor choices or even consistent. Not a good look for someone who touches the ball more any any other player on the court. Looking at her setting reminds me of how amazing Kanoe Kamanoe was when it came to dishing the ball. I think we need a major upgrade at setter to excel. Blanket statements without solid examples and explanation is pretty stinky to me… We hit 0.293 on the match, and honestly, our passing could have been better and Alexander's errors were not on Lang. Maybe a few more sets could have gone to Akana, but I thought that Lang made better choices than in our earlier games. This poster has been very critical of Lang and maybe they want Byrd setting instead? Or maybe they're on the Matias bandwagon?
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Post by Timeless on Sept 24, 2022 19:01:50 GMT -5
I think it's more to do with the frustration of the passing. When you have Wagoner at a 2.15 and Ikenaga at libero under 2 it would make the average setter look like shi!.
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Post by kamikaze49 on Sept 24, 2022 19:03:57 GMT -5
OTB is not correct. Lang has not been quite as good as last year, but a lot of this has been due to serve receive not being as consistently good as last year. Byrd has her own challenges as a setter. I suspect Coach intends to redshirt Matias, as she hasn’t been subbed in to set, or as a DS or Liberian.
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Post by kamikaze49 on Sept 24, 2022 19:07:16 GMT -5
Oops. Libero. They miss BVS as a hitter and passer.
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Post by aznsun90 on Sept 24, 2022 19:28:21 GMT -5
Blanket statements without solid examples and explanation is pretty stinky to me… We hit 0.293 on the match, and honestly, our passing could have been better and Alexander's errors were not on Lang. Maybe a few more sets could have gone to Akana, but I thought that Lang made better choices than in our earlier games. This poster has been very critical of Lang and maybe they want Byrd setting instead? Or maybe they're on the Matias bandwagon? I thought Lang did a good job with setting, there were a few sets that were off but set selection I thought was good. UC Davis had a 6’6 middle blocker who had amber’s number. Thankful that Riley continued her strong hitting.
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Post by kaipono on Sept 24, 2022 19:33:16 GMT -5
We hit 0.293 on the match, and honestly, our passing could have been better and Alexander's errors were not on Lang. Maybe a few more sets could have gone to Akana, but I thought that Lang made better choices than in our earlier games. This poster has been very critical of Lang and maybe they want Byrd setting instead? Or maybe they're on the Matias bandwagon? I thought Lang did a good job with setting, there were a few sets that were off but set selection I thought was good. UC Davis had a 6’6 middle blocker who had amber’s number. Thankful that Riley continued her strong hitting. And Igiede still hit 0.389, so I'm not sure Ough had her number haha
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Post by aznsun90 on Sept 24, 2022 19:55:44 GMT -5
I thought Lang did a good job with setting, there were a few sets that were off but set selection I thought was good. UC Davis had a 6’6 middle blocker who had amber’s number. Thankful that Riley continued her strong hitting. And Igiede still hit 0.389, so I'm not sure Ough had her number haha Haha I think I’m using that phrase wrong. But yes Amber still hit for a high percentage. Hoping she’ll make All American this year!
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Post by babybacksets on Sept 24, 2022 20:10:32 GMT -5
Blanket statements without solid examples and explanation is pretty stinky to me… We hit 0.293 on the match, and honestly, our passing could have been better and Alexander's errors were not on Lang. Maybe a few more sets could have gone to Akana, but I thought that Lang made better choices than in our earlier games. This poster has been very critical of Lang and maybe they want Byrd setting instead? Or maybe they're on the Matias bandwagon? Who even knows lol I mean I love the film I’ve seen of Matias but it would be a waste of her eligibility to not redshirt her this year because with the extra covid year puts her and Lang too close together in terms of years left, that two year gap between setters has been doing good for Hawaii for several years now
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Post by staticb on Sept 24, 2022 20:13:20 GMT -5
Watching last nights match UH v UC Davis. UH looks like no top tier team right now.CP took care of business with LBS. And both LB and CP looks pretty polished up for their first match of the season. Not sure I’m pointing out the obvious or not, but Kate Lang really stinks up the court. Her setting is not sophisticated, with lots of poor choices or even consistent. Not a good look for someone who touches the ball more any any other player on the court. Looking at her setting reminds me of how amazing Kanoe Kamanoe was when it came to dishing the ball. I think we need a major upgrade at setter to excel. I thought she was better last year, but last year was a better team. We have to change so many things with the passing and hitting before we even get to the setting.
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Post by babybacksets on Sept 24, 2022 20:17:09 GMT -5
We hit 0.293 on the match, and honestly, our passing could have been better and Alexander's errors were not on Lang. Maybe a few more sets could have gone to Akana, but I thought that Lang made better choices than in our earlier games. This poster has been very critical of Lang and maybe they want Byrd setting instead? Or maybe they're on the Matias bandwagon? I thought Lang did a good job with setting, there were a few sets that were off but set selection I thought was good. UC Davis had a 6’6 middle blocker who had amber’s number. Thankful that Riley continued her strong hitting. Exactly, I know Amber is strong enough to beat any block but 6’6” is still six six lol would’ve like to see more gap/3 sets ran mix things up but yes with the passing you can only do so much. What it looks like with Ikenaga especially, is that the passes aren’t necessarily “bad” passes, they’re just routinely off the net a little more than one would like. She’s typically like 3-5 feet off from the majority of her receptions being 3s and 4s vs the 2s. 2s are serviceable, but more with an offense that’s centered around the pins vs the middles. But let’s not forget Lang started the season off getting the majority of her hitters double digit kills, that’s not that common, even in a 5 set match, even with the top setters in the country
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Sept 24, 2022 20:26:58 GMT -5
looks like the hawaii/uc davis match has been uploaded. and i've added it to the op.
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