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Post by JT on Feb 26, 2023 1:02:39 GMT -5
Found a lil Easter egg on page 111 of the Nebraska thread. Looks like the Gophers are starting another 4-year cycle of the Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge. At Stanford against the Cardinal and Ducks. Accompanied by the Buckeyes instead of the Nittany Lions. Did they say, or do you recall, which weekend of pre-conference that will be?
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Post by gopherhim on Feb 26, 2023 2:32:04 GMT -5
Found a lil Easter egg on page 111 of the Nebraska thread. Looks like the Gophers are starting another 4-year cycle of the Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge. At Stanford against the Cardinal and Ducks. Accompanied by the Buckeyes instead of the Nittany Lions. Did they say, or do you recall, which weekend of pre-conference that will be? September 1-2 according to VolleyballMag himself. I’d have quoted his post into this thread directly but I can’t be bothered to figure that out on mobile VT. Thinking of going? Where’s the furthest from home you’ve seen the Gophers play? Tampa 2009 for me. Wish I could be in Hawaii March 7-8.
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Post by comet on Feb 26, 2023 10:01:21 GMT -5
Have a hunch we’ll get 1 of Weske/Grote. By hunch I mean i’m manifesting Did Grote visit MN?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2023 10:47:33 GMT -5
Have a hunch we’ll get 1 of Weske/Grote. By hunch I mean i’m manifesting Did Grote visit MN? Unsure, recent mutual follows with Kristen and Kylie + she follows MN Volleyball (in addition to Cal, Washington, Lewis, and Utah). Maybe her sister will put in a good word for Keegan too
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Post by JT on Feb 26, 2023 12:45:05 GMT -5
Did they say, or do you recall, which weekend of pre-conference that will be? September 1-2 according to VolleyballMag himself. I’d have quoted his post into this thread directly but I can’t be bothered to figure that out on mobile VT. Thinking of going? Where’s the furthest from home you’ve seen the Gophers play? Tampa 2009 for me. Wish I could be in Hawaii March 7-8. Not going… used to be that would be the reason but now, I want the home/away schedule so I can plan half marathon races (running all 50) in the fall which don’t conflict with home VB. Furthest has been Hawaii in 2003 and when they were in the Regionals in, um, 2000 I think it was? (Edit to add.. Oh, and in 2008, I think, when they played there pre-conf). I used to go to tons of the away matches… in ‘03 I was at every single Gopher match, from Hawaii to Texas for their first final four, and in ‘04 I only missed one of the pre-conference tournaments.
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Post by mnsports255 on Feb 26, 2023 18:34:25 GMT -5
Unsure, recent mutual follows with Kristen and Kylie + she follows MN Volleyball (in addition to Cal, Washington, Lewis, and Utah). Maybe her sister will put in a good word for Keegan too Without knowing the whole story (and I know there’s a lot more that goes beyond the numbers), her hitting pct is alarming. Unless her setting was absolutely atrocious or was hitting a highly highly abnormal amount of out of out of system balls, that’s not acceptable for hitting efficiency out of your opposite. Unless there’s way more to the story that I’m missing, I’d rather roll with Schnichels and Hanson and wrap up the roster with one more middle and DS.
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Post by douglass9 on Feb 27, 2023 12:11:31 GMT -5
This was posted on gopher hole. I am dedicating this to all you Shaffmaster criticizers. Sorry to say I'm gleeful.
With all the outstanding/elite coaches at these USA tryouts, the ONLY GOPHER to make the Final Wave was Shaffmaster. I would think these coaches are very capable of evaluating all the participating players and the talent they bring to the table.
You may have salt with your crow.
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Post by sptimes2 on Feb 27, 2023 12:43:05 GMT -5
This was posted on gopher hole. I am dedicating this to all you Shaffmaster criticizers. Sorry to say I'm gleeful. With all the outstanding/elite coaches at these USA tryouts, the ONLY GOPHER to make the Final Wave was Shaffmaster. I would think these coaches are very capable of evaluating all the participating players and the talent they bring to the table. You may have salt with your crow. Bracing for the incoming Karch hatred
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Post by GoGophs on Feb 27, 2023 13:12:01 GMT -5
This was posted on gopher hole. I am dedicating this to all you Shaffmaster criticizers. Sorry to say I'm gleeful. With all the outstanding/elite coaches at these USA tryouts, the ONLY GOPHER to make the Final Wave was Shaffmaster. I would think these coaches are very capable of evaluating all the participating players and the talent they bring to the table. You may have salt with your crow. I find a lot more validity in the USA coaches and McCutcheons assessment of Shaff than any posters on here or other forums. They clearly see something special in her and she’s improved consistently since she started with the Gophers. It also proves she’s coachable which is extremely important but sometimes forgotten about from a fans perspective. She has all the makings to be an elite pro setter IMHO and I expect we’ll see even more improvement from her this upcoming season.
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Post by BigDigEnergy on Feb 27, 2023 13:37:51 GMT -5
This was posted on gopher hole. I am dedicating this to all you Shaffmaster criticizers. Sorry to say I'm gleeful. With all the outstanding/elite coaches at these USA tryouts, the ONLY GOPHER to make the Final Wave was Shaffmaster. I would think these coaches are very capable of evaluating all the participating players and the talent they bring to the table. You may have salt with your crow. I find a lot more validity in the USA coaches and McCutcheons assessment of Shaff than any posters on here or other forums. They clearly see something special in her and she’s improved consistently since she started with the Gophers. It also proves she’s coachable which is extremely important but sometimes forgotten about from a fans perspective. She has all the makings to be an elite pro setter IMHO and I expect we’ll see even more improvement from her this upcoming season. I will also add that with the new coaching staff, particularly Kristen as the new setter coach, I expect and hope that they will be able to elevate Shaff to another level.
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Post by AmeriCanVBfan on Feb 27, 2023 13:47:31 GMT -5
This was posted on gopher hole. I am dedicating this to all you Shaffmaster criticizers. Sorry to say I'm gleeful. With all the outstanding/elite coaches at these USA tryouts, the ONLY GOPHER to make the Final Wave was Shaffmaster. I would think these coaches are very capable of evaluating all the participating players and the talent they bring to the table. You may have salt with your crow. I may copy this, replace the name Shaffmaster with Orr and post it on the Nebraska thread.
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Post by GoGophs on Feb 27, 2023 14:17:30 GMT -5
This was posted on gopher hole. I am dedicating this to all you Shaffmaster criticizers. Sorry to say I'm gleeful. With all the outstanding/elite coaches at these USA tryouts, the ONLY GOPHER to make the Final Wave was Shaffmaster. I would think these coaches are very capable of evaluating all the participating players and the talent they bring to the table. You may have salt with your crow. I may copy this, replace the name Shaffmaster with Orr and post it on the Nebraska thread. I hope Orr has an awesome comeback this year, always rooting for a MN native!
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Post by AmeriCanVBfan on Feb 27, 2023 14:38:55 GMT -5
I may copy this, replace the name Shaffmaster with Orr and post it on the Nebraska thread. I hope Orr has an awesome comeback this year, always rooting for a MN native! It will be interesting to see how the Fall season unfolds.
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Post by stanfordvb on Feb 27, 2023 14:50:34 GMT -5
This was posted on gopher hole. I am dedicating this to all you Shaffmaster criticizers. Sorry to say I'm gleeful. With all the outstanding/elite coaches at these USA tryouts, the ONLY GOPHER to make the Final Wave was Shaffmaster. I would think these coaches are very capable of evaluating all the participating players and the talent they bring to the table. You may have salt with your crow. She has all the makings to be an elite pro setter IMHO id agree aside from foot speed at this point in time. I do think shaffmaster is one of the better ncaa setters and receives a lot of crap on here, but there are times she doesnt put herself in the best position and the resulting set she makes can suffer. but I think thats pretty much the only thing holding her back from entering that next tier of the ncaa setters with players like miner and pukis
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Post by babybacksets on Feb 27, 2023 15:20:20 GMT -5
Yea Shaff is probably the most physical NCAA setter in the country running a 5-1. Not a ton of setters with as much net presence.
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