The Back-to-Back National Champions Texas 2024 Thread

[nellynel]

Nov 4, 2024 16:44:18 GMT -5 mln59 said:

i'm checking the watch espn schedule and, while i don't want to alarm anyone, i don't see wednesday's Texas match in the lineup


i shall alert the authorities

Mississippi doesn’t have the internet yet. Just kidding.

I see it if you navigate to SEC+

[mln59]

Nov 4, 2024 16:58:42 GMT -5 nellynel said:

Nov 4, 2024 16:44:18 GMT -5 mln59 said:

i'm checking the watch espn schedule and, while i don't want to alarm anyone, i don't see wednesday's Texas match in the lineup


i shall alert the authorities

Mississippi doesn’t have the internet yet. Just kidding.

I see it if you navigate to SEC+

i'm not seeing any sec+ matches listed for wednesday. i bet they show up

[anastasia1]

lordieee we breaking all of the wrong kinds of records 😭😭

['hornsVB]

"Chemistry" has come up a little bit, but I haven't seen anyone mention what Baby Spice told the AAS after the first of these three consecutive losses:

we also talked about how our eye contact was really good, and that's something we've been working on as a team, just growing our chemistry as the season goes on. And all those things felt so much better than they did compared to the losses at the beginning of the season.

We realize there's a lot of things we need to work on, but at the same time, our chemistry felt a lot better. It felt like we all were in it, and it just wasn't going our way that night. Sometimes it just happens in sports."

See page 22 of the Nov 1 issue.

Seems to me if it is being mentioned that chemistry is a work in progress, it probably has been an issue since before the season started.

Wasn't it before the 2022 season that JE talked about how close all the players were? I've wondered how it can be possible to maintain that high level over a stretch of years.

[WahineFan44]

Nov 4, 2024 17:12:51 GMT -5 'hornsVB said:

"Chemistry" has come up a little bit, but I haven't seen anyone mention what Baby Spice told the AAS after the first of these three consecutive losses:

we also talked about how our eye contact was really good, and that's something we've been working on as a team, just growing our chemistry as the season goes on. And all those things felt so much better than they did compared to the losses at the beginning of the season.

We realize there's a lot of things we need to work on, but at the same time, our chemistry felt a lot better. It felt like we all were in it, and it just wasn't going our way that night. Sometimes it just happens in sports."

See page 22 of the Nov 1 issue.

Seems to me if it is being mentioned that chemistry is a work in progress, it probably has been an issue since before the season started.

Wasn't it before the 2022 season that JE talked about how close all the players were? I've wondered how it can be possible to maintain that high level over a stretch of years.

I think chemistry doesn’t always mean “how close they are”

It could just mean how they play together, in this case that’s how I’m seeing it

They just aren’t “playing well as one”

Off the court they seem fine

[hopefuldawg]

Nov 4, 2024 14:56:06 GMT -5 horns1 said:

Nov 4, 2024 13:24:04 GMT -5 hopefuldawg said:

Your wording clearly conveys you are trying to make me feel guilty for my opinion on this team that I am also a fan of. I do not.

But I'm happy for you.

LOL -- don't play the victim.

Your wording indicates you don't believe in the motto that "There's no "I" in "T-E-A-M".  Your words stated your beliefs moreso than an opinion.  Just own it.

If I didn't know any better, I'd think that Skylar Fields hacked your account.

K

[horns1]

So, is it logical to assume that Texas will ride and die with the 5-1 offense the rest of the season?

I don't want to be critical of just one player because I think several of our players have not played very well the last 3 matches; but, is the main reason why the coaches reverted back to the 1-setter offense simply because Swindle wasn't playing nearly as well as Carlson? That's what the stats tell me.

Yes, serve-receive has not been adequate. Not sure Emerick coming in for Wenaas is the long-term solution; but, I guess giving her a chance in an actual match was the best way to find out if she can hold her own.

[BOBšković]

Honestly I liked the system in this game just my opinion tho

ella 5-1, binney serving sub, rutherford madi jenna pin trio. devin first off bench.

[WahineFan44]

Yall are so bi Polar

“We like the 6-2”

Wait no Ella does nothing 5-1 with Averi

No wait 5-1 with ella and even though we liked Jenna weeks ago we don’t anymore so Devin

Yall, I get it. You’re not used to thsi, but the constant back and forth is crazy

[uofaGRAD]

Nov 4, 2024 19:08:36 GMT -5 horns1 said:

So, is it logical to assume that Texas will ride and die with the 5-1 offense the rest of the season?

I don't want to be critical of just one player because I think several of our players have not played very well the last 3 matches; but, is the main reason why the coaches reverted back to the 1-setter offense simply because Swindle wasn't playing nearly as well as Carlson? That's what the stats tell me.

Yes, serve-receive has not been adequate. Not sure Emerick coming in for Wenaas is the long-term solution; but, I guess giving her a chance in an actual match was the best way to find out if she can hold her own.

at this point, nothing seems logical.

you have to think the 5-1 was due to Swindle’s troubles. it was getting utterly ridiculous.

I don’t hate the idea of Skinner playing 2/3 defensive rotations in right back. get her a bit less involved in defense and have her available more hitting D balls instead of only bics that have been less effective anyways. that helps if both of our middles actually feel more comfortable hitting in the middle too. no forced slides if we don’t want to.

I’m sort of indifferent on Emerick vs Wenaas back row overall if and ONLY IF Emerick plays middle back. I think a DS might be able to top Jenna’s passing but I’m not sure about defense tbh. defense was the worst its ever been this season last match.

[uofaGRAD]

Nov 4, 2024 19:57:35 GMT -5 WahineFan44 said:

Yall are so bi Polar

“We like the 6-2”

Wait no Ella does nothing 5-1 with Averi

No wait 5-1 with ella and even though we liked Jenna weeks ago we don’t anymore so Devin

Yall, I get it. You’re not used to thsi, but the constant back and forth is crazy

well, the lineup has been changed as much lol

[horns1]

Nov 4, 2024 19:31:47 GMT -5 BOBšković said:

Honestly I liked the system in this game just my opinion tho 

ella 5-1, binney serving sub, rutherford madi jenna pin trio. devin first off bench.

Wasn't that the same lineup that got crushed at Stanford four days later?

[horns1]

So, we're still not having either of our middle blockers at the service line, right? I totally missed who subbed in to serve for whom on Sunday against OU. I remember Wenaas serving, so did Emerick and Akana. Madi served and so did Carlson. Rutherford did not serve.

[uofaGRAD]

Nov 4, 2024 20:18:48 GMT -5 horns1 said:

So, we're still not having either of our middle blockers at the service line, right? I totally missed who subbed in to serve for whom on Sunday against OU. I remember Wenaas serving, so did Emerick and Akana. Madi served and so did Carlson. Rutherford did not serve.

Carlson, Wenaas, Emerick, Akana, Skinner, Halter against OU (I think that was the order too?)

[horns1]

Nov 4, 2024 20:27:55 GMT -5 uofaGRAD said:

Nov 4, 2024 20:18:48 GMT -5 horns1 said:

So, we're still not having either of our middle blockers at the service line, right? I totally missed who subbed in to serve for whom on Sunday against OU. I remember Wenaas serving, so did Emerick and Akana. Madi served and so did Carlson. Rutherford did not serve.

Carlson, Wenaas, Emerick, Akana, Skinner, Halter against OU (I think that was the order too?)

So, Akana subbed in to serve for Rutherford or the MB?  I thought Wenaas wasn't playing back row, but she served; so too did Emerick who I thought played back row in place of Wenaas.  Maybe the subs were different each set; I couldn't keep up.