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Post by hookem1 on Jun 7, 2024 17:23:39 GMT -5
Volleyball gotta threepeat and then fourpeat to show OU what the business really is. Naur. Love you sis but Mrs queen of queens Elia Rubin needs at least one title Those things don’t have to be mutually exclusive…
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Post by volleyball303 on Jun 7, 2024 17:59:17 GMT -5
Volleyball gotta threepeat and then fourpeat to show OU what the business really is. Naur. Love you sis but Mrs queen of queens Elia Rubin needs at least one title Well if it’s a title she is after she should transfer because it’s not happening with her current team anytime soon…
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Post by dl3ww on Jun 7, 2024 18:27:17 GMT -5
Volleyball gotta threepeat and then fourpeat to show OU what the business really is. Naur. Love you sis but Mrs queen of queens Elia Rubin needs at least one title You already gave her the title “Queen”
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Post by pointexas on Jun 7, 2024 18:34:25 GMT -5
Non volleyball post:
Leo Neugebauer (Men’s Track) set the NCAA NR, German NR and WL in the Decathlon yesterday!
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Post by hornshouse23 on Jun 7, 2024 18:56:09 GMT -5
Volleyball gotta threepeat and then fourpeat to show OU what the business really is. Naur. Love you sis but Mrs queen of queens Elia Rubin needs at least one title She can get here with LOVB. Or on the national team. She’s leaving college empty handed I fear.
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Post by jwvolley on Jun 7, 2024 18:59:38 GMT -5
Naur. Love you sis but Mrs queen of queens Elia Rubin needs at least one title She can get here with LOVB. Or on the national team. She’s leaving college empty handed I fear. Blyashov and Harvey about to pull a Martin/Babcock on us all for counting Stanford out Lolol. (But nah, I agree)
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Post by alhorford90 on Jun 7, 2024 20:39:00 GMT -5
Non volleyball post: Leo Neugebauer (Men’s Track) set the NCAA NR, German NR and WL in the Decathlon yesterday! That’s a Black king right there.
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Post by biodogtexas on Jun 7, 2024 22:02:12 GMT -5
it is indeed. men & women T&F have both score 10+ points already, and if they stopped competing rn they’d still finish better than 30th (which is all we needed to win). we haven’t necessarily “clinched” it, but there is pretty much no possible way for us to lose it now! i can confirm that is hasn't been mathematicaly clinched but it would require the most epic meltdown of all time tomorrow by the women on the tack and the best possible outcome for stanford for texas not to win it. It's 24-11 in the final set and Asjia O'Neal is serving for the match. The Women will be the clinchers tomorrow. As it should be.
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Post by dl3ww on Jun 7, 2024 22:21:50 GMT -5
Non volleyball post: Leo Neugebauer (Men’s Track) set the NCAA NR, German NR and WL in the Decathlon yesterday! That’s a Black king right there. Literally
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Post by pointexas on Jun 7, 2024 22:31:14 GMT -5
Non volleyball post:
Texas Men’s Track finished 12th as a team with 20pts. Florida(41), Auburn(40) and USC(33) round out the podium.
Women’s events start tomorrow at 2pm PT
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Post by wc on Jun 8, 2024 7:22:41 GMT -5
In the push for 3 straight, would a sound meter (dB/ noise meter display on scoreboard) help the crowd get more engaged in the Gregory action... could be triggered by C Elliot hand raising and/ or some score table operator. Nice way for the crowd to gauge the overall fan 'support' for the team. To complete the thought...Gregory can be a very strong home court advantage. Its advantage is especially apparent during NCAA playoffs were it is one of the best environments in the country. During the past couple regular seasons this advantage has not been fully leveraged and difficult/ slow to initiate. In the '22 season it was glaring enough to warrant a comment from Elliott. It was the 2nd to last regular season match vs #15 Baylor on senior night with the Big12 title, national rankings and NCAA home court advantage at stake (regular season matches no bigger than this) Elliott had the following comments: The crowd? Gregory was packed to the gills as normal with 4,276 squeezed in, but it just wasn’t its usual raucous self for some reason, the Longhorn coach said. “I think the crowd was a little weird tonight. It wasn’t very loud but got loud at the end.” eu.statesman.com/story/sports/columns/2023/10/28/even-in-adversity-elliott-glad-to-see-texas-volleyball-team-tested/71357108007Despite the band, cheerleaders, Bevo, tshirts and pre match video clips this "weird" crowd showed up numerous times in '23 during the regular season. Many have noticed in multiple. matches and multiple times in a match, occasions an apparently exasperated/ frustrated Elliott having to become the 'head cheerleader' and stand up and use hand gestures to try to get crowd engagement. How to best engage the fan base... is it not knowing when to get loud and/ or getting fan focus etc? How best to create and leverage a more consistent, strong home court advantage, relieve Elliott from his 'head cheerleader' role and allow him to focus solely on the match play? Thoughts?
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Post by slxpress on Jun 8, 2024 10:03:52 GMT -5
In the push for 3 straight, would a sound meter (dB/ noise meter display on scoreboard) help the crowd get more engaged in the Gregory action... could be triggered by C Elliot hand raising and/ or some score table operator. Nice way for the crowd to gauge the overall fan 'support' for the team. To complete the thought...Gregory can be a very strong home court advantage. Its advantage is especially apparent during NCAA playoffs were it is one of the best environments in the country. During the past couple regular seasons this advantage has not been fully leveraged and difficult/ slow to initiate. In the '22 season it was glaring enough to warrant a comment from Elliott. It was the 2nd to last regular season match vs #15 Baylor on senior night with the Big12 title, national rankings and NCAA home court advantage at stake (regular season matches no bigger than this) Elliott had the following comments: The crowd? Gregory was packed to the gills as normal with 4,276 squeezed in, but it just wasn’t its usual raucous self for some reason, the Longhorn coach said. “I think the crowd was a little weird tonight. It wasn’t very loud but got loud at the end.” eu.statesman.com/story/sports/columns/2023/10/28/even-in-adversity-elliott-glad-to-see-texas-volleyball-team-tested/71357108007Despite the band, cheerleaders, Bevo, tshirts and pre match video clips this "weird" crowd showed up numerous times in '23 during the regular season. Many have noticed in multiple. matches and multiple times in a match, occasions an apparently exasperated/ frustrated Elliott having to become the 'head cheerleader' and stand up and use hand gestures to try to get crowd engagement. How to best engage the fan base... is it not knowing when to get loud and/ or getting fan focus etc? How best to create and leverage a more consistent, strong home court advantage, relieve Elliott from his 'head cheerleader' role and allow him to focus solely on the match play? Thoughts? I feel like this is a very passionate and well thought out post. I have no real problem with a decibel meter other than I think it’s gimmicky and I feel like a trained monkey when there’s one at a sporting venue. But what gets measured gets done, so if the only priority is to make the crowd louder, it can do the trick by gamifying crowd noise a bit, as long as it’s not overdone. Look, Elliott is a marvelous coach and leader of the program. I’m so happy he’s our coach, and I felt strongly about it before the back to back championships which have solidified his legacy. He had a vision for the atmosphere at Gregory Gym, and to my mind he’s realized it for the most part. I love it. It’s great on TV, but it’s unbelievable being there in person. Everyone I’ve talked to that went for the first time rave about the experience. If you think Gregory Gym is too quiet at times, watch some other matches. If Elliott has to stand up and wave his arms around every now and then, I don’t see that as a problem that needs to be solved the way you do. The bad part would be if the crowd doesn’t respond, but the main way to fix that is make sure the student attendance is high. The one thing Elliott does a poor job of, and I find it personally frustrating, is that he does not personally market the program all that much. It’s obvious from his body language and the infrequency that he does them, he has no real interest in press conferences. I also don’t think it ever does any good for a leader of an entertainment organization to complain about audiences composed of paying customers. There’s no real good that can come of it. It’s much better to be aspirational, to convey the audience was outstanding in whatever quality you’d like them to aspire to be. There’s something about human psychology when we’re told we are a certain positive quality, there’s a tendency to want to behave in a way that reflects that. It’s hardly foolproof. It’s more of a Jedi mind trick than anything else. But it does work, and is particularly effective with groups. On the other hand, Elliott is simply being authentic there. Like you he wanted a bigger response from the crowd than what he got, and was slightly disappointed. Hey, he gets to be. I just don’t think it’s an effective way to get the results he’s looking for. The TLDR: not a fan of a decibel meter. But thank you for the post!
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Post by eyeroll2021 on Jun 8, 2024 10:20:10 GMT -5
To complete the thought...Gregory can be a very strong home court advantage. Its advantage is especially apparent during NCAA playoffs were it is one of the best environments in the country. During the past couple regular seasons this advantage has not been fully leveraged and difficult/ slow to initiate. In the '22 season it was glaring enough to warrant a comment from Elliott. It was the 2nd to last regular season match vs #15 Baylor on senior night with the Big12 title, national rankings and NCAA home court advantage at stake (regular season matches no bigger than this) Elliott had the following comments: The crowd? Gregory was packed to the gills as normal with 4,276 squeezed in, but it just wasn’t its usual raucous self for some reason, the Longhorn coach said. “I think the crowd was a little weird tonight. It wasn’t very loud but got loud at the end.” eu.statesman.com/story/sports/columns/2023/10/28/even-in-adversity-elliott-glad-to-see-texas-volleyball-team-tested/71357108007Despite the band, cheerleaders, Bevo, tshirts and pre match video clips this "weird" crowd showed up numerous times in '23 during the regular season. Many have noticed in multiple. matches and multiple times in a match, occasions an apparently exasperated/ frustrated Elliott having to become the 'head cheerleader' and stand up and use hand gestures to try to get crowd engagement. How to best engage the fan base... is it not knowing when to get loud and/ or getting fan focus etc? How best to create and leverage a more consistent, strong home court advantage, relieve Elliott from his 'head cheerleader' role and allow him to focus solely on the match play? Thoughts? I feel like this is a very passionate and well thought out post. I have no real problem with a decibel meter other than I think it’s gimmicky and I feel like a trained monkey when there’s one at a sporting venue. But what gets measured gets done, so if the only priority is to make the crowd louder, it can do the trick by gamifying crowd noise a bit, as long as it’s not overdone. Look, Elliott is a marvelous coach and leader of the program. I’m so happy he’s our coach, and I felt strongly about it before the back to back championships which have solidified his legacy. He had a vision for the atmosphere at Gregory Gym, and to my mind he’s realized it for the most part. I love it. It’s great on TV, but it’s unbelievable being there in person. Everyone I’ve talked to that went for the first time rave about the experience. If you think Gregory Gym is too quiet at times, watch some other matches. If Elliott has to stand up and wave his arms around every now and then, I don’t see that as a problem that needs to be solved the way you do. The bad part would be if the crowd doesn’t respond, but the main way to fix that is make sure the student attendance is high. The one thing Elliott does a poor job of, and I find it personally frustrating, is that he does not personally market the program all that much. It’s obvious from his body language and the infrequency that he does them, he has no real interest in press conferences. I also don’t think it ever does any good for a leader of an entertainment organization to complain about audiences composed of paying customers. There’s no real good that can come of it. It’s much better to be aspirational, to convey the audience was outstanding in whatever quality you’d like them to aspire to be. There’s something about human psychology when we’re told we are a certain positive quality, there’s a tendency to want to behave in a way that reflects that. It’s hardly foolproof. It’s more of a Jedi mind trick than anything else. But it does work, and is particularly effective with groups. On the other hand, Elliott is simply being authentic there. Like you he wanted a bigger response from the crowd than what he got, and was slightly disappointed. Hey, he gets to be. I just don’t think it’s an effective way to get the results he’s looking for. The TLDR: not a fan of a decibel meter. But thank you for the post! IMO fan engagement and noise are not a problem in the Greg. Also, we have no wall space in which to install anything else LOL
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Post by tempesthorn on Jun 8, 2024 10:38:27 GMT -5
In the push for 3 straight, would a sound meter (dB/ noise meter display on scoreboard) help the crowd get more engaged in the Gregory action... could be triggered by C Elliot hand raising and/ or some score table operator. Nice way for the crowd to gauge the overall fan 'support' for the team. To complete the thought...Gregory can be a very strong home court advantage. Its advantage is especially apparent during NCAA playoffs were it is one of the best environments in the country. During the past couple regular seasons this advantage has not been fully leveraged and difficult/ slow to initiate. In the '22 season it was glaring enough to warrant a comment from Elliott. It was the 2nd to last regular season match vs #15 Baylor on senior night with the Big12 title, national rankings and NCAA home court advantage at stake (regular season matches no bigger than this) Elliott had the following comments: The crowd? Gregory was packed to the gills as normal with 4,276 squeezed in, but it just wasn’t its usual raucous self for some reason, the Longhorn coach said. “I think the crowd was a little weird tonight. It wasn’t very loud but got loud at the end.” eu.statesman.com/story/sports/columns/2023/10/28/even-in-adversity-elliott-glad-to-see-texas-volleyball-team-tested/71357108007Despite the band, cheerleaders, Bevo, tshirts and pre match video clips this "weird" crowd showed up numerous times in '23 during the regular season. Many have noticed in multiple. matches and multiple times in a match, occasions an apparently exasperated/ frustrated Elliott having to become the 'head cheerleader' and stand up and use hand gestures to try to get crowd engagement. How to best engage the fan base... is it not knowing when to get loud and/ or getting fan focus etc? How best to create and leverage a more consistent, strong home court advantage, relieve Elliott from his 'head cheerleader' role and allow him to focus solely on the match play? Thoughts? To relieve Elliott of head cheerleader duties, it would be nice if our dance team that shows up in cheerleader uniforms to stand on each other's shoulders and dance at timeouts would instead CHEER LEAD for the specific sporting event they are attending. The cheerleaders need to have signs that are leading the crowd in Point Texas and Whose House (this is a cheer we've totally let die out). It would be extremely beneficial if they could understand momentum and when they need to help create it and when the team has it to get everyone loud & standing to retain it. I've always found it slightly bizarre that the band and hellraisers are doing more cheerleading than the actual cheerLEADERS. In lieu of being led to cheer, our crowd has got to recognize they are not there to spectate but to participate. Elliot has said repeatedly that on service runs they want the crowd standing up and cheering but everyone is content to stay seated and of the opinion that a player serving is like a golfer teeing off. It only takes a few people in every section to waterfall the standing. Also, the crowd needs to be standing and cheering out of every time out. I always reflect back on the Washington semi in 2021; down 2-0 and 15-10 in the 3rd after a Texas timeout the entire gym just rose to their feet out of the timeout. The comeback was on. That needs to be a standard thing we do. Big pet peeve of mine, when the crowd is getting raucous on a serving run all the opposing coach needs to do is a call a timeout. We're happy to sit down and stay seated. You can't let an opposing coach quiet 4000 people by simply calling a timeout. How many times is Coach waving the clipboard to get people back on their feet outta of the opposition's timeout? TOO MANY!
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Post by mrworm on Jun 8, 2024 10:52:36 GMT -5
To complete the thought...Gregory can be a very strong home court advantage. Its advantage is especially apparent during NCAA playoffs were it is one of the best environments in the country. During the past couple regular seasons this advantage has not been fully leveraged and difficult/ slow to initiate. In the '22 season it was glaring enough to warrant a comment from Elliott. It was the 2nd to last regular season match vs #15 Baylor on senior night with the Big12 title, national rankings and NCAA home court advantage at stake (regular season matches no bigger than this) Elliott had the following comments: The crowd? Gregory was packed to the gills as normal with 4,276 squeezed in, but it just wasn’t its usual raucous self for some reason, the Longhorn coach said. “I think the crowd was a little weird tonight. It wasn’t very loud but got loud at the end.” eu.statesman.com/story/sports/columns/2023/10/28/even-in-adversity-elliott-glad-to-see-texas-volleyball-team-tested/71357108007Despite the band, cheerleaders, Bevo, tshirts and pre match video clips this "weird" crowd showed up numerous times in '23 during the regular season. Many have noticed in multiple. matches and multiple times in a match, occasions an apparently exasperated/ frustrated Elliott having to become the 'head cheerleader' and stand up and use hand gestures to try to get crowd engagement. How to best engage the fan base... is it not knowing when to get loud and/ or getting fan focus etc? How best to create and leverage a more consistent, strong home court advantage, relieve Elliott from his 'head cheerleader' role and allow him to focus solely on the match play? Thoughts? I feel like this is a very passionate and well thought out post. I have no real problem with a decibel meter other than I think it’s gimmicky and I feel like a trained monkey when there’s one at a sporting venue. But what gets measured gets done, so if the only priority is to make the crowd louder, it can do the trick by gamifying crowd noise a bit, as long as it’s not overdone. Look, Elliott is a marvelous coach and leader of the program. I’m so happy he’s our coach, and I felt strongly about it before the back to back championships which have solidified his legacy. He had a vision for the atmosphere at Gregory Gym, and to my mind he’s realized it for the most part. I love it. It’s great on TV, but it’s unbelievable being there in person. Everyone I’ve talked to that went for the first time rave about the experience. If you think Gregory Gym is too quiet at times, watch some other matches. If Elliott has to stand up and wave his arms around every now and then, I don’t see that as a problem that needs to be solved the way you do. The bad part would be if the crowd doesn’t respond, but the main way to fix that is make sure the student attendance is high. The one thing Elliott does a poor job of, and I find it personally frustrating, is that he does not personally market the program all that much. It’s obvious from his body language and the infrequency that he does them, he has no real interest in press conferences. I also don’t think it ever does any good for a leader of an entertainment organization to complain about audiences composed of paying customers. There’s no real good that can come of it. It’s much better to be aspirational, to convey the audience was outstanding in whatever quality you’d like them to aspire to be. There’s something about human psychology when we’re told we are a certain positive quality, there’s a tendency to want to behave in a way that reflects that. It’s hardly foolproof. It’s more of a Jedi mind trick than anything else. But it does work, and is particularly effective with groups. On the other hand, Elliott is simply being authentic there. Like you he wanted a bigger response from the crowd than what he got, and was slightly disappointed. Hey, he gets to be. I just don’t think it’s an effective way to get the results he’s looking for. The TLDR: not a fan of a decibel meter. But thank you for the post! I agree it's an unbelievable experience, but I also felt there were a few games last season where it seemed like a struggle to keep the crowd loud. There was even one match where the people behind me got upset because I stood up when Coach Elliott was trying to get the crowd engaged. 🤷 He did mention during his Q&A last month that he is working to make the engagement and fan experience even better this season including a new DJ & announcer and was open to hearing other ideas. I also agree the key to that is keeping the student attendance high. They have the most energy in the gym and if they're excited, then that just spreads to the rest of the crowd.
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