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UCLA 2022
Apr 14, 2022 12:57:05 GMT -5
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Post by babybacksets on Apr 14, 2022 12:57:05 GMT -5
Do you have the ability to read or do you only just chime in with whatever the only nonsense singular thought that your brain is capable of holding at a time? UCLA’s potential around Mac May last year was the best they had since her freshman year when she played opposite of Buechler and Gates was in the middle. I literally said EACH of her seasons, not just last year. Even then they had holes in other spots. Obviously libero is going to be a downgrade, Fleck is the best collegiate Libero in the country, no freaking duhh it’s going to be hard to replace her. McKissock is an upgrade, Forte is an upgrade, the 3 pins projected to play will all be experienced and hopefully healthy, and Dodson had a fantastic year last season. Dodson and Forte will both have great backup in Alupei. The balance in the projected line up can be potentially much better than the rosters that had Mac May. Not because they will be better than her but because the amount of players who can be effective spread out better than they have been in past seasons. So save your lmao for when you’re looking at yourself in the mirror You’re saying the sum of the parts this year, is better than the sum of the parts last year no? I don’t think the cast of players around Mac May in each of her seasons has been quite as competitive as this next year is looking to be without Mac May. That’s what I took from this quote. Which I countered saying that last years team, IMO is arguably more balanced than this years team. They have one upgrade in the middle. Last year the pins were as followed Jacobs, Luper, May, ndiaye, McCall. I’m confused on how that supporting cast doesn’t measure up to this year. Unless I’m totally misreading your post, that’s makes 0 sense to me. And your pathetic attempt at a read failed too btw. Call it a pathetic attempt to “read” all you want. Not everything is an episode of drag race. You’re the one who came at me some type of way. YOU are the one that is solely using last season, even though I pretty clearly stated I’m talking about each season of Mac Mays. Not to mention I said she and Fleck together returned UCLA to be in the conversation of top teams in the country. Jacobs was inconsistent, good player, but inconsistent and not always much of a factor offensively. I will say this one last time. I think this next season’s team has the POTENTIAL to better because of balance, even without Mac May and Zoe Fleck, two incredible players, in the lineup. Not because they were bad last year but because they will have a solid, experienced group who can’t be bailed out by two players. Still up to the team to actually work towards making that happen. |
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UCLA 2022
Apr 14, 2022 17:23:48 GMT -5
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Post by babybacksets on Apr 14, 2022 17:23:48 GMT -5
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Post by basil on Apr 14, 2022 17:29:49 GMT -5
Anyone have VolleyMetrics insight on how she’s been career wise? she passed a 2.3 on the season, really, really good also over 4 digs per set, solid defender |
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Post by vbsam16 on Apr 14, 2022 17:31:14 GMT -5
Anyone have VolleyMetrics insight on how she’s been career wise? she passed a 2.3 on the season, really, really good also over 4 digs per set, solid defender She’ll be a downgrade from Fleck, but not an insane downgrade. Really good get for the bruins |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2022 17:38:10 GMT -5
Anyone have VolleyMetrics insight on how she’s been career wise? she passed a 2.3 on the season, really, really good also over 4 digs per set, solid defender 54.9% good pass in 2020 and 57.3% in 2021. Passed 386 balls last season so not really aggressive in SR but a good, experienced bro. |
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Post by bruinsgold on Apr 14, 2022 18:49:14 GMT -5
OKAY SEALY, DON'T F IT UP!
...... again.
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Post by babybacksets on Apr 14, 2022 20:12:18 GMT -5
OKAY SEALY, DON'T F IT UP! ...... again. One thing Sealy could really do is make more of an impact effort to get the so cal club teams into their home matches regularly, build a better fanbase and things will take care of themselves. |
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Post by thelat on Apr 15, 2022 8:43:48 GMT -5
Until UCLA gets a real coach they will always be a potential team
UCLA grad with very close ties to volley ball
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Post by silverchloride on Apr 15, 2022 11:54:30 GMT -5
OKAY SEALY, DON'T F IT UP! ...... again. One thing Sealy could really do is make more of an impact effort to get the so cal club teams into their home matches regularly, build a better fanbase and things will take care of themselves. I have often wondered about this. Not just for Sealy, but all our programs in SoCal. We have some of the best club programs in the Nation concentrated in this area, but don't seem to have colleges actively trying to invite teams to attend matches, get involved, and see the games. Maybe it is some kind of recruiting rule thing? Shrug. |
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UCLA 2022
Apr 15, 2022 17:50:31 GMT -5
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Post by babybacksets on Apr 15, 2022 17:50:31 GMT -5
One thing Sealy could really do is make more of an impact effort to get the so cal club teams into their home matches regularly, build a better fanbase and things will take care of themselves. I have often wondered about this. Not just for Sealy, but all our programs in SoCal. We have some of the best club programs in the Nation concentrated in this area, but don't seem to have colleges actively trying to invite teams to attend matches, get involved, and see the games. Maybe it is some kind of recruiting rule thing? Shrug. I feel like it would only be a recruiting issue if they only offered perks to specific clubs they know they are looking to recruit from (Sunshine, Tstreet, etc) but if they did what a lot of men’s programs do which is offer deals/packages for all local clubs to bring their players out to certain games then I don’t see the issue. I just hope it’s not a mindset of “We’re UCLA of course they should come to our games “ because that’s incredible idiotic, you have to make it an incentive for this parents and a good time for these kids or they will be perfectly fine watching highlights on Instagram lol |
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UCLA 2022
Apr 15, 2022 17:52:36 GMT -5
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Post by babybacksets on Apr 15, 2022 17:52:36 GMT -5
Until UCLA gets a real coach they will always be a potential team UCLA grad with very close ties to volley ball Sealy is not the issue just because people on volleytalk say that Sealy is the issue. |
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UCLA 2022
Apr 15, 2022 18:11:05 GMT -5
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Post by ay2013 on Apr 15, 2022 18:11:05 GMT -5
I have often wondered about this. Not just for Sealy, but all our programs in SoCal. We have some of the best club programs in the Nation concentrated in this area, but don't seem to have colleges actively trying to invite teams to attend matches, get involved, and see the games. Maybe it is some kind of recruiting rule thing? Shrug. I feel like it would only be a recruiting issue if they only offered perks to specific clubs they know they are looking to recruit from (Sunshine, Tstreet, etc) but if they did what a lot of men’s programs do which is offer deals/packages for all local clubs to bring their players out to certain games then I don’t see the issue. I just hope it’s not a mindset of “We’re UCLA of course they should come to our games “ because that’s incredible idiotic, you have to make it an incentive for this parents and a good time for these kids or they will be perfectly fine watching highlights on Instagram lol A decent number of the better clubs in the SoCal basin are pretty far from the UCLA campus. I can see making the drive for a Sunday afternoon match, but any weekday match sounds impractical. I just Google mapped tstreet to the UCLA campus. an hour and a half drive, and it’s barely 4pm. Sunshine is probably the best club close to UCLA and Mizuno LB is second…. But both LA schools raid those programs already for recruits so other than bolstering fan attendance, I don’t know what gain the programs would achieve from making direct efforts to get those clubs to the games consistently. |
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UCLA 2022
Apr 15, 2022 18:52:30 GMT -5
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Post by babybacksets on Apr 15, 2022 18:52:30 GMT -5
I feel like it would only be a recruiting issue if they only offered perks to specific clubs they know they are looking to recruit from (Sunshine, Tstreet, etc) but if they did what a lot of men’s programs do which is offer deals/packages for all local clubs to bring their players out to certain games then I don’t see the issue. I just hope it’s not a mindset of “We’re UCLA of course they should come to our games “ because that’s incredible idiotic, you have to make it an incentive for this parents and a good time for these kids or they will be perfectly fine watching highlights on Instagram lol A decent number of the better clubs in the SoCal basin are pretty far from the UCLA campus. I can see making the drive for a Sunday afternoon match, but any weekday match sounds impractical. I just Google mapped tstreet to the UCLA campus. an hour and a half drive, and it’s barely 4pm. Sunshine is probably the best club close to UCLA and Mizuno LB is second…. But both LA schools raid those programs already for recruits so other than bolstering fan attendance, I don’t know what gain the programs would achieve from making direct efforts to get those clubs to the games consistently. No that’s what I’m saying, I doubt that there is any direct contact with just the clubs they recruit out of but for the sake of creating a real fanbase I think it would be worth reaching out to mid tier and low end clubs. Whether it’s getting drastically cheaper group tickets, gear giveaways, post/pre game autographs, etc. I think it’s worth it. Not only to improve Fan attendance but to feed into more of the future possibilities that the NIL can bring for recruits. Eventually that’ll be more of a factor but right now there are like 2-3 schools that are actually making an impact in that regards when it comes to women’s volleyball. A portion of the collegiate season overlaps with the HS season as well so that’s worth tapping into as well. Can’t hope for much if the bulk of your crowd are parents, drunk low volleyball IQ students, and Volleytalk people lol |
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Post by hammer on Apr 15, 2022 19:10:02 GMT -5
OKAY SEALY, DON'T F IT UP! ...... again. Oh, I think you can count on it. Just like on the TV show I Can See Your Voice, when the contestant "locks it in"!  |
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Post by ay2013 on Apr 15, 2022 19:15:35 GMT -5
A decent number of the better clubs in the SoCal basin are pretty far from the UCLA campus. I can see making the drive for a Sunday afternoon match, but any weekday match sounds impractical. I just Google mapped tstreet to the UCLA campus. an hour and a half drive, and it’s barely 4pm. Sunshine is probably the best club close to UCLA and Mizuno LB is second…. But both LA schools raid those programs already for recruits so other than bolstering fan attendance, I don’t know what gain the programs would achieve from making direct efforts to get those clubs to the games consistently. No that’s what I’m saying, I doubt that there is any direct contact with just the clubs they recruit out of but for the sake of creating a real fanbase I think it would be worth reaching out to mid tier and low end clubs. Whether it’s getting drastically cheaper group tickets, gear giveaways, post/pre game autographs, etc. I think it’s worth it. Not only to improve Fan attendance but to feed into more of the future possibilities that the NIL can bring for recruits. Eventually that’ll be more of a factor but right now there are like 2-3 schools that are actually making an impact in that regards when it comes to women’s volleyball. A portion of the collegiate season overlaps with the HS season as well so that’s worth tapping into as well. Can’t hope for much if the bulk of your crowd are parents, drunk low volleyball IQ students, and Volleytalk people lol I suppose. but, if both schools can keep most of the local talent close to home AND recruit elite players from out of state, even with a less than stellar fanbase and less than stellar on court results, I suppose it doesn't really matter. Not that I'm jealous or anything (note the sarcasm), but it's crazy to me that a program like UCLA, who barely even makes regionals these days, can still be the landing spot for elite out of state recruits and high profile transfers. |
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