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Post by g4lvolley on Sept 16, 2024 14:31:50 GMT -5
Lauenstein also needs to be in instead of Wenaas. She can actually go over the block with ease. She went of Miner and Francis out of system. Imagine what she can do in system. Does JE not have faith in Ramirez or Emerick because they looked great at the UTSA exhibition. Choosing to keep Wenaas in the backrow over them is questionable. Why recruit them if you’re not going to let them play?
Also. I love Kahahawai to death but we need to stop trying to make her happen. She has absolutely not taken advantage of her opportunities. Going 1-0-9 against Stanford hitting .111 and going 3-1-9 hitting .222% against Minnesota isn’t really good. Rutherford has been our most efficient pin hitting .367, .357, .538, .217, .579, .067 in her matches this season averaging out to .351 on the season. That’s impressive. More impressive she’s had 8 or more kills in 4 of our 6 games. That’s crazy impressive. When our offense isn’t clicking I’m surprised people want her on the bench when she’s our most efficient pin…I don’t get it.
I’m going to say it now. Carlson, Rutherford, Skinner, Lauenstein, Halter, Akana, Singletary, Ames, and one of our freshman littles in the backrow will be our best lineup.
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Post by omder on Sept 16, 2024 14:44:48 GMT -5
Lauenstein also needs to be in instead of Wenaas. She can actually go over the block with ease. She went of Miner and Francis out of system. Imagine what she can do in system. Does JE not have faith in Ramirez or Emerick because they looked great at the UTSA exhibition. Choosing to keep Wenaas in the backrow over them is questionable. Why recruit them if you’re not going to let them play? Also. I love Kahahawai to death but we need to stop trying to make her happen. She has absolutely not taken advantage of her opportunities. Going 1-0-9 against Stanford hitting .111 and going 3-1-9 hitting .222% against Minnesota isn’t really good. Rutherford has been our most efficient pin hitting .367, .357, .538, .217, .579, .067 in her matches this season averaging out to .351 on the season. That’s impressive. More impressive she’s had 8 or more kills in 4 of our 6 games. That’s crazy impressive. When our offense isn’t clicking I’m surprised people want her on the bench when she’s our most efficient pin…I don’t get it. I’m going to say it now. Carlson, Rutherford, Skinner, Lauenstein, Halter, Akana, Singletary, Ames, and one of our freshman littles in the backrow will be our best lineup. devin hitting .111 was still above rutherford hitting .067 and that doesnt include the swings that made stanford out of system or overpass for lauenstein. elliot hasnt given bench players the chance to look good against less elite opponents so ruling out anyone shouldnt really be on the table. i really think devin is a better passer and puts up better balls than wenaas plus lauenstein passing against stanford looked a little scary. texas is lacking severely in ball control and passing and i would rather lose power on the outside with good passing so i hope they try devin on the left again. with madi in the backrow and rutherford i think that sacrifice should be tried
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Post by hornshouse23 on Sept 16, 2024 14:56:19 GMT -5
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Post by storyteller on Sept 16, 2024 15:13:25 GMT -5
Imho the Devin vs Reagan debate is why the 6-2 is so enticing. Devin can help stabilize passing while Whitney is in front row or take some pressure off Jenna if she's in. Reagan can continure to put up big numbers. I think both OPPs are bigger threats than the slide atm, and both middles look good in front of the setter. And if a pin is having an off day, we have options to sub in and we can switch back to a 5-1 as needed. (We can also run a 5-1 with a double sub as needed.)
I'm not sure if we'll see the 6-2 this season, but on paper, it really seems to play to the team's strengths.
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Post by tristen on Sept 16, 2024 15:33:13 GMT -5
I think Parra getting a change of scenery ultimately ended up being beneficial for her, who knows if she would’ve played as freely here. With TCU she’s guaranteed a six rotation leading role and it provides some liberty to make more mistakes when you’re as high volume as she is there. Plus there’s no championship level pressure as a team, you get to play the underdog role. Anyways, I don’t think it makes much sense to wonder “what if”, considering it was her decision to leave. [br All good points…when u youre not worried about getting benched or ur setter not setting u when u get blocked or make a mistake u play slot more free which makes u play better and grow as a player…thats why i feel for Devin too…but i dont think the pressure gets to great players like Parra…she’s gona ball out in a spring match with 10 ppl in the crowd or a national championship game with 10k ppl
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Post by hornshouse23 on Sept 16, 2024 16:01:18 GMT -5
Part of the equation with Devon and Reagan is the passing, and sharing the load, allowing skinner to focus on offense. We were much more efficient as a team when Devon came in. If our passing is clicking, then yeah Reagan is great. But against better serving teams, I think Devin should be utilized.
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Post by g4lvolley on Sept 16, 2024 16:07:04 GMT -5
Lauenstein also needs to be in instead of Wenaas. She can actually go over the block with ease. She went of Miner and Francis out of system. Imagine what she can do in system. Does JE not have faith in Ramirez or Emerick because they looked great at the UTSA exhibition. Choosing to keep Wenaas in the backrow over them is questionable. Why recruit them if you’re not going to let them play? Also. I love Kahahawai to death but we need to stop trying to make her happen. She has absolutely not taken advantage of her opportunities. Going 1-0-9 against Stanford hitting .111 and going 3-1-9 hitting .222% against Minnesota isn’t really good. Rutherford has been our most efficient pin hitting .367, .357, .538, .217, .579, .067 in her matches this season averaging out to .351 on the season. That’s impressive. More impressive she’s had 8 or more kills in 4 of our 6 games. That’s crazy impressive. When our offense isn’t clicking I’m surprised people want her on the bench when she’s our most efficient pin…I don’t get it. I’m going to say it now. Carlson, Rutherford, Skinner, Lauenstein, Halter, Akana, Singletary, Ames, and one of our freshman littles in the backrow will be our best lineup. devin hitting .111 was still above rutherford hitting .067 and that doesnt include the swings that made stanford out of system or overpass for lauenstein. elliot hasnt given bench players the chance to look good against less elite opponents so ruling out anyone shouldnt really be on the table. i really think devin is a better passer and puts up better balls than wenaas plus lauenstein passing against stanford looked a little scary. texas is lacking severely in ball control and passing and i would rather lose power on the outside with good passing so i hope they try devin on the left again. with madi in the backrow and rutherford i think that sacrifice should be tried So Reagan has one bad match when she’s been the most consistent pin and you’re ready to think Devin is the answer? Stanford is just a tough serving team. Everyone had trouble.
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Post by hookem1 on Sept 16, 2024 16:12:37 GMT -5
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Post by tristen on Sept 16, 2024 16:18:52 GMT -5
Lauenstein also needs to be in instead of Wenaas. She can actually go over the block with ease. She went of Miner and Francis out of system. Imagine what she can do in system. Does JE not have faith in Ramirez or Emerick because they looked great at the UTSA exhibition. Choosing to keep Wenaas in the backrow over them is questionable. Why recruit them if you’re not going to let them play? Also. I love Kahahawai to death but we need to stop trying to make her happen. She has absolutely not taken advantage of her opportunities. Going 1-0-9 against Stanford hitting .111 and going 3-1-9 hitting .222% against Minnesota isn’t really good. Rutherford has been our most efficient pin hitting .367, .357, .538, .217, .579, .067 in her matches this season averaging out to .351 on the season. That’s impressive. More impressive she’s had 8 or more kills in 4 of our 6 games. That’s crazy impressive. When our offense isn’t clicking I’m surprised people want her on the bench when she’s our most efficient pin…I don’t get it. I’m going to say it now. Carlson, Rutherford, Skinner, Lauenstein, Halter, Akana, Singletary, Ames, and one of our freshman littles in the backrow will be our best lineup. I been sayin they need to start Whitney over Wennas…just an overall better player imo…Wennas has had good moments obviously last season in the tourney but thats in the past…time to change things up if they want to make a deep run this season…
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Post by omder on Sept 16, 2024 16:19:55 GMT -5
devin hitting .111 was still above rutherford hitting .067 and that doesnt include the swings that made stanford out of system or overpass for lauenstein. elliot hasnt given bench players the chance to look good against less elite opponents so ruling out anyone shouldnt really be on the table. i really think devin is a better passer and puts up better balls than wenaas plus lauenstein passing against stanford looked a little scary. texas is lacking severely in ball control and passing and i would rather lose power on the outside with good passing so i hope they try devin on the left again. with madi in the backrow and rutherford i think that sacrifice should be tried So Reagan has one bad match when she’s been the most consistent pin and you’re ready to think Devin is the answer? Stanford is just a tough serving team. Everyone had trouble. no i suggested devin on the left. but saying that statistically a better passer should not be on the court given texas’ struggle is crazywork.
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Post by stanfordvb on Sept 16, 2024 16:23:03 GMT -5
Lauenstein also needs to be in instead of Wenaas. She can actually go over the block with ease. She went of Miner and Francis out of system. Imagine what she can do in system. Does JE not have faith in Ramirez or Emerick because they looked great at the UTSA exhibition. Choosing to keep Wenaas in the backrow over them is questionable. Why recruit them if you’re not going to let them play? Also. I love Kahahawai to death but we need to stop trying to make her happen. She has absolutely not taken advantage of her opportunities. Going 1-0-9 against Stanford hitting .111 and going 3-1-9 hitting .222% against Minnesota isn’t really good. Rutherford has been our most efficient pin hitting .367, .357, .538, .217, .579, .067 in her matches this season averaging out to .351 on the season. That’s impressive. More impressive she’s had 8 or more kills in 4 of our 6 games. That’s crazy impressive. When our offense isn’t clicking I’m surprised people want her on the bench when she’s our most efficient pin…I don’t get it. I’m going to say it now. Carlson, Rutherford, Skinner, Lauenstein, Halter, Akana, Singletary, Ames, and one of our freshman littles in the backrow will be our best lineup. I been sayin they need to start Whitney over Wennas…just an overall better player imo… You said WHAT? Luckily I don’t know how to use to tag feature but Horns1…. sick em!!!
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Post by hornfanaustin on Sept 16, 2024 16:23:32 GMT -5
Good for her. I see that she had/has no "stans" from Texas that will now kick up dirt about her leaving Texas. I thought she had won the starting job at Mizzou, but when I looked at her stats after a few games she was second on the team in assists.
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Post by pointexas on Sept 16, 2024 16:29:16 GMT -5
Good for her. I see that she had/has no "stans" from Texas that will now kick up dirt about her leaving Texas. I thought she had won the starting job at Mizzou, but when I looked at her stats after a few games she was second on the team in assists. I’ve watched a decent amount of Mizzou this year and her and Dudley have been going back and forth in a 5-1 depending on the game/matchup. For me Crownover won the starting spot this weekend but who knows what Sullivan will do. Congrats to her on this week’s achievement. Hopefully there’s plenty more to come.
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Post by uofaGRAD on Sept 16, 2024 16:44:38 GMT -5
we are literally passing better than last season. the issue is no one but Rutherford and Ayden (who we aren’t setting nearly enough) can kill a ball efficiently right now. even Singletary’s hitting percentage is pretty bad for someone who hits mostly in front of the setter. we’re also not blocking nearly as well as we did in the tournament, but the BIGGEST difference is our hitting, ESPECIALLY in transition.
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Post by goosebumps1 on Sept 16, 2024 16:54:28 GMT -5
This is coming from a Neb fan (sorry) But I just don’t agree with TX picking up Carlson. I’m just having troubles seeing the vision then/now. You win a (convincing) natty with a 5-1/freshman setter, there was no reason to go pickup one of the best setters in the portal? I guess to just add a good option, but now that is where a huge issue is lying for TX. The back and forth between the setters and fan opinions on who should be playing, etc. IMO they should’ve left Carlson alone and just rocked w Ella and focused solely on her this summer/this season and getting her better. Not having to deal with this seesaw setting, which seems like it’s going to be a thing all season at this point.. I know it’s not just setting that’s the issue, but it’s the easiest to debate/point out. Also at what point do you just say f*** it and run a 6-2? They have the attackers, find out which oppo pairs best w each S and then there’s no bickering about who should be setting? I know that’s not what TX fans want to see, but at this point with these L’s, I mean getting swept by Stanford? I just wonder… Anyways, those were just my thoughts feel free to disagree! Which setter should Texas have picked up in the portal? We needed a second setter on the roster. Are you saying our coaching staff should have resorted to picking up a transfer with no starting experience? You do realize Swindle was injured the majority of 2023, right? You believe our staff should have gambled that she'd not get injured this season? Others can disagree, but Swindle needed competition in the practice gym this season in order to grow and improve. Literally any other setter, I mean it seemed to me they had like 20 players on their roster, so I didn't know Ella/Averi were/are the only two. But maybe just not pickup another top-notch one like Carlson? I mean the backup setter being the backup for a reason. Teams don't typically accumulate two grade-A setters on their roster when you plan to run a 5-1, and if teams have in the past, it's lasted one szn bc one of them will almost always transfer out. So whatever... I just think it was a bit greedy, and now you guys are having to deal with the inconsistency of which one is playing, and it seems that it might take the entire season to even figure out which one is going to get that spot. If you really think "Swindle needed competiton" (Carlson) coming there to grow and improve, I want to know your thoughts now because A, Swindle hasnt gotten better at all and B, this setting situation is kind of a sh*tshow IMO. But honestly it seems like hitting numbers and front row play are more of a factor, but that to me relates back to the setting... so Idk
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