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Post by akbar on May 29, 2022 6:37:23 GMT -5
For World Championships, as of right now I expect the following: S: Christenson, Tuaniga OH: DeFalco, Jaeschke, Russell MB: Holt, Smith, Jendryk, Stahl OPP: Anderson L: Shoji, Dagostino That's 12 players. I think middle could be interesting if Averill wants to give it a go but idk. Gasman might be too inexperienced but I hope he gets good looks at VNL. Second opposite will need to be figured out, which puts us at 13 players. Which position should Speraw fill out the roster with to reach 14? Five middles might be excessive (if I'm not mistaken they did that in 2018 and Langlois was the only backup OH). In theory, you could take a young player in that last spot to give them experience but idk how likely that is. Also, plz no Muagututia. I'd say take a pin in that last spot. You could argue whoever is the best server not already chosen should make it as a serving sub lol. VNL will tell us a lot hopefully. I guess the first question is 12 the WC roster limit or 14. I cannot see any team bring two Liberos...let alone ours with such a senior loaded team. A 2nd OPP is almost mandatory at this stage of Matt's career. I like the 4 middle idea.
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Post by bruinsgold on May 29, 2022 7:00:49 GMT -5
For World Championships, as of right now I expect the following: S: Christenson, Tuaniga OH: DeFalco, Jaeschke, Russell MB: Holt, Smith, Jendryk, Stahl OPP: Anderson L: Shoji, Dagostino That's 12 players. I think middle could be interesting if Averill wants to give it a go but idk. Gasman might be too inexperienced but I hope he gets good looks at VNL. Second opposite will need to be figured out, which puts us at 13 players. Which position should Speraw fill out the roster with to reach 14? Five middles might be excessive (if I'm not mistaken they did that in 2018 and Langlois was the only backup OH). In theory, you could take a young player in that last spot to give them experience but idk how likely that is. Also, plz no Muagututia. I'd say take a pin in that last spot. You could argue whoever is the best server not already chosen should make it as a serving sub lol. VNL will tell us a lot hopefully. I guess the first question is 12 the WC roster limit or 14. I cannot see any team bring two Liberos...let alone ours with such a senior loaded team. A 2nd OPP is almost mandatory at this stage of Matt's career. I like the 4 middle idea. It's 14. And we brought two liberos in 2018: Shoji and Watten en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_FIVB_Volleyball_Men%27s_World_Championship_squadsIn 2014, we had Shoji and Reft.
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Post by Disc808 on May 29, 2022 9:10:41 GMT -5
For World Championships, as of right now I expect the following: S: Christenson, Tuaniga OH: DeFalco, Jaeschke, Russell MB: Holt, Smith, Jendryk, Stahl OPP: Anderson L: Shoji, Dagostino That's 12 players. I think middle could be interesting if Averill wants to give it a go but idk. Gasman might be too inexperienced but I hope he gets good looks at VNL. Second opposite will need to be figured out, which puts us at 13 players. Which position should Speraw fill out the roster with to reach 14? Five middles might be excessive (if I'm not mistaken they did that in 2018 and Langlois was the only backup OH). In theory, you could take a young player in that last spot to give them experience but idk how likely that is. Also, plz no Muagututia. I'd say take a pin in that last spot. You could argue whoever is the best server not already chosen should make it as a serving sub lol. VNL will tell us a lot hopefully. Jake Hanes, baby! Let him shine. In theory, 3 OHs are enough, and that’s the only quality 3 we have. The 4th OH is always bench warmer. I’ll take Gasman over whoever besides Holt. One could argue retiring Smith now, but given him just playing and winning Champions League, Gasman needs to put on a hella of performance to justify his position I think we’ll definitely find out through VNL if Gasman is ready to potentially contribute. As messy as the opposite seems for VNL, at the very least it should tell us if USA has a dependable second option or if they need to bring more backup options to World Championships bc no one asserted themselves. I agree that 3 OHs should be enough since they’re all high quality. Maybe, if a utility player/serving sub player emerges at VNL that could be an option for the 14th spot as well.
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Post by netsetter on May 29, 2022 20:53:21 GMT -5
For World Championships, as of right now I expect the following: S: Christenson, Tuaniga OH: DeFalco, Jaeschke, Russell MB: Holt, Smith, Jendryk, Stahl OPP: Anderson L: Shoji, Dagostino That's 12 players. I think middle could be interesting if Averill wants to give it a go but idk. Gasman might be too inexperienced but I hope he gets good looks at VNL. Second opposite will need to be figured out, which puts us at 13 players. Which position should Speraw fill out the roster with to reach 14? Five middles might be excessive (if I'm not mistaken they did that in 2018 and Langlois was the only backup OH). In theory, you could take a young player in that last spot to give them experience but idk how likely that is. Also, plz no Muagututia. I'd say take a pin in that last spot. You could argue whoever is the best server not already chosen should make it as a serving sub lol. VNL will tell us a lot hopefully. I guess the first question is 12 the WC roster limit or 14. I cannot see any team bring two Liberos...let alone ours with such a senior loaded team. A 2nd OPP is almost mandatory at this stage of Matt's career. I like the 4 middle idea. Every event but the Olympics is 14 but if you bring more than 12 then there has to be 2 liberos. That second libero is a bit awkward because no one other than Shoji has played decent.
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Post by akbar on May 30, 2022 12:49:05 GMT -5
I guess the first question is 12 the WC roster limit or 14. I cannot see any team bring two Liberos...let alone ours with such a senior loaded team. A 2nd OPP is almost mandatory at this stage of Matt's career. I like the 4 middle idea. Every event but the Olympics is 14 but if you bring more than 12 then there has to be 2 liberos. That second libero is a bit awkward because no one other than Shoji has played decent. This maybe there year we only bring one and I would agree with this.
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Post by Disc808 on May 30, 2022 13:05:20 GMT -5
Ideally, I think Shoji should take off week 1 of the VNL and join the team later. However, the slate of opponents for week 1 are pretty good so I'm not sure if that happens. At the very least, I hope Dagostino and maybe Briggs get some solid minutes just to ensure Shoji isn't doing too much.
Also, I think they need another libero for World Championships as a contingency or to give Shoji some rest. Dagostino is probably gonna be that back up.
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Post by akbar on May 30, 2022 13:59:57 GMT -5
Ideally, I think Shoji should take off week 1 of the VNL and join the team later. However, the slate of opponents for week 1 are pretty good so I'm not sure if that happens. At the very least, I hope Dagostino and maybe Briggs get some solid minutes just to ensure Shoji isn't doing too much. Also, I think they need another libero for World Championships as a contingency or to give Shoji some rest. Dagostino is probably gonna be that back up. Im thinking that all the Olympians from last year will have various legs of this VNL off.
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Post by Disc808 on May 30, 2022 14:06:50 GMT -5
Ideally, I think Shoji should take off week 1 of the VNL and join the team later. However, the slate of opponents for week 1 are pretty good so I'm not sure if that happens. At the very least, I hope Dagostino and maybe Briggs get some solid minutes just to ensure Shoji isn't doing too much. Also, I think they need another libero for World Championships as a contingency or to give Shoji some rest. Dagostino is probably gonna be that back up. Im thinking that all the Olympians from last year will have various legs of this VNL off. I would like that after a grueling club season for some of them.... but the thing is there are only 3 weeks in the preliminary round. And if Speraw wants to make the next round, he's going to have to balance that accordingly. I think each week will be a mix of mainly vets and maybe a few of the newer players. I don't expect a full on youth movement.
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Post by akbar on May 30, 2022 14:24:25 GMT -5
Im thinking that all the Olympians from last year will have various legs of this VNL off. I would like that after a grueling club season for some of them.... but the thing is there are only 3 weeks in the preliminary round. And if Speraw wants to make the next round, he's going to have to balance that accordingly. I think each week will be a mix of mainly vets and maybe a few of the newer players. I don't expect a full on youth movement. Well, Josh or the other setters will be setting the first round unless they bring Micah in from his vacation. Doubtful. The only guy I've ever seen Josh connect with is TJ so something better change and fast.
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Post by Disc808 on Jun 1, 2022 21:36:13 GMT -5
Looks like Briggs was doing some scouting based off of his IG story. Ngl, I wouldn’t be surprised if he gets rekt if he plays against A-team players. Like I’m trying to imagine him passing against Nimir or Nishida lol. It’ll be a good experience for him if he does end up playing, but in general I hope USA can find ways to win when Shoji is getting a break.
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Post by dillandclimb on Jun 2, 2022 4:09:34 GMT -5
Btw usavmnt is posting some content on their IG story. Nothing really interesting going on tho lol. WHAT. DID. I. JUST. WATCH? 🥴 What was it?
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Post by basil on Jun 2, 2022 10:12:29 GMT -5
WHAT. DID. I. JUST. WATCH? 🥴 What was it? it was some warmup where they were basically trying to get each other off balance idk how to explain it
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Post by Disc808 on Jun 3, 2022 10:29:47 GMT -5
So far from IG stories I think Kessel, Ensing, Tuaniga, Briggs, Pasteur, Smith, Shaw, Hanes (??), Mitchem (??) are on the week 1 roster… Im assuming Dagostino too. Lol can they just drop the full roster or at least more content showing who made it 😂
We can add Jendryk to the list.
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Post by bruinsgold on Jun 3, 2022 11:31:41 GMT -5
So far from IG stories I think Kessel, Ensing, Tuaniga, Briggs, Pasteur, Smith, Shaw, Hanes (??), Mitchem (??) are on the week 1 roster… Im assuming Dagostino too. Lol can they just drop the full roster or at least more content showing who made it 😂 SMITH?! Wow, that's cold-blooded 😂
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Post by Disc808 on Jun 3, 2022 16:36:04 GMT -5
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