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Post by jwvolley on Nov 11, 2023 23:48:21 GMT -5
Yes she was so good tonight! I am interested to see next year with Falduto coming in. That will be a battle for the libero jersey. I’ve watched this for years. Won’t be close. After a year maybe but not 1st year. Grimes is playing against Big Ten competition and someone else is playing against high school/club…not even close. Learn from Grimes. Agreed. Not to mention I've been a bit underwhelmed by Falduto. I wouldn't expect her to be such a high level freshman year that she'd unseat the returning starter. |
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Post by stanfordvb on Nov 11, 2023 23:48:24 GMT -5
I just got back from the bar WHATTTTTTTT
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Post by knapplc on Nov 11, 2023 23:48:41 GMT -5
WE !!!!###$$$!!!ING ARE BABY FOREVER GO STATE I can't dance to your tune, but I respect the beat. |
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Post by gibbyb1 on Nov 11, 2023 23:49:20 GMT -5
Is Krause vs Smrek really a good comparison though The question would be how much each team counts on the missing player. It's an apt comparison. A player out is an excuse. Everyone deals with injuries, flu……. Wisconsin is a better team than PSU even without Smrek. They didn’t play great on the road vs a good team who is playing really well. |
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Post by timmyt on Nov 11, 2023 23:51:22 GMT -5
I’ve watched this for years. Won’t be close. After a year maybe but not 1st year. Grimes is playing against Big Ten competition and someone else is playing against high school/club…not even close. Learn from Grimes. Agreed. Not to mention I've been a bit underwhelmed by Falduto. I wouldn't expect her to be such a high level freshman year that she'd unseat the returning starter. Gatorade player of the year don’t make it at that level. Great high school player but slip against the best |
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Post by pcll0718 on Nov 11, 2023 23:58:48 GMT -5
No thanks. Don’t be ridiculous. The frontline replacement for Smrek was Orzol. TTA switched sides and was bad like she’s been all year. There's a difference between hitting .207 (TTA's season hitting % before this match) and hitting negative -.100+ lmao from the right. Smrek is a .400 hitter from the right. Smrek wouldn't let Hannah hit .400+ either but let's not count that either. Not to mention, losing Anna means we're shuffling THREE positions. Losing Krause means you're shuffling one. There's no comparisons. Nebraska beat Penn State 3-0 at home with Krause hitting .300. - the week after she was Big Ten Player of the Week. Nebraska still beat Penn State 3-2 on road without Krause - while her replacement hit negative -.094. Ironically, Nebraska also beat Wisconsin without Krause while replacement hit .075 while Smrek was playing. No comparison? Maybe Nebraska’s team is clearly better, missing one player doesn’t throw the whole operation off. |
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Post by robtearle on Nov 12, 2023 0:00:03 GMT -5
TTA replaced Anna on the RS...do her numbers No thanks. Don’t be ridiculous. The frontline replacement for Smrek was Orzol. TTA switched sides and was bad like she’s been all year. There's more to playing front row than kill numbers. Smrek's replacement defending against Penn State's lefts was TTA. |
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Post by timmyt on Nov 12, 2023 0:03:05 GMT -5
The question would be how much each team counts on the missing player. It's an apt comparison. A player out is an excuse. Everyone deals with injuries, flu……. Wisconsin is a better team than PSU even without Smrek. They didn’t play great on the road vs a good team who is playing really well. That’s a joke!! Playing well lately…do you watch this volleyball stuff? |
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Post by badgerbadgerbadger on Nov 12, 2023 0:05:17 GMT -5
There's a difference between hitting .207 (TTA's season hitting % before this match) and hitting negative -.100+ lmao from the right. Smrek is a .400 hitter from the right. Smrek wouldn't let Hannah hit .400+ either but let's not count that either. Not to mention, losing Anna means we're shuffling THREE positions. Losing Krause means you're shuffling one. There's no comparisons. Nebraska beat Penn State 3-0 at home with Krause hitting .300. - the week after she was Big Ten Player of the Week. Nebraska still beat Penn State 3-2 on road without Krause - while her replacement hit negative -.094. Ironically, Nebraska also beat Wisconsin without Krause while replacement hit .075 while Smrek was playing. No comparison? Maybe Nebraska’s team is clearly better, missing one player doesn’t throw the whole operation off. Again, missing Krause means you just plug Batenhorst right in. There's no shuffling involved. You don't have to change passing assignments, blocking assignments, or defensive assignments. Missing Smrek, we changed our libero, our left side hitter, and our RS hitter. Change three of Nebraska's positions and let's see what happens. We have to change passing assignments and blocking assignments. Again, there's a LOT more shuffling on our side than yours. Yes, our team as a whole isn't as deep as Nebraska lmao, we don't have top-tier recruits for backups at every single position on the court. You're right on that. So yes, missing a player affects us more than Nebraska. Sorry, we all can't get the entire US Junior team on board. |
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Post by pcll0718 on Nov 12, 2023 0:05:28 GMT -5
No thanks. Don’t be ridiculous. The frontline replacement for Smrek was Orzol. TTA switched sides and was bad like she’s been all year. There's more to playing front row than kill numbers. Smrek's replacement defending against Penn State's lefts was TTA. While Orzol got 4 blocks on the left side. Great stuff for a libero. |
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Post by jwvolley on Nov 12, 2023 0:07:17 GMT -5
At the end of the day, Wisconsin chooses to utilize their roster in a certain way. It pays off many times because they get to overwhelm teams with their physicality instead of being more focused on passing and setter consistency. But 6-2's have complications. One of them is potential sub chaos at the end of sets, ask John Cook how that went for him last year. Another is pigeonholing your team a bit unless you truly have a viable third option at the opposite position. People get hurt on nearly every team throughout the season. Also, GG's passing is still a problem and none of the other transfer defensive specialists on the roster are warranting the switch.
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Post by robtearle on Nov 12, 2023 0:13:24 GMT -5
At the end of the day, Wisconsin chooses to utilize their roster in a certain way. It pays off many times because they get to overwhelm teams with their physicality instead of being more focused on passing and setter consistency. But 6-2's have complications. One of them is potential sub chaos at the end of sets, ask John Cook how that went for him last year. Another is pigeonholing your team a bit unless you truly have a viable third option at the opposite position. People get hurt on nearly every team throughout the season. Also, GG's passing is still a problem and none of the other transfer defensive specialists on the roster are warranting the switch. My complete guess, based on overreacting to one bad match, is that if Sheffield thinks Smrek is going to be out for any extended period of time, we could see significant changes for Purdue next Friday. But otherwise. muddle through, hoping for better play all around the court, and wait for Smrek to be back. |
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Post by 25or624 on Nov 12, 2023 0:15:19 GMT -5
At the end of the day, Wisconsin chooses to utilize their roster in a certain way. It pays off many times because they get to overwhelm teams with their physicality instead of being more focused on passing and setter consistency. But 6-2's have complications. One of them is potential sub chaos at the end of sets, ask John Cook how that went for him last year. Another is pigeonholing your team a bit unless you truly have a viable third option at the opposite position. People get hurt on nearly every team throughout the season. Also, GG's passing is still a problem and none of the other transfer defensive specialists on the roster are warranting the switch. Objectively, that's really it in a nutshell. Bets were made on certain players that didn't pay-off. If there were other, better players available they would be playing. The Badgers are up against the wall right now; it's too late to expect miracles, except perhaps a quick recovery for Anna. |
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Post by knapplc on Nov 12, 2023 0:44:38 GMT -5
Missing Smrek, we changed our libero, our left side hitter, and our RS hitter. Change three of Nebraska's positions and let's see what happens. We have to change passing assignments and blocking assignments. Again, there's a LOT more shuffling on our side than yours. Fair point. |
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Post by acea on Nov 12, 2023 0:47:36 GMT -5
No thanks. Don’t be ridiculous. The frontline replacement for Smrek was Orzol. TTA switched sides and was bad like she’s been all year. There's a difference between hitting .207 (TTA's season hitting % before this match) and hitting negative -.100+ lmao from the right. Smrek is a .400 hitter from the right. Smrek wouldn't let Hannah hit .400+ either but let's not count that either. Not to mention, losing Anna means we're shuffling THREE positions. Losing Krause means you're shuffling one. There's no comparisons. You wouldn’t have to do all that shuffling if maybe y’all went after a 6 rotation setter and not another pin |
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