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Post by volleyaudience on Sept 11, 2024 23:17:38 GMT -5
Nice to see the news that MSU is investing in a new facility for volleyball and hoping this spurs the Regents in Ann Arbor to finally do the same. With all of our B1G neighbors touting new or significantly remodeled facilities, its become a must for recruitment. With a planned capacity of 4,000-5,500, that makes it larger than the Covelli Center at OSU and Wilkinson Hall at Indiana. I would hope that Breslin could still be utilized for the Michigan match, which has been routinely drawing 6,000+ for the past few years. Michigan is now on the clock. Looking forward to seeing both teams back in the tourney soon! I was impressed when, as a brand new coach, she spoke up and won approval on where she wanted the team to play. The announcement that a new facility will be built seems to indicate the administration is hearing Coach and acting to support her and the program.
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Post by firedup on Sept 12, 2024 0:12:18 GMT -5
Nice to see the news that MSU is investing in a new facility for volleyball and hoping this spurs the Regents in Ann Arbor to finally do the same. With all of our B1G neighbors touting new or significantly remodeled facilities, its become a must for recruitment. With a planned capacity of 4,000-5,500, that makes it larger than the Covelli Center at OSU and Wilkinson Hall at Indiana. I would hope that Breslin could still be utilized for the Michigan match, which has been routinely drawing 6,000+ for the past few years. Michigan is now on the clock. Looking forward to seeing both teams back in the tourney soon! I was impressed when, as a brand new coach, she spoke up and won approval on where she wanted the team to play. The announcement that a new facility will be built seems to indicate the administration is hearing Coach and acting to support her and the program. coach Virtue has the Crisler Center. Is a volleyball/gymnastics/wrestling only building really gonna make the difference? I’m not convinced.
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Post by bprtbone on Sept 12, 2024 7:03:13 GMT -5
I was impressed when, as a brand new coach, she spoke up and won approval on where she wanted the team to play. The announcement that a new facility will be built seems to indicate the administration is hearing Coach and acting to support her and the program. coach Virtue has the Crisler Center. Is a volleyball/gymnastics/wrestling only building really gonna make the difference? I’m not convinced. Michigan only plays half of their home matches at Crisler and the rest at the outdated and cramped Cliff Keen Arena. More importantly, both schools have outdated practice facilities and locker rooms. At least Jenison has a bit of history and charm, Cliff Keen is an outright embarrassment as a Big Ten venue. But in the broader context of recruiting, I do think both schools are often competing for the same talent along with our B1G neighbors who can show off their newer facilities. Crisler and Breslin are both great venues, but they will never be exclusive for the volleyball programs. MSU investing in a new facility is also an investment into the program. It's a step forward.
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Post by kevinmalone on Sept 12, 2024 8:20:12 GMT -5
Nice to see the news that MSU is investing in a new facility for volleyball and hoping this spurs the Regents in Ann Arbor to finally do the same. With all of our B1G neighbors touting new or significantly remodeled facilities, its become a must for recruitment. With a planned capacity of 4,000-5,500, that makes it larger than the Covelli Center at OSU and Wilkinson Hall at Indiana. I would hope that Breslin could still be utilized for the Michigan match, which has been routinely drawing 6,000+ for the past few years. Michigan is now on the clock. Looking forward to seeing both teams back in the tourney soon! I was impressed when, as a brand new coach, she spoke up and won approval on where she wanted the team to play. The announcement that a new facility will be built seems to indicate the administration is hearing Coach and acting to support her and the program. This was on the books when Cathy George last few years - she knew they were getting a new VB facility - administration just slow played it - Jennison still has dust and dirt in it from when Magic played hoops there
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Post by Kearney Kingston on Sept 12, 2024 10:48:48 GMT -5
Two things, a VB, wrestling, gymnastics facility is a big step backwards for Sparty VB. Sounds like Izzo has had enough of VB playing on his Breslin Court. Also, really bad loss to WMU. Not the loss, just the results. Getting g swept by a MAC team is not a good look in your third year after boasting about all your recruits and multiple high level transfers.
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Post by rollshotcornerpocket on Sept 12, 2024 10:58:51 GMT -5
Two things, a VB, wrestling, gymnastics facility is a big step backwards for Sparty VB. Sounds like Izzo has had enough of VB playing on his Breslin Court. Also, really bad loss to WMU. Not the loss, just the results. Getting g swept by a MAC team is not a good look in your third year after boasting about all your recruits and multiple high level transfers. Tom Izzo doesn’t make decisions about who plays at his court nor does the schedule ever lineup for when he’d be using it vs volleyball. This argument makes zero sense. Also Western Michigan is a good team that has made the tournament and won tournament games and brings back solid experience. This was always going to be a tough game as the teams both are fairly evenly matched ranking wise (Massey). Things are sort of in tinker mode after we lost one of those transfers for the year and Anderson was resting a shoulder. Let’s be a little less dramatic.
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Post by rollshotcornerpocket on Sept 12, 2024 11:01:57 GMT -5
coach Virtue has the Crisler Center. Is a volleyball/gymnastics/wrestling only building really gonna make the difference? I’m not convinced. Michigan only plays half of their home matches at Crisler and the rest at the outdated and cramped Cliff Keen Arena. More importantly, both schools have outdated practice facilities and locker rooms. At least Jenison has a bit of history and charm, Cliff Keen is an outright embarrassment as a Big Ten venue. But in the broader context of recruiting, I do think both schools are often competing for the same talent along with our B1G neighbors who can show off their newer facilities. Crisler and Breslin are both great venues, but they will never be exclusive for the volleyball programs. MSU investing in a new facility is also an investment into the program. It's a step forward. All things considered, Jake and Leah have way different recruiting pipelines than Erin. Do we have a single in state recruit in their entire tenure? Facilities are great for recruiting but I personally don’t worry about being in competitions with UM for players.
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Post by sparty1855el on Sept 12, 2024 11:04:15 GMT -5
Two things, a VB, wrestling, gymnastics facility is a big step backwards for Sparty VB. Sounds like Izzo has had enough of VB playing on his Breslin Court. Also, really bad loss to WMU. Not the loss, just the results. Getting g swept by a MAC team is not a good look in your third year after boasting about all your recruits and multiple high level transfers. Breslin is not an MSU athletics owned facility and basketball has two other practice courts inside the arena.
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Post by bprtbone on Sept 12, 2024 11:19:08 GMT -5
Michigan only plays half of their home matches at Crisler and the rest at the outdated and cramped Cliff Keen Arena. More importantly, both schools have outdated practice facilities and locker rooms. At least Jenison has a bit of history and charm, Cliff Keen is an outright embarrassment as a Big Ten venue. But in the broader context of recruiting, I do think both schools are often competing for the same talent along with our B1G neighbors who can show off their newer facilities. Crisler and Breslin are both great venues, but they will never be exclusive for the volleyball programs. MSU investing in a new facility is also an investment into the program. It's a step forward. All things considered, Jake and Leah have way different recruiting pipelines than Erin. Do we have a single in state recruit in their entire tenure? Facilities are great for recruiting but I personally don’t worry about being in competitions with UM for players. I think that's fair. I guess my larger point is that regardless of who is coming in for a visit, I would rather show off a new and modernly equipped facility. From a competitive standpoint I also think its beneficial to practice at the same facility you play in.
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Post by rollshotcornerpocket on Sept 12, 2024 11:28:55 GMT -5
All things considered, Jake and Leah have way different recruiting pipelines than Erin. Do we have a single in state recruit in their entire tenure? Facilities are great for recruiting but I personally don’t worry about being in competitions with UM for players. I think that's fair. I guess my larger point is that regardless of who is coming in for a visit, I would rather show off a new and modernly equipped facility. From a competitive standpoint I also think it’s beneficial to practice at the same facility you play in. oh absolutely agree. New facilities will definitely help us recruit better. Especially if Jake and Leah ever want to compete for in state players. Cathy George really loved bringing in home grown players and it did work for awhile. I think we’ll need to be able to keep some of that talent in state as well as get creative elsewhere.
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Post by 4volley06 on Sept 16, 2024 17:33:22 GMT -5
Another game day, another mix of starters and players for the Spartans. Staniszewska getting the start at OH opposite of Akasha Anderson. Hope we can settle in and find a group that meshes well soon.
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Post by 4volley06 on Sept 16, 2024 17:34:52 GMT -5
Michigan State takes the first set from Eastern Michigan.
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Post by rollshotcornerpocket on Sept 16, 2024 22:51:38 GMT -5
Another game day, another mix of starters and players for the Spartans. Staniszewska getting the start at OH opposite of Akasha Anderson. Hope we can settle in and find a group that meshes well soon. Even though we're rested, I think we'll see some more reserves tomorrow and then throw what I'd imagine our Big Ten play lineup at Duke and UNC. I'd be pretty shocked to see if anything deviates from the below outside of maybe Bolton DS'ing for Anderson. I personally would prefer the DS but this feels more like a toss-up. I'm sure there's some analytics out there that say have the extra attacker. OH: Anderson and Holdem MB: Kulig and Doezma (Okur will probably get more reps with specific matchups) Opp: Preston and Moore. L: Iosia The only thing that still baffles me is the setting spot. You burn Cam Bergers redshirt and give her nearly 60 sets of reps last year, then essentially bury her to stat book duty for the first 8 games while the seniors struggle? I get that we hit the portal hard and there are some new arms to build connections with and that takes time. I'm just shocked that she hasn't earned a chance to compete for one of the spots given the struggles thus far. It's not even like she got a chance and did bad.....if anything she looked like the best setter in the room against WMU for those two sets. Obviously I trust Coach Leah and Jake to put the best squad out there night in and night out. But this one confuses me a bit.
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