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Post by b1gvb23 on Aug 30, 2024 22:47:30 GMT -5
I'm here to eat crow, since I had high hopes for the team with a few new additions. The team as a whole looked slow and one dimensional. Losing as bad as they did to a Big Sky Conference opponent is not the start I was hoping for. Hoping Iosia is ok and time to regroup! Despite her great talk I’m not convinced Leah can really take this team to a competitive level. Evie Dozema will never be a Big Ten middle, and they’ve got to stop trying to make that happen
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Post by socalvbhomer on Aug 30, 2024 22:48:55 GMT -5
I'm here to eat crow, since I had high hopes for the team with a few new additions. The team as a whole looked slow and one dimensional. Losing as bad as they did to a Big Sky Conference opponent is not the start I was hoping for. Hoping Iosia is ok and time to regroup! Despite her great talk I’m not convinced Leah can really take this team to a competitive level. Evie Dozema will never be a Big Ten middle, and they’ve got to stop trying to make that happen Or with Jake as an assistant
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Post by rollshotcornerpocket on Aug 30, 2024 23:18:17 GMT -5
I'm here to eat crow, since I had high hopes for the team with a few new additions. The team as a whole looked slow and one dimensional. Losing as bad as they did to a Big Sky Conference opponent is not the start I was hoping for. Hoping Iosia is ok and time to regroup! All things considered, Northern Colorado played pretty well and MSU was clearly playing some experiments at a couple different places. I think the pin situation has a ton of competition and outside Holdem, it’s open competition for both Opp slots and the second OH. Also very intrigued to see if Berger can compete for reps if she’s healthy. The setting left something to be desired (particularly in the Musinega rotation). Also hope Iosia is ok…..looked like a cramp/non contact situation. But she did take a couple hits earlier in the game
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Post by rollshotcornerpocket on Aug 30, 2024 23:45:04 GMT -5
I'm here to eat crow, since I had high hopes for the team with a few new additions. The team as a whole looked slow and one dimensional. Losing as bad as they did to a Big Sky Conference opponent is not the start I was hoping for. Hoping Iosia is ok and time to regroup! Despite her great talk I’m not convinced Leah can really take this team to a competitive level. Evie Dozema will never be a Big Ten middle, and they’ve got to stop trying to make that happen I can appreciate the fact we have fans of this program with high expectations and wanting to get back to the tournament and competing at a high level again. But making statements about whether a coaching staff has what it takes to take a team to the next level after the first game of year two (and year one of actual recruits) is absolutely insane lol it’s even more insane to say this right on the heels of a season in which you won the most conference games the program has since 2017. This is the toughest league in the country that just got 4 teams better over the summer. Rebuilds don’t happen overnight and there’s zero evidence to suggest this program isn’t headed in the right direction. Leah and Jake’s coaching seats are fully frozen cold at the moment. Their effectiveness can’t even be a serious conversation until a full recruiting cycle goes through.
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Post by b1gvb23 on Aug 30, 2024 23:53:50 GMT -5
Despite her great talk I’m not convinced Leah can really take this team to a competitive level. Evie Dozema will never be a Big Ten middle, and they’ve got to stop trying to make that happen I can appreciate the fact we have fans of this program with high expectations and wanting to get back to the tournament and competing at a high level again. But making statements about whether a coaching staff has what it takes to take a team to the next level after the first game of year two (and year one of actual recruits) is absolutely insane lol it’s even more insane to say this right on the heels of a season in which you won the most conference games the program has since 2017. This is the toughest league in the country that just got 4 teams better over the summer. Rebuilds don’t happen overnight and there’s zero evidence to suggest this program isn’t headed in the right direction. Leah and Jake’s coaching seats are fully frozen cold at the moment. Their effectiveness can’t even be a serious conversation until a full recruiting cycle goes through. You're correct, I just question the choices they’re making with the personnel they have. There are many more true middles on the roster yet we keep pushing Evie there, I’m not sure if Cam is healthy but Musinega setting does not seem to be effective whatsoever, both this season and last.
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Post by rollshotcornerpocket on Aug 31, 2024 0:25:28 GMT -5
I can appreciate the fact we have fans of this program with high expectations and wanting to get back to the tournament and competing at a high level again. But making statements about whether a coaching staff has what it takes to take a team to the next level after the first game of year two (and year one of actual recruits) is absolutely insane lol it’s even more insane to say this right on the heels of a season in which you won the most conference games the program has since 2017. This is the toughest league in the country that just got 4 teams better over the summer. Rebuilds don’t happen overnight and there’s zero evidence to suggest this program isn’t headed in the right direction. Leah and Jake’s coaching seats are fully frozen cold at the moment. Their effectiveness can’t even be a serious conversation until a full recruiting cycle goes through. You're correct, I just question the choices they’re making with the personnel they have. There are many more true middles on the roster yet we keep pushing Evie there, I’m not sure if Cam is healthy but Musinega setting does not seem to be effective whatsoever, both this season and last. At first glance, it does seem a bit strange given the fact that Okur, Hood, Kulig, and even Waye are all true middles. I personally like Evie in the Opp slot but then again we have Anderson, Preston, Courtley, Holdem, Moore, and Kelly all competing for reps on the left and right pin. Hell Staniswezka was our OH2 last year and I don’t think she’s even on the depth chart this season…..to me there’s just a lot of like “what can you all do” to figure out. Given the success relative to expectations in both seasons, I think they’ve earned the benefit of the doubt. I do agree about the setting spot though. Obviously I’m not a big ten coach nor do I purport to be one. But having watched some of that film I really felt like the offense hummed a little better under Berger even as a true freshman. She had the best Assist/Set ratio of all 3 setters and I feel like you see why when you watch. In a way this sounds wrong but I kinda hope it is injury and not something personal/mental/program fit wise. Especially in the 6-2 it’s not even like her block can be held against her. I love Bishop and the fact that Musinega were willing to ride out a rebuild. But now that the base has been built, you gotta put the best girls out there. It’s hard to believe Berger is the 3rd best option.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2024 6:26:24 GMT -5
Despite her great talk I’m not convinced Leah can really take this team to a competitive level. Evie Dozema will never be a Big Ten middle, and they’ve got to stop trying to make that happen I can appreciate the fact we have fans of this program with high expectations and wanting to get back to the tournament and competing at a high level again. But making statements about whether a coaching staff has what it takes to take a team to the next level after the first game of year two (and year one of actual recruits) is absolutely insane lol it’s even more insane to say this right on the heels of a season in which you won the most conference games the program has since 2017. This is the toughest league in the country that just got 4 teams better over the summer. Rebuilds don’t happen overnight and there’s zero evidence to suggest this program isn’t headed in the right direction. Leah and Jake’s coaching seats are fully frozen cold at the moment. Their effectiveness can’t even be a serious conversation until a full recruiting cycle goes through. Ah, a reasonable voice. Fans are fanatics:) Scheduling these 2 schools is a hard go at their place.
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Post by 4volley06 on Aug 31, 2024 9:10:35 GMT -5
I agree with the sentiments above and obviously we don't have all the insight that happens at practice. I believe MSU needs a shut down blocker on the right side and I just don't see that in Moore. She's a fantastic athlete and doing what she's being asked. We got killed last night by Northern Colorado's outside and willingness to attack the block.
We need to mix up the offense. I'm not sure of the numbers but the right side barely got set. What's the point of running a 6-2 with all those attacker options if you don't spread it out. I get that the serve receive needs to tighten up, but usually you can set the right side out of system.....its the middle that gets the shaft with crappy passing.
The location of the sets last night were less than desirable. I felt Musinega had the tougher night than Bishop, but they both need to improve ball placement. Hope their connection with the new attackers gets better quickly!
I'm interested to see how the team responds today. Colorado State has some good athletes and the majority of them are returners from last year. Go Green!
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Post by rollshotcornerpocket on Aug 31, 2024 10:30:40 GMT -5
I agree with the sentiments above and obviously we don't have all the insight that happens at practice. I believe MSU needs a shut down blocker on the right side and I just don't see that in Moore. She's a fantastic athlete and doing what she's being asked. We got killed last night by Northern Colorado's outside and willingness to attack the block. We need to mix up the offense. I'm not sure of the numbers but the right side barely got set. What's the point of running a 6-2 with all those attacker options if you don't spread it out. I get that the serve receive needs to tighten up, but usually you can set the right side out of system.....its the middle that gets the shaft with crappy passing. The location of the sets last night were less than desirable. I felt Musinega had the tougher night than Bishop, but they both need to improve ball placement. Hope their connection with the new attackers gets better quickly! I'm interested to see how the team responds today. Colorado State has some good athletes and the majority of them are returners from last year. Go Green! Part of the problem here is that the 6-2 isn’t being run to open up the offense. Bishop and Berger are not front row capable blockers and Musinega isn’t much better. They kind of have to do the 6-2 which leads to the second problem: we don’t really have any true opposites. We somehow recruited like 4 traditional outsides but either didn’t prioritize or didn’t land any true opposites. I think Evie is best on the right side, but we’ll just have to see who goes where. Right now it seems like there’s an open competition for every position except for Holdem at OH1 and we’ll likely see some wonky lineups just seeing where players excel at. I don’t think this team had tournament expectations, so to me losing a game or two in the OOC against subpar competition doesn’t really trip me up much. The team’s goal for this season is to finish in the top 9/18 of the conference and to find ways to get meaningful reps in for the younger players that came through more traditional recruiting. If Mia Hood and Bolton can find ways to be contributors by the end of OOC and be ready for conference play? That means way more than any wins.
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Post by rollshotcornerpocket on Aug 31, 2024 19:21:00 GMT -5
Bishop/Muisinega at setter Holdem/Anderson at the pin Doezma/Kulig as the middles Courtley/Moore as the opposites Bolton is DS’ing Anderson as well.
Serving has been much tougher today but the setting still looks like a net negative. Kulig and Doezma both have had a handful of missed connections.
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Post by rollshotcornerpocket on Aug 31, 2024 22:18:00 GMT -5
MSU takes down Colorado State (received 3 votes in top 25 voting)
Anderson led the way with 16 kills, Kulig had 9, Courtney had 7, and Moore, Doezma, and Holdem had 6 a piece.
Overall, I think this lineup felt much closer to what we might see more of on a night to night basis. Wasn’t Holdem’s night but it’s clearly Holdem and Anderson on the left side. Kulig looks really solid, and it looks like Doezma or Okur can play the MH2 depending on the matchup. Courtley/Moore was ok. I think Courtley is still getting used to the right side. The setting was again the biggest question mark. The passing came and went but they really struggled with the opposite spot overall and the middles early on. I’m not sure if Berger is hurt, in the dog house, or worse…..but if she’s a healthy scratch it makes zero sense.
All in all, I think this is a game that highlights why we shouldn’t make dramatic takes one game into a season. MSU looked solid tonight and gutted out some tough points when it mattered most on the road against a team receiving votes in the top 25 and routinely makes the ncaa tourney. Also for what it’s worth, UNColorado gave Florida some fits tonight. Not sure how the season will go, but I would not be surprised if UNColorado does some damage in the Big Sky.
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Post by b1gvb23 on Sept 1, 2024 15:51:29 GMT -5
Is there a stream for tonight’s match?
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Post by rollshotcornerpocket on Sept 1, 2024 16:00:49 GMT -5
Is there a stream for tonight’s match? Negative, just live stats unfortunately.
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Post by 4volley06 on Sept 3, 2024 12:29:14 GMT -5
I would've loved to watch the MSU - Florida game, oh well. Going off of the results and the stats from the last 3 matches, here are some things that stick out to me.
Good stuff: Kulig is playing well - blocks (17,1.55/set) attack (.545,19,1.73/set) and serving (8 aces, .73/set)
Anderson is a great addition at outside (3.36 kills/set) with a heavy arm - but needs to limit hitting errors (.183), from the game I watched.
Holdem is serve receiving really well (2.38 rating, 3rd overall via volleymetrics)
Courtley is a solid option on the right side.
Needs improvement stuff: Holdem is hitting (.012). This won't get it done this season. Sophomore slump? Too early in the season? Feeling pressure from the amount of other new attackers on the team? Who knows, but she is an amazing talent as proven by an entire season last year. I'm betting she gets back on track.
Serving as a team need to get tougher. Watching games this weekend, you can see teams that are great at serving put themselves in position to beat really good teams. (minnesota last night vs Texass served lights out). Julia Bishop's flat footed serve from 15 feet behind the serving line won't cut it. Also our jump spin servers - need to be consistently be getting the ball inside the court.
Moore is a fantastic athlete and I love her fire. She can fly....but I'm not sure the right side is where she belongs. She averaged (.54 blocks/set last year) which I'd bet that's on the lower end of other B1G right sides. Maybe she can get back in the mix at outside?
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Post by 4volley06 on Sept 5, 2024 16:49:54 GMT -5
The Leah Johnson Radio Show is a fun listen for MSU fans. You can watch and listen to the recording on the team's Facebook page.
Turns out Northern Colorado is a decent team. They beat us, Colorado St, took a set from Florida, and beat Ole Miss (today).
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