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Post by dragan11 on Jul 16, 2023 17:54:06 GMT -5
What if a club team forced Carlini to play when she is not able to move on the court?
Everyone on here would shame the club.
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Post by vballspectator on Jul 16, 2023 17:54:46 GMT -5
I'm going to get absolutely lit up for this, but should Larson really take a spot this next Olympics? I don't think that helps USAV longterm. Like yes she's a great leader and we need that, but we also need for the next round of talent to get high level experience. That’s the whole point of these type of tournaments to get players a chance to prove themselves. The Olympics isn’t a time for development. You choose the players who give you best chance to win. So if Larson is still competing at a high level then she should go no one said the olympics were a time for the players to personally develop their skills lol, but the fact of the matter is playing at the Olympic level is important if they think a player has a long term future with the national team. Tom, Larson, Akinradaewo, and many others are examples of this. It's important to build that next leader, which they clearly don't have right now. Ultimately I don't think Larson will be playing head and shoulders above other options, that was the main point.
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Post by jwvolley on Jul 16, 2023 17:55:29 GMT -5
I think anyone who has watched JWO over the past couple years and leading into the Olympics can agree that the US is lucky to have her in the libero jersey. She’s one of the best current liberos in the world. She kinda had an average tourney and struggled today, but that doesn’t take away her skills as a libero. So sit down when you say she is not ‘international caliber’ she was the best libero in the last Olympics and honestly had a case for MVP I'm sorry she is far from one of the best in the world and it's sad if she is the best that USA has, if she was so good she would be playing for the top clubs in the world...sorry you made me laugh you are so full of hate! cyber bullying!
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Post by tjm on Jul 16, 2023 17:58:59 GMT -5
1. why wasnt carlini put in the match against turkey? 2. why wasn't hentz used more (in both matches)? 3. make a float serve 4. asia is the real deal 5. plummer, you better be grinding right now because we're gonna need you 6. JT is coming for Karakurt's clumsiness 7. karch's corny timeouts are another reason why he should get the boot
that's all!
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Post by c4ndlelight on Jul 16, 2023 18:23:49 GMT -5
I get that she was better than Hancock (who was very bad), but i have no idea how anyone watches this and thinks Carlini proved herself today. The offense did not look good, and we lost to a team that was also not playing great. This is the second year in a row where Carlini losing a match against an inferior team is attempted to be held up as a validation of her play, and it shouldn't be. If anything, this just validates that we need Poulter to get healthy STAT. I don’t think Carlini “proved” herself. but she was better than hancock while playing at half her normal speed. if our options for Paris are Hancock and Carlini, I think it’s kinda obvious who should start and who should come in on a double sub often Not sure you can make that conclusion given how much better Hancock has been literally every other weekend of their NT careers. And Carlini has yet to play well. If our options for Paris are Hancock and Carlini, both playing at this level, then Karch has made a grave mistake by not developing anyone else. Or we should get Poulter a wheelchair and roll her out on that.
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Post by sfvbsfvb on Jul 16, 2023 18:24:13 GMT -5
you are so full of hate! cyber bullying! I don't think you know what cyber bullying is when all I am saying is that she is not the best in the world and if you are trying to mock the concept of bullying that is inappropriate because bullying and harassing is not funny and this is such an issue in the world right now. You are not funny but part of the problem You know that commas and periods exist for a reason, right?
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Post by sfvbsfvb on Jul 16, 2023 18:25:29 GMT -5
you are so full of hate! cyber bullying! I don't think you know what cyber bullying is when all I am saying is that she is not the best in the world and if you are trying to mock the concept of bullying that is inappropriate because bullying and harassing is not funny and this is such an issue in the world right now. You are not funny but part of the problem Alternative response: our setters running almost as much as this girl’s run-on sentences
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Post by sfvbsfvb on Jul 16, 2023 18:26:11 GMT -5
you are so full of hate! cyber bullying! I don't think you know what cyber bullying is when all I am saying is that she is not the best in the world and if you are trying to mock the concept of bullying that is inappropriate because bullying and harassing is not funny and this is such an issue in the world right now. You are not funny but part of the problem But wait there’s more: how do you manage to use so many words but say so little?
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Post by yupyupyup on Jul 16, 2023 18:26:19 GMT -5
That’s the whole point of these type of tournaments to get players a chance to prove themselves. The Olympics isn’t a time for development. You choose the players who give you best chance to win. So if Larson is still competing at a high level then she should go no one said the olympics were a time for the players to personally develop their skills lol, but the fact of the matter is playing at the Olympic level is important if they think a player has a long term future with the national team. Tom, Larson, Akinradaewo, and many others are examples of this. It's important to build that next leader, which they clearly don't have right now. Ultimately I don't think Larson will be playing head and shoulders above other options, that was the main point. Right but in the same light of thinking, don’t you bring Larson due to all of her experience if she is still playing at least on par with all other OH’s? If the reasoning is to bring players to get them experience, then why not the player with the most experience?
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Post by CAI BIN MUST GO on Jul 16, 2023 18:27:24 GMT -5
What if a club team forced Carlini to play when she is not able to move on the court? Everyone on here would shame the club. we already do shame eczasi
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Post by anOPINionATEDbeACH(hookemboo) on Jul 16, 2023 18:30:11 GMT -5
I don't think you know what cyber bullying is when all I am saying is that she is not the best in the world and if you are trying to mock the concept of bullying that is inappropriate because bullying and harassing is not funny and this is such an issue in the world right now. You are not funny but part of the problem But wait there’s more: how do you manage to use so many words but say so little? Idk what's wrong with you, but I fully understood what they said....
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Post by sfvbsfvb on Jul 16, 2023 18:31:33 GMT -5
But wait there’s more: how do you manage to use so many words but say so little? Idk what wrong with you, but I fully understood what they said.... Sorry, dumb people trigger me.
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Post by widdledumpling on Jul 16, 2023 18:35:01 GMT -5
Yes agree Carlini should have set the middle more. Disagree with Hancock being the best setter.. she was the ONLY setter for most of the summer so far. So by default yes but injured Carlini proved herself today.. Now let her go home a properly heal up for qualification. I meant at setting the middles, which was absolutely true as recent as last summer and this club season. this summer, she completely abandoned it Could not setting the middles be a Karch directive? Otherwise I have no explanation for yesterday’s 2 middle kills COMBINED
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Post by hipsterfilth on Jul 16, 2023 18:36:19 GMT -5
you are so full of hate! cyber bullying! You are not funny but part of the problem pot, kettle, black, &c.
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Post by hipsterfilth on Jul 16, 2023 18:39:21 GMT -5
Idk what wrong with you, but I fully understood what they said.... Sorry, dumb people trigger me. I get what you're going for, but you gotta get over the "bad grammar = dumb" schtick at some point in your life. People come from a lot of places, and it's likely difficult to find online forums where extensive and meaningful discussions are being had about volleyball in languages other than English. We're gonna get some ESL traffic, and I think it's best to just lean into grammatical errors - obv not always the case, some are just bad at syntax, but pointing it out also just makes it look like you've run out of legitimate counterarguments. <3 love u tho.
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