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Post by mrworm on Jun 8, 2024 10:59:05 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? 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. ... Totally agree with this as well. Too many times they look completely lost during the serve chants or other times and the band/hellraisers have to kick things off.
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Post by tempesthorn on Jun 8, 2024 10:59:36 GMT -5
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. I agree on the students. I do hope the new gym will follow the Moody seating model of having 3/4 of the lower bowl for students. That seating configuration did wonders for the men's basketball environment.
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Post by slxpress on Jun 8, 2024 11:12:17 GMT -5
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. I agree on the students. I do hope the new gym will follow the Moody seating model of having 3/4 of the lower bowl for students. That seating configuration did wonders for the men's basketball environment. It did wonders in the football stadium to put the students in a contiguous space in the lower bowl, rather than spread out over different areas, with a large group in the upper deck. Frankly, the student seating is good in Gregory Gym. The main impetus for the deemphasizing of students at UT athletic events - primarily football and men's basketball - was 100% driven by the prioritization of fundraising over winning. Since that priority has changed significantly in this athletic department, I have no concerns about the student seating in a new facility.
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Post by hornfanaustin on Jun 8, 2024 11:31:02 GMT -5
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 Can't make any permanent changes to Gregory since it's a weekly rental.
However.....rumors about the location of the new mini-moody volleyball arena are South of Moody
NOT to scale. However, somewhere there are already artist renderings.
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Post by katn on Jun 8, 2024 11:56:18 GMT -5
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Post by biodogtexas on Jun 8, 2024 14:05:12 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? Fans get spoiled and take things for granted too
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Post by mln59 on Jun 8, 2024 14:09:44 GMT -5
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! that's a lot of standing. as a 746 year old, i don't know if i have it in me.
i will also state that i believe Texas loses the majority of points for which corch implores the fans to rise. i have no numbers to back this up, but it's science
and furthermore, i have never liked having a dj. that's for all of you young people
get off
my
lawn
ps. that washington match was amazing
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Post by slxpress on Jun 8, 2024 14:27:19 GMT -5
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! that's a lot of standing. as a 746 year old, i don't know if i have it in me.
i will also state that i believe Texas loses the majority of points for which corch implores the fans to rise. i have no numbers to back this up, but it's science
and furthermore, i have never liked having a dj. that's for all of you young people
get off
my
lawn
ps. that washington match was amazing
I’m with you.
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Post by widdledumpling on Jun 8, 2024 15:10:05 GMT -5
I was inspired to watch the Washington match from 15-10. Man, how electric. That standing dump by Jhenna was the DEFINITION of gutsy
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Post by potato518 on Jun 8, 2024 15:27:09 GMT -5
I’m out of the loop but would we say this 2024 roster is better on paper than 2023? Go!
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Post by austinhorn21 on Jun 8, 2024 15:53:03 GMT -5
I’m out of the loop but would we say this 2024 roster is better on paper than 2023? Go! will be different firepower and a lot more depth. Don’t think we will see 3 littles in the back much. A lot of leadership lost from 2023 team. It would be a good match but I think I would take 2024 team. 1) 2022 team 2) 2024 team 3) 2023 team
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Post by mln59 on Jun 8, 2024 15:56:07 GMT -5
I was inspired to watch the Washington match from 15-10. Man, how electric. That standing dump by Jhenna was the DEFINITION of gutsy how did the 4th set start?
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Post by pointexas on Jun 8, 2024 18:58:33 GMT -5
Non volleyball post:
Texas Women finish 3rd as a team with 41pts. Arkansas(63) and Florida(59) round out the top 3. Oregon finished 4th with 40.5pts
Edit: Ackelia Smith won the LJ and TJ
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Post by eyeroll2021 on Jun 8, 2024 19:10:45 GMT -5
I’m out of the loop but would we say this 2024 roster is better on paper than 2023? Go! I would also pick '24. Asjia and Barnes are the two positions we end up weaker, but IMO every other position is either a wash or an upgrade: OH: 2024 Madi/Jenna > 2023 Madi/Jenna. I think 2024 Madi is going to make us weep tears of joy. MB: 2023 because Asjia OPP: 2024, especially OOS S: 2024 - Healthy Swindle, Carlson > Crownover L: 2024 Emma > 2023 Emma DS: 2023. Barnes/Akana >> Akana/Emerick
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Post by jwvolley on Jun 8, 2024 19:33:11 GMT -5
Ball control and blocking against high level opponents will be the downgrades. Losing Barnes will hurt as she was an experienced libero playing a DS role and she really locked in during the tournament run. Losing a fifth year and a sixth year in the blocking part of the game cannot be understated, no matter how talented the replacements are. The intangibles of Asjia and her leadership are also a loss.
Rutherford is obviously more terminal than Phillips, though Molly was more crafty. Skinner will likely be even better this year. Setting will be improved, either through Swindle progressing or Carlson beating her out. Depth is better too with Byrd no longer redshirting and Devin being a year better.
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