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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Oct 9, 2022 13:02:02 GMT -5
a couple of riley's clutch kills last night ...
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Oct 9, 2022 13:02:22 GMT -5
igiede being igiede ...
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Post by babybacksets on Oct 9, 2022 13:02:55 GMT -5
On a positive note... Wagoner has brought up her hitting percentage from sub .100 to .200. Keep grinding Wags Happy she’s showing out as well but I feel like those 4 digs was a career low for her lol but I would gameplan around not hitting it at Wagoner also.
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Oct 9, 2022 13:04:47 GMT -5
of course, have to highlight edmonds' career night ...
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Oct 9, 2022 15:30:35 GMT -5
I already have high blood pressure and sh*t you not, my blood pressure hit 202 in the 4th. Had to take another bp pill lol awesome - thank you! added to the op!
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Post by jttaberu on Oct 9, 2022 16:41:10 GMT -5
"oooo...sh!t"
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Post by brooselee on Oct 9, 2022 16:55:53 GMT -5
I didn't realize how atrocious Hawaii's block is. 1.89 bps. Some middles average that by themselves. Yeah but blocking is only one part of the game. Being a good blocking team maybe be good for statistics but not always result in wins. UC Irvine leads the league in blocking and we hit a season high .475 against them. Also ahead of us in blocking is CSUN and they are at the bottom of the standing and UC Davis when we hit nearly 30% against them. I remember hearing UCLA had a match with 20 blocks and lost the match 3-1. Go figure.
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Post by 808poipounder on Oct 9, 2022 17:47:27 GMT -5
Talk about droppin the BOOOOM!!! Gotta love it...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2022 18:15:02 GMT -5
I didn't realize how atrocious Hawaii's block is. 1.89 bps. Some middles average that by themselves. Yeah but blocking is only one part of the game. Being a good blocking team maybe be good for statistics but not always result in wins. UC Irvine leads the league in blocking and we hit a season high .475 against them. Also ahead of us in blocking is CSUN and they are at the bottom of the standing and UC Davis when we hit nearly 30% against them. I remember hearing UCLA had a match with 20 blocks and lost the match 3-1. Go figure. It’s a big part of the game! Especially as the competition gets better and teams with big arms at the pins come rolling in. The numbers you’ve supplied are against subpar teams who didn’t play tough schedules. Hawaii’s blocking needs tons of work as it’s bad. If Hawaii can’t slow more balls down at the net and block for points they will struggle more than they need to against Cal Poly and UCSB. Not saying they’ll lose because they seem to gut it out with scrappy floor defense but it’ll be that much harder. Last night was an example of a team that has no business pushing Hawaii that hard but the absence of a block made it so.
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Post by aznsun90 on Oct 9, 2022 18:17:19 GMT -5
Loved the way Riley played. Knew she had the Amy Neal vibes!
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Post by vballfreak808 on Oct 9, 2022 18:27:11 GMT -5
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Post by brooselee on Oct 9, 2022 18:39:59 GMT -5
Yeah but blocking is only one part of the game. Being a good blocking team maybe be good for statistics but not always result in wins. UC Irvine leads the league in blocking and we hit a season high .475 against them. Also ahead of us in blocking is CSUN and they are at the bottom of the standing and UC Davis when we hit nearly 30% against them. I remember hearing UCLA had a match with 20 blocks and lost the match 3-1. Go figure. It’s a big part of the game! Especially as the competition gets better and teams with big arms at the pins come rolling in. The numbers you’ve supplied are against subpar teams who didn’t play tough schedules. Hawaii’s blocking needs tons of work as it’s bad. If Hawaii can’t slow more balls down at the net and block for points they will struggle more than they need to against Cal Poly and UCSB. Not saying they’ll lose because they seem to gut it out with scrappy floor defense but it’ll be that much harder. Last night was an example of a team that has no business pushing Hawaii that hard but the absence of a block made it so. I think you are failing to give UCSD credit. They took UCSB to 5 and have gone 5 with almost everyone in the league. They are a scrappy team and we are by no means a dominant team. Sure, everyone want their team to lead the league in blocking but if you don’t have the personnel to be a good blocking team, then we need to improve elsewhere to make up for it. Getting a good blocking coach is not going to be the answer. I recall some here saying we need a hitting coach cause we have a staff full of setters/liberos and nobody can coach hitting. Yet we lead the league in hitting %. Amber Igiede continues to improve year after year despite not having someone who was a MB on staff. I think it is proven time and time again that having a staff filled with certain position coaches does not mean they are going to be only going to be good in the position they played at. If that was the case, UCLA should be a setter factory. Sealy is considered one of the best setter in UCLA history.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2022 19:01:37 GMT -5
It’s a big part of the game! Especially as the competition gets better and teams with big arms at the pins come rolling in. The numbers you’ve supplied are against subpar teams who didn’t play tough schedules. Hawaii’s blocking needs tons of work as it’s bad. If Hawaii can’t slow more balls down at the net and block for points they will struggle more than they need to against Cal Poly and UCSB. Not saying they’ll lose because they seem to gut it out with scrappy floor defense but it’ll be that much harder. Last night was an example of a team that has no business pushing Hawaii that hard but the absence of a block made it so. I think you are failing to give UCSD credit. They took UCSB to 5 and have gone 5 with almost everyone in the league. They are a scrappy team and we are by no means a dominant team. Sure, everyone want their team to lead the league in blocking but if you don’t have the personnel to be a good blocking team, then we need to improve elsewhere to make up for it. Getting a good blocking coach is not going to be the answer. I recall some here saying we need a hitting coach cause we have a staff full of setters/libero and nobody can coach hitting. Yet we lead the league in hitting %. UCSD did some decent things but they aren’t a good team. I never said Hawaii needs to lead the conference in blocking but it needs to better first at touching and slow down the ball and second blocking for actual points. Personnel is one thing but it’s fixed at this point. They need to work on better read blocking, blocking schemes as well as technique. It’s a glaring weakness that has been massively exploited (e.g. set 3 of LBSU, set 3 of last night and set 4 of UCLA). Also, the people who call for better positioning coaching are most likely looking at the team against the national picture and not just the Big West. The Big West is not yet a good conference so to use it as a measuring stick gives a whole different picture. The bottom line is, Hawaii’s last 3 opponents have all hit over 20% against them and on average, Hawaii allows this type of offensive success by its opponents.
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Post by raian13 on Oct 9, 2022 19:01:49 GMT -5
She’s really excited to be a Bow
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Post by practicesafesets on Oct 9, 2022 19:50:16 GMT -5
She’s really excited to be a Bow Yes! Hawaii should get recruits to do photo ops like this 💚
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