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Post by VolleyballMag on Jun 7, 2022 18:08:55 GMT -5
I booked my flights the day they announced. Media days are awesome. Evveryone in one place. My faves used to be the SEC basketball media days when we had coaches like Dale Brown, Wimp Sanderson, Nolan Richardson, Sonny Smith, Hugh Durham, Eddie Fogler, Rick Pitino. It was a quote gold mine. This will be like that. You get to visit in person with every coach and the players. It's brilliant that the B1G is doing this. Others will follow, but by Zoom I bet.
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Post by badgerbreath on Jun 8, 2022 16:19:01 GMT -5
Are they going to wait until this media day to release the conference schedule? I’m getting impatient!
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Post by huskersrule95 on Jun 8, 2022 17:33:55 GMT -5
Are they going to wait until this media day to release the conference schedule? I’m getting impatient! I’m impatient too. I can’t imagine waiting till August to release schedule. That would be frustrating for fans and making plans for season. |
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Post by bbg95 on Jun 8, 2022 17:41:04 GMT -5
Are they going to wait until this media day to release the conference schedule? I’m getting impatient! It looks like they announced the conference schedule on June 11 last year, so if they hold to the same schedule, it would come out on Friday. |
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Post by onceandfuturesetter on Jun 8, 2022 19:02:10 GMT -5
This is just my opinion, but I follow all 3 schools and it just seems like Minnesota and Nebraska have had the long view in mind for seasons now and have trained their future starting rosters really well. Wisconsin seems to be focused on each season. Isn't that just a long way of saying it's recruiting-dependent...and Nebraska and Minnesota are recruiting better than Wisconsin? Is that what you mean? Yes and no. I think Minnesota and Nebraska are recruiting thoughtfully and also developing their players to not only perform in the B1G but also afterwards. This isn't to say Wisconsin isn't, but I think they have a different approach or end goal in mind. |
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Post by onceandfuturesetter on Jun 8, 2022 19:21:05 GMT -5
I'm not sure how you DON'T take a step back offensively when you lose a generational player like Samedy. Yes you have the top recruit coming in, but that talent is still unproven. Plus the Gophers still have the setter that turns All-American middles into All-Conference, and All-Conference middles into afterthoughts. I hear the optimism that she's finally 'turned the corner,' but as a Husker fan, I heard that about Hames year in and year out and even as a senior she was still frustratingly inconsistent. Yes Wisconsin lost a lot, but they have a ton of offensive weapons. Hart, Smrek, Robinson, Demps, Orzol and now Franklin and Crawford give Sheffield plenty of options to experiment with. They apparently have the right person from Europe to plug in at libero, so the big question mark is who replaces Hilley. And it is a huge one. But a lot of talent and depth still remains in Madison. Great move by the B1G to have Media Days for Volleyball. It's already BTNs 3rd most popular sport to televise and hopefully they'll keep adding more games to the TV schedule. I think the key difference is the coaching pedagogy between McCutcheon and Cook. McCutcheon is about the process, trusting that results come from longterm and incremental work. From what I remember reading, Cook/Nebraska coaching staff chose to coach Hames differently than previous setters to focus less on the technically perfect and more on Hames' natural instincts and conditioning. I remember an example was how she cheated her footwork to get to target and rather than drill getting fully square with the net, they focused on body position awareness and Hames' hand position. Shaffmaster might just be working out of a part of the process that's impacted her ability to set the middle. I agree that Wisconsin's setting is a big question. |
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Post by bounce22 on Jun 8, 2022 19:36:13 GMT -5
I'm not sure how you DON'T take a step back offensively when you lose a generational player like Samedy. Yes you have the top recruit coming in, but that talent is still unproven. Plus the Gophers still have the setter that turns All-American middles into All-Conference, and All-Conference middles into afterthoughts. I hear the optimism that she's finally 'turned the corner,' but as a Husker fan, I heard that about Hames year in and year out and even as a senior she was still frustratingly inconsistent. Yes Wisconsin lost a lot, but they have a ton of offensive weapons. Hart, Smrek, Robinson, Demps, Orzol and now Franklin and Crawford give Sheffield plenty of options to experiment with. They apparently have the right person from Europe to plug in at libero, so the big question mark is who replaces Hilley. And it is a huge one. But a lot of talent and depth still remains in Madison. Great move by the B1G to have Media Days for Volleyball. It's already BTNs 3rd most popular sport to televise and hopefully they'll keep adding more games to the TV schedule. I think the key difference is the coaching pedagogy between McCutcheon and Cook. McCutcheon is about the process, trusting that results come from longterm and incremental work. From what I remember reading, Cook/Nebraska coaching staff chose to coach Hames differently than previous setters to focus less on the technically perfect and more on Hames' natural instincts and conditioning. I remember an example was how she cheated her footwork to get to target and rather than drill getting fully square with the net, they focused on body position awareness and Hames' hand position. Shaffmaster might just be working out of a part of the process that's impacted her ability to set the middle. I agree that Wisconsin's setting is a big question. just started following this thread and it’s interesting, especially how it relates to Hames. Lots of conversation in our part of the world about how good Nicklin Hames was with K2 and how we expected her to get free reign and be even more creative once she got to Nebraska. General consensus here is that ability was actually stifled so really interesting to know our take is quite different than that of others so much closer to the environment. |
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Post by badgerbreath on Jun 8, 2022 19:42:34 GMT -5
I'm not invested in the argument, and I have literally no idea how Nebraska coaches setters, but my impression was that Hames was great last year. I had picked Orr to pass her on the depth chart, but Hames improved a lot, especially in tough moments. Outside of the huskers defense, of which she was an important part, she was the biggest reason the huskers took UW to 5 in the championship, which was a notable improvement over the last seven or so meetings.
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Post by bounce22 on Jun 8, 2022 19:48:08 GMT -5
I'm not invested in the argument, and I have literally no idea how Nebraska coaches setters, but my impression was that Hames was great last year. I had picked Orr to pass her on the depth chart, but Hames improved a lot, especially in tough moments. Outside of the huskers defense, of which she was an important part, she was the biggest reason the huskers took UW to 5 in the championship, which was a notable improvement over the last seven or so meetings. Not really arguing anything actually, just a general thought about how things have panned out over the years 😁. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2022 23:02:14 GMT -5
I’ve heard the coaches have them. But won’t be released until early next week.
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Post by justahick on Jun 8, 2022 23:07:05 GMT -5
Over the next 5 years we will see what new coaches step up. New: Michigan St, Penn State, Iowa. Next is the returning coaches trying to crack the top half: Maryland, Northwestern, Rutgers, Indiana. Do any of these 7 replace the other 7? Hard to guess that. I think Penn State will be fine unless they made a bad hire. Which is possible, I guess. But I'd still bet on them being in the top half. I think you have that backwards - Penn State was in a lot of trouble, they will be fine if they made a great hire. |
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Post by bbg95 on Jun 8, 2022 23:11:52 GMT -5
I think Penn State will be fine unless they made a bad hire. Which is possible, I guess. But I'd still bet on them being in the top half. I think you have that backwards - Penn State was in a lot of trouble, they will be fine if they made a great hire. "Fine" just means finishing in the top half of the Big Ten consistently. There are still plenty of attractive things about Penn State. So I think as long as they hired a competent coach, they can still get plenty of good recruits and do well, even if they're not winning national titles. |
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Post by greatlakesvballer on Jun 9, 2022 12:27:27 GMT -5
Are they going to wait until this media day to release the conference schedule? I’m getting impatient! It looks like they announced the conference schedule on June 11 last year, so if they hold to the same schedule, it would come out on Friday. So...then, once the B1G Volleyball schedule is out, when will BTN release the volleyball programming schedule for autumn?
I am assuming they go back, black out any football dates that compete, black out any basketball dates that compete, and then decide where volleyball fits...right? |
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Post by bbg95 on Jun 9, 2022 12:32:44 GMT -5
It looks like they announced the conference schedule on June 11 last year, so if they hold to the same schedule, it would come out on Friday. So...then, once the B1G Volleyball schedule is out, when will BTN release the volleyball programming schedule for autumn?
I am assuming they go back, black out any football dates that compete, black out any basketball dates that compete, and then decide where volleyball fits...right? Good question. That sequence of events makes sense to me. Last year, the Big Ten Network made an announcement on August 10. |
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Post by vergyltantor on Jun 9, 2022 13:01:21 GMT -5
So...then, once the B1G Volleyball schedule is out, when will BTN release the volleyball programming schedule for autumn?
I am assuming they go back, black out any football dates that compete, black out any basketball dates that compete, and then decide where volleyball fits...right? Good question. That sequence of events makes sense to me. Last year, the Big Ten Network made an announcement on August 10. I always look for TBA's and Wednesdays for as likely TV games. Fridays and Sundays are possibilities as well. Saturday can't be ruled out either. I didn't look at other team schedules, but last season Nebraska had 5 Saturday night matches on BTN. |
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