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Post by vball778 on Sept 7, 2024 21:50:12 GMT -5
Is Dean unable to produce? Bohm might be banged up but I have to imagine that Dean cannot do much worse? Bohm also seems like a fantastic teammate, but having someone who can produce offensively and defensively at a higher clip would be nice.
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Post by ill4life on Sept 7, 2024 22:19:05 GMT -5
Does anyone know where Bingham is? I noticed she hasn’t been on the bench for any of the games.
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Post by exit237a on Sept 7, 2024 22:39:46 GMT -5
Does anyone know where Bingham is? I noticed she hasn’t been on the bench for any of the games. She was on the bench in the Illinois State home game. Wearing one of those rehab wraps that’s like a massager heat thing around her waist. Since she’s presumably unavailable she can forgo the travel, etc.
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Post by Chewblocka on Sept 7, 2024 22:56:35 GMT -5
Pulled out the win and feels good to see us go 5-0, I was getting nervous until Raina came through yet again. We need to get for going to help her out or we are going to burn that girl out! Can anyone explain what this win does to our RPI? Looks like Bohm is hurting and also wonder why we are not seeing Dean out there, is she injured too? Sad to hear Sarah is injured. Is it just me or do we seem to have a lot of injured or about to be injured players? It seems like we playing catch up in this regard. Dear God please keep everyone else healthy the rest of the season! What’s the prediction for tomorrow’s game? I predict a Win going home 6-0 but given WF gave Iowa state a bit of a run we better be on our tippy toes the whole way
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Post by exit237a on Sept 7, 2024 22:59:51 GMT -5
Raegen with eight assists today for her recurring one full rotation! Cool that we’ve got subs we can use with both outsides going 6-ro.
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Post by exit237a on Sept 7, 2024 23:03:52 GMT -5
Pulled out the win and feels good to see us go 5-0, I was getting nervous until Raina came through yet again. We need to get for going to help her out or we are going to burn that girl out! Can anyone explain what this win does to our RPI? Looks like Bohm is hurting and also wonder why we are not seeing Dean out there, is she injured too? Sad to hear Sarah is injured. Is it just me or do we seem to have a lot of injured or about to be injured players? It seems like we playing catch up in this regard. Dear God please keep everyone else healthy the rest of the season! What’s the prediction for tomorrow’s game? I predict a Win going home 6-0 but given WF gave Iowa state a bit of a run we better be on our tippy toes the whole way My recollection from last weekend’s broadcasts were that they said Gabby was unavailable against Cincinnati. So she may be on the mend, herself.
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Post by inpaign on Sept 7, 2024 23:21:12 GMT -5
Dean is good to play, consider coach playing a less than 100% Cari over Dean as a sign. Bingham is out with an injury, awaiting news of the timeline there. Laynie would be the backup middle option in a pinch, but that would mean taking her from the right side where she has been so effective. For now, we are better off with an injured Cari.
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Post by ilalum92 on Sept 7, 2024 23:40:35 GMT -5
Dean is good to play, consider coach playing a less than 100% Cari over Dean as a sign. Bingham is out with an injury, awaiting news of the timeline there. Laynie would be the backup middle option in a pinch, but that would mean taking her from the right side where she has been so effective. For now, we are better off with an injured Cari. I hate hearing this as once again we are going to come up short roster wise if someone gets injured. Sometimes I wish you could tell a player, we are not renewing your scholie or as we say in my business “ I would like to invite you to succeed somewhere else.”
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Post by ill4life on Sept 8, 2024 2:11:14 GMT -5
Does anyone know where Bingham is? I noticed she hasn’t been on the bench for any of the games. She was on the bench in the Illinois State home game. Wearing one of those rehab wraps that’s like a massager heat thing around her waist. Since she’s presumably unavailable she can forgo the travel, etc. Thanks, I didn’t get to watch that one. Hopefully she can get better to help with the middle if needed.
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Post by notpriddy (COIF) on Sept 8, 2024 5:40:24 GMT -5
Our floor defense giving us opportunities to transition, gotta love it! DIGS: Caroline 19, Christy 15, Averie 10, Brooke 10
I thought Caroline had a solid match. Christy looked "human" (for a change...still love all she brings to the team!)
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Post by oldmanvb on Sept 8, 2024 8:46:20 GMT -5
Dean is good to play, consider coach playing a less than 100% Cari over Dean as a sign. Bingham is out with an injury, awaiting news of the timeline there. Laynie would be the backup middle option in a pinch, but that would mean taking her from the right side where she has been so effective. For now, we are better off with an injured Cari. I suspect moving Laynie to the middle and playing Taylor at opposite would be how Tamas would deal with an injured Cari. I understand the competition between Taylor and Laynie for opposite was close.
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Post by ilalum92 on Sept 8, 2024 14:40:06 GMT -5
I would just like to say - ILL is currently in a 3 way tie with Michigan & Purdue for the Top of BIG standing with a 6-0 record. Next week is a the true test w: Dayton, Mizzou & WKU. I wouldn’t be surprised if we got some votes in the Top 25 poll given the total chaos the last two weeks have been.
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Post by exit237a on Sept 8, 2024 15:10:17 GMT -5
Congrats on the 6-0 start, Illinois! Pretty good for the first two weeks. Hope the squad can get some rest and recovery this week ahead of a couple tough opponents on Friday and Saturday. Here's our tournament match thread for that one:
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Post by Chewblocka on Sept 8, 2024 15:46:08 GMT -5
I'm pleased with the win, but after listening to the broadcast, it's clear there's still a lot of work to be done. It seems Cari wasn't performing at her usual explosive level. I was glad to hear Taylor got some playing time, but Coach, it's important to give the freshman some space to adjust and find her footing. The frequent in-and-out rotations must be frustrating for her, and as our only backup outside opposite, she needs the opportunity to develop consistency. I hope this isn’t as discouraging for her as it seems to be from an outside perspective. Brooke stepped up today—wish I could have seen it in person. Great job! There was mixed feedback on Caroline, but overall, she appeared to have some standout moments. My recommendation would be to keep her in the Libero position but admittedly I’m a softie. While we won in five sets, the announcer hinted that Wake Forest’s errors in the fifth played a major role and our stats were bad? With a big weekend ahead, let's build on this momentum and continue moving forward.
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Post by vball778 on Sept 8, 2024 16:08:09 GMT -5
I do agree that we need to give de Boer a few shots. With what I saw from stats, Averie struggled today. Perfect opportunity to highlight our depth and keep starters hungry to defend their positions. I also think Averie has way more in her. I remember watching her play against us last year and being amazed by how hard she was taking cracks at the ball. I think we've got more upside in her and today was a rough day, but we've got a 6'5 OH in de Boer on the bench ready to go.
Obviously we didn't get to see today, but the serve receive remains to be a cause for concern for me. The passing form and product of our passes are still all over the place. It's wild to me that Tamas wants to run a faster offense because we have to have the passing consistency to do so. We have yet to prove that we can do that yet.
Happy with the wins. Happy we beat some Power 5 middle of the pack teams this week. If we tighten up our passing, we could be a formidable threat in the B1G. One can hope.
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