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Post by jay on Jul 15, 2023 21:41:35 GMT -5
We haven't medaled in any thing since Tokyo. Just can't quite find replacements for the golden girls...
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Post by Fe Gaslay on Jul 15, 2023 21:41:37 GMT -5
Even though as a USA fan I’m pissed, I’m still thrilled for Türkiye!! They played so well and I love their players. Gizem and Ayça were digging everything back there and Zehra was blocking everything else. And then Vargas was Vargas LOL
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Post by alhorford90 on Jul 15, 2023 21:41:48 GMT -5
I've reached my limit. Annie, allow me to connect you with a representative who can help you plan out the next stage of your career path: not too much on a Gator Great now.
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Post by uofaGRAD on Jul 15, 2023 21:41:58 GMT -5
Micha was miserable to watch in person. like seriously terrible today.
Annie’s defense is just as bad as Cuttino’s, Cuttino just flails more. other than that, no difference.
idk who’s idea it was to set JT her first ball on match point on a bic but wow… I cannot believe she wasn’t put in earlier, especially when we weren’t passing well enough to set the opposite anyways.
we missed WAYYYYYY too many serves. at so many key points too. the entire energy was sucked right out of the crowd every time.
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Post by bruinsgold on Jul 15, 2023 21:41:59 GMT -5
I've reached my limit. Annie, allow me to connect you with a representative who can help you plan out the next stage of your career path: Oh no. You couldn't at least given her Karsta's contact info?!
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Post by sleepy on Jul 15, 2023 21:42:10 GMT -5
I’m so upset Lanier had such a long leash? And Annie (like leave JT out if you just gonna sub her last second) Like how was Frantti Kelsey never tried? Like Frantti Kelsey was so good against Poland. And the lack of subs in set 2 besides rettke is so bad. USA had the players to win, but larch’s implementation was poor Lanier did Great! That is why! idk if it was just me but Lanier had great sets to start but she was not it during the endings of sets
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Post by jwvolley on Jul 15, 2023 21:43:11 GMT -5
as much as I appreciate that JWO and Micha clearly have leadership voices on this team, we need a vocal leader and they have to be someone that scores, just the way it is Larson coming back can hopefully make a difference in that regard Jordan is about to go 1970s Romania Gymnastics on these teammates of hers lol
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Post by bruinsgold on Jul 15, 2023 21:43:31 GMT -5
I want Rettke and O’Neal tomorrow 🤷🏽♀️ Chi and Haleigh could use the break They probably will. They wont care about VNL bronze. Micha-Annie (or JT) Frantti-Kelsey Asjia-Dana Hentz Well if they don't care, it's time to activate our back-up agenda: LANIER AT OPP!
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Post by andrewwmic on Jul 15, 2023 21:43:36 GMT -5
Not only decision making, location was not there all night well if the pass was not there all night what do you expect Plenty of perfect passes botched
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2023 21:43:44 GMT -5
Do not let usa being tragic make us forget how funny Ebrars meltdown and almost giving usa the 4th set was
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Post by jimboslice on Jul 15, 2023 21:43:46 GMT -5
Really??? I mean karch made tons of good substitutions… Türkiye won because they have better players not because of coaching lol He didn't really make good substitutions. He just has tons of good players. There wasn't anything strategic there (it's not like Frantti was first off the bench) Well he took cook out pretty much immediately like y’all wanted and put in skinner who had a great QF.. and then when she was playing poorly swapped in Frantti.. and Donna came in and basically won the 3rd set.. a coach can’t just sub players after they make 2 errors I feel like he had the right leash on everyone besides maybe Annie (but she did have a great start to the match so I understand wanting to keep her in).. what else did you want him to do?? Tanya Harding it?? He used his entire bench at some point the players just have to play well
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Post by trojansc on Jul 15, 2023 21:43:51 GMT -5
Folks... a couple USA players were off tonight. It happens to everyone at some point. Jeesh. Turkiye did not really have players that had an off nightKarakurt hit negative - and their OH2 who started the match also hit negative. The third OH that came in ended up hitting .110 .. and Vargas hit .350, not other worldly. They also changed setters.
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Post by hipsterfilth on Jul 15, 2023 21:43:56 GMT -5
Whew chile the Lanier hate is insane. Please go back and watch this match and tell me with a straight face that she wasn’t carrying majority of the game. SHES LITERALLY THE ONLY OFFENSIVE PLAYER TO PLAY THE WHOLE GAME AND THERES A REASON FOR THAT The Skylar Fields Effect. When a player makes a few errors in crunch time and they get called "overrated" and "can't perform in the spotlight" when meanwhile their team is prob sub .500 on the season and probably gets beat 3-0 if they're not there, instead of being right in it late in the fourth. McKenna Melville, JT @ Cincy, etc. Carrying a team is hard work.
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Post by volleyguy on Jul 15, 2023 21:43:59 GMT -5
Then he shouldn't have brought her in. Bringing someone in at 14-19 in the fourth set for the match and not setting her until you're down match point on a play that we so infrequently run is not the choice. Maybe in hindsight, but again, you can't bring in "star" players and not expect them to perform. It's not even about JT.
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Post by c4ndlelight on Jul 15, 2023 21:44:00 GMT -5
The last 5 U.S. points were due to foolishness on offense made by Karakurt. If Santarelli had replaced her, Turkey would have won earlier. And if I had the lottery numbers in advance I’d always win. Santarelli committed to playing her on the left, and stuck with her. That’s coaching. Acknowledging her good swing at the end of a run with a smile and a point to the head was also coaching. Circles. I stand by it. It's not like Turkey's other OH options are any more reliable. She has a higher ceiling and passes better than a good chunk of them anyways, and the other options can stink it up just as bad. I was surprised he stuck with Derya after she lost Set 3 for them, but she turned it around.
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