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Post by maigrey on Oct 7, 2023 15:36:14 GMT -5
where is inpaign when you need 'em? 🤣🤣🤣❤️
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Post by ilalum92 on Oct 7, 2023 17:27:09 GMT -5
where is inpaign when you need 'em? 🤣🤣🤣❤️ IT BETTER BE AN OUTSIDE HITTER!!!!!!
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Post by exit237a on Oct 7, 2023 21:09:20 GMT -5
Would've loved to have taken that first set! An unorthodox move for Tamas not to use the second timeout in the first set- I'm partial to icing the kicker late.
Props to Brooke on her jump topspin serve! Got almost all of them in with a lot of heat and a lot of English on them. Nice new wrinkle. Let's rebound next week, Illni!
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Post by northwoods on Oct 7, 2023 21:37:14 GMT -5
I give huge props to any prospective student athlete who can sit thru that match, stand up, and say heck yeah I want to be a part of that!!
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Post by exit237a on Oct 7, 2023 21:39:41 GMT -5
I give huge props to any prospective student athlete who can sit thru that match, stand up, and say heck yeah I want to be a part of that!! That was posted before the Wisconsin match, and the anecdote was likely from last weekend when Illinois swept Iowa (when a VT poster and attendee said he was talking with a recruit after the match). But yeah, sound off with shade about losing to the #1 team in the country.
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Post by northwoods on Oct 7, 2023 22:04:18 GMT -5
I give huge props to any prospective student athlete who can sit thru that match, stand up, and say heck yeah I want to be a part of that!! That was posted before the Wisconsin match, and the anecdote was likely from last weekend when Illinois swept Iowa (when a VT poster and attendee said he was talking with a recruit after the match). But yeah, sound off with shade about losing to the #1 team in the country. You can see shade if that’s your thing, but I have more respect for athletes that see opportunity in a down program over top recruits piling into a powerhouse where they think success will be easy.
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Post by exit237a on Oct 7, 2023 22:26:32 GMT -5
That was posted before the Wisconsin match, and the anecdote was likely from last weekend when Illinois swept Iowa (when a VT poster and attendee said he was talking with a recruit after the match). But yeah, sound off with shade about losing to the #1 team in the country. You can see shade if that’s your thing, but I have more respect for athletes that see opportunity in a down program over top recruits piling into a powerhouse where they think success will be easy. Dude, your "compliment" of the Illinois recruit is couched in a criticism of Illinois. So no, not buying that your compliment is entirely a real earnest props to the student athlete. If you had been at Huff tonight, you would have experienced a pretty lively home crowd- one I was proud to be a part of, despite the long odds of facing the top team in the country. If prospective recruits were in the house tonight I'd think that would have been the takeaway, not that a hobbled team was swept by #1.
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Post by oldmanvb on Oct 7, 2023 22:33:19 GMT -5
The number of times we hit “safe” off speed hits in effect giving our opponent a free ball is starting to aggravate me almost as much as our terrible passing. I would prefer taking swings even if blocked as there is at least a chance something good might happen. Our safety afraid to lose mindset needs to change. Volleyball is an aggressive game and we just don’t have an aggressive mindset. Hit the %&$#*#!% ball.
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Post by ilalum92 on Oct 8, 2023 15:03:33 GMT -5
The number of times we hit “safe” off speed hits in effect giving our opponent a free ball is starting to aggravate me almost as much as our terrible passing. I would prefer taking swings even if blocked as there is at least a chance something good might happen. Our safety afraid to lose mindset needs to change. Volleyball is an aggressive game and we just don’t have an aggressive mindset. Hit the %&$#*#!% ball. I’ve said this same thing a ton. If the set isn’t perfect, we hit a safe roll shot or tip, (not even a good one) which result is a transition easy kill for our opponent. Wisc gave us plenty of free ball chances for points and we couldn’t convert. Our tips are sku high and easy to pick up. How many roll shots did Wisc use on us for points?? Terrible
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Post by oldmanvb on Oct 9, 2023 8:32:19 GMT -5
When women’s basketball recruits visit the campus the team’s social media posts pictures of the visit. The recruit has her picture taken in a uniform, sometimes with Coach Green. Is there a reason our recruit’s visits are a closely guarded secret? The basketball players seem to enjoy posing and playing up the visit. It is a big thing to be recruited by a big time program. I think we are missing an opportunity.
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Post by Friday on Oct 9, 2023 10:40:06 GMT -5
The team posts pictures of visits? Pretty sure that is still a NCAA violation if they are recruits. Recruits can post what they want but schools/coaches can not name recruits or post photos of them. In basketball it is pretty common for PSA to announce when they receive offers. In volleyball it is very rare. Most girls keep who they are talking to private and do not post photos or offers publically until they are ready to verbally commit.
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Post by exit237a on Oct 9, 2023 12:58:27 GMT -5
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Post by nevollfan on Oct 9, 2023 13:23:40 GMT -5
Illinois has been recruiting poor the best players in Illinois for years. Especially on the pins. The overall talent level is steadily going down. Why? Is it your facilities for the women to play in? Illinois is one of the better producing prep volleyball states in America. This off-season is important to add a few players who are definitely better than the players at those positions now. A turnaround could happen in one year. Imo
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Post by exit237a on Oct 9, 2023 13:33:42 GMT -5
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Post by oldmanvb on Oct 9, 2023 14:12:54 GMT -5
Kedrick Prince recently posted a photo of Trinity Jones in an Illini uniform dunking on a rim held by Coach Green saying she had recently visited.
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