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Post by ironhammer on Jul 15, 2023 21:52:31 GMT -5
I don't know man, watching US play for bronze just doesn't have the same level of excitment and interest of playing for gold...
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Post by avid 2.0 on Jul 15, 2023 21:52:36 GMT -5
If you want a positive, with how poor most things were... they still couldve gone five sets.
Lanier and Frantti both hit over .300.
Passing needs work... Players need to get healthy.
The stretch that dana had in set 3 was incredible. Asjia had some big blocks.
It's time for the vets to up their level of play.
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Post by vballspectator on Jul 15, 2023 21:52:43 GMT -5
can we talk about rettke’s “set” or is that too taboo for rn I gasped when she took that 2nd ball from Micha lol, like did she think it was someone else next to her lol
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Post by vnv21 on Jul 15, 2023 21:53:06 GMT -5
is setter depth really that shaky after the three in the main rotation if karch still brought Lauren even though she was injured lmaoo our opposites cannot hang with the big dogs which is annoying but obviously they are in a league of their own so
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Post by basil on Jul 15, 2023 21:53:38 GMT -5
If you want a positive, with how poor most things were... they still couldve gone five sets. Lanier and Frantti both hit over .300. Passing needs work... Players need to get healthy. The stretch that dana had in set 3 was incredible. Asjia had some big blocks. It's time for the vets to up their level of play. who would've thought the Tokyo medalists would be the ones struggling the most compared to everyone else
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Post by yupyupyup on Jul 15, 2023 21:54:18 GMT -5
Winning gold was the worst thing for the long term success of team usa Lol you’re right US should have lost gold with the trade off of them being dominant in a VNL tourney. This is great experience for the team. I think I’d rather win a freaking Olympic gold and lose any other tourney. People are so dramatic it’s crazy. USA is out of its best setter, 2 world class outsides in Larson and MBH, and what looks to be a burnt out JT. This tourney is not USA as it’s peaking. It’s a tryout with some athletes stepping up in Lanier, Franti, O’Neal, and Skinner.
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Post by bruinsgold on Jul 15, 2023 21:54:31 GMT -5
I’ve been saying that for months
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Post by dragan11 on Jul 15, 2023 21:54:50 GMT -5
There were 2 worse setters than Hancock on the court today, Elif and Cansu. Setting quality was super low.
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Post by gabricio616 on Jul 15, 2023 21:55:04 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 And Cebecioglu was reinvented by Midas Santarelli as a deadly OH. And Elif benched Ozbay for good as a starter, perfectly setting Eda-Vargas-Ebrar,whereas Čansu could only set Derya and Zehra (Vakif gals)
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Post by basil on Jul 15, 2023 21:55:10 GMT -5
I’ve been saying that for months he actually has haha I'll vouch
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Post by ironhammer on Jul 15, 2023 21:55:38 GMT -5
I’ll be interested to see the stats Positives: - O’Neal did well coming in late and making an impact - Frantti put the team on her back. Great defensive and offensive performance -Lanier was pretty consistent throughout and held up on SR despite some late errors - Rettke went on some excellent serving runs and turned the momentum at the end of set 3 I agree with this Negatives: - Drews makes way too many errors on offense, and is absolutely horrible on defense. If she is our best, then leave her home and develop for the future, because she is too much of a liability - Hancock was good at one thing, serving, and KK won't let her do that. She has no connection with her hitters, makes bad decisions, never sets the middle, and could set a hittable ball if her life was on the line. Hopefully, her Olympic life was on the line tonight, and they cremate the body so she cannot pulll a Lazarus- Cook should never play front row again, EVER - JWO was less than she should have been tonight. Even with Hancock and Drews seemingly playing for Turkey, a couple of defensive plays would have given us a 5th set - KK apparently does not value serving at all You really don't like Hancock, do you?
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Post by jwvolley on Jul 15, 2023 21:55:41 GMT -5
At some point, we may also need to consider that the one month around Tokyo was an outlier. This is in context of JWO. She hasn't really matched that level before or after with any consistency. So you putting Kelsey back at libero or
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Post by avid 2.0 on Jul 15, 2023 21:55:48 GMT -5
winning the VNL is obviously the goal.
but its time to look long term and figure out what we're going to do for IOQT. Its very obvious that we dont have a lineup and most of the VNL was not used trying to figure that out.
I dont think there's any other country that has an many questions as we do.
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Post by akbar on Jul 15, 2023 21:56:32 GMT -5
It grinds my gears that such a terrible coach is at the helm of such an important program (and being paid to do so), and I’m not even American. I feel for you guys and gals. In addition to Drews and Hancock being subpar, it wasn’t a good time for JWO to have one of her less-than-stellar matches. At some point, we may also need to consider that the one month around Tokyo was an outlier. I've had discussions with people in the know who have mentioned about this.
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Post by eazy on Jul 15, 2023 21:56:33 GMT -5
can we talk about rettke’s “set” or is that too taboo for rn I gasped when she took that 2nd ball from Micha lol, like did she think it was someone else next to her lol Or she sized up the situation and thought she was the better setter there…
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