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Post by medusa on Apr 8, 2024 14:33:22 GMT -5
How can UC IRVINE be ranked before Hawaii, after Hawaii won two out of three matches? Politics.
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Post by brooselee on Apr 8, 2024 15:41:15 GMT -5
How can UC IRVINE be ranked before Hawaii, after Hawaii won two out of three matches? Politics. It’s no biggie at this late stages. We will get a crack at them one way or another at the BWT. We just need to win our matches and we’re good. If we make it to the final with LBSU, I feel we will leap ahead of them for an at large due to us being 3 wins vs 1 against them head to head. If it’s UH and UCI in the final, then it will be “Winner takes all” because LBSU will get the at large and the winner moves on with the loser staying home. Best case scenario for Hawaii….LBSU sweeps UCI. Hawaii sweeps UCSD. UH at 3 seed and UCI at 2 seed so we avoid LBSU until the final. We get to the final against LBSU means that we would have had to beat UCI to get to the final. UH would then have a 3-1 head to head over UCI. Icing on cake would be UH beat LBSU but it’s a tall task. I’m not sure which MPSF team would leap over UH for an at large there. Of course, it could screw up things if UCLA doesn’t win the tournament. Bottom line…win out we in. Possible bottom line…get to the BWT final, we likely in. GO WARRIORS! SHOW EM WHO’S BOSS!  |
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Post by klumfanatic on Apr 9, 2024 0:30:36 GMT -5
He’s already enrolled in classes from what I understand. That’s the real confirmation. |
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Post by soljah808 on Apr 9, 2024 1:04:14 GMT -5
He’s already enrolled in classes from what I understand. That’s the real confirmation. Brahhh Adrian is gonna be hella good for us. His all around game is superb and he brings the heat with his serve and his spikes for sure. |
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Post by brooselee on Apr 9, 2024 1:26:59 GMT -5
He’s already enrolled in classes from what I understand. That’s the real confirmation. Brahhh Adrian is gonna be hella good for us. His all around game is superb and he brings the heat with his serve and his spikes for sure. The kid just turned 18 last month. Got room to grow and get stronger. Can’t wait for him to get to work here and start a new era with Kristian, Ofeck, Finn and the rest of this young and talented freshman class. Also interested to see the other pieces in the work like transfers and potentially Adrien will bring a friend with him. |
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Post by soljah808 on Apr 9, 2024 1:55:29 GMT -5
Brahhh Adrian is gonna be hella good for us. His all around game is superb and he brings the heat with his serve and his spikes for sure. The kid just turned 18 last month. Got room to grow and get stronger. Can’t wait for him to get to work here and start a new era with Kristian, Ofeck, Finn and the rest of this young and talented freshman class. Also interested to see the other pieces in the work like transfers and potentially Adrien will bring a friend with him. Adrian and Sakanoko with Kristian or Finn holding the pin positions for us are a deadly bunch. |
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Post by ManapuaSurprise on Apr 9, 2024 2:52:06 GMT -5
The kid just turned 18 last month. Got room to grow and get stronger. Can’t wait for him to get to work here and start a new era with Kristian, Ofeck, Finn and the rest of this young and talented freshman class. Also interested to see the other pieces in the work like transfers and potentially Adrien will bring a friend with him. Adrian and Sakanoko with Kristian or Finn holding the pin positions for us are a deadly bunch. from the last Call the Coach, sounds like Charlie is trying to turn Finn into a left side attacker |
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Post by brooselee on Apr 9, 2024 3:22:12 GMT -5
Adrian and Sakanoko with Kristian or Finn holding the pin positions for us are a deadly bunch. from the last Call the Coach, sounds like Charlie is trying to turn Finn into a left side attacker Yep….I heard Charlie say that move would be beneficial for Finn in the long run because most pro teams are looking for OPPs that are in the 6-7 to 6-9 range. Finn, being only 6-5, will have a hard time playing OPP at the next level. Of course, Charlie seeing what a left handed OH can do in Hillr Henno, Charlie is looking to turn Finn into another Hillr Henno. |
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Post by klumfanatic on Apr 9, 2024 20:11:18 GMT -5
Well I'm more optimistic that Finn can turn into a OH than Kainoa even though he's left handed. More essential that an OH can pass as opposed to hit. Ideally you want both. . Finn can bend his legs and get down. I haven't seen much of it from Kainoa. In order to pass, you need to be able to bend and get low. If you can't pass, you get served off the court and you're forever out of system which leads to losses.
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Post by practicesafesets on Apr 9, 2024 21:36:31 GMT -5
Milan's ability to speak French, Bulgarian, Serbian, and Greek has benefited UH throughout the years. It's funny how Siki's recruitment bolstered Warrior volleyball's future.
Wondering if Milan can bring in a Russian recruit too
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Post by klumfanatic on Apr 10, 2024 14:54:43 GMT -5
I'd like to see UH recruit a Japanese player or someone from Asia. UH has travelled to Japan a couple times in the last handful of years for preseason. Hopefully Wade is building contacts. Additionally Hogland is now playing in Japan, so maybe he can give UH some tips. It was Colton Cowell that sent us Sakanoko and then presumably opened the door to Roure.
The Japanese style of play is of particular interest. Typically they are pesky on defense and keep balls alive. If UH can develop better defensively that would be a plus.
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Post by cosmo on Apr 10, 2024 15:30:44 GMT -5
I'd like to see UH recruit a Japanese player or someone from Asia. UH has travelled to Japan a couple times in the last handful of years for preseason. Hopefully Wade is building contacts. Additionally Hogland is now playing in Japan, so maybe he can give UH some tips. It was Colton Cowell that sent us Sakanoko and then presumably opened the door to Roure. The Japanese style of play is of particular interest. Typically they are pesky on defense and keep balls alive. If UH can develop better defensively that would be a plus. Hogland seems on track to gain some decent recognition in the V League (Newcomer of the year and named to the national team (not the active roster yet)), so hopefully he can open a solid pipeline there. UH Basketball and Football both have players from Japan so the pipeline isn't anything new to UH, just not something the volleyball team has used before. |
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Post by babybacksets on Apr 10, 2024 16:52:42 GMT -5
Yea I’m still in the camp of going after the big mainland and local recruits first and supplementing with foreign players.
But definitely excited to see the young talent come in from
places we’ve established solid relationships with (France, Bulgaria, etc) but idk if we necessarily need to go shopping around in different countries.
Still have to consider team cohesion and chemistry.
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Post by brooselee on Apr 10, 2024 17:20:48 GMT -5
I'd like to see UH recruit a Japanese player or someone from Asia. UH has travelled to Japan a couple times in the last handful of years for preseason. Hopefully Wade is building contacts. Additionally Hogland is now playing in Japan, so maybe he can give UH some tips. It was Colton Cowell that sent us Sakanoko and then presumably opened the door to Roure. The Japanese style of play is of particular interest. Typically they are pesky on defense and keep balls alive. If UH can develop better defensively that would be a plus. Hogland seems on track to gain some decent recognition in the V League (Newcomer of the year and named to the national team (not the active roster yet)), so hopefully he can open a solid pipeline there. UH Basketball and Football both have players from Japan so the pipeline isn't anything new to UH, just not something the volleyball team has used before. You forgot baseball too. We got one of Japan's top young baseball prospect on Itsuki Takemoto. Yes, a Japanese volleyball player would be awesome. |
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Post by VT Karen on Apr 10, 2024 18:18:42 GMT -5
Yea I’m still in the camp of going after the big mainland and local recruits first and supplementing with foreign players. But definitely excited to see the young talent come in from places we’ve established solid relationships with (France, Bulgaria, etc) but idk if we necessarily need to go shopping around in different countries. Still have to consider team cohesion and chemistry. 💯 I'm with you on this. I think that Charlie has done a good job with this too. I also hope that all the domestic recruits that are firmly within the USA pipeline get trained up and are able to take their game to the next level if that's what they want. LBSU has done a good job with this. |
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