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Post by texastothehouse15 on Nov 9, 2023 0:56:36 GMT -5
If Jerritt doesn’t plan on playing Devin for whatever reason and she transfers then Jerritt better hit that portal as SOON as it opens because Wenaas is nowhere near what Texas is used to and that may seem a bit harsh but she just doesn’t fit the type of hitters that start at Texas.
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Post by anastasia1 on Nov 9, 2023 1:14:37 GMT -5
well i just watched….and i have nothing nice to say 😭
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2023 1:54:14 GMT -5
well i just watched….and i have nothing nice to say 😭 come sit by me then
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Post by moondog4444 on Nov 9, 2023 2:02:02 GMT -5
Volleyball is a game of momentum. Any time Wenaas plays front row, the momentum shifts to the other team. She gets stuffed swing after swing which just gives the opponents even more momentum. She’s been ineffective all season and is the reason Texas has become an average team this season. JE’s favoritism of Wenaas and refusal to make lineup changes makes things even worse. Elliott's wife needs to have a good talk with him
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Post by nederlander on Nov 9, 2023 5:32:37 GMT -5
That looked and felt a lot like the season-opening match in way too many was. The service errors consistently killed positive momentum, and the block was either absent or ineffective most of the night. K State seemed to rarely miss. Hard to win in those circumstances against a quality opponent. Not to pile on Wenaas, but for those more versed in mechanics, what is it about her approach/swing that makes her often so blockable? I’m puzzled watching some matches where she is very effective, and others where the approach is equally ineffective. It often looks like a backrow attack, but from the pin, to me, if that observation makes sense? I don’t thinks it’s fair to lay blame on Jenna without questioning if she’s being used in an offense that matches her skillset best, and vice versa. Others have pointed this out as well.
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Post by hornfanaustin on Nov 9, 2023 6:09:26 GMT -5
Insert pithy comment which shows I'm not hurt by the loss.
Insert reminder that I predicted blah-blah-blah at the beginning of the season so I am less upset at losing Regionals when other teams lost games they had no business to lose
Look at calendar and think about next year, then look at the portal entry date
Imagine unreasonable transfers in or unreasonable retention of certain players with the initials D.K.
Think, "Hey, it's women's basketball season!" to distract yourself
Remember something pithy about having just won the national championship. blah-blah-blah when you're at the top of the mountain
Use other people's anguish to tell yourself, "Well, at least I not THAT"
Pithy-pithy-pithy "we always have a year end WTF game" pithy-pithy-pithy
Post rambling blah-blah-blah
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Post by hornfanaustin on Nov 9, 2023 6:20:25 GMT -5
that can't possibly be correct Agreed. I deleted the post because I don't want to spread misleading stuff. Lazy posting by me!
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Post by nellynel on Nov 9, 2023 6:22:01 GMT -5
that can't possibly be correct Agreed. I deleted the post because I don't want to spread misleading stuff. Lazy posting by me! They meant last time swept by K-State. They left the ‘K-State’ out of the sentence.
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Post by hornfanaustin on Nov 9, 2023 6:33:16 GMT -5
from way up on I-35 in Gopherland When Jenna was an underclassman I had visions of blossoming like Sarah Wilhite who grew to become the NPOY After Taylor Landfair came on board it was clear that Wenaas might be OH2, and then Wucherer arrived. Wenaas, good soldier, took on OPP, was no Stephanie Samedy, but had a nice D ball attack and a big oncourt IQ It was clear she was portal bound. No one was going to fill Eggleston's shoes. I don't follow Longhorn ball without LHN access. Up here in MN our future AA Wucherer has had trouble as a sophomore because MN has no middle attack and Wookie routinely faces a wall Wilhite wasn't all that tall but she became capable of reading the block and effectively using a wide variety of attacks to be very successful Once our setter, Shaffmaster, started giving Wookie a higher set she became more successful with more time to choose better angles. Maybe Jenna's sets were fine, she had a bad night. Maybe she needs a more varied set location, a wider set to the line so she could go line or tool the block. I haven't seen enough of Wenaas to have any opinion how high her ceiling is. Last year she had 1/2 of one rotation on the left in Ro1 In the McCutcheon era there was little priority in taking big swings on OOS sets. I know that was an Eggleston strong point. Mabye she can't live up to your expectations, or maybe, she has a big as yet unrealized upside. I just know I was sorry there wasn't a postion for her this year in Minnesota. btw, you let an opponent hit over 150pts higher than your season avg. and your match H% was close to your season avg. when the match hits youtube I'll be interested to see how y'all got dismantled Thanks for your input. My perspective was that when we first faced her a few years ago, commentators were really building her up and when we played Minny, afterwards I thought, "Well, she's good, but she also makes a lot of errors. Okay, she's a freshman."
Played against her one more time, didn't think any differently about her impact against the Horns. When the big to-do about her transferring, I didn't really get pumped about it since I'd seen her on TV once and in person the second time. At the start of the season, she wouldn't go for a kill if the ball wasn't JUST PERFECT for her. She would tip and tip and tip and then sometimes hit directly into the block. I think the staff had a talk about that with her because her tipping has dropped tremendously. Either she was told to JUST-HIT-IT or Swindle got better with setting her. Or both. Finally, why does JE keep her in and give her second and third chances? I believe it is the fulfillment of the chase.
He tried to recruit her the first time and she committed to A&M - "it's not you, it's me" A&M fires their coach before she signs, JE is after her to come to Texas, she picks Minny - "We Want Different Things" Hugh uhhhh, retires? and Jerritt FINALLY gets his long lost love - "If you love something, you'll set it free. If it was always meant to be, it will come back to you" Which is a perfect time to insert a self-own:
BTW, I happened to stumble across social media that she's been dating our starting center on the football team. I'm thinking....."that was fast" Then, she's from Frisco, TX and he's from Prosper, TX and that's a 10 minute drive - really suburbs of Dallas.
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Post by mln59 on Nov 9, 2023 6:39:29 GMT -5
that can't possibly be correct Agreed. I deleted the post because I don't want to spread misleading stuff. Lazy posting by me! wasn't directed at you. the tweet was poorly constructed as nellynel pointed out.
when i went to bed, i kept thinking that a modifier had been dropped because i could think of multiple times Texas has lost 3-0 after 2000
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Post by hornfanaustin on Nov 9, 2023 6:43:17 GMT -5
Agreed. I deleted the post because I don't want to spread misleading stuff. Lazy posting by me! wasn't directed at you. the tweet was poorly constructed as nellynel pointed out.
when i went to bed, i kept thinking that a modifier had been dropped because i could think of multiple times Texas has lost 3-0 after 2000
Ahhh, no worries!
I looked at the 2000-2001 season and Texas was swept 10(!) times that year. But of course, the HC was Jim Moore at the time - which ushered in JE the next year. And the irony was that we hired Moore away from K-State!
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Post by mln59 on Nov 9, 2023 6:45:10 GMT -5
There is no reason whatsoever she didn’t at least need a sit. Hell, put Molly on the outside Bailey Webster style and plop Devin or even Mari on the right pin. At this point, do something. Have Crownover set and Swindle hit. Anything. i cannot agree with this more strongly and it's something to which i kept returning as i awaited slumber last night
we have seen elliott make changes all year during sets, but last night nada. devin couldn't go in for 3 rotations? how about just one? let jenna take a moment and collect herself.
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Post by hornfanaustin on Nov 9, 2023 6:48:59 GMT -5
There is no reason whatsoever she didn’t at least need a sit. Hell, put Molly on the outside Bailey Webster style and plop Devin or even Mari on the right pin. At this point, do something. Have Crownover set and Swindle hit. Anything. i cannot agree with this more strongly and it's something to which i kept returning as i awaited slumber last night
we have seen elliott make changes all year during sets, but last night nada. devin couldn't go in for 3 rotations? how about just one? let jenna take a moment and collect herself.
I was at the WBB game and my daughter texted us the set results. My wife is a K-State grad who is a staunch Texas supporter for all things not related to K-State. So, I decided not to watch the replay because why make yourself shout at the computer screen for a game that's long over?
If he wouldn't put in Devin, then yeah I agree she's outta here and has told him.
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Post by mln59 on Nov 9, 2023 6:52:05 GMT -5
i cannot agree with this more strongly and it's something to which i kept returning as i awaited slumber last night
we have seen elliott make changes all year during sets, but last night nada. devin couldn't go in for 3 rotations? how about just one? let jenna take a moment and collect herself.
I was at the WBB game and my daughter texted us the set results. My wife is a K-State grad who is a staunch Texas supports for all things not related to K-State. So, I decided not to watch the replay because why give make you shout at the computer screen for a game that's long over?
If he wouldn't put in Devin, then yeah I agree she's outta here and has told him.
it was my first time seeing madison booker play. i didn't realize how tall she is. when she played point, i was impressed
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Post by hornfanaustin on Nov 9, 2023 6:54:25 GMT -5
I was at the WBB game and my daughter texted us the set results. My wife is a K-State grad who is a staunch Texas supports for all things not related to K-State. So, I decided not to watch the replay because why give make you shout at the computer screen for a game that's long over?
If he wouldn't put in Devin, then yeah I agree she's outta here and has told him.
it was my first time seeing madison booker play. i didn't realize how tall she is. when she played point, i was impressed In case you don't know of this forum, I use this for UT WBB and Softball
It's essentially VT for about 15 fans of each sport. A lot quieter than VT!
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