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Post by twkpwrbtmlib on Jun 11, 2023 15:32:36 GMT -5
isn't a dig counted only if it results in a kill? Technically? Yes. But I've also seen them count digs that weren't transitioned into kills. I've seen that on both the men's and women's sides. huh, interesting. but yeah, micah played great defense.
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Post by momorabbit on Jun 11, 2023 15:33:57 GMT -5
usa's future looks bleak if you think about how old the core players are and are only a game away from retiring. yeah that is the truth. we are concerned with the oppos position for a long period of time. Also, the middle blockers(Averil and Holt) cannot block. Rip
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Post by james23 on Jun 11, 2023 15:39:03 GMT -5
usa's future looks bleak if you think about how old the core players are and are only a game away from retiring. yeah that is the truth. we are concerned with the oppos position for a long period of time. Also, the middle blockers(Averil and Holt) cannot block. Rip I'm convinced you don't know who Gabi is lol
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Post by ddbb on Jun 11, 2023 15:41:30 GMT -5
yeah that is the truth. we are concerned with the oppos position for a long period of time. Also, the middle blockers(Averil and Holt) cannot block. Rip I'm convinced you don't know who Gabi is lol exaggeration/hyperbole/dramatization
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Post by momorabbit on Jun 11, 2023 15:42:13 GMT -5
yeah that is the truth. we are concerned with the oppos position for a long period of time. Also, the middle blockers(Averil and Holt) cannot block. Rip I'm convinced you don't know who Gabi is lol Did you see how he behaved in club? I am worried.
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Post by twkpwrbtmlib on Jun 11, 2023 15:42:30 GMT -5
usa's future looks bleak if you think about how old the core players are and are only a game away from retiring. thankfully we already qualify for 2028!
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Post by momorabbit on Jun 11, 2023 15:44:44 GMT -5
Ma should have been taken out his setting was suspect and he was not connecting but that is John going with a UCLA player, Garrett, needs to go TJ has shown he can play defense, dunno about the deal with Thomas J or the reason for this lineup by USA, but you only have one OPP on USA and he is recovering from an ankle injury. I am really sick of watching Garret. i'm sorry, ten years of bench players make him become a player who cannot even go to Italy/Poland to play currently.This is really bad. Speraw thinks he is defensive? Today Cody receives more balls without errors with higher efficiency than him. This is really really ugly. Also, Cody attacks more balls with much higher efficiency than him. I do not know what to say. Overall, the most concerning is OPPO, we do not know what Gabi can bring.
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Post by manyshaped on Jun 11, 2023 15:45:19 GMT -5
usa's future looks bleak if you think about how old the core players are and are only a game away from retiring. thankfully we already qualify for 2028! not anymore if the host rule from paris is still in effect
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Post by Matt Minas on Jun 11, 2023 16:12:01 GMT -5
Judson was a perfect 12/12. Kinda exposed the middles fun fact: Judson has never played for a brazilian NT in any category. He was never called for youth/junior's national teams. that was his absolute debut.
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Post by momorabbit on Jun 11, 2023 16:15:05 GMT -5
I am really sick of watching Garret. i'm sorry, ten years of bench players make him become a player who cannot even go to Italy/Poland to play currently.This is really bad. Speraw thinks he is defensive? Today Cody receives more balls without errors with higher efficiency than him. This is really really ugly. Also, Cody attacks more balls with much higher efficiency than him. I do not know what to say. Overall, the most concerning is OPPO, we do not know what Gabi can bring. There has to be something in the gym that Thomas isn't what John wants also says something that this could have been a one game show for Cody since he was part of the program for so long...if Christenson gets injured we are in trouble and the only hope is Tuniga cause he can connect with Defalco so we are thin at setter outside opp I really do not understand why Thomas cannot play decent in national team. I mean, decent, no need to play as excellent as in club. TJ and Aaron should not always be treated like this, carrying a big load. They are not machines, they will be tired. I'm sorry to see that.
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Post by jcvball22 on Jun 11, 2023 16:18:26 GMT -5
Wowza. We have some excessively dramatic, doom-and-gloomers in the thread today. Maybe we all settle down a bit? It’s Week 1 of VNL, which is generally chaos week. This tournament is generally used to get the youth some reps in international competition and evaluate focuses for the next TWO YEARS until the next Olympic cycle.
Try not to lose your minds. It’s not nearly as deep as some of you are making it out to be 🙄
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Post by westcoastvolleyfreak on Jun 11, 2023 16:27:22 GMT -5
Wowza. We have some excessively dramatic, doom-and-gloomers in the thread today. Maybe we all settle down a bit? It’s Week 1 of VNL, which is generally chaos week. This tournament is generally used to get the youth some reps in international competition and evaluate focuses for the next TWO YEARS until the next Olympic cycle. Try not to lose your minds. It’s not nearly as deep as some of you are making it out to be 🙄 facts, everyone is acting as if we just lost the olympics or something. it's week 1 of VNL and we ended 3-1, that's something to be proud of. OFC we wanna be 4-0 but it's not always gonna end up like that. yall overreacting so hard to ONE LOSS. reading this thread made me realize how pessimistic everyone can get after 1 loss man.
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Post by GatorsChomp on Jun 11, 2023 16:27:53 GMT -5
Well... I watched the game and I'm just gonna assume this was jitters from a lot of the hitters bc WHEW
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Post by momorabbit on Jun 11, 2023 16:32:02 GMT -5
Wowza. We have some excessively dramatic, doom-and-gloomers in the thread today. Maybe we all settle down a bit? It’s Week 1 of VNL, which is generally chaos week. This tournament is generally used to get the youth some reps in international competition and evaluate focuses for the next TWO YEARS until the next Olympic cycle. Try not to lose your minds. It’s not nearly as deep as some of you are making it out to be 🙄 Yes I want to calm down, but everyone on court is no longer young. Hanes is blocked &%$ times today, I cannot count. He is slow, and he cannot jump. Do you know how old our middles are? Holt and Averil do not connect well with Ma'a, of course passing is not good, that is a reason. Also, they let the Brazil middle attack 12 out of 12 without any blocking. Did you see Ensing? Did you see any little bit of promising future with him as OPPOs, in Paris, maybe? I cannot see any.
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Post by jcvball22 on Jun 11, 2023 16:41:46 GMT -5
Wowza. We have some excessively dramatic, doom-and-gloomers in the thread today. Maybe we all settle down a bit? It’s Week 1 of VNL, which is generally chaos week. This tournament is generally used to get the youth some reps in international competition and evaluate focuses for the next TWO YEARS until the next Olympic cycle. Try not to lose your minds. It’s not nearly as deep as some of you are making it out to be 🙄 Yes I want to calm down, but everyone on court is no longer young. Hanes is blocked &%$ times today, I cannot count. He is slow, and he cannot jump. Do you know how old our middles are? Holt and Averil do not connect well with Ma'a, of course passing is not good, that is a reason. Also, they let the Brazil middle attack 12 out of 12 without any blocking. Did you see Ensing? Did you see any little bit of promising future with him as OPPOs, in Paris, maybe? I cannot see any. Quite frankly, we don’t line up well for Paris. While a lot of other federations had mass retirements after Tokyo or brought relatively young rosters (that extra year due to COVID really made things messy), our men are in a strange off-cycle of talent right now. Our best talent is attempting to hold on for one more Olympic run and the next up group is just ok. They’re going to do their best to develop the younger age groups and make some deliberate choices to test out athletes over the next two years to give us our squad the best shot in Paris. That’s literally what the VNL is for. Clearly, not everyone from this group is going to make it. And there will be a bunch of people not currently there that will. It’s Week One. Try not to lose your mind 🤷🏽♀️
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