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Post by horns1 on Oct 27, 2023 13:58:48 GMT -5
Successful? He gets the best talent in the country each year and has only won 2 titles. Maybe he’s good a recruiting/branding the program, but surely not good at developing players. He definitely wouldn’t get the head coaching job if he applied for it today. Nomination for most clueless post ever on VT. Extremely high emotional intelligence is perhaps the #1 reason JE has been so successful coaching women's volleyball. |
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Post by horns1 on Oct 27, 2023 14:01:52 GMT -5
Ew, just read this thread. Some of y’all genuinely need to touch some MF grass. 🫠 T o bring his personal life into this and compare how he treats his wife to him being upset about bad refs in a volleyball game is crazy. It’s terrible a in the volleyball community players/ coaches can never show frustration, anger, or confidence without the same accounts crying 24/7. If you feel upset about a coach fussing at refs, I don’t recommend sports for you, I recommend a therapist. |
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Post by hornshouse23 on Oct 27, 2023 14:19:09 GMT -5
How do you coach away bad starts? Is it a warm up thing? At e this team doesn’t do well with the whole scrimmage thing and we should rethink it. Or is it game day routines? I need answers because we’ll be toast in the second or third round of the playoffs if we don’t learn how to start hot.
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Post by hornshouse23 on Oct 27, 2023 14:33:59 GMT -5
What concerns me about our team is our lack of a plan B. Or our unwillingness to utilize one. I get that Jenna is able to bounce back later in matches, but what if it’s too little too late when we’re playing tougher competitions. When we’re on, I truly believe we can beat anyone, but what’s the plan if we can’t get our starters to click?
I’d also love for us to utilize Devin at least once a match to keep her fresh and ready to go. She could easily sub in for Molly for one or two rotations. I’m just fearful of her needing to come off the bench at a crucial time during the tournament and it’s too late. As much as I love her, she doesn’t have that YBG instinct. Yet.
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Post by uofaGRAD on Oct 27, 2023 14:39:16 GMT -5
How do you coach away bad starts? Is it a warm up thing? At e this team doesn’t do well with the whole scrimmage thing and we should rethink it. Or is it game day routines? I need answers because we’ll be toast in the second or third round of the playoffs if we don’t learn how to start hot. I’m watching set 1 of the Baylor match from the end line view and Swindle’s setting is… 😵💫 we really need to utilize skinner more from the backrow in transition. on pipes and D balls. with her insane hitting window and backrow effectiveness, it would be dumb not to go for it, especially when they seem to connect well on it. I think we may see more passing with 2 when Wenaas is in, which is frankly embarrassing since Wenaas was known for her ball control😭 also the connection between Swindle and Phillips isn’t getting much better it seems. I thought we struck some gold there for a little bit but now they’re running Molly on this like inside C set that’s at a middle tempo that is just a really hard set to set. that’s not sustainable and if that’s the only ball Molly can kill, we need a different body out there, even if it’s not completely Molly’s fault. that set is just frankly too difficult for a freshman to set consistently, especially if we’re gonna be passing with 2 for parts of the game. |
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Post by eyeroll2021 on Oct 27, 2023 14:41:56 GMT -5
How do you coach away bad starts? Is it a warm up thing? At e this team doesn’t do well with the whole scrimmage thing and we should rethink it. Or is it game day routines? I need answers because we’ll be toast in the second or third round of the playoffs if we don’t learn how to start hot. IMO this is not a 2023-specific problem. I feel like this is a perennial issue for Texas |
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Post by WahineFan44 on Oct 27, 2023 14:50:56 GMT -5
How do you coach away bad starts? Is it a warm up thing? At e this team doesn’t do well with the whole scrimmage thing and we should rethink it. Or is it game day routines? I need answers because we’ll be toast in the second or third round of the playoffs if we don’t learn how to start hot. IMO this is not a 2023-specific problem. I feel like this is a perennial issue for Texas I dont ever remember it being this bad. Almost every single "big" time match for texas, they have been ABYSMAL in the first set. Like it looks like they may LOSE the match bad Like Its so fascinating to see a team bounce back that much. |
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Post by horns1 on Oct 27, 2023 15:10:35 GMT -5
How do you coach away bad starts? Is it a warm up thing? At e this team doesn’t do well with the whole scrimmage thing and we should rethink it. Or is it game day routines? I need answers because we’ll be toast in the second or third round of the playoffs if we don’t learn how to start hot. IMO this is not a 2023-specific problem. I feel like this is a perennial issue for TexasIs it? Last year's team seemed to lose big leads late in a set (like against Kansas, Ohio State, etc.) where they appeared to have total control. This year's team has had a couple of those, but overall seems to be one step behind to start the first set. I just don't recall use starting set one slowly in prior years, but it very well could have occurred. |
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Post by eyeroll2021 on Oct 27, 2023 15:17:16 GMT -5
IMO this is not a 2023-specific problem. I feel like this is a perennial issue for TexasIs it? Last year's team seemed to lose big leads late in a set (like against Kansas, Ohio State, etc.) where they appeared to have total control. This year's team has had a couple of those, but overall seems to be one step behind to start the first set. I just don't recall use starting set one slowly in prior years, but it very well could have occurred. Uhhhh. Set 1 vs San Diego was a very visible example |
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Post by horns1 on Oct 27, 2023 15:19:32 GMT -5
Is it? Last year's team seemed to lose big leads late in a set (like against Kansas, Ohio State, etc.) where they appeared to have total control. This year's team has had a couple of those, but overall seems to be one step behind to start the first set. I just don't recall use starting set one slowly in prior years, but it very well could have occurred. Uhhhh. Set 1 vs San Diego was a very visible example One match in the Final Four equals "perennial" ? Okay. I honestly just don't recall Texas being labeled as a slow-starting team any of the last few years. |
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Post by nellynel on Oct 27, 2023 15:27:38 GMT -5
IMO this is not a 2023-specific problem. I feel like this is a perennial issue for Texas I dont ever remember it being this bad. Almost every single "big" time match for texas, they have been ABYSMAL in the first set. Like it looks like they may LOSE the match bad Like Its so fascinating to see a team bounce back that much. It’s happened more than anyone wants but I wouldn’t say it’s happening in almost every big time match. Minnesota 25-14 win Stanford 23-25 loss our closest set with Stanford Washington St 25-21 win BYU 13-25 loss BYU 28-26 loss Kansas 25-17 win Kansas 25-16 win Baylor 21-25 loss Those to me are our biggest big time matches this season and only BYU had a horrible set 1. No one was happy with set 1 last night but it was nothing like BYU set 1. |
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Post by eyeroll2021 on Oct 27, 2023 15:29:00 GMT -5
Uhhhh. Set 1 vs San Diego was a very visible example One match in the Final Four equals "perennial" ? Okay. I honestly just don't recall Texas being labeled as a slow-starting team any of the last few years. I said it was "a visible example". There are others. I don't know about any labels, it's just my perception watching over the years. |
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Post by uofaGRAD on Oct 27, 2023 15:32:56 GMT -5
Is it? Last year's team seemed to lose big leads late in a set (like against Kansas, Ohio State, etc.) where they appeared to have total control. This year's team has had a couple of those, but overall seems to be one step behind to start the first set. I just don't recall use starting set one slowly in prior years, but it very well could have occurred. Uhhhh. Set 1 vs San Diego was a very visible example we lost 11 sets last season and 5 were first sets. technically that’s more than any other set we lost but I feel like this wasn’t the best example either. Logan had the worst set of her entire Texas career and we still pushed the second best team in the nation to 28-26. that means the rest of the team picked up some major slack imo |
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Post by eyeroll2021 on Oct 27, 2023 15:43:50 GMT -5
Uhhhh. Set 1 vs San Diego was a very visible example we lost 11 sets last season and 5 were first sets. technically that’s more than any other set we lost but I feel like this wasn’t the best example either. Logan had the worst set of her entire Texas career and we still pushed the second best team in the nation to 28-26. that means the rest of the team picked up some major slack imo vs Washington 2021? vs. Nebraska 2021? But let's not turn this into an argument. Like I've said, it's a matter of my perception and opinion. This is a thought I've had about the team over the years. If you're asking me for stats and dates, I will readily admit I don't have them. It's just a lingering opinion. Which is entirely subjective and (as you demonstrate) not shared by others. I'm fine with that. |
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Post by nellynel on Oct 27, 2023 16:29:00 GMT -5
For some reason my DVR didn’t start recording until set 3. But I did not hear one ‘Big Overhand’ thanks to you all and I will remember that forever. You all just made the list.
We were going to change the world with the Big Overhand.
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