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Post by hanson on May 23, 2022 23:32:21 GMT -5
At OH, we got Aaron, Jaeschke and TJ as veterans (yes, TJ u are a veteran now that u started at OG). Fans want young guns? Pair one of them with one of youngies. Winning games will be difficult but attainable. If they put two OH kids on court, they will lose to China for the first time in over a decade. And Ranking points will plunge, if that’s something they still care, considering they sent young teams to norceca and Pam am cup last season and lost a lot of points
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Post by Disc808 on May 23, 2022 23:57:32 GMT -5
It will be an interesting balance for Speraw. I’m assuming he wants to incorporate some of the younger players. A few of the perceived weaker teams are later in the schedule. However most of the roster spots in the later weeks should be used on players who will contend for World Championship roster. Plus, I’m assuming he doesn’t want to lose too much.
I mentioned earlier, Netherlands and Japan are probably good opportunities in week 1 to play with some youth. Netherlands is not completely terrible so at least they will get experience. Japan is bringing their Olympic roster so that should be good experience to play against (but we shouldn’t underestimate teams and send too many young players lol)
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VLA commentator/podcast host, Purdue alum, Chicago based
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Post by rstclaire1 on May 25, 2022 13:44:53 GMT -5
I did a pretty comprehensive breakdown of the 25-man VNL roster on last week's 9x9, plus looking ahead to World Championships and what we've got in the pipeline for Paris 2024 and LA 2028. Check out the clip here:
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Post by james23 on May 25, 2022 14:57:34 GMT -5
Love the video Rob! I appreciated the optimism about the future, yes the pipeline (at the moment) is kinda bare but we have enough high quality talent to get us through at least the next two Olympic cycles.
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Post by vbcoach06 on May 25, 2022 15:58:22 GMT -5
I did a pretty comprehensive breakdown of the 25-man VNL roster on last week's 9x9, plus looking ahead to World Championships and what we've got in the pipeline for Paris 2024 and LA 2028. Check out the clip here: I enjoyed that you just spoke freely about your takes on some players, and I completely agree with almost all of them. Thanks for doing this.
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Post by akbar on May 25, 2022 16:23:14 GMT -5
I expect top 6
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Post by akbar on May 25, 2022 16:36:04 GMT -5
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Post by basil on May 25, 2022 16:47:45 GMT -5
hmmm Argentina has always been a tough out, Brazil, France, Poland, Serbia are better on paper. I would say Slovenia is maybe better on paper too. I think Italy will be an interesting matchup depending on Zaytsev's form/Michieletto's load management. similar can be said for Japan with their strong pins. Canada always plays us tough, but no Perrin and no Sanders anymore will be a different looking team. the other matches should be winnable unless the youth isnt balanced with veteran players well enough. I think the goal for this team is top 8, maybe get a good style matchup in the knockout rounds but I'm not holding my breath for that tbh
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Post by Disc808 on May 25, 2022 17:59:18 GMT -5
Mozic was the top scorer in the Italian League... he won't even need to be the best scorer on the team with Cebulj also on the roster. I expect Slovenia to place mid to high. I want to be optimistic about Japan but so many things have to be going right for them in order to get wins/upsets... but 3 pins with Italian league experience will be extremely beneficial. It sounds like Japan is taking this tournament pretty seriously though.
I'm not sure how to project USA's placement since the rosters will cycle so much, but I expect a middle of the pack finish. If Speraw plays the A-players a lot then maybe top 6. I think there definitely is some amount of parity in the sense that I wouldn't be surprised to see the middle teams beating up on each other or upsetting some of the upper teams depending on who plays. Some teams are relying on a lot of young talent and/or they're inconsistent so it's interesting to see how things play out.
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Post by Disc808 on May 25, 2022 18:25:47 GMT -5
Btw usavmnt is posting some content on their IG story. Nothing really interesting going on tho lol.
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Post by bruinsgold on May 25, 2022 18:32:32 GMT -5
Btw usavmnt is posting some content on their IG story. Nothing really interesting going on tho lol. WHAT. DID. I. JUST. WATCH? 🥴
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Post by Disc808 on May 26, 2022 18:20:53 GMT -5
If I'm reading the schedule correctly, USA does not play Australia, China, and Italy in the preliminary round of VNL
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Post by basil on May 26, 2022 18:25:34 GMT -5
If I'm reading the schedule correctly, USA does not play Australia, China, and Italy in the preliminary round of VNL dont like that that's a couple of easier matches gone...chances to play some depth and get some more wins under our belt missing Italy is fine
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Post by netsetter on May 26, 2022 19:06:01 GMT -5
The format is garbage. That is fine if we all realize the VNL is a useless tournament. Now they are trying to artificially make it matter by making it account for far too many ranking points (the weighted coefficient for each match should be about 1/100 of a WCh and even much, much less than a WC match), but they are not making the schedule competitively equitable. This isn't college football and it shouldn't be treated as such. Heck even the World Championships are scheduled like an amateur tournament.
The organization of it all actually made sense in the last few years of the WL.
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Post by archiepelago on May 26, 2022 20:57:58 GMT -5
If I'm reading the schedule correctly, USA does not play Australia, China, and Italy in the preliminary round of VNL dont like that that's a couple of easier matches gone...chances to play some depth and get some more wins under our belt missing Italy is fine But I think Italy will play their younger players. Not their olympians.
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