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Post by uofaGRAD on Jul 15, 2023 23:01:43 GMT -5
I know she's short but Pressley opposite try out? I've seen her hit a volleyball from damn near every spot on the court lol. She has that Hooker athleticism, a strong arm and the years of adjusting to Sedwick surely helped her OOS lol Accepting applications for opposite hopefuls I have been asking for this since my account was approved.
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Post by bruinsgold on Jul 15, 2023 23:04:19 GMT -5
i think this is officially the longest intl thread on here lol its longer than all the olympics ones. I credit it to the GOD AWFUL START TIMES we had to suffer through during the Olympics!
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Post by fireandwater on Jul 15, 2023 23:04:38 GMT -5
Just got back from the match and the most glaring difference watching live was service pressure differential. Turkey seemed to consistently apply pressure and USA seemed to rarely apply pressure. There is tons of post about passing but I was actually impressed USA was right there to take it to 5 considering they brought a knife to a gun fight in the serve game. we were soooo close to taking it to 5. Turkiye and Ebrar especially were completely freaking out and we couldn't outlast them Ebrar needs to meditate, seriously she's her own enemy.
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Post by avid 2.0 on Jul 15, 2023 23:05:05 GMT -5
I know she's short but Pressley opposite try out? I've seen her hit a volleyball from damn near every spot on the court lol. She has that Hooker athleticism, a strong arm and the years of adjusting to Sedwick surely helped her OOS lol Accepting applications for opposite hopefuls I have been asking for this since my account was approved. which makes it more frustrating that they're not getting chances in the Pan Ams. At least players like Hilley are. But why are we not trying something new at opposite? Why Nia Reed (no offense to nia, but we know the answer there)
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Post by sfvbsfvb on Jul 15, 2023 23:06:01 GMT -5
It ain't logan, that's for sure. May she never see a national team that’s not really necessary… okay, I retract it. May she improve and pass 50% and hit 0.500 and become los angeles mvp
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Post by anOPINionATEDbeACH(hookemboo) on Jul 15, 2023 23:06:34 GMT -5
Damn, what she did to you ? worse arm than plummer, bad defense, bad passing. she's the lowest on list of possible national team outsides, sorry about it I mean her passing and defense is pretty bad, but those are all things she can improve over the years.
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Post by volleyguy on Jul 15, 2023 23:06:47 GMT -5
The best coaching staff started before Sydney, under Haley, and then Toshi was Head Coach til 2004. I would think the time over-lapping Toshi and Lang Ping (2002 - 2008) but they didn't keep the really precise stats back then, and I doubt they can be coded/retrieved easily. Even with Logan, those teams did not pass nearly as well as our Rio Quad team did (or Tokyo team did). If we're doing the VolleyMetrics thing, then sure. But the measure of good passing isn't necessarily a medium arc to the middle of the court that gives you "3" options. To me, that's like teaching to the test.
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Post by sfvbsfvb on Jul 15, 2023 23:11:08 GMT -5
worse arm than plummer, bad defense, bad passing. she's the lowest on list of possible national team outsides, sorry about it I mean her passing and defense is pretty bad, but those are all things she can improve over the years. Yeah, I was being mean. I'm just unimpressed, but sincerely hoping those improve. She doesn't have the it factor, and I didn't get the hype in 2022
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Post by maigrey on Jul 15, 2023 23:14:04 GMT -5
He took Cook out way too late. She was flopping from the start. She was wearing the wrong scrunchie. Her lucky one went missing. Rumor has it Larson was in the locker room before the game. Now I'm not saying she had anything to do with it.... But I'm not-NOT saying that either 🤨 scrunchiegate 2023!
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Post by b1gnetwerth on Jul 15, 2023 23:20:15 GMT -5
Choosing to remember the Annie from set 1 with her 10 points and nothing after that 😭 If some things go differently and Annie doesn’t have to run 2 miles around the court just to lose two sets we probably continue to get that Annie. She looked exhausted.
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Post by pleasedontserveme on Jul 15, 2023 23:57:54 GMT -5
Good night America literally no???
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Post by pleasedontserveme on Jul 16, 2023 0:02:35 GMT -5
Theres not a huge change in the team from last year vs this year other than Poulter not being the setter. Did Poulter make that much of an impact for them to win it all last year? Or is Turkey just a whole different improved team? Poulter set at the VNL Finals and WCH last year and USA didn’t medal in either
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Post by volleyguy on Jul 16, 2023 0:46:21 GMT -5
You really think Toms would be on the court at her age? Let's not age discriminate, she looked good when training with Walsh, too bad the USA will never have a great player like her again Let's not be ridiculous either. Logan hasn't played or practiced at a high level in quite a long time.
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Post by dl3ww on Jul 16, 2023 1:06:52 GMT -5
Anywho Asjia is THEE middle of the USA😌 right alongside Chi ... And we were getting along so well until now. Sorry, Donna's a close 4th🙃 and had some clutch moments today!!
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Post by geauxtigers3 on Jul 16, 2023 1:08:06 GMT -5
I want Lilley or Carlini and no one else setting. Hancock just doesn’t bring much to the table playing wise and makes poor setting decisions consistently - most obviously shown when she set Chiaka too high from a free ball when Vargas was literally in the bleachers…. I know a lot of people like to drag Lilley on here but she knows how to make great in match decisions. Carlini brings more to the table playing wise than any other setting choice we have other than Poulter. I’m might be out of the loop but why is Lilley not in the USA gym? ??
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